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"Sam!" Dean shouted, running to the top of the stairs and grabbing his brother back from the edge. Three months ago Sam had learned to walk, and ever since had been trying to get down the stairs. Going up the stairs was no problem for Sam, but Dean was wary of letting him go down. He remembered his dad telling him how dangerous it was for babies to walk down stairs, it was really easy for them to fall down them and get badly hurt. So Dean had no intention of letting Sam walk down a set of stairs when he was so little. He wouldn't let him get hurt on his watch.
But Sam had other ideas. Sammy was already an independent baby, always wanting to do things by himself. Not being carried down the stairs was one of them. Not that Dean would be able to carry his brother down the stairs, the toddler was too heavy now for the five year old to carry down the stairs. Dean could carry him on a flat surface at a push, with Sam wanting to be carried, but doubted carrying a kicking Sam down a flight of stairs.
John was out working somewhere, so they were at Pastor Jim's house. Stairs had never been a problem before, as they rarely lived anywhere with them. Most of the motel rooms were on the ground floor, and when they weren't Dad would pick up Sam and go down them. Pastor Jim's was the only place they had stayed where Sam could become interested with them.
Dean debated calling for Pastor Jim, but he was in his study, working. He had asked Dean if he could just watch TV for a couple of hours and not disturb him unless it was an emergency. Dean didn't count this as an emergency, at least he knew Dad didn't.
"Down" Sam said, pointing at the stairs.
"I know you want to go downstairs Sammy, but I can't carry you" Dean told him, taking Sam's hand and trying to take him back to their bedroom. He could play with Sam in there.
"No!" Sam said, struggling to get his hand out of Dean's. "Down!" Sam said again.
"No, you might get hurt" Dean tried to reason with the one year old.
"Down!" Sam said again, tears coming to his eyes.
Dean hated it when his brother cried, but it would be much worse if Sam got hurt. Dean took a side glance at the stairs, debating how to get his brother what he wanted, but safely. An idea popped into Dean's head.
"Ok Sammy, you can go down the stairs. But you have to copy me" Dean told him walking over to the stair edge. "Sit down" Dean said to his brother, who quickly obeyed. Dean smiled slightly, his brother was really smart. "Now watch me" Dean reminded him.
Dean got onto his hands and knees and faced up the stairs. He stared to crawl backwards slowly down the stairs, moving his feet down a step before moving his hands, watching where he placed his feet.
"Like this, Sam" Dean said taking a glance up to Sam to make sure he was still watching. Sam was staring at Dean with full concentration, his eyebrows pulled together slightly, taking in what Dean was doing. Once Dean had reached the bottom, he ran up the stairs to Sam. "Your turn" Dean said to Sam.
The stairs were wide enough for both of them to crawl down together, but Dean stayed slightly in front of his brother, to catch him if he fell. Sam copied Dean exactly, and made it safely down the stairs, squealing with laughter once he had made it to the floor.
"Great job, Sammy!" Dean cheered, smiling at his brother. "Wait, what are you doing?" Dean asked as Sam started to climb the steps. He thought Sam had wanted to watch TV or something.
"Down!" Sam said, pausing half way up, before continuing up the stairs. As soon as he made it to the top, he crawled straight back down, laughing once again. Dean rolled his eyes, but cheered Sam on as he made it down the stairs, a hint of pride in his heart as he watched.
