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Dean played with Alec for a while and showed him his new toys before he finally convinced him that it would be fun to play by himself with Uncle Sammy watching over him. Sam was nervous to actually be left alone with Alec. He and Alec played in the park together, but Dean was going outside with Bobby, so he was completely alone.

Alec was sitting on the floor, looking up at him with his big green eyes, waiting for him to play. He realized Alec was nervous too; Alec knew Dean and trusted Dean, but he was still sitting where he was so maybe this wouldn't be too bad. Dean was better at this than he was, but Alec was adorable and he wanted to make him happy.

"What do you want to play with?" Sam asked slowly. Alec still had his bear in his little hand, but he looked at the other toys that were sitting next to him. Sam walked forward and sat down next to Alec. He picked up the toy car that was big enough for Alec's bear to ride in and pressed a button on the top. The car revved and Alec looked up at him in surprise. "Wow! That's pretty cool, huh?"

Alec nodded and turned a little to get a better view of the car. Sam pressed the button again and Alec smiled. Sam held the car out and Alec reached out to touch it. "It sort of looks like Daddy's," Alec said.

"Yeah, it does sort of look like Daddy's," Sam agreed.

Alec giggled when he pressed the button and the car made noise. Sam drove it around on the carpet and Alec stood up and chased after him. Sam laughed and drove the car in the air and Alec ran after him to keep up.

They played that game for a while, and then moved on to his other toys

Sam kept him entertained all morning, and then fed him lunch. Alec kept ahold of his bear the entire time and he wished he knew why Alec liked it so much. But Alec either didn't want to talk about it, or he didn't know how to put it into words. He was just a little kid after all, and even when he was older he had problems with telling them things.

Alec decided he wanted to color after lunch, so Sam turn on the TV and hung out in the living room while Alec colored. It was close to 2 in the afternoon when Alec dropped his crayons and looked up at him.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Sam asked. Alec looked down, but rubbed his eyes. Sam frowned; was Alec tired? "You wanna find Daddy?" Sam asked, and Alec nodded. Sam stood up, and he expected Alec to stand up too, but he just held his arms up. Sam smiled and lifted Alec in his arms. Alec snuggled against his chest, making him smile and kiss the top of Alec's head. Alec was so little; he felt like a giant holding him, but he felt like he could keep him safe. He would do anything to keep Alec safe.

He walked outside and headed for the garage where Dean and Bobby were working on cars.

"Dean!" Sam called out once they were close.

"Yeah!" Dean called back. His voice was muffled, so Sam figured he was under one of the cars.

"Alec's ready for a nap," Sam said. "And he misses his Daddy."

Dean rolled out from under the car and quickly stood up. He wiped his hands on a rag and walked over to them. "Hey kiddo, you sleepy?" Dean asked. Alec nodded and reached for Dean; his brother smiled and held Alec close. Alec was asleep almost instantly with his bear held tightly in one hand and gripping Dean's t-shirt with his other. "How was playtime?" Dean asked softly.

"It was fun," Sam said. "But Dean, did he say anything about the bear? He won't let go of it."

"It's somethin' with Manticore, but he doesn't know how to talk about it and he's afraid he's going to get in trouble," Dean said.

"Well, he likes all of his toys, but no surprise, he doesn't like vegetables but he does like pudding," Sam said in amusement. "And I didn't realize it was naptime until he rubbed his eyes, but I did know he wanted you for naptime so maybe I'm getting better at this."

"I knew you'd be good at this," Dean said, rubbing Alec's back. "I'm gonna take him inside."

Sam nodded and followed his brother back to the house. Dean sat down in the recliner, but kept Alec against his chest. "Taking care of a little kid is hard," Sam said, exhaustion pulling at him.

"That's why naptime is awesome," Dean said. He leaned back in the recliner and closed his eyes.

"We haven't even really done anything today," Sam muttered. "I mean, we went to the park, and we went shopping, and then we played for a while, but now I'm exhausted."

"Which is why it's naptime," Dean pointed out.

"You know this place is a death trap for Alec," Sam said. "The knives in the kitchen, our guns, the wall sockets…He could seriously get hurt in here. Not to mention that we need to gate off the basement. Who knows what Bobby's got down there…"

"Sam, relax, ok?" Dean said, opening his eyes again. "For now, he likes being around us so we can keep him safe. We'll work up to baby proofing the house, but just relax, ok?"

