Sun Kissed Face
AN: New story! Hope you all enjoy, thank you for all sticking with me, get ready for another wild ride with the Winchesters. Tell me what you think!
Ashley stood at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in hand, alone in the house. Sam and Dean had picked up some case in Oklahoma and were due to be back later on tonight, so she had a full day of relaxing on her hands, until the baby monitor let out a shrill. "I'm coming Justin" Ashley sighed as she walked up the stairs and down towards the spare room.
As she rounded the corner, she saw the infant standing up in his crib, waiting for a hug- and apparently a new diaper. Justin had stunning blue eyes and thin blond hair, he also had a few freckles kissing in long tan face. Ashley fell in love with Justin the second she saw the baby in the adoption agency, he was lying on his back cooing as anyone moved past his crib. When the lady from the agency saw Ashley's eyes linger on the little boy, she commented on how much he looked like her and her "husband", she even said Dean had similar traits to the boy.
Ashley was sold, and ever since Justin came home, she has been happily busy. Ashley now picked Justin up and quickly changed his damp dipper, while he played with the hair that dangled in front of his face. Ashley's work was interrupted by her cell ringing- it was her brother's ringtone. "Yeah" she answered as she finished up the diaper job.
"Ash, can you look up a symbol for us? Dean sent you a picture."
"Sure Sam, when do you need it?" she asked, focusing on Justin as he squirmed on the changing table.
"Soon as you can" Sam said, sounding slightly stressed.
"What's up, Sammy?" Ashley asked picking up on the tone of his voice.
"This symbol keeps showing up on the witch's victim uh, on their tongue specifically."
"Awesome. I'll look it up once I feed Justin. You sure it's just the case?"
"Yeah, closed spaces" he chuckled.
"Alright, if you say so. See ya Sammy!"
"Say hi to the Peanut for me" Sam said before hanging up.
Justin was bouncing on Ashley's knee while she sat in front of her laptop and looked for lore linking the witches to that symbol. Turns out it was the "Mark of the Loose Tongue." It is placed with a ritual and activated with another. Once activated, it kills by suffocation on a suddenly swollen tongue.
"Huh, should be put on some high school girls yeah?" Ashley crooned to the happy infant on her knee. She clicked to go to the next page of the article she was reading. The only way to get rid of the mark was by a tea thought to make the drinker tell the truth. Ashley quickly typed up what she found and sent if off to both brothers. "Come on Tiger, wanna go to the park?"
Ashley knew Justin couldn't understand what she was saying, but his face lit up none the less. Ashley put Justin down on the floor, allowing him to crawl around, while she filler her large bag with snacks, extra diapers, and a knife along with a gun. She might be mostly out of the life, didn't mean that the monsters around her would disappear too.
Sam finally texted Ashley back thanking her for the information she sent and told her they would be back late tonight, so don't wait up.
The boys finally came home close to 3 and were careful not to make too much noise so to wake Justin. Dean walked through the door first and saw Ashley curled up on the couch with their own hunting journal open in front of her. Sam walked in behind Dean and saw the same scene, but a smile spread across his face.
"Sammy, grab me a beer" Dean said as he picked up the leather journal and saw she had finished the entry before falling asleep. Dean sat down by her feet and graciously accepted the beer as Sam heated up the food Ashley set aside for them.
"Ah, so are we going to wake her up soon…" Sam trailed off as he saw Dean rub her leg.
"Hey Ash, you should head up to bed" he said softly as Ashley stirred.
"Glad you guys are back" she yawned and shuffled up the stairs.