Supernatural: Where The Heart Is

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Title: Where The Heart Is
Author: liz038
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: None
Rating: PG
Word Count: 600
Disclaimer: Entirely not mine.
Summary: Sam's thoughts on platonic love upon coming across a dictionary word.
Warnings: None.
Notes: I put in a claim at fanfic100 a while back, but have yet to get a response. Having nothing to do, I was looking at the prompts earlier, and one in particular caught my eye. And I thought to myself - it makes no differences whether my claim is accepted or not. XD No one's stopping me from writing. So here's the end result. Oh, and no matter what the beginning may sound like, this is not wincest. ^^;; Thanks so much to the awesome xphoenixrising for the beta.

lov·er
n. A couple in love with each other; A paramour; A sexual partner.

It’s strange, Sam mused, how that single word could bring up so many sexual connotations. Couples were termed as lovers – perhaps husband and wife, or girlfriend and boyfriend, but the secular love always rang out, loud and clear, from behind the term.

Love. It was such a loose word that could be applied to almost anything. An item, a pet, even religion – one could love one’s car, or cat, or even God. If you thought about it that way, then everyone was a lover. Everyone loved.

Or maybe, Sam thought, your feelings had to be reciprocated. You had to be loved back.

But what of platonic love? A love based entirely on emotions. A child’s love for a parent, or, in Sam’s case, a sibling.

If there was one person Sam had always loved, one thing Sam had never doubted, it was the love he and his brother shared. Dean had been the perfect older brother for as long as he could remember – always teasing and annoying the hell out of Sam with his badass comments, yet always there when it mattered. Whenever he’d been sick, or scared, or had a nightmare, his brother was there to comfort him and nurse him back to health. And Sam knew that when it came down to it, he would willingly sacrifice himself for Dean. In a heartbeat.

They had a purely platonic love, yet Sam had no doubt that their love was stronger than the love of most couples. Sam loved Dean without hesitance, without condition, and he knew that it was the same for his brother. Couples based their love on closeness, on pleasure. When those factors were gone, the relationships usually fell apart. But not for them. Even when Sam had gone off to Stanford, and countless states had separated them, the faith, the love, the protectiveness had always been there – guarding him, comforting him.

They’d shared endless experiences throughout their lives. As a child, Dean had practically raised Sam, and even now, his older brother continued to protect him. Countless shrieks of laughter and pain, triumph and hardship – and bonds like that just couldn’t be broken. Sam knew that their love was something constant and perpetual – something purely platonic, yet would outlast so many secular loves.

It was almost ironic, he mused, that it was the ones who needed physical love that was termed the "lovers".

He had no idea why people attached such surface terms to something that was meant to be deep and meaningful – it made no sense to do so. Yet a part of him was past logic, at the point where he realized that rationality didn’t matter. It was enough to know that Dean was there. And for him, home was with Dean – home is where the heart is.

At some point, Sam had realized – what used to be his dream, his “ideal” apple-pie life and picket-fence house, could never be home – at least, not a loving one – because his brother wouldn’t be there. As long as the two of them stayed together, he would always be at home – whether it was hunting demons, or driving down an endless highway with ACDC blasting behind them. His brother was his stability, his support, and for him, that was all he needed - everything that was meaningful.

It didn’t matter why the world didn’t match up, or why their life was the insanity that it was – as long as Dean was there, he was home.

Home and loved.

Comments

[staceey.livejournal.com]

Words alone could never tell you how much I adore this. :) Its so very Sam.

[wynter-rebel.livejournal.com]

Weeee!! :-D So good.

[littlecup.livejournal.com]

This was lovely. It's very nice how such a small amount of words portray something so simple, but powerful. Well done.

[rabidmaiden.livejournal.com]

Omg. Soooo good.

[kepp0xy.livejournal.com]

aww I adore this fic. so heartwarming, it made my night XD

[pixel-0.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm so glad you did this. While I like Wincest (yes, yes, say what you will...), I also like a good fic that simply says that they love each other as brothers. Because they do. They really, really do. And it's so damn sweet. Thanks for writing this one. :D

[shanghai-rose.livejournal.com]

God, I loved this. You see all these Wincest fics, and no offense, but that completely squicks me out and turns me away from the fandom - but your fic described brotherly love perfectly, I think. I loved all the allusions and discussions!

[belleimani.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful.
::sniff:

[alltruth.livejournal.com]

That was so sweet. I adored it. Good thing to read after a fustrating Maths exam. I loved Sammy's perspective on Dean being a big brother.

[javana12.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[knownaskate.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes. PERFECT. God, darlin' you hit the nail on the head. This is exactly how Sam and Dean are. You know Dean's thinking the same thing too, except not so eloquently. XP Brilliant work, my lovely. WHY ISN'T THIS ARCHIVED AT UL?!?!

[sunny-now.livejournal.com]

This must be one of the best fanfics I've ever read. Being so clear and simple, yet complex and beautiful, it brought out what I kept thinking about Sam's feelings for Dean. Just... amanzingly awesome! (:

[iamzulma.livejournal.com]

this was very sweet. heartwarming. i love thoughtful and ponderous sam. :))