3 days had gone by since Dean's been home and he hasn't left his room. If Henry wanted to spend time with Dean, he would have to go in there and play quietly on the bed while Cas took care of them.

Cas was really getting worried about his mate. He had never seen Dean this closed off before, he really only showed emotion when it came to Henry. Cas had to drag Dean out of bed to shower and beg him to eat.

"Dean. I have to get to work." Cas said softly but Dean didn't even look at him. "Henry's downstairs with your mom, please eat some of the breakfast I brought up for you." still no answer. With a sigh Cas just kissed Dean's forehead and left the room.

"I'm leaving for work buddy. I'll be home tonight, be good for grandma." Cas told Henry.

"I will papa."

Dean flinched when the bedroom door shut, Cas had shut it gently but to Dean it was a slam. He rolled over and saw a plate with scrambled eggs and toast and a glass of orange juice. His stomach growled, he eyed the food a little longer before the hunger took over. Dean sat up, turned the tv on low to some random show just to have noise and ate his food.

He got up and decided to take a shower. Once he was done he decided to shave the scruff beginning to grow on his face. On the final swipe, Dean nicked his jaw line. "Son of a bitch." Dean washed off his face and put some ointment on the nick. 'That felt good didn't it?' The sudden voice in his head caused Dean to jump.

"No not now." Dean groaned, not have hearing his father's voice in his head since high school. 'You're pathetic… You know Cas is never going to look at you the same now.' Dean squeezed his eyes shut and gripped the edge of the sink. "Shut up, shut up!"

'You are nothing. A horrible omega. You can't even carry a pup to full term. Not even Henry.' 'Go ahead, take the blades out of the razor. You know you want to.' Dean stared at the razor, tears rolling down his face.

'You know I'm right. Let's add a few more scars to your already fucked up body. I'm surprised Cas even touches you considering how scarred you are.'

"I said, shut up!" Dean yelled and sliced into his arm, not even realizing he had torn the razor apart. He stared in shock at the blood running down his arm. It wasn't deep enough to cause any real damage. Dean forgot the almost 'euphoric' feeling of cutting.

As if his body had a mind of its own, Dean watched as he made another cut above the other one and sighed as the blood ran down his arm. 'That's what I thought. Why not just re open those scars in the middle of your wrists and be done with it?'

That thought really scared Dean. So much that he threw the blade across the bathroom. He sank to the floor, still in his towel and just went numb. He faintly heard knocking on the door and what he thought was Henry's voice.

"Gramma." Henry whined once he came back downstairs.

"What sweetie?"

"Daddy won't come out of da bafroom."

Mary had a sinking feeling in her gut, "I'm sure he's just in the shower honey."

"I didn't hear water." Henry shrugged and went over to his toys.

"Henry you stay right there okay, I'm going to go check on daddy." Mary said and went upstairs quickly but not too quickly so she didn't scare the 3 year old.

"Dean? Can I come in?" Mary asked after she knocked. When there was no answer she tried the door knob, sending a silent prayer to find the door unlocked. She saw Dean sitting on the floor with drying blood on his arm, "Dean?".

No answer. She sat down next to the injured arm and gently took it so she could examine the cuts, but when she touched Dean he flinched and let out a startled yelp.

"Shh, honey it's me. I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Mary soothed. Once Dean realized what was going on he started sobbing.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! I-i-it just happened." Dean gasped.

"It's okay Dean. It's alright." Mary soothed and pulled Dean into a hug and let him sob. She ran her fingers through his hair and quietly kept telling him it was going to be okay. A little bit later, not wanting Henry to be alone downstairs for much longer by himself, Mary got the first aid kit out and cleaned up Dean's arm.

"Get dressed and come down for some lunch okay? Henry keeps asking for you." Mary said softly, Dean just nodded.

He waited until Mary was out of the room before he got up and got dressed. Dean pulled on a pair of loose sweats and one of Cas' tshirts, inhaling his scent. He paused at the bedroom door, he felt safe in the bedroom. Downstairs is where he had issues, specifically the kitchen. Dean took a deep breath and forced himself down the stairs into the living room.

Henry looked up from his blocks when Dean came up behind the couch. "DADDY!" he ran towards Dean who quickly picked him up, wincing slightly at the pull of his fresh cuts.

"Hey buddy." he said softly and held Henry tight, feeling the burn of tears behind his eyes.

"You come out of your room!" Henry smiled, "you all better daddy?"

Dean smiled a little at his pup, "not yet but I'm getting there." He gave Henry one last hug before putting him down and following him into the dining room.

He smiled again when he saw that his mom had made grilled cheese and tomato rice soup. He helped Henry into his chair before sitting down himself. "Dean?!" Charlie's voice called out?

"In here!" he yelled back. Charlie hadn't come to see him since she took him to the hospital. She had texted him almost everyday but Dean didn't really respond.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt lunch." she apologized once she saw them at the dining room table.

