#deaf sam

He hasn’t expected things to be easy. He’s deaf, Dean is furious and Cas is missing. That’s a perfect recipe for chaos in their little world, and he’s not even adding Mary in the mix. Honestly, Sam has given up on trying to contact her a few days after the banshee’s incident-- at least for a while. It’s not like he doesn’t want her to know what happened. He truly does. He just has a lot to deal with already.

Dean is a lot. His big brother is just pure drama and tons of self loathing and Sam... well, Sam is more than done with that shitty attitude. At this point, there’s little he can do to reassure Dean that he shouldn’t be blamed for what had happened.

They’re hunters and humans. Being broken, beaten and permanently damaged was part of the job. It has happened before. If angels and demons and gods hadn’t showed up to mess with their already fucked up lives, Sam is pretty sure one of them would be dead or in a worse state than deaf. But with cosmic powers popping around them day in day out, they’ve grown careless and Sam knows that. It’s easy to be living legends when there’s ancient god-like powers backing them up and fixing them whenever they need it.

Reality had hit them harder when their personal, all powerful first aid kit had vanished into thin air.

Sam isn’t sure if he should laugh at the irony of that or just get worried. Cas could be in trouble. But hey, it’s happened before and the angel always came back in one piece.

Right now, he knows that if Dean tries to call Cas one more time, Sam is going to smash that damn phone in the nearest wall.

“Dean.” Sam knows he’s being louder than necessary--Dean almost jumping out of his skin at Sam’s sudden voice is enough for him to know, but hey, at least his brother is staring at him now. “Stop.”

Dean’s eyes wide for a second and then narrow slightly, lips pressed into a thin line. He wants to argue, to tell Sam to stop being a stubborn asshole but there won’t be any childish banters between them again, at least for a long while. Adapting is hard. Dean is upset.

For a moment, Sam wonders if it’ll be too humiliating to call Eileen and ask for some experienced help here.

Dean’s touch is soft against his arm and Sam barely flinches away. They won’t be hunting for a long time, but the instincts are still there, always on fight or flight mode. But it’s Dean here, and he smiles softly at his brother.

“You sure?” Dean mouths, slow and suddenly patient enough for Sam to understand what he’s saying. It’s not so difficult if they’re patient enough but Sam is no fool. There’s no way they’ll be doing it without stumbling over each other again and again.

Even so, Dean’s hands are comfortable and warm on Sam’s skin and for the first time in all those weeks, Sam finally feels at ease. He’s home. He nods and smiles again, leaning closer and closer until his lips are pressed against Dean’s in a soft kiss that is slowly building up into something else. This is good. They’re good.

They can deal with everything else later.

{ deaf!sam au }

Chapters: 16/? Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester, Castiel & Sam Winchester Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Eileen Leahy, Jessica Moore, Meg Masters, Anna Milton, Alfie (Supernatural), Mary Winchester, John Winchester, Original Novak Character(s), Benny Lafitte, Andrea Kormos, Charlie Bradbury Additional Tags: Deaf Character, Deaf Sam, Deaf Gabriel (Supernatural), Hearing Dean, Hearing Castiel, Fluff and Angst, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, John Winchester and Mary Winchester are Divorced, strained relationships with parents, interpreter Castiel, Sam Winchester Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, Castiel and Sam are best friends, Castiel and Gabriel (Supernatural) are Siblings, Gay Sex, Bottom Dean, Top Castiel, Karaoke, Musician Dean Winchester Summary:

Five years ago, an accident happened that changed the course of Sam Winchester's life - and in turn, the life of his brother, Dean, and the Winchester family. Dean wasn't sure how to deal with the "after," so he distanced himself from his brother at a time when Sam needed him the most. Now, at Sam's invitation, Dean has decided to visit him in Boston, where he's been living on his own. He expects his brother to be struggling, but is surprised to learn that he's not only surviving, but thriving. Sam has two jobs, graduate school, and amazing friends - including an attractive interpreter named Cas - and although Dean has had some success in his chosen career, he longs for the true happiness Sam has. When Dean seeks Cas' help to reconnect with his brother, Cas eventually agrees but Dean finds that his usual way of dealing with things won't work with the captivating man who is firmly in Sam's corner, and he will have to learn much more than a new language. Dean's journey forces all three men to confront themselves, and eventually teaches them about assumptions, friendship, and love.