The Last Straw (SPN, gen) Sam, Dean

[cleflink]

Title: The Last Straw
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Sam, Dean (gen)
Warnings: evil Sam, minor OC death
Word count: 815
Rating: R
A/N: Written for the Evil!Sam Roulette challenge at evilsam_spn, for the song prompt Despicable Me, by Pharrell. I had a tough time coming up with something that wasn't completely cracky for this song; I'm still not sure how well I succeeded on that score.
Also available on AO3.

Summary: Mid-season 5 AU. Sam's had enough.


Being an excerpt from the third chapter of the Chronicles of Sam Winchester, Master of All Things Above and Below.

At precisely 2:13am on February 23, 2010, Marwin Hawk accidentally precipitated the end of the human race's sovereignty on Earth.

By trying to mug the Winchesters.

"Gimme your wallets," Hawk ordered tersely. He dug the muzzle of his gun harder against Dean's neck for emphasis and Sam gritted his teeth. "Or I shoot him."

Dean rolled his eyes. "Could we skip the melodrama?" he asked, irritation plain in his voice. Knowing him, he was less upset about getting mugged than he was about the fact that an ordinary human had got the drop on him. "You are so not the scariest son of a bitch we've had to deal with t-ngh!"

"I'm not asking again," Hawk said, ignoring the way Dean glared as he wiped blood from his lips. He locked eyes with Sam over Dean's shoulder. "Wallets. Now."

And Sam, quite abruptly, had had enough.

"You know what?" he said. "No."

Hawk's eyebrows furrowed. "This isn't a joke, pal."

"Do I look like I'm laughing?" Sam demanded. The anger and frustration that seemed to simmer constantly under his skin rose up hard and fast, ready to show this idiot what happened to people who messed with his brother. "You and your bullshit picked the wrong pair of guys to target tonight. Because my whole fucking life has been one big joke and I? Am God damn sick of it."

"Well, that's too bad," Hawk shot back. "Cause now you've got about ten seconds to apologize to your friend for getting him killed."

His grip tightened on the gun.

"No," Sam said, and it was so much more than just a word. Power coiled inside him, viscous and dark and so easy that Sam couldn't help but shake his head that it had taken him so long to come to this. All that time, wasted.

Hawk froze in the act of pulling the trigger, as surely as if Sam had turned him to stone.

"Sam," Dean said warningly. "What are you doing?"

"Shut up, Dean," Sam said, and smirked at the shock on Dean's face when his voice abruptly vanished.

Hawk's eyes were wide, sweat running down his face as he tried to compel his frozen limbs to obey him.

"I've been having a really shitty year so far," Sam told him, almost conversationally. "We let the devil out of Hell, you see, and now we've got all of Heaven and Hell on our asses, trying to make us help them cause the apocalypse."

Hawk was starting to look properly frightened - and like he thought Sam was crazy - but Sam hardly noticed.

"That's only the tip of the iceberg. You know what we were doing before you showed up? Hunting vampires. Total pain in the ass to get rid of. And Dean nearly got himself killed again - don't make that face, jackass, yes, you damn well did. Do you know what it's like, going through life fully expecting to watch your brother die before the end of every day? Bullshit, is what it is.

And then, to make things even worse, you come along and decide to mug us, which doesn't even make any sense. I mean, look at us!" Sam flung his arms wide. "Do we look like easy marks? The hell were you thinking?"

Hawk let out a small whimper of distress.

"I've had enough," Sam said, with what he thought was admirable calm. "Enough of supernatural creatures trying to control our lives, enough of hunting things and enough of saving selfish people like you from a fate you all deserve."

'Sam,' Dean mouthed, dismay written all over his face.

Not that Sam cared. "No, Dean. Fuck him and fuck the whole human race. The angels and demons want a change in the world order? Well, I'll give it to them." Sam smiled and it made Hawk pale. "And you can be damn sure that they're not going to like it."

A negligent twist of Sam's hand snapped Hawk's neck; he collapsed in a twitching pile, gun clattering uselessly to the ground.