"It's alright. Sit down, I'll make another grilled cheese." Mary said and went back into he kitchen.

"Hi aunt Charwi." Henry smiled.

"Hey buddy."

"Everything okay?" Dean asked, noticing Charlie not being as chipper as she usually is.

"No. But we'll talk after lunch."

Mary came back in with a grilled cheese and a glass of milk for Charlie and they dug in.

"Daddy I have a new friend!" Henry said after a few minutes.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. Her name is Claire."

"Just remember to be nice." Dean told him.

Charlie was quiet during lunch. "Red, come help me put Henry down for his nap then we'll talk." They got Henry down and Dean lead Charlie to the bedroom. "Um sorry for the smell… I'll crack a window." Dean said not realizing how bad the room smelt of devastated omega.

"Alright, what's going on?" Dean asked once the window was cracked and he climbed into bed next to Charlie.

"After I came home from dropping you off…" Charlie started, her voice shaking. "I-I walked in on Dorothy and someone else." Charlie started crying and Dean immediately pulled her into a hug.

"What?! Charlie, I'm so sorry."

"After the skank ran out we obviously got in a big fight. She told me I was never around anymore and that the times she was actually studying or 'working' she was with the other woman." Charlie continued to cry. "I was going to propose to her Dean!"

Dean didn't know what to say so he just held onto Charlie and let her cry, letting tears flow as well. They ended up falling asleep.

Sensing movement in the room Dean's eyes flew open, expecting to see Henry but was shocked when he saw Cas quietly taking his uniform off.

"Sorry big guy no room for you to join." Dean whispered and grinned when Cas jumped and spun around.

"Jesus, Dean."

"What time is it?"

"About 5:30."

"Geez. I didn't mean to fall asleep, let alone sleep that long."

"Could you talk louder? I'm trying to listen." Charlie's voice startled them both. "Okay, well I think I'm going to go home, well back to my parents. See you later, thanks for listening Dean." Charlie kissed his cheek and slid out of the bed.

"What's goin on?" Cas asked undressing the rest of the way now that Charlie was gone.

"Dorothy cheated on her so they broke up."

"What!?"

"I know. She's heartbroken." Dean said and slid out of the bed. "Hey… I need to tell you something."

"Okay, what's up?" Cas asked, now down to his boxers but turned around to face his mate.

Dean took a shaky breath and lifted his sleeve on his shirt, showing Cas the fresh scars. He couldn't look at his mate but he heard Cas whisper his name. Next thing he knew, he was in Cas' arms.

"It's okay." Cas whispered. "Thank you for telling me."

"I didn't even realize I did it until it was done. It was like I was on autopilot." Dean explained. "Also, I don't know how you've slept in here lately. It reeks."

Cas chuckled, "I'm not going to lie, it has been kind of tough but I understand why and I wasn't about to leave you in that state." "I take it you're feeling better?"

"Yes and no." Dean sighed. "It's obviously going to take me a while to get over it but I'm done being depressed." Cas hugged him tighter.

"Take all the time you need to feel better." He gave Dean a quick kiss, "now I'm going to go shower."

"I'm going to get the bedding stripped and ready for the washer."

A few days had gone by and Dean was feeling much better. Sure he was still upset but he decided to focus on Henry and jump back into searching for a job. He convinced Mary he'd be okay if she went home, so she packed up her things and went home Friday morning after she dropped Henry off at school.

Dean grabbed Henry's bedding and the guest room bedding and headed for the laundry room when his phone rang. "Hey Charlie." he answered.

"Hey. Um I have a question and I don't expect you to answer right away cuz you'll need to talk to Cas first."

"What's up?" Dean asked.

"So, my parent's are driving me insane and since I was on a campus apartment I didn't have to worry about rent or anything, but I can't go back to the apartment I'm just going to let Dorothy have it." Charlie rambled.

"Charlie, spit it out." Dean interrupted.

"Can I live with you guys for a little bit until I can find something? I swear I'll get a job and pay rent and stuff but I think I just might go insane if I stay here any longer."

"Oh. Well, I certainly don't care but I'll talk to Cas tonight."

"I love you!" Charlie sighed. "Take your time I can wait, but just not too long."

"I'll call you next week Charlie." Dean laughed.

Once the washer was started he went downstairs and got on his laptop to look for a job. With no luck Dean groaned and shut the laptop before going upstairs to switch laundry over and go pick up Henry.

Later that night once Cas was home and Henry was in bed, Dean brought up Charlie. "If not I can get an apartment for her with my settlement money." Dean explained.

"Well, I don't care if she stays here for a while. We'll give her a few months to save up and if she needs a little extra help, we'll help her." Cas shrugged.

"So we agree, she can stay here for a while?"

"Yes." Cas grinned.

"Well, in that case, we better get a few things out of our system before another alpha with strong hearing moves in." Dean grinned.

"What? Dean are you sure? Is it even safe?"

"Just be careful." Dean winked.