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I was rewatching 10x23 “Brother’s Keeper” today and I cannot get over how beautiful this shot is. It’s not just the single tear, or the way Sam’s looking at his brother like he loves him and would do anything for him. It’s the way he’s looking up to Dean as he does all of that.

Dean’s his big brother; Sam has always looked up to him. When they were younger, he would look up to him because Dean was taller. But even after the growth spurt that left little Sammy towering over his older brother, Sam has never stopped looking up to Dean.

Dean says “close your eyes” and all Sam hears is his brother waking him up from a nightmare the day he found out that monsters are real, telling him to close his eyes and go back to sleep because everything will be better in the morning.

Dean says “close your eyes” and Sam hears his brother’s voice from next to his crib saying “go to sleep, Sammy.”

Dean says “close your eyes” and Sam will do it because he would do anything for his big brother.

Sam’s always looked up to his brother, and he’ll keep looking up to his brother until the day he dies.