CHAPTER 3: This Won't Hurt a Bit Dean’s hand slipped into the pocket with ease as Sam frowned. “What are you talking--” He trailed off. It took Dean seconds to curl his fingers around the tiny figure, sliding underneath Stan as the pocket moved to accommodate the hand the way it was made to. Then, the kid tumbled into Dean’s grip and he once again sealed him in a fist, withdrawing him into the cool night air. Stan barely had time to curl into a ball and fret about what was going to happen to him before gravity shifted around him and the fingers keeping him trapped unfurled, leaving the little guy sprawled on the hunter’s palm. He scrambled to sit up, freezing again under the gazes of two unknown humans now. Sam stared as Dean opened his hand, revealing the tiny figure in the center of his palm. “Found ‘im when the witch tossed me,” Dean said, a trace of satisfaction in his voice as he remembered the quick thinking reactions that had led to the tiny guy’s capture. “Whatcha think he
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CHAPTER 10: On the Road Again The following days were a mix of confusion and excitement for Oscar. Waking up in a huge room on a gigantic pillow left him dazed until he remembered where he'd fallen asleep. He'd found shortly after that Dean had curled an arm around the pillow protectively. Oscar was safe there, no matter what his instincts told him about the huge expanse of the room around him. Sometimes, the temptation would strike him to scurry into the walls again or to hide. His instincts, formed by a lifetime of living in the walls out of sight, weren't prepared for the open space around him all the time; even in the previous week, he'd spent most of his time in the walls. He still got to eat plenty of food, and he even found some time to work on his sewing when his nerves ran too high. That certainly fascinated his quiet human friend. Dean could scarcely see the needles Oscar used for his sewing. After their first full day, Dean had to go to school. Oscar, not wanting to stay
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CHAPTER 58: Reunited Bowman was jolted out of his reverie when the shoulder under him bobbed up and down once. He gripped Jacob's hood in surprise and turned a glare, only to find the human smirking at him in profile. “Go on, dude, we all know you want to. Find a leaf for these guys to play with or something.” Bowman raised an eyebrow, but didn't gripe. Last time he'd come back to the forest in the Impala, he'd all but stormed out the door to fly among the canopy again (much to Dean's annoyance). This time, he'd held back for the nestlings. One glance at them found Rischa waving him off with a knowing grin, and he had his answer. He was off like a shot. While Bowman frolicked in the air to celebrate their return, Jacob glanced to the side towards Dean and Sam. “Ready for a hike?” Dean took a deep breath of the forest air. "I think I can manage," he said, his mood undeniably chipper after the coffee combined with the supposed-angel's healing touch. Now that the pain in his ribs was
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CHAPTER 26: New Horizons Barely an hour later, Chase and Jacob were downstairs, talking in conspiratorial voices despite the appearance of an empty house. Keen eyes and ears could be just on the other side of any wall, for all they knew. "This is a pretty last-minute plan, Jake," Chase pointed out. "I'm kinda surprised." "I think you're just wishing you thought of it first." Jacob zipped a backpack closed, one that he'd had Chase run some errands to fill. "Think they see this coming?" "Doubt it. I didn't even see it coming 'til you popped back to your real size so easily." Chase carried the backpack while Jacob led the way upstairs. Jacob didn't bother trying to hide his footsteps. He walked lighter like he had learned after several stern warnings from Dean about the earthquakes he caused, but even so his footfalls shook the floor and announced his return long before he came back to the room. Hopefully, it concealed Chase's approach enough to hide what he had planned. Once back
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CHAPTER 14: Limbo
“I’ll take a coffee, black, with a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich,” Dean ordered at the drive-thru window. His voice remained gruff from waking up and not grabbing a drink.
Sam was down on the seat, calmly watching the bag where Logan was trapped with a steady eye. From there, he couldn’t be seen from the drive-thru window, and there were no walkways nearby for a passerby to peek in at him. He could have a few minutes where he was sitting on the seat just like anyone else did.