"You okay?" Sam asked Dean, giving him back his voice with a wave.

Dean stared at him, looking somewhere between dazed and terrified.

"Dean?" Sam pressed.

"Who the hell pissed in your cheerios?" Dean blurted. "Jesus Christ, Sam."

Sam chuckled. "Come on, Dean," he said, threading a touch of compulsion through the words. Because Dean was almost certainly going to want to fight about this and Sam just didn't have the energy to deal with that right now. "Let's get back to the motel. We'll both get a good night's sleep and then, in the morning, we're taking this war into our own hands."

"Okay, Sammy," Dean said, and let Sam lead him back to the Impala.

~fin

Comments

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

That was fun I love Sam just going off. Nice job

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Sam has way too much self-restraint. Some days, you just wanna kill somebody.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

Loved it your welcome

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

I would have lost it somewhere in S1, so I much admire Sam's restraint, even here :D Cool story

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I suspect that the show would have been very different if Dean had been the one with crazy super powers. His methods of channeling anger are a little more... dramatic than Sam's.

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you!

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

I was rather puzzled when Sam was regarded as the one with anger issues in S5 :)

[liliaeth]

I wasn't. Dean tends to get angry and then gets over it. Sam is kinda like the Bruce Banner from the movies, who lets his rage simmer and simmer on and on, until it breaks free and destroy everything arounds him.

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

Hmm, dunno. Dean can hold quite a grudge. Anyhow, it's not like both of them don't have REASONS to be angry :)

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think Sam was trying to deal with his anger all the way through. It's just that he deals with anger by talking and Dean won't talk ("no chick flick moments"). Sam didn't really have anyone else to talk to most of the time so it wasn't surprising his anger built up. Dean's coping mechanisms are more suited to the hunter lifestyle I reckon.

Anyway, they're fictional characters, so interpretations vary. I personally would love more insight into their psyches but since the show is more about action, it's not gonna happen.

Delicious!

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

the Chronicles of Sam Winchester, Master of All Things Above and Below.

I love you, yes indeed. Never stop writing! ♥

Holy cow, woman, holy cow. This is amazing! Ominous, yet a thread of your winning humor snakes throughout. I can truly see this happening, Sam just snapping like that. Dean's reaction -- "Who the hell pissed in your cheerios?" -- was spot-on perfect, so wonderfully "Dean." And poor old Hawk, he had the misfortune of bringing a gun to a Winchester fight.

Fuck you and fuck the whole human race.

Oh, Sammy! ♥ (NGL, I've had days like that, more than a few. Fortunately for the planet, I have no Sam!powers.) ;)

Well-played, lady, well-played. Brava!! ♥

RE: Delicious!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Man, you have no idea how close I was to writing crack about Sam, King of Hell's, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Complete with torture of damned souls as stress relief. This song was a tricky one!

Dean probably will have a lot more to say once he's got over the shock of Sam losing his proverbial marbles because of a mugging, but he can take some comfort in the fact that he's always got some kind of witty one-liner for every situation.

Poor fed-up Sam. I think he's going to enjoy ruining all the best laid plans of angels, demons and humans. :)

Thank you, my dear! I'm glad you had fun with it!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

So come on, who's going to fess up to pissing in Sam's cheerios? I love that you made this so deadly but so funny at the same time!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I think at this point Sam's breakfast foods are largely metaphorical (although I don't know if I'd put it past Lucifer to manage it somehow, just to be irritating).

The song kept urging me towards crack, which I cannot write to save my life, so I'm glad that this combination of deadly and funny worked for you!

Thank you!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful fic! I loved how you managed to capture a perfect balance of light-hearted humour and dark-ominous power. And Dean's reaction to Sam's meltdown was spot on.

This challenge has been all kinds of fun, thank you for sharing this! :) (Do you mind if I friend you? I'd hate to miss any gems like this one!)

