Title: Life
Author: Cindy Ryan
Category: Fluff/One shot
Summary: The Impala has a stowaway
Timeline: Set after Crossroads
Notes: This is for Littlewing and anybody else who've ever requested that I write more fluff.
"Deal."Sam replied as he got out of the car and headed toward the front.
Dean popped the hood. He had left the engine running so they could identify the sound. Now as he leaned against the car he still didn't hear anything.
"Sam….."
The sound came again then and Sam nodded. "There."
"Where?"
Now that they were stopped the sound was coming closer together.
"You really don't hear that?"Sam asked as he moved to the middle of the car.
Dean followed his brother as he shook his head. "No."
Then as they moved closer to the trunk Dean finally heard it. "Wait, now I do. Like the sound a NASCAR car makes when it goes into a corner?"
Sam looked at his brother strangely he hadn't thought of the sound in quite that context. "Uh, yeah. Maybe it's the muffler."
"It'd be louder."
"Maybe something's rattling in the trunk."Sam suggested as he unlocked the trunk and lifted the lid.
Sam leaned in the trunk and moved his bag and paused and listened. Then he reached over to move his brother's bag away from the wheel hub.
That was when the pair of eyes looked back at him.
"What the hell?"Sam yelped as he stumbled backwards, startled.
"What?"Dean asked with concern as he reached Sam's side.
"There."Sam replied as he pointed out the pair of eyes.
Dean reached down and pulled his spare knife out of the back of his right boot. As Dean took a step forward with the knife Sam finally saw what was behind the pair of eyes.
"Dean, stop."Sam ordered as he grabbed his brother's arm. "You're scaring it."
"Sam, what are……."Dean started to say as Sam moved past him and reached into the trunk.
"It's a kitten."Sam replied with a smile as he moved Dean's bag slowly out of the way of the animal.