Title: Zombies Walk In Our Stead
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Dean, Sam, John, Castiel, Adam
Word Count: 17k
Summary: Self-sacrifice is as much a part of the Winchester family business as guns and salt. What if Dean wasn't the first of the brothers to make a deal for the other one's life? During a cold winter when Sam's fourteen, Dean gets sick. He's about to die when Sam gets approached by a demon and makes a deal similar to the one Mary made for John: Dean lives, and the demons get to call in a favor in ten years time.
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