#wee!sam

[headtraumasam]

i made this for sam's birthday but it didn't make the final cut (for reasons). anyways, here is a baby sam from the pilot 1x01 (◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

[messwritesstufff]

Giggly Ghost

(TickleTober Day 10: Ghost)

Summary: Sam tries to scare Dean and Dean plays along. [Weechesters]

Pairing: None (obviously)

Word Count: 528

A/N: I know I could’ve gone with the literal ghost route, but this opportunity was way too cute to pass up :’)

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The young Winchesters were once again cooped up in a small motel room, Dean on the couch reading one of his comic books while his little three year old brother toddled around the room trying to find something fun to do. it was raining outside and the motel didn’t have any good channels, or much of anything really… so his toddler brain came up with a mischievous idea.

He found some old sheets and threw the cloth over his small frame, the fabric thin enough to where he could see through it.

He snuck behind the couch that his brother was sitting on, trying to hold back the giddy giggles.

Dean of course knew what his baby brother was up to; he obviously had peripheral vision. But he feigned obliviousness so as not to ruin the kids fun.

He smiled a little when he heard Sam giggling behind the couch, any previous attempt at being sneaky thrown out the window.

Dean jumped theatrically when Sam finally jumped out from behind the couch with a - “BOO!”.

“Oh no! It’s a spooky ghost!” He gasped, faux fear laced in his words. “I gotta take it out so it doesn’t hurt Sammy!” Sam giggled and shrieked when Dean wrapped his arms around him and pulled him onto the couch, holding him against his chest and spidering fingers all over the kids torso, the sheet so thin that it was offering little to no protection.

“Tickling, the weakness of all ghosts!”

The toddler fell into squeaky laughter, squirming in his brothers hold.

“Hehehehe nooo!!”

A fond smile crept onto the older’s face at the cute sounds.

“What a giggly ghost you are, bet you really regret haunting this room!”

Fingers started prodding the tiny ribs, making the kid laugh louder.

“Dehehe! M’not a ghohohost!”

Dean shook his head.

“Mhm. Sure you aren’t. Tell that to my ghost repelling tickle attack!”

Sam kicked his leg with a snort when the older boy started squeezing his hypersensitive kneecaps.

In his struggle, he managed to rid himself of the old cloth, revealing his flushed, tear stained face.

Dean laughed and pat his brother on the head.

“Oh Sammy, you should’ve seen it! There was a super scary ghost, but luckily, I was able to get rid of it.”

Sam looked at him with a pout. “That was me, De.” He crossed his arms.

Dean shrugged. “I don’t think so, Sammy.. it was a pretty spooky ghost, and you’re not very spooky.” He gently wiggled his fingers into the soft tummy, making Sam’s pout disappear as he fell back into frantic giggles.

“But he did have your giggles!”

The toddler squirmed.

“You’re mehehean, Dehehe!”

The older brother laughed, stopping the tickles for good and keeping his brother close.

“I know, it’s my job… let this be a lesson, Sammy: never try to scare your big brother.”

Sam giggled again and snuggled close, the tickles having sapped him of his energy.

Before long, Dean had a sleeping little brother curled up in his lap, snoring softly with his head against his big brothers chest.

It was the little moments like these that made Dean proud to be a big brother.

[fandom-hoarder]

Just read and commented on your new fic (loved it!) and this line is giving me brain worms:

“Sam feels stupid and helpless, and wonders how he ever managed those few times he was sick and alone with no one to care for him but his imaginary friend.”

I can just imagine a very small Sammy getting sick when John and Dean are on a hunt that goes long and he’s left alone in a motel room. He can’t go out because he’s sick and John drilled it into their heads to not go out alone because it would raise suspicions. Sully is there with him and he’s doing his best to take care of Sammy. He even enlists a couple other Zanna who don’t have charges or whose charges don’t need them.

Omg thank you! Glad you liked it!!

I totally imagine Sully calling in reinforcements to get Sammy through a fever, and Sam thinking he was just fever delirious. Sully getting him to swallow pills because the only fever reducer they have is some old tylenol packets that came with the first aid kit. Putting wet cloth on Sam's forehead, Zanna friends "borrowing" soup from their kids' houses and cooking it while Sully checks Sam's temperature. Sully's friends helping him figure out how much water Sam should be getting and how to make sure he's hydrated. Sully carrying Sam when he was too dizzy, etc. The memories fade into the background like a lot of his Sully memories, the way the time before he started hunting with his family seems washed over with watercolor or clouded with grave smoke.

