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Chains of Babylon by poisontaster

Sam/Dean

Part of the Heart universe.

When a hunt goes badly wrong Sam is lead to believe that Dean is dead. Dean meanwhile is captured and tortured at the local asylum. Sam rescues him, but Dean is suffering from amnesia and doesn't remember him.

Painful, beautiful story about Dean remembering who he is and the multi-faceted relationship he shares with Sam. The characterisation is wonderful - Sam makes me cry in this. He's utterly devoted (I love the little moment where we realise that he hasn't eaten for 2 days because he's been too terrified to leave Dean) and so determined to spend his life with this new Dean to make this damaged, amnesiac Dean understand that his place is by his side, whilst at the same time he's desperate for "his" Dean to come back. Sam's realisation that Dean knows nothing about them, about how far their relationship has came from its awkward early stages is heartbreaking. It's also fascinating to see a Dean unaware of his history questioning his role as a hunter.

Fragments of Broken Futures by maygra

Sam/Dean

A story expanding a stanza from When the road stops, rest. Haunting

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