Crowley (or, possibly, Meg) tricks Sam into drinking demon blood (as in, Sam doesn't know that's what he's doing until after he's done it) so he can go into Purgatory for Dean. (handwave the Leviathans however you want.) He goes, he gets Dean and Castiel, who's used so much of his grace keeping them safe that he has no healing power left. The nature of Purgatory kept Dean's alcohol withdrawal in abeyance, but when Sam brings him back, it all hits him at once--it's so bad he nearly dies. Sam knows he can't help Dean if he's going through withdrawal himself, so he has to keep drinking demon blood. (Crowley, or maybe Meg, no doubt convinces him of this.) Once he's over the withdrawal, Dean figures out what's going on with Sam and is horrified and guiiiiiiiiiiiilty. And really pissed off with Crowley. Dean and Castiel have to get Sam off the demon blood. They find somewhere to lock him in, but they have to listen to him screaming. Aaaaaaaaaaaagnst and self-loathing for Dean, and possibly flashbacks to Hell for both of them, and Cas can't do much to help, but whatever he offers, Dean refuses it because it's ALL HIS FAULT. And then Sam's all better and there are hugs and puppies. And maybe crying. But definitely hugs.
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Date: 2012-05-23 06:44 pm (UTC)Crowley (or, possibly, Meg) tricks Sam into drinking demon blood (as in, Sam doesn't know that's what he's doing until after he's done it) so he can go into Purgatory for Dean. (handwave the Leviathans however you want.) He goes, he gets Dean and Castiel, who's used so much of his grace keeping them safe that he has no healing power left. The nature of Purgatory kept Dean's alcohol withdrawal in abeyance, but when Sam brings him back, it all hits him at once--it's so bad he nearly dies. Sam knows he can't help Dean if he's going through withdrawal himself, so he has to keep drinking demon blood. (Crowley, or maybe Meg, no doubt convinces him of this.) Once he's over the withdrawal, Dean figures out what's going on with Sam and is horrified and guiiiiiiiiiiiilty. And really pissed off with Crowley. Dean and Castiel have to get Sam off the demon blood. They find somewhere to lock him in, but they have to listen to him screaming. Aaaaaaaaaaaagnst and self-loathing for Dean, and possibly flashbacks to Hell for both of them, and Cas can't do much to help, but whatever he offers, Dean refuses it because it's ALL HIS FAULT. And then Sam's all better and there are hugs and puppies. And maybe crying. But definitely hugs.