Sam took a deep breath, but then nodded. He just wanted to keep Alec safe. But he did look pretty happy now. He really did love Dean and Dean was a fantastic Dad.

Dean woke up again a couple hours later still holding a sleeping Alec. He looked around the room and saw that Sam was asleep too. Looking around he agreed with Sam that the house was a death trap for Alec. They would have to work on baby proofing the house so he'd be safe.

"I wondered where you went," Bobby said, suddenly walking inside.

"It was naptime," Dean said with a small smile.

"I see that," Bobby replied.

"Sam mentioned baby proofing the house," Dean said. "I think he's right…"

Bobby nodded, "Yeah, we gotta do that and I think maybe we should work on setting up a room for him."

"I don't know…he seems to like sleeping with me…" Dean muttered. He liked having Alec with him; he was warm and he knew Alec slept better when someone was with him. It was true even when he was older and he didn't want Alec to have nightmares without him around. He wanted to protect his little boy from whatever he could.

"He should have his own room, Dean. A place to put his toys and it's nice to have a place to call your own."

"I'm not making him sleep there if he doesn't want to," Dean said.

"Ok, just keep it in mind," Bobby said. "It might be fun to make up a room for him…"

"He could have little racecar sheets or something," Dean said, trying not to think about it too much. But he couldn't help it. Alec's room could be really fun to set up. "But I don't know…that's gonna cost a lot of money."

"We'll just take it slow. Buy him a few things here and there until we have a room for him," Bobby said.

"Ok…that doesn't sound like a terrible idea," Dean said.

"What doesn't sound like a terrible idea?" Sam mumbled sleepily. He sat up and looked around at them, but smiled when he saw Alec.

"Setting up a room for Alec," Dean whispered.

Sam nodded, "Yeah, that doesn't sound like a terrible idea."

"Racecar sheets are happening," Dean said, smiling down at Alec.

"Ok Alec, it's time for a bath," Dean said after dinner. Alec looked up at him with big eyes and he shook his head no. He was still holding his Teddy, but he was also playing with the toy car. "Don't you want to be clean?"

"No," Alec said, his voice small.

"No?" Dean asked back, trying to hide his smile. "Do you know what bath time is?" Alec shook his head no again. "It's a lot of fun. I think you're really going to like it." Alec still didn't look sure. "I'll even put a ton of bubbles in it."

"Bubbles?" Alec asked in confusion.

"You wanna see it?" Dean asked.

"Ok," Alec whispered. Dean walked over to Alec and picked him up. "Is it scary?" Alec asked as he walked upstairs.

"No kiddo, it's not scary," Dean reassured. He set Alec on the floor and filled the tub with bubbles and warm water. Alec hid behind his leg, still afraid of the bath, but he wasn't running away. "See, it's not scary," Dean said. "Don't you want to play in the bubbles?"

Alec smiled a little and nodded. Dean got him undressed and carefully picked him up and put him in the tub. Alec giggled and hit at the bubbles to pop them. "Daddy! Bubbles!"

"Yeah baby," Dean said with a smile. He put a pile of bubbles on top of Alec's head making him giggle more. Dean gave him some toys to play with while he cleaned him up. It turned out Alec really liked bath time. He played in the tub until most of the bubbles were gone. "Alright, c'mon kiddo, time to get out and get dried off."

"Do I have to?" Alec asked.

"Yeah baby, but you can take another bath tomorrow, ok?" Dean asked. Alec nodded, so he got him out of the tub and dried him off with a big, fluffy towel. Alec smiled at him and he smiled back, ruffling his short hair. Dean got him in his PJ's, picked him up, and took him downstairs. Alec was sleepy again and snuggled against his neck as soon as he sat down.

"I guess bath time went well?" Sam asked him.

"Bubbles are a new favorite," Dean replied. "He didn't want to get out."

"So, what's the plan for tomorrow?" Sam asked.

"We could take him to the creek to catch frogs," Dean said. He shifted Alec a little so he could be more comfortable now that he was asleep. He ran his hand through his boy's hair and rocked him slightly while he slept. He was still getting used to taking care of Alec and being a dad, but he already thought of Alec as his own son.

