Great story, poor Sam though.

Oh I liked Dean's panic and guilt and worry in here...

I wish he was crying, though... xD #sadist(?) mode

This is Great !

AAIIIIEEE! Dean! You know better than that! And now Sam's - GONE?!

Hours are hell... ok, well, hell is hell, but hours in hell... Ow, Sam... ok, he's alright. He still loves Dean.
I can breathe again.
LOL about the underwear. I might've gone for a favorite T-shirt as well...

Awesome sequel to that last story. I think Dean finally learned (well, not really, but we'll pretend since he only chased after another demon after Sam was actually dead) his lesson here. Too bad it had to be the hard way- Sam taken off kicking and screaming to Hell for some tests. It really hit home that there's a reason Sam is the moral compass of the two. And Dean should listen a little more often. And be less willing to trade the little they still have. Seeing him powerless to do anything to get his brother back was really terrible. His pacing and pacing and... just... yeah...

Don't know how I haven't found this before...Superb writing! :)

Great fic. Really didn't expect the twist of the demon making Sam disappear to get information and obviously Dean didn't either or he would never have agreed to it! You got his panic and beating himself up spot on in the wake of Sam's disappearance and also how he took care of him once Sam was returned, out of it and screaming. Loved the brotherly banter at the end, both slowly recovering from what had happened. Nice touch with Sam taking the phone from Dean when Missouri was chewing him out and telling her to pull her head in!

Yet another fave :)

WOWZERS! My heart literally sped up in my chest as soon as Sammy disappeared! Poor Dean, he is always so, SO hard on himself! And I let out a huge sigh of relief when he showed back up, but then he was screaming and my heart broke all over again...

This was just WOW. Dean throwing up his breakfast, to him destroying things in the motel(actually I think it was a cabin) to the pancakes and the handholding and of course dying his underwear pink. This was flawless! I really wish Kripke had incorporated a tiny bit more TLC into the show! Cause it always warms my heart. Thanks so much for writing this! It's brilliant :D

This had an unexpected punch, especially in light of what will happen later! Your writing is, as always, superb.

The beginning of this was deceptively straightforward-just a hunt, Sam recovering, and then BAM, freaky demon comes up and tempts Dean. This line struck me (**Sam didn’t falter, but Dean’s gaze flickered. He suddenly felt very alone and wanted to look away, check on Sam just…just because.**) because it highlights that Dean really didn't suspect anything would happen to Sam through the deal and if he'd known, he never would have done it.

**At the bottom, it hit anew, and Dean gripped the railing tight. Sam’s plea for him not to make the deal, his silent disappearance. He’ll be returned to you alive. After. No promise of what shape he’d be in. Because demons lied, twisted and tortured and took pleasure inflicting pain, especially on the Winchesters. And he’d just handed them Sammy.

Dean lurched around the railing and threw up breakfast in the bushes by the front walk.**

This was a great paragraph.

**He’d bought pancakes in a fit of needing to do something to make this better, even if the food was cold by now. **

This was heartbreaking in its pathetic-ness. So futile, buying silly things like pancakes, but its understandable why he does it.

The description of Sam's return ripped my heart to shreds-it was beautiful and perfect.

**He pressed Sam’s head against his chest above his own heart, wrapped arms and legs around him, cocooned him, and started rocking. His voice cracked against the violence of Sam’s cries.

“You’re okay, Sammy, you’re okay. Please stop, oh, God, please stop. It’s over. It’s over. Don’t do this, please…”**

This reminded me of Dean crawling into Sam's crib when he was little to comfort him, and to draw comfort from him in return.

Dean's earnestness was so sad, but so beautiful to see. His promise to never deal with a demon again is so believable; and makes the fact that he did so much worse. It brings even greater gravity to the situation, when he brings Sam back through demon-dealing, even though he promised Sam he never would.

Well done. This story's one of my top favorites, of all the ones you've written.

This was an interesting and surprisingly realistic encounter with a demon that I can see possibly happening in the series. I think that it was wonderfully set up, for Dean to make a deal without even realizing what he was doing. He was so despereate for information on their father that he was willing to submit to questioning-but the idea backfiring on him is quite a twist, and one that couldn't have been seen coming.

Good job!

This was another great fic! I just loved the twist...of her wanting info by taking Sam. I so did not expect that! And the angst! Poor Dean, so desperate to find out about his dad, that he tossed good judgment to the wind, went against his little bro's wishes, and did the deal...placing poor Sammy to suffer the unthinkable. Loved the way you described Dean's desperation when Sam disappeared and then the details of Sam's return (screaming)and Dean's response to it all. You always write the brothers in character and as always, their banter was perfect! Great read! Thanks again for sharing your creative taltents with us!

That was amazing, inspired. Brilliant. Seriously I love it. Poor Dean! He can beat himself up like no other ne? I love how you write these characters. I've said it a thousand times, but seriously. You never fail to amazing me Hanna

-Chris

I was horrified when Sam disappeared! Couldn't imagine what he might have been going through. I felt almost as bad as Dean did, but he'd caused it!

Loved the making up scene, tho. Sam's forgiveness, wanting Dean there, and grabbing onto him as he fell asleep. Really awesome.

Great fic!

I find it increadibly ironic that it is a deal in this story that took Sam away, and a deal at the end of the second season that brought him back.

Plus, the whole - no more deals - speel.

Man, irony bites.

I digress.

Great story! I like how you focused on Dean waiting for Sam to come home. They say that the hardest part of something like this is waiting and not knowing. I think you captured that really well.

And Sammy's return and Dean's reaction afterwards... perfect, as always. I feel so bad for the two of them.

But I love the humor at the end that proves that everything's going to be okay. :)

Thanks for posting!

Just rereading this one and loving it so i thought i would drop a word... Cheers