It was his worst hello, but it turned into his most favorite goodbye...
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He wasn't in the mood to be chatty when his phone rang a second after he hung up with Sam. He stifled a few choice words as he flipped it open and barked out a simple, "Yeah, what?" instead of a more acceptable form of hello.
He didn't particularly care if he came off like a dick. This entire case was turning into something straight oughta the damn Twilight Zone. People talking with the dead via Ma Bell. He snorted a laugh as he waited for the person on the other end of the phone to reply to his caustic greeting. However, there was nothing on the other end but a faint sound of static. Annoyed even more, he glanced at the phone to check the number, but found he didn't recognize it. His brow knit as he puzzled that out.
"Sam?" He demanded finally. "Sam, is that you?"
It wasn't Sam's voice that broke through the static, though.
"Dean? Dean, is that you?"
Wave after wave of shock crashed over Dean as he recognized that warm, velvety tone. Dad was the only logical thought that made it through the icy haze engulfing him. His mouth opened, but no sound came forth. It felt like he was being torn apart by invisible claws. He half imagined getting shredded by the hell mutts Lilith would send for him when his contract was up would hurt a helluva lot less than hearing his dad on the other end of the phone. For several minutes, he could only stand there, staring at the world through eyes that saw nothing.
Not the cars that drove by, the people who walked in and out of the businesses lining the street, not the cat eating a mouse in front of a dumpster parked in an alley behind some hole-in-the-wall burger joint. All he could fix on was the voice on the other end of the phone he held in one trembling hand. Finally, he worked around to one word, the only word his mouth and brain could twist themselves around enough to say.
"Dad?"
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Yeah, it was his worst hello, but Sam slamming the head of that son of a bitch, Clark, into a metal spike sure turned it into his favorite goodbye.
A/N: Hello, all! Hope that this finds you well!
This is tagged to episode 3x14