"Dean, are we going to hunt while Alec's like this?" Sam asked quietly after a few minutes.

He hesitated before he shook his head no. "Not for a while at least. Bobby would have to look after Alec, and I don't think he'd understand us leaving for a few days. And I don't want anything to happen to us where we couldn't take care of him, or what if something followed us back and hurt him? I just…I don't know if that's in the cards for us anymore…"

Sam nodded in understanding, but then said, "I just wish that you wouldn't have to lose a part of who you are…I wish you could be a dad and you could hunt."

Dean looked down at Alec and smiled, "Sam, I don't miss hunting. If I wanted to hunt, then I'd be looking for some way to get Alec back to normal. But this is what I want. Are you ok with not hunting?"

"Yeah, I'm ok with not hunting," Sam replied with a small smile.

"And, and Daddy caught 10 frogs! He let me hold them, but they hopped out of my hands! They were really slimy!" Alec told Bobby as fast as he could. "And then Uncle Sammy fell in the water and he got all muddy! Daddy laughed and Uncle Sammy looked really mad, but then he started laughing too!"

Dean chuckled as Alec told Bobby everything that happened at the creek. He was bouncing up and down he was so excited. He had really liked going to the creek. Bobby was nodding and smiling with what Alec was saying, but it was obvious that he wasn't catching everything his boy was saying.

"So, ya had fun?" Bobby teasingly asked.

"Yes!" Alec replied. He turned to him and quickly asked, "Can we go back after lunch?"

"As long as you eat all of your vegetables," Dean bargained.

"Ok," Alec said.

Dean scooped him up, making him giggle, and sat him on his shoulders. "Do you think you can catch a frog when we go back to the creek?" Dean asked as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Yeah, I think so," Alec said matter-of-factly.

"How many do you think you can catch?" Dean asked.

"Probably four or five at least," Alec said. "Will you hold them when I catch them?"

"Yeah, I'll hold on to them," Dean said. He started making Alec a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as he said, "But I think you can catch more than that. If I can catch 10, then you can probably catch like 15 or 20."

"No!" Alec argued.

He laughed and nodded, "Yeah, I think you can."

"Daddy, that's too many," Alec said. Dean put some apple slices and some carrots on Alec's plate. "No Daddy, I don't like the orange ones."

"Do you want broccoli instead?" Dean asked.

"No," Alec muttered.

"Well, you need to pick one, kiddo," Dean replied easily. "Unless you don't want to go back to the creek…"

"I'll eat the orange ones," Alec said.

"Carrots, the orange ones are called carrots," Dean said.

"Carrots," Alec repeated.

"We'll put some ranch with them so they'll taste better," Dean said. He finished making Alec's lunch and took the plate to the table, cut his sandwich in half, and cut off the crust. He got Alec off his shoulders and held him as he got his sippy cup and filled it with juice before he sat down with Alec on his lap.

Alec immediately went for his sandwich and leaned back against him while he ate. He ran his hand through his hair and kissed the side of his head.

"Hey, you need anything from town?" Sam asked, walking into the kitchen.

"What're you going to town for?" Dean asked back.

Sam looked away from him and busied himself with looking through the cabinets. "I just want to look around, that's all."

He knew Sam was lying; he was hiding something from him and he wanted to know what it was. But they couldn't just start arguing. Alec wouldn't understand what was going on and he didn't want to scare him. "Sam, just tell me. I'm not gonna get mad," Dean said, glancing down at Alec.

Sam looked at Alec too and gave him a small smile. "Bobby just mentioned the college in town and I was just going to look and see what classes they had. I wasn't going to sign up since we don't have that kind of money, but I just wanted to look since we aren't hunting anymore…"

"Sam, you could sign up for classes if you wanted to. We could figure out the whole money thing. Now that I'm helping Bobby with cars we should be able to bring more money in, but if you want to do it, you should," Dean said.

"I thought you didn't want me to go to college," Sam said, slowly sitting down across from him.

He shook his head and gave his brother a sad smile, "I wanted you to go to college. I just didn't want you to cut me out completely."

Sam looked back at him in shock, "I didn't know you wanted me to go to college…"

"It's no big deal," Dean said. They were getting too sappy for his liking and he wanted to steer the conversation back to Sam doing what he wanted to do.

