Challenge Word: Mom


Dean ate his heart-attack-on-a-plate with gusto while Sam only picked at his limp chef's salad. When the sounds of lip-smacking and finger-licking suddenly stopped, Sam looked up to find Dean sitting still, his head cocked in intense concentration.

"What?" Sam asked.

"Shhh... listen."

Then Sam heard it... the song playing from the ancient juke box: 'Hey, Jude'. Oh. Their childhood lullaby, Dean had once told him.

When the song ended, Dean raised his beer bottle in a toast. "Happy Mother's day, Mom."

Sam clinked his bottle to Dean's. They finished their meal in silence, each lost in his own thoughts.