It was the holidays and everyone was home for the week, Donna couldn't have felt happier. When Mackenzie suggested the catch up on some of the Supernatural convention videos it sounded like a perfect way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon, especially since Josh and Jensen were hogging the TV for video games, just like they had as teenagers.

Donna and Mackenzie sat down with the iPad to watch videos of the latest Supernatural convention. It was a normal panel, most of the boy's answers were things the two Ackles women knew by heart, after all, they both talked to Jensen at least once a week most of the time. Then a fan asked the boys to talk about a near-death experience. The answer her son gave had Donna's jaw-dropping and tears pricking her eyes. Her baby boy had scaled scaffolding and almost fallen to his death and she had had no idea!

"Mom, if you see this, I'm so sorry," the video Jensen said and then added with a cheeky grin, "but I'm still here!"

"Not for long!" Donna saw red, she was going to kill him, it didn't matter that it had taken place twenty years prior.

"Jensen Ross Ackles! You get out here right now!" Donna yelled up the steps to the bedrooms in a tone she hadn't needed to use in years. Mackenzie cringed.

Upstairs in the boys old bedroom they paused the game at the sound of their mother's angry yell.

"Dude, what did you do this time? You don't even live here anymore," Josh asked his younger brother.

Jensen tried to give an unconcerned shrug, but it didn't fool Josh for a moment

"Now, Jensen!"

The angry yell had the young man scrambling off of the bed and downstairs. Josh was right behind curious to find out what was going on. Alan also appeared at the shouting, it had been several years since he heard his wife raise her voice like that and figured Jensen must have done something serious for her to be this upset.

A very confused Jensen came down the stairs to find his livid mother glaring at him with her hands on her hips.

"Did I do something wrong?" he couldn't help but ask sounding much younger than he was.

"You could say that. Sit."

Jensen didn't dare disobey.

"You can start by telling me about this near-death of yours climbing the scaffolding of that huge apartment building. And why you only apologized to me and not also your father?"

Jensen glanced up at his dad who had a somewhat guilty expression on his face at being mentioned.

"I already knew," he supplied for his son, he winced at his wife's glare at his confession, "I didn't want you to worry."

Donna crossed her arms and waited for someone to start talking. Jensen looked helplessly at his dad and brother, it had been years since he'd been in real trouble with his mom and he'd forgotten how scary she could be when upset.

/

Fourteen-year-old Jensen carefully slipped out of his bedroom window. It was after eleven and his mom and dad would be asleep by now. They were both all about routine, and bedtimes. Eight o'clock for Mackenzie, nine o'clock for Jensen, and they were in bed by half-past ten every single night. Eighteen-year-old Josh was the only one they didn't tell what to do when it came to sleeping. Josh was a senior this year and worked late at a restaurant bussing tables and washing dishes, they had simply told him that he was old enough to make sure he got to school on time and be responsible. So far Josh had lived up to their expectations.

Jensen grabbed his bike and met up with his friend, Mike, a couple of streets over. They rode around the town with no particular destination in mind. Then they came to the new apartment development.

"Check out that crane and scaffolding, that would be awesome to climb on," Mike said, not really thinking.

Jensen looked up at the structure and thought about just being able to say he had climbed it, he couldn't turn down that opportunity. Dropping his bike he headed towards the fencing which wasn't very secure and crawled through a large opening. Mike wasn't about to be left behind and followed behind. The boys made quick work of climbing up as far out as they could get to before sitting down at the far end of the jib to just talk.

/

It had been a slow night at the restaurant that Josh worked at so it hadn't been hard for him to get all the work done and leave as soon as the place closed. He was looking forward to taking a long hot shower and climbing into bed. What had started as a light drizzle coming down slowly transformed into large drops of rain. Josh pulled over by the construction site and hoped the rain would pass through quickly, it usually did and it was safer to just pull over and wait it out. As he sat not looking at anything in particular something caught his eye. A bicycle, specifically his old bike, the one Jensen now used.

Josh pulled his coat over his head and ran out to the bike to verify. Yup, definitely his. So if Jensen's bike was here, where was Jensen? Josh scanned the area and then gasped as he saw Jensen and another boy, he guessed Mike sitting up top of the crane. Running to a nearby phone booth Josh called home. He desperately hoped his dad would wake up. It took several rings but finally, a sleepy Alan answered the phone.

"Dad? You know that new apartment complex they're building, you need to come here right now. It's an emergency… Yes, I'm serious, please hurry."

Josh paced anxiously in an overhang as he watched the two younger boys start to make their way across the jib.

"Idiots," he thought.

/

"What's going on, Josh?" Alan asked as he jogged over having just parked his car in the nearby lot.

All Josh could do was point up at the crane. Alan gasped and then almost fainted as he realized what he was looking at. Josh helped steady his father as they helplessly watched Jensen and his friend climb down. They both held their breath when they saw one of the boys slip but was caught by what must have been a rope, then slowly exhaled when he had gotten back to relative safety.

