You want to know the funny thing -- when I wrote this, I felt it was oh so derivative etc etc....well, I finally figured out why. I forgot I wrote a similar piece w/ Dean sitting at Sam's bedside back after the s1 finale!! *shakes head* I don't why my brain only goes to the "poor abandoned angsty brother" place in ALL my supernatural fics. Especially since, while it was the overriding fear in my childhood, I've NEVER been abandoned in any sense like that.

Thanks for getting back to the feedback, ms a personality:)