*Sixteen Years Ago*

Lucifer and Gabriel handed their new born triplets to Dean and Castiel, who took them to the living room. Lucifer looked to Chuck with a pleading look.

"Please you have to save him." Lucifer said, holding on to Sam's cold, lifeless hand. Tears welled up in his eyes as he felt the hunter's body go colder with every second that passed by. "Please, Father, save him."

"It would take years to fix Sam." Chuck said, moving to stand next to both of his sons. He put his hands on both Gabriel's and Lucifer's shoulders. "It's best to just let him go."

"Let him go?!" Gabriel shouted, standing up to face Chuck. The pain in his heart was worse than the pain he felt when Lucifer fell. "We can't just let him go!"

"I know you're upset, but the time it would take to fix Sam would be far too long." Chuck spoke calmly. He could feel the fear and hurt coming from his sons. "There is no guarantee that Sam will be the same."

Silence covered the room. Lucifer and Gabriel knew their father was right, but they couldn't just lose him now. They felt defeated and broken. Both archangels were ready to tear themselves apart then to live a life without their hunter, but they had another reason to continue living. Their children. Their children would need them there, and they weren't going to leave their little ones. Gabriel and Lucifer looked at Sam's body one last time before detaching themselves. They left the room to find Dean and Cas with the triplets in the living room. Seeing their little ones fast asleep brought smiles to their faces. Sam would still live on in their hearts and memories that they would share with their children for many years.

*Present Day*

Dean was standing in the doorway of Sam's room at the bunker. Everything was exactly how Sam left it, except dust had covered most of his belongings. Dean would often find himself staring into his brother's room close to Sam's birthday or the holidays. Most of the time the door to his room stayed closed. Dean hadn't noticed Cas walking up behind him. Cas wrapped his arms around his hunter's waist, causing Dean to turn towards Cas.

"Gabriel and Lucifer will be back with the children soon." Cas said, holding Dean's hands. He was always the one to find Dean looking into Sam's room with a pained expression. "We should finish preparing the surprise party for the triplets."

The triplets were turning sixteen today. Cas and Dean were in charge of setting up the party at the bunker while Gabriel, Lucifer, and Bay took them out somewhere to distract them. Dean closed the door to Sammy's room before Cas and Dean finished setting up for the party. They didn't have many decorations, but they wanted to make the surprise party something the triplets will cherish. They had everything from birthday hats to Christmas lights set up and ready to go. They heard the bunker door creak open. Dean quickly put on a Santa Claus hat with an attached white beard, and place a halo head band on Cas. Gabriel and Lucifer made their way down the stairs taking a look around at the decorations.

"Well, this is certainly festive, Santa." Lucifer said, laughing at the many holiday decorations. He had offered to get more decorations for the surprise party, but Dean wouldn't allow it. "I hope they'll like it."

"They'll love it." Dean said, half confident. He wasn't really sure how the triplets would like the decorations for their sweet sixteen. "It's the same decorations Sammy and I used every year."

The bunker door creaked open once more. Robert, Mary, and Joanna all made their way down the stairs with Bay not too far behind them. The triplets looked around the room, no emotions showing on their faces.

"Well, how do you like your surprise party?" Gabriel asked them, smiling at his children. He put a birthday hat on each triplet. "Your Uncle Dean and Uncle Cas worked hard to put this together."

"It's like we're celebrating all the holidays together!" Mary shouted excitedly. She was the one that always looked on the bright side of things. She reminded Dean of his mother in many ways.

"Mary, you're far too excited." Robert told his sister, as the sat at the table in the war room. "Uncle Dean, why do you look like Santa?" Mary hadn't realized it, but thanks to Robert pointing it out, she was even more excited.

"Oh my grandpa!" Mary squealed excitedly. She was practically jumping up and down. "Uncle Cassie even has a halo! Oh I love this so much!"

While Mary and Robert were having fun with their birthday party Joanna slipped away, hoping it would go unnoticed. However, Bay seen her sneak off and followed after her. Joanna snuck into Sam's room and sat on his bed. Bay stood outside and listened.

"Hey, mom." Joanna spoke softly, almost whispering. She looked around the room slowly, taking in everything that once belonged to Sam. "I don't think I'll be able to enjoy my birthday this year. We heard so many wonderful things about you, and even that you sacrificing your life for us. It just makes me sad that we're celebrating all these holidays and birthdays without you. I may not have had the chance to meet you, but I miss you mom and I love you."

Hearing Joanna speak to Sam like that broke Bay's heart. She fought back the tears that threatened to spill before walking into Sammy's room, and she sat next to Joanna on the bed.

"I followed after you when I seen you sneak off, and I heard what you were saying to your mom." Bay admitted. She gave her little cousin a hug as they both began to cry. "It's okay, Jo, because he's not gone. He's still with us in our hearts. And I know he wouldn't miss a single birthday or holiday with his children. He loved you three more than anything in the world."

After a few minutes of crying, they were finally able to calm themselves down and rejoin their family. When they returned Mary was dancing on the war table with Gabriel singing heat of the moment by asia. Bay and Joanna started laughing along with their family. They all became silent when they heard a poof enter the room. They all turned to the direction the poof came from to find Chuck.

"Hey guys, happy sweet sixteen!" Chuck shouted happily while smiling to everyone. "I have the best surprise for all of you."

I know it's super short and I'm really sorry. I decided to make this the prologue instead of the first Chapter due to it being so short. I hope everyone got the God joke I gave to Mary. Let me know how you like it so far and any way I can improve. It's been awhile since I last wrote something so I'm sorry if it's bad. I'm working to get back into my groove and over come the writer's block I'm having.