Basically, Sam gets a cold, and bruised ribs, and does his best to hide it, but... well, that just wouldn't be any fun, now would it?
This is the original drabble:
Dean smiled as the nurse came into the room.
"Is there anything I do for you?" She asked, eyeing the bed ridden man.
"Oh, there definitely is something you can do for me." Dean said with a grin.
"Hu'ESCHuh!" Sam sneezed forcefully from the chair next to his brother, then groaned, clutching his chest.
"Bless you... what is it?" The nurse asked, turning her attention away from Dean.
"It's noth... nothing... ETSCHuh!" He sneezed again, moaning.
"Take off your shirt" The nurse instructed.
"What?!?!" Dean demanded as Sam blushed deeply.
"I want to see if there is any bruising. You seem to be in pain." The nurse said, concern showing in her voice.
"Oh..." Sam said, hesitently pulling of his shirt.
The nurse's eyes popped open a bit as she saw his perfectly sculpted chest. But she forced herself to pay attention to the task at hand.
"Does this hurt?" She asked as she gently applied pressure to his chest, ignoring the shivers passing down her spine.
"A... little" Sam breathed
"Sweetheart, I can tell by your expression it hurts more then a little. You'll have to be checked out too." She guided Sam out of the room.
Dean scowled. Why did Sam always get the hot ones?
Now that I have written more of this story, I would say it takes place in season four, not the later episodes, but maybe the begining or middle. I've been thinking of including Castiel, because I love his charecter as well.
And this is the next part of the story. I'm going to call it chapter one, because the drabble isn't really very chapter-like. So I guess it's just kind of an introduction.
Anyway, here is part one:
Sam walked back into the hospital room half an hour later.
"So, how'd it go?" Asked Dean.
"It's nothing big. Just a few bruised ribs." Sam said.
"It's bad enough that they had to tape you up." Dean pointed out, while staring at his brother's bandaged chest. Apparently, he hadn't gotten around to putting his shirt back on yet. But, just as the thought came to Dean, Sam pulled a t-shirt that he had been wearing under a hoodie over his head.
"Yeah, well..." Sam mumbled as he poked his head and arms through the holes.
Dean decided to take the conversation in a new direction. "But, I actually wasn't talking about your ribs. How'd it go with the chick?"
"What chick?"
"Don't act like you don't know. The nurse, dude. She was seriously hot, and she took you into a privet room." Dean gave Sam a 'you know what that means' smile.
"It wasn't like that."
"Come on man, she was into you. You had to notice it." Dean said, and then silently added, She chose you man! Over me! And you don't even know it? How is this giant my brother?
Dean waited for Sam to respond. Finally, after hearing nothing, he looked over at Sam to see him preparing for a sneeze.
"heh... he... Hu'ESH'uh!" Sam moaned quietly. This sneezing was not exactly doing wonders on his ribs.
"Gesundheit. What's up with you? You've been sneezing ever since we finished the hunt. You better not be getting sick, 'cus we have no idea when our next hunt will be, and-"
Sam cut him off.
"I'm not getting sick. Maybe there is dust in here or something."
"Okay, first of all? This is a hospital. Which means this room is sterile. No dust. And second, since when are you allergic to dust?"
"Whatever"
Hmm. Since when could Sam not think of a better comeback than 'whatever'? He eyed the younger man, taking in the slightly pink nostrils and heavy circles under his eyes. The dark circles weren’t new; there wasn't much time for sleep during a hunt. The red nose, however, was. And, though it was so slight it could have been Dean's imagination, he could swear that Sam's cheeks were flushed. So, despite what the boy had said, he was getting sick. Or he was sick. But, Dean decided he wouldn't bring anything up again unless Sam got worse. After all, what could he do for Sam when he was the one laying in the hospital bed? Sure, it was only a broken leg, but still! The kid sure could pick a time to get sick.
"What time did they say you could get out of here?" Sam jerked his older brother out of his thoughts.
Dean noticed that Sam's voice was beginning to sound a bit strained, but he decided to brush it off. "Umm... tomorrow. Got to wear this damn cast for two weeks though."
"Hey, it could've been worse" Sam said.
"Mmhmm" Dean mumbled, drifting back into his thoughts. Before he realized what was happening, he was asleep, living the nightmares he refused to tell Sam about. But just before the dream could've gotten too bad, a contained sneeze brought Dean back to consciousness.
"H'ngtsh!"
"Sam?" Dean muttered sleepily, and Sam responded with more poorly controlled sneezes.
"Ngt'shuh! Hu... igscht!" Sam moaned quietly. This was getting old.
"Bless you." Dean said, still only half awake.
"Shit. I'b sorry dead, I did'et bead to wake you. Just go back to sleep, I'll leave." Sam got up and walked towards the door.
"No. S'fine" Dean mumbled, not even noticing how congested Sam's voice was. "Sit back down. Stay."
Sam obliged, swiping his nose quickly and sniffing as lightly as possible.
Dean drifted back to sleep, and soon after, Sam did as well, mouth opened slightly, breathing soft, congested breathes.
Should I continue?
