A/n John's POV, Pre-series. He may be Dean's father but, Dean has a different dad.
'Yes sir.'
Sir?
When did that happen?
You try to remember.
And you find,
you can't.
The last time you can remember
He was calling you daddy.
Looking up
at you
with
Bright
Happy
Clear
Green
Eyes.
You glance over at him now...
He looks
Tired
Scared
Strong
And
Oh, so old.
Much older than
Any
Six year old
Has the right
to
be.
You start to pay attention
Well, at least, you start to try.
You try to be a good father
The one he needs.
But then...
There's a new hunt,
A shifter,
in Wisconsin
And so
You drop the boys at Bobby's.
It's the safest thing to do...
You don't see them again for
Two
Whole
Months.
You pull back into his driveway,
they're playing in the yard.
Sammy's rolling in the mud
And
Laughing, oh so, hard.
Dean is laughing too
A smile on his face
He looks so much like Mary...
You feel your breath catch.
And then,
He sees you.
His stops mid laugh,
His smile gone,
'How'd the hunt go, sir?'
Bobby's eyebrows raise
but
He doesn't say
a
thing.
"Fine"
You hear your voice responding
"Get packed. We're going."
Sammy opens his mouth
Already disagreeing,
Dean cuts him off before he can speak.
They go inside
and get their bags
And put them in the car.
Sam hugs bobby
In front of you
To make a point.
But Dean,
Dean waits until he thinks
you're gone.
He says something
And in response
Bobby
Ruffles his hair.
All Dean does is
laugh.
When Dean looks at you
It's with
Respect
Devotion
And
Awe...
But
when he looks at Bobby
He sees
His
Father.