Law of Fives
Mar. 3rd, 2011 10:19 pmLAW OF FIVES
Rating: K+
Genre: hurt comfort/angst
Word count: approx 100
Septicaemia.
Five little syllables that meant Dean's life was hanging in the balance;
Five days since the wendigo hunt;
Five gashes raked across Dean's back;
Five times Sam offered to help; five times Dean pushed him away;
Five hours since Sam found his brother collapsed outside the shower stall, fever-racked body seizing on the bathroom floor;
Five times Sam prayed beside the parchment grey, unconscious form buried beneath a terrifying lattice of tubes and wires;
Five long, silent days and nights watching, waiting, hoping;
xxxxx
Then; a blink, a whisper ... "S'mmy, y'look like crap."
Five words which showed everything was going to be alright.
xxxxx
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Date: 2011-03-03 10:28 pm (UTC)"Five times Sam offered to help; five times Dean pushed him away;"
That was my favourite line -- and then the end, perfect.
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Date: 2011-03-04 11:20 pm (UTC)Thanks for the comment x
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Date: 2011-03-03 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-04 11:21 pm (UTC)Good to herar from you x
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Date: 2011-03-04 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-04 11:22 pm (UTC)Good to hear from you x
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Date: 2011-03-04 12:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-04 11:24 pm (UTC)I'm glad you did too!
Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed x
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Date: 2011-03-04 01:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-04 11:24 pm (UTC)Good to hear from you x