"If he survives this I'm going to kill him," whispered Alan.

Josh had to agree, he was going to make Jensen's life miserable for the foreseeable future for this stunt.

It took what felt like hours for the two boys to climb down. They started walking towards the exit of the site, grinning broadly with their little adventure.

Mike saw Alan and Josh first, his smile disappearing instantly, he nudged Jensen who followed his friend's gaze to see his father and brother standing there.

Alan ran forward and pulled his son into a tight hug. The man could feel his own body shaking as he cried tears of relief that his boy was safe. After a long moment, he pulled back and looked over his son and then Mike, asking them over and over again if they were ok. Finally satisfied he pushed them towards his truck and ordered them in. Josh had already thrown the bikes into the back and got into his own car to head home.

Alan was quiet as he drove to Mike's house, he ordered Jensen to stay put before leading the other boy to the front door and ringing the bell. Jensen could hear the yelling from the truck. Mike was toast. Alan pulled into their driveway a few short minutes later, parking next to Josh's Honda civic.

"Get changed and come back downstairs."

Jensen swallowed at the hardness of his dad's voice, he was dead. It was well after 1am, usually, dad waited until he had calmed down a little but that didn't seem to be the case tonight, he made quick work changing into his pajama bottoms and a t-shirt before heading back down to the living room where Alan waited. Alan had already removed his belt. The belt was sitting innocently on the end table next to a wooden hairbrush. Jensen couldn't help but stare at the tools of his impending demise as he slowly walked towards his father.

Alan pulled Jensen down onto the couch next to him and gave the boy a short but poignant lecture about the foolishness of his actions tonight and how disappointed he was in his choices. Jensen was sobbing before the punishment even started. Alan hardened himself for what he needed to do. Jensen might be sorry now, but without the correction, he'd forget before the weekend was up and run into the next dangerous adventure.

Gently pulling the boy over his lap, Alan pulled down the thin pajama bottoms before picking up the hairbrush. Alan explained that he was giving his son two spankings, one for sneaking out, and the other for the foolish choice of entering the construction site and climbing structures. He tucked his son's legs under his so that he couldn't kick out and then began thoroughly warming the small bottom in front of him. Alan didn't count, he just kept going until every area was an uncomfortable shade of red. Jensen was sobbing harder now and trying to cover his heated bottom with his hands but his dad expertly held them to his lower back and safely out of the way.

After what Jensen would have sworn was a half hour at least, but was probably less than 2 minutes Alan had his son stand and bend over the edge of the couch. Jensen had rarely ever begged to get out of a spanking before but this time he was already so sore and his legs were shaking from both the climbing that night and being over his dad's knee that he didn't think he could take any more. Unfortunately, it wasn't a choice Jensen got to make. Alan had made up his mind, he wasn't going to lose his son over something so easily preventable. Jensen again found himself ass up, clinging to the throw pillow as his dad tanned his hide further.

When Alan finally finished he held his whimpering son for a long time while he gently scolded him.

"I don't normally tell you this, but don't tell your mom about this, it would upset her too much," Alan counseled and then sent him to bed.

/

Donna looked at Jensen in shock but turned to her daughter, "Kenzie, did you know?"

Mackenzie shook her head, she had a vague recollection of Jensen avoiding sitting down at all costs for a week around that time, but when she thought of it, that happened quite routinely anyway, he was always in trouble. She rarely knew what he'd done to incur their father's belt.

Donna looked at her oldest son and husband, "You both knew about this and didn't tell me?"

It had been a long time since she was that upset.

"I didn't want you to worry, he was fine," Alan tried to explain.

"I beg to differ!" Jensen piped up, recalling how very not fine his behind was after his dad had gotten through with him.

"Shut up, Jensen!" both Alan and Donna snapped.

Jensen leaned back on the couch and crossed his arms stubbornly, he felt every bit the teenage boy at the moment rather than the grown adult he technically was.

Josh, Jensen, and Mackenzie watched uncomfortably as their parents argued, then Donna walked away and Alan followed behind trying to explain his reason for keeping the secret for so long.

Mackenzie took the opportunity to cuff her brother upside the head, "If you hadn't mentioned that in the panel she wouldn't have known," she explained when Jensen glared at her while rubbing the back of his head.

"Oops."

"Good job, dipshit, now we're all in the doghouse with mom. Except for Kenzie of course." Josh gave his younger brother a shove before going back to the video game.

Jensen was about to get up and go back to the game with Josh when his mom called from the other room.

"Jensen, don't you dare leave, we are not finished talking about this!"

"I'm so glad I stayed out of trouble when I was in high school. You better hope she doesn't find out about all the other stuff you managed to get away with," Kenzie commented knowingly.

Jensen groaned and put his head in his hands, he hoped not either.