Sorry it's been so long!! But the chapters are written just waiting to be uploaded!!

It was late when she finally arrived back home and all she could think about was sleep. She maneuvered half blind in the dark of the compound until she was at her porch steps. There Katie ran into Dean leaving the house, he seemed more agitated than usual, as he moved passed her quickly.

"You aren't staying in there tonight." He told her from the bottom step. She stared at him for a few moments.

"Hi baby, I'm fine and everything went smoothly." Katie's smile was bittersweet as she took a few steps towards him.

"I'm glad to hear that. Now come on," he told her extending his arm to move her along.

"Where would you like your wife and four year old son to stay?" Katie asked defiantly, she crossed her arms and Dean took the last few steps between them.

"I'll find another place for you and J." He promise, leaning in to kiss her cheek. "I'll ask Cas," he said beginning to leave. Katie blinked a few times, trying to stop the tears forming in her eyes.

"I wish you wouldn't talk like that." Katie called after him. Dean stopped and turned back to her with an annoyed expression on his face.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he cocked one eyebrow up. Katie knew that expression by heart. She had been gone too long, or she was gone for just the right amount of time. A pit formed in her stomach as she thought about the reasons as to why Dean had sent her out in the first place.

"And you," she asked him. "Where are you staying?"

"Chuck needs my help, I'll just crash there." He said flippantly.

Katie walked to Cas's house quietly, John held tightly in her arms with his sleeping head tucked in the crook of her neck. Dean had already disappeared. A familiar feeling crept into her stomach. She used to call it jealousy, now it was more like rising bile. She was almost surprised it only took him hours to forget everything that was between them.

"Let me help you," Castiel offered, taking John from her arms.

"Thank you," Katie smiled watching as he laid her son on the couch. "That better be clean." She joked.

"Is anything clean here?" He smiled. "It's good enough for him tonight."

"I know if you were still 'stick up your ass holy' you would tell me to love him despite his flaws." Katie said staring passed Castiel to the bed behind him. "Sometimes I want to give him a taste of his own medicine. That kiss, Cas…"

"Forget about it. He loves you and John too, but he's not the same. We're in dark times," Cas said stepping closer to her.

"You got a beer?" Katie stepped back, running her hands through her hair.

Katie stood outside for at least an hour, thinking about how everything had changed. She was in love with a man that couldn't love her back. In this new war he let go of love, first with Sam then with everything else in his life. Most of the time he made her feel like the Impala, rotting in the field, abandoned.

"I laid out some blankets for you." Cas said from the door. Katie smiled her thanks, downing the last of her beer.

Glancing across the yard, catching Dean standing with Chuck, her stomach settled as he waved at her with a smile. For the first time in awhile she genuinely smiled at him. Going back into the house, she scooted her baby over, sliding in next to him. She felt peaceful, and a little guilty that she always thought the worse of her husband. Something was changing and she liked the idea of being happy with Dean again.

Waking up early the next morning, Katie ran toher house. She needed to pick some things up that John would need when he woke, and she thought it would be a good time to see Dean before he left for one of his missions.

"Dean," Katie called as she opened the door, catching Dean talking with a man that looked undeniably like him, almost a twin. But as she took a closer look, shock set in.

"Katie not now," He said.

"What the hell is that?" She asked, throwing her arm out at the other man.

"Apparently me," he said getting up to push her out but she resisted like she always had.

"What do you mean you?" She questioned with crossed arms. "What if he's something else? This is dangerous, Dean."

"Do you think I'm that stupid?" He hissed at her, glancing back to see himself watching carefully. He forgot how curious he was.

"You don't want me to answer that." Katie told him with a smug smile.

"I ran all the tests when he was out. Zac sent him here," Katie's entire demeanor changed, becoming more stiff.

"He really is you," she covered her mouth shocked. Dean only nodded, shifting a little closer to her to try and push her out while she was momentarily preoccupied.

"I'll take care of this, don't worry about it." Katie snapped out of it and pushed his arms away from her.

"What do you mean take care of this? You can't kill you, or throw you out. Why can't I help you?"

"Katie please, don't do this now. There has to be something you can do around here."

"Damn it, I'm not some cheap slut you can toss out. Let me help you." Katie hissed, pushing him away from her.

"I can hear you," the younger Dean said frustrated by their argument.

"I have an errand to do, watch him and keep J away from here." Dean told Katie sharply, getting a glare from her as he walked passed her.

"Wait you're keeping me cuffed, don't you trust me?" Past Dean asked.

"No, absolutely not," with that Dean left allowing Katie to slam the door after him. Now she was alone with the man she had fallen in love with, give or take a few years.

"What a dick," he said making Katie smile for the first time since she walked in.

"You're not wrong." She laughed, packing a bag in the back room.

"Can you get these off?" He asked sweetly, and she found it hard to resist.

"No, I can't. Future you would kill me." She began to walk to the door.

"Katie, Kit-Kat, come on." He knew he had her with the nickname, as she stopped abruptly, the door hitting her bag as it tried to close. Katie did her best not to look at him, but tears filled her eyes as they connected with his bright hazel ones.

"Don't call me that." She warned walking out into the morning twilight. Dean stared after her, wondering where the beautiful girl her fell in love with years ago went.