This made me cry….
9091:
…I… could you please repeat the question?
(Anon, Dani deftly defers Dean to me, alliteratively.)
But briefly? I’ll try. There’s a lot of answers, though.
Sam is Dean’s heart because a four year old boy in Kansas looked at his baby brother and decided he was going to fight and be brave. Sam Winchester became the pulse for almost every decision Dean would ever make.
Sam is Dean’s heart because Dean pushes aside anything good that anyone believes about him, and Sam picks it up and carries it for the day Dean will need it.
Sam is Dean’s heart because, when Dean thinks about laying down and giving up, a look from Sam will hit him in a rush. He sees Sam as an illuminated, time-lapse miracle. Sam at age 4, Sam at age 8, at age 12, at age 16… milestones in Dean’s head that all converge on Dean chaotically and swirl around him. The things most people forget, Dean cannot. He looks at Sam and he remembers it all, from the baby who grinned at him out of the crib 30 years ago to the man who smiled at him from across the car the day before.
If someone found a way to transfer that love out of Dean, the weight of it would kill them, without mercy or hesitation. But Sam is strong enough to carry it, and he does.
Sam is Dean’s heart because living without Sam is out of the question.
Just beautiful..and true…