[samdeancatastrophe]

some de-aged Sammy?

It's more likely than you think.

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[inbredbrotherhood]

Dean’s eyes slowly opened as his bed dipped with the weight of someone climbing into it. He stayed still, kept his breathing steady but relaxed the moment he heard speaking.

“Dean, can I sleep here tonight?”

Rolling onto his side, Dean eyed his little brother who was perched precariously by his side, those big, hazel Bambi eyes staring down at him. Blinking the sleep from his eyes, Dean scooted away from the wall and patted the spot, humming.

“Come on, Sammy.”

No time was wasted before a warm, brother shaped mass was squeezed between his chest and the wall, safely hidden from view if someone was to enter the room unbidden.

“Gettin’ to old to sleep with me.” Dean muttered as he closed his eyes, snuggled into his brother who made a noise of disagreement.

“Never gonna be too old.”

[sammyinpink]

Another town, another motel where Sam is left behind so John and Dean can hunt, but he is never left alone. Like ingredients for a ritual, a tangled pile of flannel and hole-riddled garments wait on the bed to be mended, washed, folded. He'll get to them. He makes sure his blade is tucked in his boot and grabs his walkman before he heads off to find a library.

[tumbler-tidbits]

This weeks featured artist is @dakt37 Her comic below is my favorite fanart piece EVER and she depicts toddler Sam exactly as I do in my head! All art is hers, Injust combined her pieces into collages since tumblr will only allow 10 photos. Enjoy!

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[samwinchestermeta]

I've had enough with those people accusing Sam having a better childhood and that Dean suffered so much to provide Sam a loved environment. It's not a goddamn competition! And why did they always, always ignore the fact that Sam did LOVE Dean, he's the one who complimented, encouraged Dean! I don't even remember when had Sam guilt tripped Dean into sth while Dean did it all the time. Sorry for getting carried away, I just wanted to ask which tag would you suggest me to search? Thanks!

Me too, Anon! If you want to read a ton of really great analysis on this very topic, check out our Young Sam tag. That one is undoubtedly the most likely to yield results specifically about the concerns you have, but these may also have some relevant analysis: sam and family, sam and abuse, sam and formative experiences.

Too many people assume that because Sam’s experience was not equivalent to Dean’s, it was not challenging or damaging. Additionally, too many fans unquestioningly swallow the image of flawless-parent-Dean and take any assertions that Sam had a tough childhood as accusations against Dean, which they most certainly are not. There are also way too many ridiculous headcanons bouncing around in the fandom that a bunch of people accept as canon, like this one which queen-of-carven-stone so effectively refuted.

Dean certainly had many rough and harmful experiences that Sam can’t understand. Sam had many equally harmful experiences that Dean can’t possibly understand, too, and I think too many people forget that.

A short and incomplete highlight reel of Sam’s childhood experiences:

Sam has never known home or a mother’s love. The only life he remembers is the itinerant lifestyle of a hunter.

It’s the only life he’s ever known, and it is also a life he has never really felt a part of. He spent his childhood feeling unworthy and impure. His attempt to leave and seek a place he might belong ended up with his father disowning him.

Dean knew about hunting from a young age, but Sam was lied to for most of his young life and left alone in motel rooms as young as 9 years old and (and quite possibly as young as 5). Sam was dragged all over the U.S., dropped in motel rooms alone, and no one would tell him why they were doing that.

His English teacher when he was fourteen was the first person who asked what Sam wanted out of life rather than assuming that he’d go into the family business.

He had lost his mother and desperately wanted to know about her, but was yelled at when he asked. He didn’t know any/many of the details of her death until he was 22. He never knew Dean carried him out of the fire until then, either. He spent his whole freaking childhood seeking revenge for a loss he was never allowed to be a part of. Is it any wonder he thought to look elsewhere for a place to belong?

So many people in fanon assume that Dean always (or even often) supported Sam when he stood up against John. However… canon has scant evidence of this. In fact, most of the evidence points to Dean taking John’s side. 

That’s not unusual at all, of course. Dean seriously shouldn’t have had to bear the burdens placed on him from such a young age, but neither should Sam. Sam’s experiences were no less harmful than Dean’s, and the effects of his unstable childhood have followed him into adulthood and beyond.