'Stitches and Ice Cream', for kaz2y5 challenge #5 'Blood'

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: 'Stitches and Ice Cream' 1/1
Characters: kid!Sam, kid!Dean, and a tiny cameo by Daddy Winchester.
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: G for GEN
Words: 509
Feedback/Concrit: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Summary: Dean sees Sammy bleed for the first time.
Notes: It's Baby!Winchester fic and I'm in shock now because OMG I wrote Gen!
Written for challenge #5 at kaz2y5, 'Blood'.


'Stitches and Ice Cream'

The first time Dean really saw Sammy bleed, he was seven and Sammy was three.

Dad was busy arguing on the payphone in the motel lobby while they were tossing a ball around out front. Dean let it fly and Sam jumped too high too soon and missed. Nothing new there. But this time he went stumbling back into the grass at the edge of the lot. Flailing wildly, he caught his toes on the kerb and landed on one knee, a pudgy hand coming down squarely on a shard of shattered beer bottle.

He didn't scream. He didn't cry. Instead, he held his hand out to Dean, tiny droplets of blood kicking up the dust around his scuffed black sneakers.

"Dee? Hurts, Dee. Fix it?"

Dean's stomach rolled over and threatened to evict his lunch, but he was made of stronger stuff than that. He was older, and Dad trusted him to take care of Sammy and, oh yeah, Dad was going to kill him for this for sure.

He tried not to look at the blood on the ground, tried not to step in it. He tried not to let the fear in his heart paint shadows on his face. He failed.

Dean was across the parking lot and scooping his brother up in shaking arms almost before Sammy's bottom lip had time to tremble. He hugged the toddler close, swallowing a jerky sob as Sammy wrapped his uninjured hand around the back of Dean's neck and grabbed onto a handful of collar, his usual method of holding on for the ride.

After making sure that Sam was properly settled in his arms, Dean began the slow return journey over the crumbling asphalt, half-convinced the building was sliding backwards with every step he took.

A shaky breath signalled insipient tears from Sammy and Dean scrambled mentally for a distraction.

"Wanna know something cool?"

Huge wet eyes met Dean's as Sammy studied him, his steadily dripping hand held out away from both their bodies. He nodded.

"U-huh."

"I bet you're gonna need stitches to close that up."

Sam's eyes got even wider and his mouth formed a perfect 'O' of shock.

"But that's good, see? When I fell off Josh Petersen's skateboard in Omaha, I had to go to hospital so they could stitch my knee back on."

Sam's eyes bugged and he twisted in Dean's arms, trying to look down to check out Dean's knees. Dean wrestled him back into position and kept on walking.

"Well, okay, maybe it wasn't that bad." He winked. "But, see, after I got stitches, Dad and Mom let me have ice cream, with cherry sauce and chopped nuts and sprinkles and jelly beans!"

A love of all things sugar-filled and frozen dairy glinted in both pairs of hazel eyes, and they shared a grin. And then Dean was nudging open the sticky metal door and watching as their dad dropped the payphone into its cradle with a curse that Dean knew better than to repeat ever again… after the last time.

Comments

[skeeterses.livejournal.com]

Aww...so precious =)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm still in shock about writing gen, and kidfic at that! *g*

[allstar12.livejournal.com]

I love babywinchester fics. This one was so cute and I really liked how Dean couldn't stand to see Sam hurt even when they were little. I also love that Sam called him "Dee" Too cute.

random icon love

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Omg, your icon! Wow!

[tboy.livejournal.com]

*melts*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

*scoops you up and puts you somewhere safe*

Thank you! :D

[neversince.livejournal.com]

OMG you had me at Sammy calling Dean "Dee". And then with:

"But that's good, see? When I fell off Josh Petersen's skateboard in Omaha, I had to go to hospital so they could stitch my knee back on."

*flails*

- I am ded.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

8revives you*

Thank you! You just know that Dean has always had the gift of the gab and has been telling tall tales all his life. *g*

[tallisen.livejournal.com]

SO cute. SO sweet. Oh ma gosh. I love it! Dean and Sams are such dollz!!! :)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And oh, wee!Dean in your icon! *ruffles his hair*

[literati.livejournal.com]

Man, I love you.

I'm so glad you stopped it where you did. They are so utterly adorable!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I still suffer pangs at the thought that I have gen in my portfolio now. And kidfic to boot! *boggles*

Thank you, sweetie. *smooch*

[acostilow.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

Oh, so perfect. So perfect. They're so cute, and I love, love, love the last line.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yeah, you just know that Dean was one of those kids who would pick the curse word out of a 300 word speech and parrot it back at the most inopportune moment. *g*

[staranis.livejournal.com]

Awww. So so very cute.

::dies::

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

This is so far out of my usual arena I'm in a different country. I wrote gen! *is scandalized*

[quietdiscerning.livejournal.com]

omg AWWWWW. i love wee!winchesters.

