Fic: Reverse Engineering

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Title: Reverse Engineering
Rating: PG-13
Words: 4,545
Spoilers: Vague, but for all aired episodes.
Warnings: Language and some neglectful parenting about in line with what we've seen on the show.
Summary: Sam storms out in 2012, and gets lost in 1987.
Neurotic author's notes: I'm alive! If hungover and sick. But alive! I've been buried in work and illness, but I have persevered and I'm not 100% pleased with this, but it's been sitting on my desktop for a while and it's probably as good as it's gonna get, so here, have my attempt at the de-aging!fic. Blaaargh. Also, I'm sort of using the "age regression" tag on a technicality. I'll remove it if that's a problem.
Also: Cut text is from John Milton's "Paradise Regained." Remember that time my schoolwork was taking over every single facet of my brain?

The childhood shows the man, as the morning shows the day.