#hell trauma

includes time in hell:

Aftermath ‘Verse “Aftermath Verse is my kind of silly name for my post-S5 AU in which Sam and Dean retire from hunting and talk about their feelings. Also, Sam has asthma.... The boys will deal with other issues, such as anger, substance abuse, and food-related issues, as time goes on.” 

Calendar ‘Verse One time per month, every month on Earth, Sam visits Dean for a day from the Cage. post-s5 AU, 9k.

The Sky is Darkening Like a Stain Lucifer and Sam, in hell. And that really ought to be enough. Semi canon-compliant. post-s5, 3k. 

Awake, Arise In the wake of Kevin's death and Dean's Mark, Sam faces the resurgence of an old problem—Lucifer's back. s9, 48k.

aftermath only:

check out this list of s7 fics. updated link for Northern Birds is below, + some others.

Northern Birds Sam's in pain, and so is his brother. Pain is very complicated. s7, 6k.

Hanged, Drawn and Quartered Death brings Sam back — sort of. A domestic, curtain-fic sort of piece that explores different sections of what makes Sam Winchester. s7 AU, 8k.

Of flesh and blood I’m made Dean's body was rebuilt when he was raised from Hell, but Sam's wasn't. What if, once he got his soul and his memory back, his body couldn't forget what had happened in Hell? How high would his pain threshold be? 600 words. 

break these bones ‘til they’re better After Sam’s torture at the hands of the British Men of Letters, the latest in a long string of violations, he is rescued by Dean and Mary – and forced to ponder his broken relationship with his own body. Months later, when Sam is resurrected and tormented by Lucifer yet again, Dean confronts Mary and Sam gets his revenge against the devil. s12 & s13, 18k.