*all melty*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! They were such adorable little boys, it's hard to resist the urge to write more. *resists mightily* *g*

[crimsonsenya.livejournal.com]

They're the sweetest thing ever! I love how you've written Sam's gestures, expressions and the utter trust and admiration towards Dean.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm sure that Dean was Sam's hero for a long time growing up. Dean took care of him and always had tall tales to tell, of lost knees and such. ;)

[pheebs1.livejournal.com]

Aw my heart just broke when Sammy called him 'Dee.'

'Wanna know something cool?' Ah you've got young boys down to a T. Really liked this.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I was 'Gee' for several years, so I wrote that from experience. And the culprit was a baby bro, so I got that covered too. Blood and gore was aaaaaalways cool. *g*

[emella.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Awesome job! Baby boys is so cute! :)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Baby boys are adorable. Not that i thought that when i was growing up with baby bro constantly underfoot. *g*

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

Awwwww! *ded from the cute* So adorable.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

*revives you*

Thankee, darlin'! :D Are you Horbling-bound again this year?

[tabaqui]

Heeeeeee!
The temptation to write little!kid!Sam'n'Dean is strong!
But i resist.
:)

*i let you do it for me*
Awwwwww!
Sweet.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

*i let you do it for me*

Eeeeeeeevil! I still feel kinda dirty for writing gen, let alone kidfic! I may have to porn it up with scenes 2 and 3 one day. They're hiding in my head. ;)

Thankee. :D

[healerariel.livejournal.com]

"Dee? Hurts, Dee. Fix it?"

*dies of cuteness* I love Baby!Winchester fics more than I love chocolate! And you wrote them so adorably and true to character, and, and, and I just love it so much!

And Sammy calling Dean "Dee" reminded me of how my little brother used to call me "See" 'cause he couldn't say "sister." And... yeah. Precious mini- Sam and Dean moments just make me go all gooey inside...

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I was 'Gee', so yeah, I know how that goes, and mine was a baby bro too. *g*

Thank you!

[cloex-brosluvr.livejournal.com]

Aww so adorable. Precious.
"Dee? Hurts, Dee. Fix it?"
That just about killed me!

Dean, always the protector.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Dean was Sam's hero for a long time, I'm positive. I see little sparks of hero worship and denial in Sam every so often and it makes me squee. *g*

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Aww, this is so cute! *melts*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

*mops you up and puts you somewhere safe to... coagulate? *g*

[jediprincessdsv.livejournal.com]

Just so freakin' cute. I love Baby!Sammy and Wee!Dean fic. Just love it, and this was perfect. Oh, and this?

"Dee? Hurts, Dee. Fix it?"

...that flying object is my ovary exploding. :) Awesome.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

*catches exploding ovary and returns it in a paper baggie*

They are just too too cute, aren't they? You could get cavities just from reading them! *g*

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

OMG....

This was so cute!! And so very, very REAL!!! You have once again yanked those ol heartstrings of mine!!

*Adores you...*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm sure my baby bro would be horrified to know I used my big sister experiences with him to help me write better fic. *g*

[cala-jane.livejournal.com]

that is soooo sweet!!!
baby!Sam is amazing. *loves it*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm sure baby Sam had a huge case of hero worship on big bro Dean and Dean totally lived up to it.

Aaaaaaaand now i'm picturing wee!Dean in Superman footie pyjamas. Oh god, someone stop me! *g*

[love-toall.livejournal.com]

This is great! Really sweet. I would love to see more Baby!Winchester fic. You have created a great 'verse here.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm still reeling from writing gen, and kidfic at that, but if it's happened once there's definitely a chance of it happening again. they're too damn adorable! *g*

[belleimani.livejournal.com]

So adorable!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[jellicle.livejournal.com]

I reviewed this already, didn't I? Anyway, I loved lil Sam and lil Dean.
But what brought me here now was something that I realized. I've been checking your fics, and thought, hey, I wonder if I add darkhavens it will be okay. Anyway, I'm friending you. So you know.
Hugs.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And a very belated welcome to the madhouse. Everyone is welcome here, the more the merrier. :D

[strifechaos.livejournal.com]

Ok my first ever Supernatural fic and now I'm hooked. This was just too uber cute for me to turn away from. I need more now, I'll have to go out and find out about the series so I can understand it. Guh!

Nonetheless awesome story, loved Sam calling Dean 'Dee', too cute for words. Kid!fics are a weakness of mine, and this was above and beyond kawaii! *grins* *glomps* *waves*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And wow, this was your first ever SPN fic and it reeled you in? Cool! It was my first ever gen and first ever kidfic all in one. *boggles*

[lovetheboys.livejournal.com]

...with a curse that Dean knew better than to repeat ever again… after the last time.

It's all adorable, cute little over-reactive!Dean and still as-innocent-as-he-wants-to-be!Sam, but that line was just perfect. Why is it so amusing to hear/think about little kids swearing, especially when they're immitating their parents?

Adorable story.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I just know that Dean was the kid whose eyes lit up when he heard a curse word and he would hoard it until it could do the most damage and then drop it like a bomb in the middle of the room. *g*