Hello there, I began writing this to quench my own curiosity into Bobby and Dean's relationship it started off as something fun to do while I sat at my boring pay the bills desk job. I wrote the first part Genesis, passed, it along to my friend who is my constant reader, his a fellow Supernatural fan and he liked it and said why don't you write some more and so I did. By the time of me publishing this part I already have 5 more parts to this story that flows in and out at different points through the years of the boys lives. It doesn't just contain Bobby and Dean moments Sam and John are involved too and I enjoyed writing all of it. So dear reader if you like it let me know and I will publish the rest. But enough from me let's get on with the show…
Part 1 Genesis
"Hold your goddamn horses I'm coming." Bobby Singer would never forget that sunny Tuesday morning when he heard someone banging down his front door not yet seven o' clock in the morning. It was the day that Bobby's life was going to change and it changed the moment he opened the front door and looked at a man not much younger than himself. He was tall built like a bad ass truck and looked like a whole world of trouble, a man that didn't care about his appearance, dressed in dirty jeans, work boots and a brown leather jacket that had seen better days hell the stranger standing on his doorstep looked like he had seen better days. And the first thing Bobby thought was that it was too damn early for this and he said it too.
"Fella not for nothing, but this better be important."
Bobby's surly disposition didn't have any effect on the stranger the man stepped out of the doorway and turned pointing at the driveway.
"Car trouble, saw your sign on the way in figured you could help." He pointed at a black 1967 Chevrolet Impala Bobby lifted the peak of his cap off from his forehead to get a better look at the car it was a thing of immaculate beauty and the early morning sun danced across the black paint making the car shimmer. The stranger might not have cared about his looks but damn did it have no reflection on the car whatsoever.
"Nice car." Bobby said stepping out of his house onto the porch the stranger turned and smiled and whispered "Thank you." Saying it like a man who often received compliments regarding the car he appreciated the compliment but had heard it often enough that it no longer had any real effect on him.
"What seems to be the problem?" Bobby asked following him down the stairs heading to the car. Bobby couldn't resist the urge to run his hand across the gleaming hood of the car.
"Rattling noise out of nowhere just for the last 20 miles or so I'm heading to Wichita can't afford a break down after this nothing but open road ya know." The man said and Bobby's eyes fell on the car's number plate KAZ 2Y5, Kansas plates the man was a long way from home.
"What's in Wichita?" Bobby asked because he was curious as to why anyone in their right friggin mind would head out there to the armpit of the universe riding on there own free will.
"Just some business." The man replied and Bobby wanted to know what kind of business but he didn't press the issue any further.
"You want to start her up?" Bobby said lifting the hood of the car.
"Sure thing." He opened the driver's side of the door the door's hinges creaked and cried with age. The car's engine sprung up to life roaring like a beast it brought an immediate smile to Bobby's face but he also heard something else the rattling that didn't belong there in the baby's purr. He lifted his head out from behind the hood and looked at the man who leaned out of the car letting the engine run.
"You hear that too?" He asked and Bobby nodded.
"Lemme get some tools."
As Bobby collected his old beaten toolbox he thought he heard the man talking to someone he thought that was impossible because he hadn't seen anyone else inside the car. And when he got outside he realized why he hadn't been able to notice the stranger's companion before it was a small boy maybe just a little older than four and when he laid eyes on Bobby he immediately darted behind the man's legs clutching a fist full of the man's dirty jeans as he hid away.
"Whose your buddy?" Bobby asked.
The man looked down behind himself and smiled. He leaned down and tried to pry the small fists from his jeans but the boy wouldn't budge wouldn't give up the security of the fabric in his hand. Bobby saw the defiant shake of his head.
"This is my son Dean." He said. "And I'm John, John Winchester." He struck out his right arm at Bobby holding his hand out. Bobby rubbed grease and dirt off from his hand against his shirt and took John's hand shaking it.
"Robert Singer folks call me Bobby."
"Nice to meet ya Bobby."
"Right back at ya." Bobby put the toolbox down and opened it in front of the car. "Nice to meet you too Dean."
Dean peered out from behind his father's legs at the mention of his name and looked at Bobby with suspicious eyes and when Bobby looked right back at him with a smile he quickly hid back behind the comfort and protective shield of his father's body.
"Not a big talker." Bobby said scratching around in the toolbox.