"I would only sign up for a couple days a week so I wouldn't actually be gone that much," Sam quickly said. "And maybe I could get a job in town to help pay for it. And I could watch Alec after I'm done so you can do what you want too."

Dean chuckled, "Let's just figure out the details later. I'm going to take Alec back to the creek to play while Bobby works. Can you pick up a booster chair for Alec and some pizza for dinner?"

"Sure," Sam replied. He stood up and kissed the top of Alec's head before he left.

"What does college mean?" Alec asked quietly.

"College is where adults go to school to learn things," Dean said.

"Are you going to go to college?" Alec asked. He turned around to look at him, and he could see a sliver of fear in his boy's eyes.

"No kiddo, I'm not going to go to college," Dean said. "And Uncle Sammy's just going to go a few days a week during the day. He's not really going anywhere."

"Promise?" Alec asked.

"I promise," Dean said.

He ended up having to go to town anyway. He and Alec needed some swim trunks if they were going to go back to the creek, and this way he could take Alec to the pool one day. He might even pack Alec and Sam into the car and take them to the beach. They normally didn't swim, but if Alec liked it then he would make sure he got to do it.

"Daddy! Daddy! I caught one!" Alec yelled excitedly. He ran at him and held up the frog he'd caught.

"That's a big one," Dean said. He reached out and Alec gave him the frog before he ran back into the shallow water. Alec pounced and ran back a few seconds later with another frog for him to hold. His little boy got him two more frogs before they started to hop out of his hands. "Alec! The frogs are getting away," he called out, trying not to laugh too much.

"Daddy, don't let them go," Alec said, running back over. But the frogs were trying their best to escape his hold. One of them managed to get free, hopped right out of his hands, and landed on top of Alec's head. Alec yelled in surprise and the frog hopped away. He laughed as Alec messed up his hair to try to get rid of the frog slime.

"C'mere, I'll get rid of the slime," Dean said, releasing the remaining frogs. Alec ran over and he scooped him up.

"Daddy, how're you going to get rid of the slime?" Alec asked.

"Close your eyes," Dean said. He walked into the water and went further down where it was a lot deeper. He walked until he was waist deep; he was holding Alec out of the water so he still didn't know what they were doing. He fell back into the water and Alec gasped in surprise. He wiggled around until he could wrap his arms around his neck and hold on. "Whew, that's cold, huh?"

Alec nodded and hid his face against his neck.

"Do you know how to swim?" Dean asked. Alec shook his head no against him. "I'll teach you, but you'll have to let go, ok?"

"No Daddy," Alec whispered, his arms tightening around his neck.

"I won't let go of you," Dean reassured. Alec slowly let go of him and he held his little boy out at arm's length. "Can you kick your feet?" Alec kicked and smiled up at him to see if he was doing it right. "Good job," Dean praised. He shifted his hold and demonstrated what to do with his arms. "Can you move your arms like this?" Alec did as he did and looked up at him again. "Yep, now put them both together."

Alec kicked and moved his arms and he smiled and asked excitedly, "Daddy, am I doing it?"

"Yeah kiddo, you're swimming," Dean said with a big smile.

"I'm swimming!" Alec said.

"Keep doing what you're doing, ok? I'm going to let go, but if you sink then I'll grab you again," Dean said.

"Ok Daddy," Alec said, trusting him completely.

Dean let go of him, but he kept swimming. He couldn't stop smiling; he was so proud of his little boy. "Good job!" Dean said. "Tomorrow you can show Uncle Sammy how good you are at swimming."

"Daddy, can you pick me up again?" Alec asked.

"Yeah baby, I gotcha," Dean said, picking him up again. "Are you cold?"

"Yeah," Alec said, snuggling closer to him.

"Ok, we'll go in and get warmed up. How does that sound?" Dean asked. Alec nodded and he walked back to the bank. He set Alec down so he could wrap him up in the towel he'd brought with them, and then picked him back up. "Did you have fun swimming?"

"Yeah," Alec said. "Uncle Sammy will swim with us tomorrow?"

"I'll see if he will," Dean said. "Maybe we can go to the pool tomorrow. That way it'll be warmer."

"Are there frogs at the pool?" Alec asked.

Dean chuckled, "No, there aren't any frogs at the pool. But there are other kids and a slide, so it'll be fun."

"Ok Daddy."

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