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Dean's mouth was mostly on autopilot; he has yet to find a situation that isn't at least mildly improved by his rapier wit. *grins* I suspect that there shall be a great deal of yelling in the Winchester brothers' near future, though.

By all means, friend away! I like new friends. :)

Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[safiyabat.livejournal.com]

You know, I kind of wondered sometimes how he didn't just snap during s5... this was nice!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Sam's self-restraint is legendary. He puts up with so much bullshit from the world.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

I love this angry Sam!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Even Sam has limits, apparently. I probably shouldn't be as delighted by the idea of him taking matters into his own hands as I am, as I suspect that the human race isn't going to fare especially well in the coming months.

Glad you liked him! Thanks!

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

That was fun, in a dark way. Good job, you!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

It's really not a good thing for the human race, but it's still kind of nice to see Sam just saying 'fuck it' and doing things on his terms for once.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

Love this!!!

"Okay, Sammy."

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Dean is going to be considerably less than happy about this when he gets over the shock... but he'll still wind up following Sam's lead. Things work out better when they work together, after all.

Glad you enjoyed, hon! Thanks!

[monicawoe.livejournal.com]

Hooray!!!
That would've been a fun season 5 indeed ; )

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

It would certainly have made for a different plotline! And I do enjoy watching the Winchesters taking over the world kicking ass and taking names. :)

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks!

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Perfect blend of horror and humor! Is there going to be more?

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

It's still probably more tongue-in-cheek than it ought to be, but the song really didn't want to be taken seriously, so this was the result. No plans for more at present, I'm afraid (not that that's ever stopped me before). Mostly, they're going to take over the world and Hell (and possibly Heaven if they get bored) and it's going to be a better alternative than what the angels and demons have planned. :)

Thanks, hon! Glad you enjoyed!

[gatorgurl94.livejournal.com]

Lolol-this is fantastic. What a great blend of humor and quiet creepiness. There's nothing quite as terrifying as Sam losing his cool. Dean's reaction? Priceless. Great job!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want Sam angry with me, that's for sure! He's the type to get even (which does not bode well for the future of mankind). And when all else fails, at least we can count on Dean to have something pithy and sarcastic to say.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

What a perfect way for Sam to finally go off the deep end. Sometimes, all it takes is one idiot. ;D

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Sam says that he's had it up to here with being the reasonable one. His life is shit enough without freaking muggers getting in their way. :P

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[annabuffy.livejournal.com]

I loved this so much. It's way to funny and honestly, with all the crap Sam's been through and the beatings he takes on a regular basis, I don't know why he hasn't done this on the show.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I very much doubt that I'd be as restrained as Sam is if all this shit happened to me. Demons and angels and monsters he can deal with, but throwing stupid humans into the mix is just one step too far.

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you!

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Thanks for providing the link to the song. It was the perfect background music!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Man, that song gave me such grief, trying to figure out how to write something that wasn't completely ridiculous. So you get something kind of ridiculous and I get mental images of Sam robbing banks with a freeze ray. :P

Glad you enjoyed, hon! Thanks!

[sade3695.livejournal.com]

Gun to Dean's head - psychopath crazy enough to mug the Winchesters - our boys fresh from a messy vampire hunt - a ranting, weary, Sam exploding with righteous anger - and our wonderful, witty, wisecracking hero. Perfect blend of danger and humor. This was an absolute joy to read.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Personally, I would think twice about mugging two guys who look like the Winchesters, but I guess common sense isn't everyone's strong suit. Being a smart ass is definitely Dean's defence mechanism when shit goes sideways. :)

I'm so glad you had fun with this story! Thank you!

[becc-j.livejournal.com]

oh boy, I loved reading this! Sam with powers is not to be messed with :) I really like that last line from Dean before Sam compelled him too. This was definitely a fun read

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I'm with Dean on this one: I get all tingly when Sam takes control like that. *laughs*

Thanks, hon! I'm glad you had fun with it. :)

[nomercles.livejournal.com]

I always appreciate a nice Sam Rant. Thank you!