(AUTHORS NOTE: THIS IS WRITTEN IN FUN. MEANING ITS SUPPOSED TO BE FAMILY/HUMOR.. I'M TRYING TO KEEP DEAN AS IC AS I CAN, BUT MAKING A FEW SMALLISH CHANGES, BEING AS HE IS IN A SITUATION THAT HE'S NOT USED TO. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE HUMOR AND PARODY, LIGHT HEARTED LAUGHS, SORRY. THERE WILL BE ACTUAL SERIOUS MOMENTS BUT ITS A FAMILY STORY TOO.)

(SECOND AUTHORS NOTE: THANKS TO MY REVIEWERS YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS! OH AND TRISTEN AND EMBER, A FEW OTHER OCS MENTIONED WITHIN BELONG TO THE AMAZING CHICAGOCHAINGANG.)


Dean watched as Claire took all of the pillows and the couch cushions off his couch and started stacking them. This was downtime for him, so he'd gotten Megan and Claire to come back with him to his apartment in Florida.

"What are ya doing?"

"I build a fort."

Megan walked up behind Dean and slid her head onto his shoulder, peering over, laughing. "You better watch it, Dean, she'll have every pillow in the house in that."

"Ah what the hell. Looks like fun." he muttered as he moved from the doorway, turning to stop halfway across the medium sized den and asking, "You gonna just stand there or.."

Megan stifled a laugh and raised her brow, then shrugged. The three of them found pillows and blankets and managed to fit inside, though it was a tight squeeze. Right as they got into the pillow fort, the storm raging outside picked up in tenacity and Claire shrieked and dove onto her father, burying her head. "I hates bad weather."

"I know.. So does your momma."

Megan pinched him and he glared and then said "She does."

Claire giggled and nodded then said "Mhmm. One time, she screamed in the middle of a store cause the weather got bad."

"Hey.. Laugh all you two want, but your aunt Kaitlyn and I got trapped in a fucking tornado once, living in a trailer. You think you're gonna die."

Dean kissed her forehead and laughing said "Nah.. You're just a chicken, Meggy."

"Take it back Dean or I swear to God, I'm going to pinch you so hard.."

"Right, babe. We'll see who pinches harder when I pinch that ass later." Dean whispered in her ear, as she raised her brow and then whispered back, "Not rushing things, remember?"

"It's just an ass pinch, Meggy." Dean said as he ran his hand over Claire's head and then said "Wanna know a trick? Just keep tellin yourself it's just people bowlin or somethin. Worked for me."

"You scart of bad weather too daddy?" Claire asked, eyes wide in disbelief.

"No.. But when I was your age, used to scare the shit out of me. Loud noises, I mean."

Megan could tell where his mind went to when he said that, and by the sound of his voice and his eyes and she leaned over, kissed him and whispered, "It's okay."

"Yeah, it is now.. But then, I wondered if it was gonna be."

"Daddy! Read me!"

He took the book and then said " Ya letting our kid read ghost stories?" to Megan as she snickered, remembering Dean wasn't really fond of horror movies or ghost stories.. he claimed it wasn't fear, but she suspected otherwise.

"Mommy will read it. Daddy's a chicken, probably won't make it past the first chapter." Megan said as she took the book, ignored the glaring coming from Dean's direction aimed at her.

"Dad is not a chicken."

Claire hugged against him and then said quietly ,"I know, daddy."

He smirked/smiled a little bit and then said "But if you get scared.. I'm right here."

Megan started to read the book and about halfway through the first chapter, she heard Claire snoring and Dean slid out from under her carefully, took the blanket.

"Let's just let her sleep. Was one hell of a drive back here, kid's gotta be damn tired. I am too, actually."

Megan nodded and yawned as they got out of the fort and took one of the pillows left laying to the side, and a blanket, and sprawled out in front of the tv.

Dean smirked as he slid his hand up Megan's t shirt and watched her blush.

"Ambrose, I know that's not you trying to cop a feel right now." Megan joked as she bit her lip and rolled over onto her back, him towering over her, leaning so he didn't fall on her and knock the wind out of her.

"What if it is?"

"Dean, seriously? We just had a nearly two day car ride here."

"Good point. But I am doing one thing, you're not gonna stop me." he muttered as he leaned down and pulled her into a kiss, sucking her lower lip, smirking in satisfaction as she groaned from beneath him and her fingers gripped the back of his neck, pulling him even closer to her.

"Yeah.. You're still too damn good at that." she mumbled as she pulled him down next to her and cuddled against him. So things were okay for now.. Maybe they could make it. This was a huge step for all three of them, trying to co exist an entire week under one roof, but when he'd asked her to come back with him, she couldn't tell him no, because she wanted to be with him. And she was sick of fighting it.

The only question was did they have what it took to make it through everything this time? Because with the two of them, there would most likely be complications, there always had been. And Megan didn't want to see Claire get stuck in the middle of it. Or hurt by anything that might go wrong.

Dean lie there, smiling to himself a little in the semi darkness. Maybe this would work out without him fucking it up in some way. At least they were trying.