Title: promise not to stray again
Fandom: "Supernatural"
Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun. Title from "Jacob's Dream" performed by Allison Krauss.
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
He leaves at dusk, that last day, leaves Sammy behind in a fitful sleep. Bobby watches him go but doesn't speak, doesn't say goodbye or good luck, or you were a good kid, Dean, one of the best men I've ever known.
Bobby knows Sam'll hate them both when he wakes, but this isn't about Sam anymore.
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Bobby makes some hot chocolate, wondering what Sam'll do once he's up. Go after Dean, that's a certainty. But what will he do once he's found him?
Because Sam won't wake until it's done, that Bobby knows. Dean made sure of it.
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The sun rises and Bobby watches from the window. He waits for the Impala's roar—in vain. Dean's gone. There was no way out of that deal, no way Dean would take.
Sam stirs in the backroom.
Sunlight paints his yard, glinting off the car pieces. The dogs run around, playing and guarding, and Sam yells, "Dean!"
Bobby flinches. Sam storms through the house and out the door.
That day, Bobby doesn't do much but pray.
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Dusk comes, then dawn, and still no sign from either of John's boys. Bobby knows they're both gone for good.
He wishes he'd said goodbye.