Dean lay face down on the sagging couch, mouth open, drooling onto the fabric. His hand rested on the floor where, before he'd passed out, he'd written in Bobby's good luck dust, 'I wish my girlfriend was as dirty as this floor'.
Bobby laughed softly, walking by on is way to his desk. Sleep still eluded him but the manic urges were gone and a calming peace had come over him with Ty's crossing over and he would savor it for as long as it lasted.
Sam was asleep in the spare room and the only noises in the house were from the occasional pop of wood sap exploding in the stove and the familiar creak of a well used chair when he sat. The noises comforted him as he leaned back, his stomach and his heart full, a painful chapter of his life now closed. It was one of many but every little bit helped.
Dean mumbled something and Bobby looked over at him wondering if his dreams were as disturbing as his own.
Bobby thought that Dean and Sam had, in spite of and because of John Winchester, had grown into fine young men but he mourned what they might have been had they been protected from the world's evil instead of thrown, head long into John's hunt to destroy the yellow-eyed demon.
But who was to say that bad things wouldn't have happened to them regardless? Sam could have gone on to become an advisor in the Bush Whitehouse and Dean could have been run over by a beer truck.
The phone on Bobby's desk rang shrilly and he grabbed it.
"Bobby?" the voice asked tentatively as if she hadn't expected him to answer.
It was Ellen and she wondered, "How are you?"
"Okay...now."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Maybe...someday."
FIN
Loosely written and translated:
"Chet la het no." - Death quits all scores.
"Thoi dung lam viec ay nua" - Quit that.
"Bien mat" - Disappear.
"Chuc mung nam moi" - Happy New Year.
"Song lau tram tuoi" - Live up to 100 years: used by children for elders.
"Tam biet - Farewell
"Cua toi moi tinh dau" - My first love.
"Di tung chang duong ngan" - Safe and easy journey.
Some customs of Tet
Sweeping during Tet is unlucky since it symbolizes sweeping the luck away.
One should sprinkle powdered lime around the house to expel evil.
One should return all things borrowed and pay your debt before Tet.
One should buy lots of water so money will flow like currents in a stream.
A huge THANK YOU to the vets of all wars, past and present.
Thank you for taking time to read this.
The Winchester brothers belong to the Warner Brothers. I just visit them when I'm in the neighborhood.