By: Oldach's Dream

Disclaimer: They're not mine

Summary: Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust.

Butterflies and Hurricanes

Prologue:


A new mother makes a promise to her child. "I will take care of you." She says.

-Judging Amy


Mary made a pledge to her child. "I will love you, Dean." She promised with all her heart and soul, "You will be mine to love forever."

John looked over her shoulder, "I will protect you, son." He whispered, arms circling his wife's frame lovingly. "I will protect you forever."


Mary made a pledge to her child. "I will protect you, Sammy." She promised with all her heart and soul, "I will protect you forever."

John looked over her shoulder, "I will love you, son." He whispered, arms circling his wife's frame lovingly. "I will love you forever."

Neither noticed the change.


"I would die to protect you," she reminds her infant son as her spirit ascends. Her last grasp of reality a wisp of relief. "You're safe now."


"It's okay, Sammy." Dean whispers, looking up at the burning building.

"You're safe now," Then Mary was gone.

John came running out not long after, less than a moment had passed – yet a lifetime was decided.


"I'll protect you, Sammy."

A big brother made a pledge, a promise, a commitment.

Nothing was stronger than that.