Johnny couldn't stop smiling as he chopped carrots, making sure that each piece was the same size as the last. Once he was done chopping he carefully picked the board up and put the carrots into the stew that was cooking on the stove.

Dean was doing something similar, he was cutting something up at the counter and throwing it into the pot boiling at his side. Johnny glanced into the pot, reaching for the spoon to stir it.

"What are we making?" he asked Dean, breathing the scent in deeply, whatever it was it was good.

"Stew, it's really good." Dean told him, handing him a pan. "Put this in the oven, its bread." he added, seeing the question already on Johnny's face.

Johnny glanced down at the mess of...something, resisting the urge to poke at it. It was sticking to the sides of the pan and while he could see the coloring, he couldn't see how it would turn into bread but he obediently put it into the already hot oven.

"What are you smiling about so much?" Dean asked, turning back to the counter and grabbing a cloth to clean it.

"I have mom, I have you, and I have a name." Johnny said with another smile. "Why shouldn't I be happy?"

Dean glanced at him but smiled slightly as well, cleaning the counter. "Yeah, guess those are good." he said softly. He tossed the cloth to the side once he was done. "And can we talk about something? Away from Sam?"

Johnny looked at him, a bit nervous, but nodded, turning to face him completely. "About what?"

"When you were born you created a crack in the universe, it opened a hole to another world, and that's where our mom is." Dean watched Johnny hesitantly nod at that. "Can you do it again?"

"I...I don't know." Johnny said after a moment's thought, uncertain. "I didn't mean to do it before, I wasn't in control of it, I don't..."

"What if you learn how to use your powers?" Dean asked. "If you learn how to control it you can maybe do it again?"

"I don't know." Johnny said honestly. "Dean, I don't know how that...opening happened, I didn't want to create it, it just happened."

"According to the lore, the nephilim surpasses their angelic parents." Dean told him. "Meaning that you're going to be stronger than an archangel."

Johnny finally looked away from him, shifting in place and wringing his hands together. "You don't even think grandmas alive." he mumbled. "You said it yourself, Lucifer isn't going to keep her alive. So why try to get there?"

"Because Sam thinks that she's still alive." Dean told him. "And once she gets her mind set on something she refuses to let it go and will try to solve it until the very end. So I want to figure out if there's even a reason for her to try."

"Are you trying to stop me from attempting to open another doorway to that universe?" Johnny asked. "Or are you trying to figure out if I can?"

"Little bit of both." Dean told him truthfully, turning back to the stove to look into the stew pot. "Frankly, if it was up to me? I'd keep that door nice and shut, make sure that Lucifer can never escape from it, make sure that he doesn't even get the slight chance to get free."

Johnny had to agree to that, remembering the fear that his mom had felt from him and the second hand fear he had felt in return. "I don't want him here either." he said quietly.

Dean nodded at that. "Then we're in agreement, we don't do anything that could end up bringing Lucifer here." he said.

"But what do I do if she asks me to open it?" Johnny asked, reaching up to tug at his hair. "I can't just...say no."

"Yeah you can, it's your powers so you get to decide what to do with them." Dean said. "You just say no."

"But she's my mom." Johnny protested lightly. "I have to listen to her."

"Kid, you're your own person, you don't need to listen to her." Dean told him firmly. "You get to decide what you do with those powers and seeing as you want to keep Lucifer as far away from her as possible? I'd recommend saying no to her."

"But you also said that...the nephilim surpasses their angel parent." Johnny reminded him. "So that means I get stronger than Lucifer, which means that I can fight him."

"Okay I don't like where you're going with this."

"Well, think about it." Johnny said, straightening up slightly. "If mom is right and grandma is alive in that other world, you said it was because of me that the doorway opened and she got stuck there with Lucifer." he nodded and started to pace around the kitchen. "So if I get strong enough, if I can control my powers enough, I can open another doorway to find grandma." he looked up at Dean and his eyes flashed golden. "And if Lucifer is there and tries to attack us, that means that I'll be strong enough to kill him."

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