A Gift, 1/1

[chaletian]

Title: A Gift
Author: chaletian
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairing: Sam, Dean
Summary: Several months after AHBL, Sam realises he has been given a gift.



Then

Back in fourth grade, Sammy was in the same class as a boy called Joey, who had one major source of trauma in his life. And this wasn’t a little, skittles-and-ice-cream-can-fix-it kinda trauma. This was the full-on kind. The kind that scarred kids for their entire lives. Sammy had understood. Sammy had sympathised.

Joey had been born on 29th February.

It was a curse, Joey had explained, because you only got a birthday like, once every four years. Joey’s brother had said that he shouldn’t even get presents and stuff, because of it not *really* being his birthday at all. In fact, Joey’s brother had said that Joey was only about two really, but Joey was pretty confident that Bobby had got that one wrong. Sammy had even asked Dean, cuz he was sure *his* brother knew better than stupid old Bobby Tucker, and Dean had shrugged and said Joey just had his birthday on a different day, and it was golden. So Sammy had relayed this to Joey, and Joey and he had both agreed that Dean was the better brother.

Now

There was a paper calendar in the motel room and Sam, without thinking, had ripped off yesterday’s flimsy sheet, as he dumped breakfast on the table, immune now to the sight of grease-blossomed paper bags. And then he stopped, standing quite still as the morning light shone through the dusty window. He lifted a finger, hesitantly to the calendar, and traced the bold black figures. He glanced back at where Dean lay, still dead to the world (unsurprising, after a run in with a poltergeist that had favoured the fling-Dean-Winchester-against-a-wall mode of business), and his heart filled as he realised that he had been given a gift.

February 29th. A leap year. An extra day.

Comments

[balooky.livejournal.com]

*sniffles into a pile of filing*

Oh Deeeeeeaaaaan & Saaaaam *sniffle*

That was joyous in a heart-breaking way.

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Thank you ♥

[katie__pillar.livejournal.com]

Oh Sammy. I love you more now. But not more than Dean. Nooooo.

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Never more than Dean. It is not possible.

[katie__pillar.livejournal.com]

You speak the truth. You are wise indeed, young Squeen.

Is this in any comms? Crosspost as if your life depended on it!

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

I posted it to supernaturalfic. I am, after all, a bit of a slut when it comes to self-advertisement.

[morganmuffle]

Oh Sam ♥ You do indeed have the best brother and Joey was sensible to recognise it but I hope you use the gift-day wisely *nods*

You did that "still dead to the world" on purpose didn't you? Just to make my heart stop momentarily.

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Heh - didn't think of it like that! *coughs* Yes, yes I did. I'm always thinking, me. *taps brain*

[moonfairyhime.livejournal.com]

This just gets one big oh, boys. Absolutely lovely.

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

*g* Thank you!

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

aww, sam. *squishes him* i really love the flashback and dean's simple solution to joey's problem and joey and sam's decision that dean is a better big brother.

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Well, we all know it's true... *g*

[fleshflutter.livejournal.com]

Oh that was an incredibly cool idea and awesomely executed! So so brilliant. :)

[mre-quecky.livejournal.com]

*dying* that is just so cute and so adorable and *sqee*
It's lovely that you came up with this! Normally I'm not the kind for this short ones, but this one is awesome!

[girlguidejones.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully and originally simple. So glad your Sam can still appreciate things, and is not all "death is nigh".

Thank you!

[ficwriter1966.livejournal.com]

You made me cry. And I almost never cry at fic. Beautifully done - thank you for sharing it.

[girlguidejones.livejournal.com]

Hey there. Just wanted to let you know this was recced today over at crack_impala.

:)

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Heee - made my day!

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

*cries*

This was lovely, to see that day, cursed for poor Joey Tucker, be a blessing for Sam.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

Aw. Very sweet. I really hope the shows uses the leap year thing. ;D

[jasmasson.livejournal.com]

Excellent idea. I hadn't realized!

[saberivojo.livejournal.com]

This just melts my heart. Great job.

[cheyenne852.livejournal.com]

It's only one day, but.... it's one more day. Very nice. Thanks.

[mgbutterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh. That made my heart flutter.

Oh, BOYS!

Seriously, I can't stop saying, "oh. Oh. oh."

Oh.

[emmacmf.livejournal.com]

Just beautiful. That last line is a killer.

[dodger-winslow.livejournal.com]

Two gifts.

Awesome.

Thank you.

[leelust.livejournal.com]

God, that's just... God, love Sammy. *sniff*

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. 2008 is the next leap year. *flails* Brilliant! (Wonder if the canon will pick up on that...they must be aware of this, right?)

Thank you for this!

[morbidmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh I love them. Great job with this.

[ielly.livejournal.com]

Extra day! Extra day! Extra day!

Dammit, you, I think you broke my heart with this and at the same time I think you're completely awesome for breaking it.

[meteordust.livejournal.com]

This made me want to cry. Oh, boys. A wonderful idea.

Here via ficwriter1966's rec.

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

This made me go "awwww". It did. Twice!

:-)

~ Erin

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

.... That squishing sound was my heart just going to jelly. Oh, Dean! Oh, Sam!
Cheers ~

Erin

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

... followed by the smell of smoke when I realised I already commented here! LOL!

*is a dork*

[starmack.livejournal.com]

This was completely heart warming and lovely.

[shadow-of-doubt.livejournal.com]

This is so beautiful. It really touched me. I have linked to it at bobbyslibrary. I hope that's ok.

[girlfan1979.livejournal.com]

Oh my god.

That packs quite a punch.

Thanks for sharing.

[skybound2]

Oh, break my heart why don't you? *sniffle* this was excellent.