Rust Never Sleeps
E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100
Challenge word: slab
Warnings: None
Summary: John finally wakes up a little after Mary's death.
It took John a long time to notice that Dean stopped talking after Mary's death. There was nothing but pain and horror and the overwhelming desire to run and to keep running.
He stopped eventually in Rust, Michigan, and enrolled Dean into pre-school. The kid clung to him at the gate but then gave in, walking resigned and silent into the room.
When John picked him up, Dean asked "what does mon-slab-ick mean?"
John was shocked to realise those were the first words his son had spoken for over a month.
He hugged Dean hard, unshed tears in his eyes.