A shadow moved overhead and Sam craned his neck back. He watched as Dean steadily turned the wheel directly above, angling
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CHAPTER 10: A Case Closed; A Rescue Complete According to the note, Adam Cushing was murdered by one Logan Cook. Cook wrote it all down on several loose leaf pages, apparently an explanation of his actions. Cook had been married to Cushing's sister, Ashley Cushing, once, but it was all a lie. He got with her to get close to the true subject of his obsession: Adam. It was hard to glean from the note alone, but for some reason he was fixated on him. Perhaps it was some kind of hysterical love, or one of those situations where a person becomes so consumed by another person that they want to become them. Either way, this bloke was all kinds of loony, it sounded to Lestrade. After he professed his obsession, Adam rejected him, and soon Ashley ended things with Cook. He continued to stalk Adam from afar, confronting him when Adam started showing displeasure about Ashley becoming romantic with Adam's lifelong best friend, Rodger Hope. Their short conversation ended seemingly harmlessly
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Dean eyed up the clouds overhead, but was unable to keep his attention on the growing darkness.
He was laying on his back out in the field past Bobby's house, absently fiddling with some tools he'd taken from his dad's supply before the oldest of the Winchesters had taken off. It was a good distraction, taking apart the various spare parts Bobby kept around his junkyard, and a good way to avoid homework.
Sam wasn't far from the sixteen-year-old, busy exploring the ground around his older brother to see what was there. Dean kept a sharp ear out for the kid, always alert for any dangers that might lurk near them.
Sam was, after all, only jus
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Dean had grown somewhat adjusted to the heights he saw constantly from Sam's hands, but he felt he might never adjust to being so easily picked up and moved around by his younger brother.
When Sam stood, he had Dean standing in one hand and the other hand was occupied by the flashlight they had used to attempt to probe the inside of the walls with. Unfortunately, the entrance to the walls was too small for the flashlight or Sam to fit, and Dean could only make out the details to the edge of the area the light filled. Beyond that was solid darkness, where anything could be lurking.
Though he had a silver knife and his colt, Dean didn't want
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Jacob opted to sit at the corner of the bed once Dean was gone, settling his weight slowly and carefully. The pillow wobbled a little, and he tried to slow down his movements even more to avoid sending anyone rolling over the side. That done, he sent an amused grin Bowman's way.
"You'll have to try some more today since Sam missed your performance yesterday," he teased. "Dean practically had to hold onto him for a bunch of the car ride so he wouldn't fly in front of me while I was driving." The little guy had done laps between the dashboard and the back of the seat or Dean's shoulder.
Bowman flared his wings at
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A/N: This is the third part of the Brothers Adopted series, if you want to read the other parts, please follow this link.
The last thing Jacob Andris ever expected was to find himself cursed by a witch to live out his life under half a foot tall. He never expected to find himself becoming part of a family that once would fit in his hand.
And he certainly never expected to find himself adopted by a hunter twenty times his size.
Jacob woke with a quiet groan, rolling onto his back and rubbing his eyes with a sluggish hand. His dreamless sleep had ended sooner than he expected, and for a long moment he couldn't figure out why. He slowly catal
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Welcome to the AU lounge! A place of relaxation conceived and helped designed by all the readers and visitors to the world of Brothers Apart! Stay awhile, kick up your boots, and have some pie!
Current AUs in the Lounge:
Brothers Together (Teenager big Dean; tiny kiddo Sam; tiny kiddo Oscar)
Brothers Apart (The original Dean and Sam)
Brothers Lost (Big Jacob with the tiny bros)
Brothers Found (Big Dean and Jacob, tiny Sam)
Brothers Adopted (Big Dean, tiny Sam and tiny Jacob) ****** Returning
Brothers Asunder (Big Jacob, spritely Sam and Bowman)Sam busied himself checking the last of the belts, giving the last one a sharp yank to confirm it
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Together, the Winchesters were able to piece together the events of that night.
Somehow, Sam had grown to a giant, and stopped the werewolf in its tracks. Restrained the werewolf long enough for Dean to dart in, sinking his silver knife into its throat, taking out the threat.
After that, Sam somehow lost his giant stature, diminishing to just a few inches in height. Dean had tracked him down, and pocketed him for safe-keeping.
“I can’t believe you stuck me in a pocket,” Sam muttered, rubbing the bridge of his nose with a thumb.
Dean sent him a side-eyed look, both hands firmly on the wheel of the Impala as they got the h
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Bree gasped as she saw a large, blue-winged butterfly swoop down from the edge of the roof she was sitting under next to Sam. Its beautiful, iridescent wings caught the last beams of sunlight, shimmering a radiant color she hadn't seen before.
Sam laughed, holding out his good arm. The butterfly was not bothered by the two small people standing there, and alighted on his arm, antennae brushing against his hair and tickling at his face. Sam turned towards Bree. "Have you seen one before?" he asked, his eyes glowing.
She nodded, her eyes wide. "But only from the window in Beth's room," she confided in Sam.
