most solemn oath - SN fic - PG
Nov. 12th, 2007 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Title: most solemn oath
Fandom: “Supernatural”
Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun.
Warnings: spoilers for “Playthings”; AU?
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Don’t ask that of me.
Sam can’t know how much it cost Dean to tell him what Dad said before he left Dean alone in that barren hospital room.
You’ll have to kill him, son, if you can’t save him, Dad whispered, the words shot through with sorrow. I have to go away now, and I need to be able to trust you’ll see it done.
Dean had no words, too shocked and frightened, and Dad continued, voice softening with every syllable. It’s in his blood, Dean. He won’t be able to run from it. He’ll have to embrace it or be torn apart—and it might… it might change him. If he becomes someone you don’t recognize… you’ll have to kill him, Dean. To save the world, you’ll have to kill Sammy.
And Dad walked away. Left Dean with a sad, sorry smile, left Dean lost and reeling. Left Dean with questions, with dread and horror pooling in his belly.
Dean told Sam some of the truth, but couldn’t bring himself to utter all of it.
And now Sam echoes Dad—kill me if I become someone lese. Promise me you will.
Dean didn’t tell Dad he’d do it. He knows he can’t.
And Sam begs Dean to follow Dad’s will, like he’s always looked down on Dean for doing.
I promise, Dean says, but he doesn’t specify what.