Fic: Too Little, Too Late 1/3

Title: Too Little, Too Late

Summary: Reeling from their dad's death, both boys struggle to connect to each other again before it's all too little, too late.

Rating: PG-13, gen (Dean, Sam)

A/N: This fic is for kalyw in the last round of the SFTCOL(AR)S Summer Fic Exchange. She requested something post-CSPWDT, dealing with Sam ignoring his injury and the consequences thereof. Therefore, this is SO not my fault :) This turned out to be three chapters long, and I will try to post every other day. Thanks to Tyranusfan for the beta, geminigrl11 for her ability to cut ruthlessly, and sendintheklowns for holding my hand as I rant about how much the fic hated me.

A/N 2: I should probably warn that this fic may be biased. There's a general assumption that Sam is selfish, that Sam takes Dean for granted, and fics like to spend time teaching Sam the opposite. Everyone is entitled their own opinion, and mine is that both boys take each other for granted in the way that only people who spend every day together can. Both are selfish, both are screwed up, and both need to be built up by the other. So in this fic, Dean may come across as harsh at times in this fic, and Sam may come across as a bit self-deprecating, so I just ask that everyone remember the context--post CSPWDT. Neither boy is up to par and I'm exploiting that for this fic. And I make no apologies :)

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

( Too Little, Too Late Chapter One )