( Disclaimer: I just want to acknowledge that I do not own Supernatural, the characters, or the movie TiMER (which I based this fic off of). The situations, however, are my own.)
"John?" Mary called worriedly.
"What? What's wrong?" John rushed to his wife's side.
"His timer, it's blank!" Mary exclaimed.
Mary and John Winchester lived in a very strange world. Scientists have tried since the beginning of time to understand how the timers on their wrists work, but have yet to discover it. All they know is that every human baby is born with little numbers tattooed onto their wrists that count down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until they meet their soul mate. However, their first born child, who they have decided to name Dean, didn't have numbers, just little dashes.
"Doctor? Doctor!" John called. A nurse rushed into the hospital room.
"Something is wrong; his timer is blank!"
The nurse visibly relaxed, assured that the baby she just delivered was physically okay. She smiled at the couple. "That's normal. Sometimes one half of a soul pair is older than the other half, so his timer will remain blank until his soul mate is born." She paused, her face contorting into a solemn expression. "However, some people never meet their soul mates, if their soul mate had died." She looked away as she said this, rubbing at her own timer. When she moved her hand, Mary looked down and saw that her timer looked exactly like Dean's, except instead of black dashes, her timer was red. "But if his soul mate had died, his timer would be red. So just wait a few years, his soul mate will come." Her smiled returned, although it looked a little forced. She backed out of the room.
Mary sighed in relief. "Little Dean, your soul mate will come. I promise." She whispered to him before kissing his forehead.