"Here," he said, clasping her hand.
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The door to the rundown house creaked open slowly. Dean peered around the edge of the door, gun at the ready. Once he decided the coast was clear he motioned for his brother to follow. Sam slipped in and glanced over to Dean, arching his eyebrows. "So, you're sure that this was the last house the vic was seen in?" he whispered.
"Yeah, of course I am, Sammy!" Dean snapped. "I know how to do my damn job. Friends had him out here on a dare. House has been abandoned for about 15 years. Last owners moved out real fast when they lost their father. Craig here is lucky victim number three to disappear in the house thi
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CHAPTER 26: New Horizons Barely an hour later, Chase and Jacob were downstairs, talking in conspiratorial voices despite the appearance of an empty house. Keen eyes and ears could be just on the other side of any wall, for all they knew. "This is a pretty last-minute plan, Jake," Chase pointed out. "I'm kinda surprised." "I think you're just wishing you thought of it first." Jacob zipped a backpack closed, one that he'd had Chase run some errands to fill. "Think they see this coming?" "Doubt it. I didn't even see it coming 'til you popped back to your real size so easily." Chase carried the backpack while Jacob led the way upstairs. Jacob didn't bother trying to hide his footsteps. He walked lighter like he had learned after several stern warnings from Dean about the earthquakes he caused, but even so his footfalls shook the floor and announced his return long before he came back to the room. Hopefully, it concealed Chase's approach enough to hide what he had planned. Once back
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CHAPTER 25: A Restored Chase Artwork of Chase done by rainyday-deer! The rest of the night passed uneventfully, a blessing for the exhausted group. Chase slept soundly as the stress of being captured and the mind-altering drugs worked their way out of his system, and hardly budged except to tug part of the immense shirt's fabric over himself. With people there to keep watch over him, he could put the ordeal squarely behind him. Indeed, by the time the group was packed up and ready to head back to Carlisle, his symptoms were gone. All that remained was a telling scent that clung to his jacket and that he griped about all the way to Jacob's pocket. He was lucky his family probably wouldn't notice. Probably. The drive home was more relaxed than the drive out, though Jacob could tell Chase was looking forward to getting back to the stash of cure for the hex. His arms hung over the edge of the pocket so he could watch the miles speed past under the Impala's tires. "Are we there yet?"
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CHAPTER 24: One order of SMALL fries Jacob nudged at Chase to remind him to get into his pocket with Dean's help. While the small teen clumsily crawled towards the edge of his hand, Jacob sighed with relief. If anyone could act convincingly enough for that, it was Chase. He'd seen him improvise excuses on the spot in two different languages and have people believe whatever he said. Chase was a lightweight for Dean to catch, and when he slumped into the pocket at last, Jacob was able to free one hand enough to open up the car. The zhi ren waited patiently and unnaturally well-balanced until he sat down and let them step onto the dashboard again. He sighed at last when the door was closed and looked down. Chase was tiny, and very high, but he was okay. "Chase, I know you're probably gonna gripe about this," Jacob began. "Oh, shit," Chase interrupted him, looking up with his eyes narrowed warily. "We're gonna take care of the case real quick, first," Jacob told him, pretending the
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CHAPTER 23: Like a Sack of Potatoes Tugging the lock from the bars, Sam detangled his legs from the cage and hopped lightly down. The soles of his leather boots landed softly on the table and he knelt down to put the lock on the table without a bang. In the other room of the small camper, the snoring continued blissfully on. “Piece of cake.” “Alright, Chase, time to go,” Dean murmured quietly. They couldn’t risk waking up the humans when they were so close. He caught the edge of the door and pulled it so it swung wide open. Chase let out a breathy chuckle, relieved beyond measure to see that his escape was possible after all. When Ed and Harry had returned to find that two of their captives had simply vanished, Chase had worried he'd be in bigger trouble. Ed's frustration by itself wasn't enough to be that intimidating, but his size was more than enough. Even a flustered geek had much more power than Chase. Chase had been lucky Harry could mellow his friend out. No one had been on
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CHAPTER 22: Mission Impossible: Borrower Protocol The zhi ren stayed rooted on the dashboard despite Jacob's hasty driving. Whatever mojo enabled them to slip through tight spaces or glide around on paper wings kept them stable, even in his sharper turns. That same mojo didn't make them very courteous navigators, he found. Once or twice, Jacob had backtracked to find a route they wanted to use. Their tiny, exasperated instructions and pointing hands came late many times, later than the Impala’s bulky weight could easily correct in time. Despite that, it didn't take much more than half an hour to find the place. A small campground was set up for long-term stays, with rows of campers and RVs filling almost every available space. Jacob noted a few campfires still blazing in flickers of orange while drunk campers laughed and chatted the balmy summer night away. He ended up parking in a small communal lot near one corner of the place. The Impala idled a few seconds more with quiet
