Title: devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws
Author: Larien Elengasse
Rating: MA (NC-17) for language and mature themes
Characters: Sam/Dean
Warnings: Angst, profanity, Wincest, apocafic. Some spoilers for 4.20 and promos for following episodes.
Word count: 5867
Beta: none but me, myself, and I
Feedback: Would be much appreciated.
Author's note: Written for Sam Winchester's birthday. It's something that I'd like to see happen, but it probably won't because Kripke is an evil bastard. The title is from Shakespeare's Sonnet 19, written to the young man. It's about a type of rebirth or resurrection; the lover is resurrected after death, each time the sonnet is read. The imagery in the first quatrain inspired this little fic. You can find the entire sonnet here. Happy Birthday, Sam! You'll never grow old, and you'll never die, not for us.
Disclaimer: Supernatural is the property of Kripke and CW; I’m just renting a little corner of their sandbox and doing things with their property that you can’t do on network TV.

Summary: the apocalypse is coming, Sam Winchester is falling, and all he can think about is Dean.

Truth be told, he was glad Dean did it, did what he couldn’t do himself. But he wished Dean wasn’t here to watch him turn, to see what he was becoming. Dean shouldn’t have to see that.