note: in the new episode, was the whole 'broken ribs' thing ever addressed before??? i'm pretty sure sam's talking about his own injuries but unless i skipped over it by accident, i had no idea that he had broken ribs. and it's annoying me, because i could've written so much coda on that point (i'm gonna write a heckton of coda for this episode anyway, because *clenches fist* i will not let sams torture only matter when it's relevant to the plot, dammit!)
Nope! It was never mentioned before this episode. I guess people could argue otherwise, but it certainly seemed like he was referencing his own injuries. Honestly, I figured he’d have mentioned that they actually shot him, but apparently broken ribs were also a thing.
Also yes please to all coda fic. ♥♥♥ I am always here for coda fic. My heart is a desert and it needs to be watered with Sam love and acknowledgement.
Edit: the fantastic @themegalosaurus said this:
i wondered if dean got the broken rib? didn’t he get hit in the chest or stomach area? maybe i imagined that. i thought that was part of sam downplaying his own experience/it felt plausible to me that he’d feel more confident raising the issue if he was including dean as well