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Eventually, Sam’s legs gave out and he sat down in a chair next to Dean he just couldn’t take his eyes off of his brother. Some irrational part of him believed that if he looked away for a second, that all of Dean would disappear. Sam’s hand idly wandered over to his brother’s forehead, trying to ease some of pain was deeply etched into Dean’s face.

Nurses came and went. Time seemed to run together. The only thing that mattered was that Dean was still there. Against all odds Dean was still living. He wasn’t breathing or moving, but he was alive and that was enough for Sam. As long as Dean was alive he could deal with the rest.

Eventually a doctor came in. Sam eyed him wearily. He was about Dean’s height with dark hair that was fading to grey. A hint of stubble adorned his chin, and he wore a rumpled collared shirt beneath his standard lab coat.

Dr. John Masters was just about to finish up his shift when the young man with the broken neck had been rushed in to the ER. The life of the chef neurologist in a sleepy town was fairly boring. He relished a challenge and that was exactly what was before him. Despite all the tests he had tried, this young man’s body was just to broken to adequately determine whether or not there was nerve damage from the broken neck. HE made couple of notations on the boy’s chart, and eyed the brother. Kid looks like he’s been through a lot. Then again I can’t even imagine what it must be like to see a member of your family like that. God if that ever happened to Jimmy…

John cleared his throat and said, “Looks like you brother is holding his on. That’s a really good sign kid. Your brother is really tough.”

Sam glanced up at the man and replied with a half smile, “Yeah, Dean never did know when to quit.”

“I’m Doctor Masters, I’m the head neurologist at the hospital here. Don’t worry I’ll be keeping a close eye on your brother here. Do you have any questions?”

“Is he going to be okay?”

That was the one question John did not want to answer but answer he did, “Well right now we’re keeping him sedated to give his body some time to heal. We did a CT scan earlier and thankfully there was no significant damage.”

“What do you mean b significant damage?”

‘Sorry, bad word choice on my part. Dean has a slight concussion. Which, for the trauma he went through, is very lucky. I’m not worried about that. What I am worried about is the possibility of nerve damage from when he broke his neck. Now we are going to have to wait till they ease up the sedation to do and real testing, but for right now I just don’t know.”

“Okay, Thanks Doc.”

“Your brother is going to be out of it for a while now. Why don’t you go back home and get some sleep, or get something to eat.”

“If you don’t mind I want to stay with him.”