John decided that if he wasn't gonna enroll Dean in school — as he damn well should, but couldn't bring himself to do — than the least he could do was make sure he wasn't behind other kids developmentally. He bought flash cards, as well as some other educational toys, and set aside a little time each day to work with him, sounding out letters, counting numbers, and identifying basic things like colors and shapes.
Of course, Dean learning how to sound out letters, count, and identify colors and shapes meant his little brother had to learn how to, as well. Sammy wasn't able to sound out all the letters, numbers or identify the colors and shapes, not yet, anyway, but that didn't stop Dean from spending hours showing him the flash cards and asking him what they were.
John had a feeling Sammy would turn out the smartest of them all.
And that was just fine with him.
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