Austin Samuel Winchester
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Chapter Eleven
Dean, Carly, and Austin had just gotten to Stanford. After looking Sammy up and driving there, they decided what to do from the safety of the car. Rather, Dean tried to figure out a way to visit without making Sammy mad.
"Dean, are we going in or camping in the car," Carly asked with a smile. She didn't know about the fight Dean and Sam had before the youngest left.
Dean took a deep breath. "Let's go."
Dean got out of the car and picked up the sleeping Austin – hey, it was a six hour ride from the previous night's hotel and a kid can't stay awake that long – while Carly walked around to his side.
She rubbed a hand on their son's back before kissing Dean on the lips. He smiled and started to walk inside, Carly close behind him.
Once they got inside, Carly smiled at Dean before knocking on the door.
"Jess, could you get that," was heard from the other side of the door.
A second later the door opened to a blonde haired girl. Immediately, she recognized the man from Sam's pictures: Dean. "Sam," she said.
Her boyfriend came up from behind her. "Dean," he said in a voice that sounded both relieved and worried at the same time. "What are you- Who's this?" He had just noticed Carly and Austin.
"It's a long story, man," Dean told him. "But first, we need to talk."
Sam noticed the tone in his older brother's face. "Yeah; put the kid in here."
Sam and Jess welcomed Dean's 'family'. Austin was laid on the couch and Carly was taken by Jess into the kitchen.
Dean brought Sam out into the hall. "Who are they?"
"Carly and Austin," Dean said with a smile. Sam gave him an expression that said 'continue'. Dean did his trademark 'eye roll' (A/N: I'm talking about the one where he looks away from you, looks somewhere else, then finally looks toward you – all serious. Lol.). "She's my ex and he's our kid."
Sam retorted, "The only one?" Dean shot him a look. "And since when do you just pay a visit to your ex and decide to show up with her?"
"Sam, later. Listen - Carly's in trouble." Sam looked at him expectantly. "I think part of it maybe my fault." Sam waited for a continuation. "I think some part of it maybe supernatural. Ya know, the boogeyman in the closet? The vampire that sucks your blood?"
Sam's empathy kicked in. "Start from the beginning," he said soothingly because Dean had started with his 'god, help me' look.
"I went to visit her and Austin. The next morning Chris called."
"Chris?"
"Her rapist." Sam's mouth formed an 'oh'. "He said he was going to hurt them. We ran. I left them in the car while I checked us in a hotel. One second, Sam. One." Dean shook his head as if he had done something terribly wrong. "Something got to them. I think it was our kinda gig. It almost killed Austin." Dean looked hopeless. "I got them, wasted that… thing, and we went to another place. Stayed the night. Now we're here." It took a lot for Dean to admit the last sentence. "I need your help."
While the boys were talking, so were the girls.
Jess placed a cup of water in front of Carly. "How do you know Dean?"
Carly thanked the blonde before telling their story. "We dated a long time ago. I got pregnant and he left with his father for a job." Jess couldn't help but wonder: what type of job would make Dean leave? From what Sam had told her, Dean attacked tough, but inside it seemed he almost wanted the same things Sam did. "I had Austin. Dean came back to visit for a few days."
"So why come to this neck of the woods," Jess said with a smile.
Carly wasn't sure how much Jess knew, so she stuck to the basics. "He's protecting me from my rapist." But she knew all too well: Dean thought it was his fault. She had seen it in the way he sent glances at her during the car ride. She knew he was at ease when they were in the safety of a salt ring. She also knew he was scared when they were in open area. But she knew he thought something supernatural was going on.
And that scared her too.