Okay, I am a sucker for daddy Sam stories and I decided to actually try one of my own so I hope you like
"But mommy I wanna stay wit you," a little girl with chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes that were now red and puffy from crying said as she rubbed her eyes and sniffled toying with the seat belt of her car seat
"I know baby, but mommy has some very important work to do okay, I'm gonna leave you with some very nice people they won't hurt so be good for them okay hon," another brunette said from the front seat looking at her daughter as tears welled in her own eyes
"Okay mommy when will you be back?" her heart clenched at that question, she couldn't find the courage to tell the little girl the truth
"I don't know sweetie,"
"Who the people imma stay wit?"
"Two very nice men, and they'll take care of you and they'll treat you very nicely,"
"How they look?" she let out a small chuckle, her little girl was very smart for her age, and it always brought back memories of her father
"Well, one of them will be very, very tall,"
"Like a giant?"
"Yeah like a giant," she said with a smile as the little girl giggled "And he'll have brown hair like yours, and hazel eyes just like yours, and he'll be very sweet and kind his name is Sam,"
"And the other?"
"He'll be a little shorter than the other one, and he'll have dirty blonde hair, like your uncle Harry's, and he'll have scruff on his face his name is Dean,"
"Like how grandpa used to have?"
"Yeah," she giggled as the car pulled up in front of the Men of Letters Bunker
"Alright you remember what you're supposed to do?" she asked as she unbuckled the girl from the car seat and carried her down the steps till they reached the big wooden doors of the bunker
"Ask for Sam or Dean and give them this letter," she nodded holding up a white envelope
"Very good, now remember, be good and mommy loves you," she said pressing as lingering kiss to the little girl's forehead squeezing her in a hug
"I love you too mommy," she said hugging her back as tears began to well in her hazel eyes again, she pressed another kiss to her forehead before getting up and ringing the bell before pressing one last kiss to the little girl's forehead and walking up the stairs. She went to her car and pulled off until she was out of sight and breaking down into sobs
A couple seconds after the car pulled off the door opened and revealed Sam, the little girl looked up at Sam's towering figure and struggled to be strong like her mommy as she clutched onto the suitcase handle and the duffle bag
"Hi there," Sam said squatting down to eye level with the child
"Hi, a-are you Sam?" he furrowed his brows as he looked at the little girl who was now shifting from foot to foot nervously, something about that trait seemed all too familiar to him
"Yeah, where are your parents?" he asked in a gentle tone "Hang on let's go inside first, it's freezing out here," he said making way for her to go inside, taking her bags in the process, before following her down the steps after locking the bunker door
"M-my name is Anïas Alexandria Rose, my mommy calls me Annie for short, you can call me that if you want," she rambled twisting her fingers nervously in the hem of her little blue t-shirt with a kitten on the front, he smiled and squatted in front her again "S-she said to give you this, she said you'll understand everything once you read it," she said holding out the envelope,
"Alright well why don't you sit down and make yourself at home while I read this," he said gesturing her to the library
"Wow," she gasped looking at the shelves and shelves of book "Do you read all of these books?" he let out a small chuckle before leading her to a corner that contained all of the children's books Dean had gotten him when he was around her age since he loved reading so much "Yeah, why don't you find one from this shelf to read while I see what this is about,"
"Okay thank you," she said with a sad smile "My mommy loved to read too,"
"I bet she did, I'll be back," he said pinching her cheek before walking off,
"What was that?" Dean asked as he approached the desk
"A little girl, she gave me this letter, it's addressed to both of us," he said sitting down and placing the letter in the middle so both of them could see
Dear Sam & Dean,
I know it's been a long time, and I'm very sorry for suddenly bringing this upon you but I'm desperate, and you're my last hope. I know you'll keep her safe and you'll protect her with all your lives, or at least I'm hoping you will, because I can't anymore. Each tick of the clock is getting louder with each passing second my time will be up very soon.
Sam,
This little girl is our daughter, thanks to you four years ago I gave life to the sweetest most beautiful little girl in the universe, she has given my life so much meaning, sadly I won't have a life for her to give meaning to in about two weeks, I have lung cancer stage IV, the doctors have given me a maximum of two weeks I'll either go into a coma or die. I hope that some part of her will always remind you of me and how much I loved you, because I see so much of you in her, I see you whenever I catch her doing something wrong and she tries to get out of trouble using those puppy dog eyes, I see you whenever she tries to bribe me into doing something she wants again using puppy dog eyes, I see you whenever she picks up a book and tries to read even though she knows she can't, although it hurts sometimes, I'm glad you're the reason I get to have her, I get to keep at least a little piece of you around and even though we couldn't make it work, I never stopped loving you, even if I stopped showing it a long time ago, and every day I regret I did stop showing it, I'm sorry Sam, I love you and I hope you love her just as much.
Dean,
By the time you're reading this she probably has you wrapped around her little finger, she tends to get that talent from her uncle, I hope she'll always find a safe haven in you, I hope I can always count on you to help her laugh when she's feeling down, I hope you can always be the goofy yet over protective uncle that threaten's the boys with a shotgun if they break her heart. Stay safe.
I hope both of you understand why I need to do this, there's no other way. All of the information you need to know about taking care of her is in the front pocket of her suitcase.
I am forever grateful, thank you both,
Shelly
Sam took a deep breath and folded the letter neatly before putting it back in the envelope and looking over at the little girl sitting with a book in her hands
"You gonna be alright man?" Dean asked
"Yeah," he managed to get out almost in a whisper before walking over to her and squatting back down "Hey," he said as she put the book back in its rightful place and looked at him
"Hi,"
"Well it looks like you're gonna be stuck with us for a while kiddo," Dean said walking up to her
"Are you Dean?"
