Dean was 5 when John left his sons alone in a motel room. Now 12 years later, John is still searching for his oldest and the thing that took him. He never told Sam he had a brother; what if they never found Dean? John couldn't build up the kid's hopes only to shatter them. But as fate would have it, a beat up stranger in the woods has a very familiar set of dinosaur green eyes...

Pre-Series AU. The boys are put in separate foster homes after John is sent to prison. Five years apart in very different lifestyles sees them eventually reunited. Will their bond survive after years of separation and abuse? Contains abuse & rape.