"No, not since his mother died." John said looking down at his son who had buried his face in the back of his father's knees.
"Sorry about that." Bobby said and meant it.
"Yeah me too."
"Well let's see what the problem is here." Bobby said leaning into the hood.
"You wanna wait in the car?" John asked Dean who shook his head without looking up.
Bobby didn't have a lot of kids who came around his home but the few that had been around there especially the boy children who thought the junkyard was a theme park, they would be off in the direction of the hundreds of broken cars climbing into empty shells of cars pretending to drive the cars throwing around steering wheels as though they were actually driving down some racetrack but not this kid, no Dean Winchester looked out of his comfort zone and worried about it.
"This rattle you been hearing could be a couple of things I think it could be a out of tune carburetor."
"How do you fix it?" John asked.
"I'll show you hand me a socket wrench will you." John went scratching around the toolbox and pulled one out passing it to Bobby.
He worked on the carburetor throwing his weight and energy into the movement and even Dean had come out from his hiding spot and was watching with acute interest.
"That outta do it, fire her up." Bobby said and John went back around the car and Dean didn't follow like expected he stayed there with Bobby watching quietly and right as rain the engine fired up and the rattling noise was gone.
John got out smiling.
"What do I owe you?"
"On the house."
"You sure?"
"Course."
"Well we best be heading out thanks for the help I appreciate it." John said.
"Nothing to it…hey like you said earlier after this there is nothing but dirt road all the way out to Wichita how about some breakfast?"
"You don't have to do that." John begun to say and Bobby thought he wasn't doing it for him he was doing it for the small boy who looked to lost and confused no one his age should ever look or behave that way. It just wasn't right.
"It's just some breakfast just some bacon, eggs, coffee what do you say."
John looked down at Dean.
"What do you think Dean? You want to stay for something to eat?" Dean looked up at Bobby thoughtful weighing up the idea and then he turned to his father and surprised both men by nodding.
"Then were staying, let me get Sammy."
"Sammy?" Bobby asked and was surprised when John pulled a sleeping baby out of the back seat.
"How many more you got back there Winchester?" Bobby wanted to know and John laughed holding the baby to his chest.
"This is it sir."
"Well lets go inside then." Bobby held out his hand to Dean whose first instinct was to shake his head and run to his father but he changed his mind about it and reached out accepting Bobby's hand and Bobby led him up the staircase into the house.
"Hey Dean I got someone I want you to meet." Bobby said leading him to a box and inside the box was a small Rottweiler puppy who yawned and yelped for attention. Dean's face broke into a smile and John realized he hadn't seen that smile in a long time not since that night when Mary died. "You like puppies?" Bobby asked and Dean nodded. "Of course ya do, I ain't never met a boy in my life who didn't." Bobby pulled the puppy out of the box and handed him to Dean who the puppy immediately licked at and that produced a laugh out of the small boy.
"His name is Rumsfeld." Bobby said. "You play with him okay and I'll get us some breakfast John come on through."
John followed through to the kitchen sitting down at the table cradling Sammy on his lap looking at Dean who was become quick friends with Rumsfeld.
John shook his head in wonder.
"What?" Bobby asked.
"He hasn't been himself ever since what happened to his mother and then you just kind of unlocked him. I haven't seen him this happy since, since well you know…" John's voice trailed off.
"If you don't mind me asking, and I know it's none of my business hell we just met five seconds ago but what happened to her?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Give me some credit and try me."
John looked at his son and decided to take a chance on this man he barely knew only because he had succeeded in making Dean smile again. He told him the truth about Mary about the night he had seen her pinned to the wall and the fire, the brightest most devastating fire he had ever seen and he waited, waited to be called crazy.
"Whatever you have waiting for you in Wichita can wait." Bobby said
"Why?"
"Because that noisy Impala brought you to the right place friend."
"Do you believe me then?" John asked incredulous.
"Yes and I can help you find the thing that killed your wife."
A/N Thank you for reading and don't forget if you would like to read more of this story just drop me a message and I will publish the next part. Which I can let you know will feature a little older Dean and Sammy than the ones we met in this part, okay Sammy had like no lines in this one and played no real role but in my mind's eye he was super cute and was made out of fluffy butterflies awww and I promise his got some lines in the next installment and of course some more Bobby! Take care and again thank you for reading.