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CHAPTER 21: Bring in the Reinforcements Voices drifted in and out of Dean’s hearing. There was no danger in the rumbles of thunder that interrupted his sleep from time to time, no worry that humans would grab him or take Sam away. There were so many times during their childhood that they’d feared exactly that happening. Falling asleep in the tiny home under the floorboards was almost impossible when humans were in the room above. Knowing that only a thin surface of wood separated them from giants that could destroy everything made all of them uneasy. There wasn’t much they could do about that… all the families in the motel had to deal with the same fears and worries. Sam and Dean just weren’t as used to it as the others. Some nights they’d even curl up in Dean’s nest of fabric together, hunkering down against the world with only each other for support. Jacob had changed all that. Though he’d done exactly what they’d been warned against at first… Capturing Dean, trapping him in a
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CHAPTER 20: Lights, Camera... Action? Chase slumped his shoulders and covered his face with his hands, but not out of despair. Instead, pure exasperation and disbelief rang through every one of his motions, and he dragged his hands up and back through his straight black hair. Oh my God. I've been captured by the actual biggest nerds I've ever seen. Jade and Gold watched him curiously while he took a slow breath and lowered his hands to his sides. His fists clenched and unclenched, and then Chase crossed his arms. After everything, it didn’t take so much effort to ignore the huge room around him. Instead, he kept his attention on the glittering black eye of the camera lens, an intimidating glare that could cost so many people their entire world. "Dude. No. At what point in this conversation did I make it seem like I'd cooperate?" He once again doubted they would actually listen to him, but Chase wasn't about to just give them whatever they wanted, either. He had to do whatever he
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CHAPTER 19: Drawbacks to Having a Knack With a town as small as the one they were in, it didn't take much driving around to find a suitable little motel. Check-in was easy, and in no time at all Jacob was setting the duffel bag of supplies on the bed and digging out a water bottle and the laptop. He sat at the table with both before finally propping open his pocket to peer down into it. Dean had a hand covering his eyes to block out the light, and Sam hovered close by, a hand at the ready in case Dean needed him. Neither had tried to even glance out of the pocket on the short trip, Dean in too much pain and Sam too busy fretting over his older brother. After so long spent with him, they trusted Jacob’s judgment for where they were being taken, a huge dissonance over how they were months before, back in the beginning of getting to know the hulking teenager. Jacob’s eyes softened. He tried to keep his voice down, though he knew it originated mere inches from where Dean hunched. It was
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CHAPTER 18: A Knack for Trouble Jacob lounged on a cushioned bench in a lobby on the second floor. With his ban from the top floor in place, there was little he could do but wait. With that in mind, he'd found the bench in what looked like the waiting room for a law office and settled down. No one was around to tell him off, so he had his feet up on the bench, long legs stretched out across it. He hadn't heard much of anything so far. If the others needed him, they'd have come to get him. No one else was in the building that he'd seen, and he had a pretty good view of the front walk of the building, if not the door itself. Up above Jacob’s head, in the ceiling itself, Sam and Dean had managed to find their way into the vents that ran throughout the building. It wasn’t a fast process, a fact that grated at Dean even as they ran along the metal flooring. The tell-tale clang! of their footsteps rang around them. If the situation was less dire, they wouldn’t go so fast and take the
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CHAPTER 17: Always Listen to the Professionals Chase slammed into the side of whatever dropped around them and bounced back with a surprised groan. He landed on his back on the floor and pushed himself up with his hands, shaking his head after running full tilt into something for the second time in so many hours. At least whatever he'd hit was soft this time. Then, he caught up to what had happened and scrambled to his feet. He was so hasty that he bumped into one of the zhi ren, but didn't even apologize before rushing forward again and putting his hands out. He couldn't see except for the weak light leaking around the bottom of their prison, but he could feel the slick fabric walls. He was trapped. His breathing quickened and Chase pushed against the wall in front of him before turning around to survey the space. Most of it was pitch black, but the light around their feet enabled him to at least see that they were in a roughly room-sized space. Light reached in like it was