"Got that right,"
"Well I don't know bout you two but I'm famished, what'd you say we go out for lunch," he asked lifting her up into his arms
"Yeah!"
"What do you want?"
"Ice cream," she said playing with his locks as he pulled out a paper from the front pocket of her suitcase and began reading as they walked
"Maybe later how bout we get something that can fill our stomachs in the mean time,"
"Pasta?" Dean rolled his eyes as he looked at them, both health freaks.
"Sounds good, wow you're heavy," he said with a small grunt as he set her on the ground next to Baby, she giggled and got in the backseat, he buckled her up and got in the passenger seat.
Once they got to the diner they ordered their food and Dean couldn't help but notice how similar they both were, both of them ordered healthy food while he ordered his cheeseburger
"Havin' some trouble there munchkin?" Dean chuckled as she struggled to reach the table, Sam smiled and set her on his lap
"My mommy used to call me that," she said fiddling with the zipper on her hoodie "Sam?"
"Yeah?"
"When will mommy be back?"
"When did she say she would be back?" Dean asked leaning forward
"She said she didn't know, she said I have to say with you guys and that you guys were my friends," she said as tears began welling in her hazel orbs
"Well she's right and-"
"I miss her," she said cutting Sam off as she began sobbing quietly, Sam's heart ached to see her cry like that, and use that small voice and hugged her to his side. It took her a while to calm down enough to pull away from him, he took a napkin and wiped off her cheeks and nose, the waitress arrived as he was about to speak
"Alright, one cheeseburger, one salad, and one tomato soup with grilled cheese," she said setting their food down in front of them "Something wrong sweetie?" she asked noticing Annie cuddled back into Sam's side
"No I'm good thank you," she said sniffling a bit
"Alright well if you need anything else feel free to give me a holler," she said before walking off,
As the days went bu Annie slowly became part of the family and got used to everyone, she still cried for her mom at times but Sam or Dean always managed to calm her down or find a distraction, they introduced her to everyone and she eventually was introduced to everyone, it took a while for her to warm up to Cas, the angel's deep voice scared her for a while but she eventually got used to it and enjoyed teaching him about human "customs" and behavior.
Sam's eyes frantically scanned the grocery store searching for Annie as he speed walked and weaved his way around people when a familiar giggle made his head snap toward the bakery aisle, sure enough there she was with the woman sitting on the counter laughing at something she said
"Annie," he let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding and made his way over to her
"Hi daddy," she greeted as it was the most normal thing on earth before turning her body so she could face him, he shrugged it off as a little mistake
"Don't you ever run off on me like that again, you had me worried sick," he scolded lifting her into his arms
"Sorry daddy, I was scared too, this nice lady was going to take me to call you over the mike thingy when you came,"
"Thank you for looking after her for me," he said smiling at the lady as she checked him out
"Not a problem, you'd be surprised at how much this happens here," he shot her another smile before walking back to his cart and clearing out some space so she could stand up
"Daddy can we get that?" she asked pointing to a box of mini chocolate chip cookies, he grabbed the box and tossed it in the cart before beginning to walk again
"Annie?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you realize what you're calling me?"
"Yes, because you're my daddy," she said turning around
"Who told you that?"
"I figured it out, I heard uncle Dean and uncle Cas talking about how similar we are and how we like the same things and then I looked in the mirror and your eyes are the same color as mine, and your hair too, and you always listen to the song mommy used to sing for me every night,"
"Wow, you're smart for your age,"
"Mommy used to tell me that too," she said helping him load items onto the conveyor belt
Sam's eyes were just drifting shut after a long day when a small voice called from his door
"Daddy?"
"Yeah?" he grunted, squinting at the light coming from the hallway
"Can I sleep with you tonight?"
"Sure," he said scooting over and making place for her, he smiled as she scampered over and struggled to climb up on the bed, pulling her up he covered them both with the blanket as she snuggled into his side
"Daddy?"
"Hm?"
"I miss mommy,"
"I miss her too,"
"B-but it's getting harder to remember her face," she said rubbing her eye, "I-I don't remember her voice anymore, I used to dream about her and now I don't," Sam swallowed thickly as her voice took on a note of desperation and sadness, "I don't remember her hugs anymore, she used to smell so pretty and now I can't remember, why can't I remember dad?"
"It's not your fault, Annie," Sam spoke sternly yet gently, it was his dad voice and Dean would always tease him about it "When time goes by, you start to forget things, it's perfectly normal for all of us,"
"But I don't wanna forget her," she whimpered snuggling into his side
"Well, I'll tell you everything I remember about her right?"
"Okay," she said resting her head on his shoulder and began petting the stubble on his face, most women complained it scratchy, but for some odd reason Annie found it comforting
"What do you wanna know?"
"Everything,"
"Well, you mom was beautiful," he said brushing a lock of hair out of her face "She smelled like vanilla, her hair was soft and pretty. She had the most contagious laughter, once we laughed for almost an hour, she started laughing at something and then I started laughing at her." Sam chuckled as Annie giggled into his chest.
And just like that it became a custom for them to lie down and for Sam to tell her stories about her mom until she fell asleep. It was how she dealt with the guilt of forgetting her. She made Sam re-tell her stories over and over again despite how many times she heard them, laughing at jokes no matter how old they were and smiling at everything Sam told her about her mom.
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