Dean was in a middle of a dream when he felt someone staring at him. He opened his eyes quickly his hand tightened on the knife underneath his pillow but when he saw Aiden he let go. "Aiden…what's wrong?"
He heard whimpers and sat up, "Mommy's having another nightmare…Can you wake her up?"
He held his bear close to him. Dean continued to hear the whimpers and nodded, "Yeah of course buddy. Why don't you sleep in here for the rest of the night?"
"Even Bumble Bee?"
Dean smiled, "Even Bumble Bee."
Aiden climbed on the bed and got under the covers. Dean whistled for Bumble Bee and he came running in and jumped on the bed. "Stay and protect my boy," he said petting Bumble Bee as he got up. He walked towards Bella's room as the whimpering got louder.
He opened the door wider and saw her thrashing around. She was gonna hurt herself.
"Bella, Bella," said Dean walking in and she cried. Dean watched the tears fall from her unopened eyes. He watched her arms thrashing about as if fighting someone off and he had a feeling he knew who it was. He grabbed her arms and held them trying to calm her down. "Bella, wake up. It's a nightmare. Bella!"
Bella's eyes shot open and she tried to move her arms but couldn't and looked at him with fear in her eyes. He quickly let go of her arms and she sat up. "Where's Aiden? What's going on?"
"Calm down, he's in my room. You scared him."
"Oh God," she said placing her head in her hands, "is he ok? I didn't hurt him did I?"
"No, no he's fine." She lifted her head up and looked at him. "So your nightmares about that night…they always get that violent?"
"Yeah," she nodded, "It's because I don't know it's a dream."
Dean grimaced and touched her shoulder to comfort her. She gave him a small smile. "Do you want to go back to sleep?"
"No…could…I mean, if you don't want to it's fine but…could you stay with me and talk to me?"
Dean nodded and moved so he was sitting against the headboard. She moved so he could have some covers and leaned against the headboard.
"What do you want to talk about?" he asked not knowing what to say.
She laughed shaking her head and looking at him, "I don't know actually…I basically know about you and your family now and what you do…have you always wanted to hunt monsters and things?"
Dean thought about that question, "Up to about a year ago yeah."
"What happened?"
Dean looked at her, "Well, it's a long story…I was in Hell."
Bella looked at him oddly, "Literally?"
He nodded, "I sold my soul for Sam and I was there for…a long time and Castiel pulled me out. And well…everything's been downhill since then."
"With Lucifer and all right?"
He nodded, "Yeah," he sighed heavily.
"So what about now?"
Dean let a small smile, "I always hated the thought of settling down having a bunch of kids going to football games and stuff like that. I thought my family was cool, we were different. We saved people we hunted the things that went bump in the night, we were alright." Bella smiled at him but watched his facial expression change, "Now…I'm just tired. I noticed how much I missed over the years. With Aiden, with life. I can't go back to the way I was. There's just no way."
Bella hesitated but put her hand on his and squeezed, "Maybe one day you can."
Bella slowly began to wake up and heard slight snoring next to her. She turned her head and saw Dean sleeping next to her. She looked him over and smiled slightly at him. He was handsome, she wouldn't deny that. She turned on her side facing him and bit her bottom lip as she traced his features that were just like Aiden's. The strong jaw, the cheek bones, the shape of his eyes, his nose. When she traced his lips she saw him open his eyes and she took her hand away, "Sorry," she mumbled.
"Don't be," he muttered and moved his hand to find it under her shirt on her side. He looked down at it then back into her eyes.
"How long have you been awake?"
"Depends on how you want me to answer that." He gave her a slight smirk and slowly began to draw random shapes on her side.
She licked her lips, "The truth."
He smiled getting comfortable on the pillow and scooting a little closer to her, "The whole time you were touching me."
She swallowed hard not knowing what to do now. "Did you um…"
"I told you not to be sorry what do you think?" he asked knowing what she was going to ask.
She gave a small smile to him placing her hand back on his face, "I just can't believe how much Aiden looks like you."
"Is that a bad thing?"
She shook her head, "Not anymore."
"I won't hurt you or Aiden…I promise."
"I know."
Dean leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. He waited for any kind of response from her and he got one. The hand on his face moved to the back of his neck and she pulled herself closer to him kissing him back. Dean tilted his head to the side deepening the kiss. The kiss was slow and sensual. He kept it at a slow pace for her. He didn't want to spark any kind of memory for her. He ran a hand through her hair pushing it over her shoulder so he could cup her face with his left hand. She moaned softly in the back of her throat making him smile glad to know she was enjoying this.
"Mama!" said Aiden walking opening the door.
The two broke apart and Aiden jumped on the bed between them with Bumble Bee on his tail.
"Hey baby," Bella said sitting up.
"Happy birthday Aiden," said Dean sitting up as well and Aiden smiled. "What do you want for your birthday?"
"I already got what I want," he said petting Bumble Bee on the head, "I always wanted a dad and I always wanted a dog. I got everything now." He smiled at his parents and Dean looked at Bella seeing her shocked face. Realization had come over her and she looked at Dean and gave him a reassuring smile.
"Aiden baby, why don't you go get ready for today," she said running a hand through his hair.
"Ok, mama," he said and kissed her cheek before hopping off the bed.
"What's the matter?" asked Dean as he watched her swing her legs over the bed.
"He did it and I didn't even realize it."
"What?" he came around her side of the bed and closed the door so Aiden wouldn't hear anything.
"He brought you to us, Dean."
"He has the ability to do that? Make people do things?"
"No…he has the ability to get what he wants even if I tell him no he somehow always gets what he wants. So you going to my town and running into us was no coincidence. Saving Aiden was no coincidence. He did it. He wanted his father to find us and you did."
"Has this happened before? Has he been able to get what he wanted?"
"Well…when he was younger he would want toys or a cookie or a piece of pie and I would always say no but somehow at the end of the day he would get it. He always gets what he wants. He wanted a family for the longest time and finally he has one…a crazy monster hunting one but he has one."
Dean looked down at her and grabbed her hands, "You want me to be part of the family?"
"Well," she smirked her eyes meeting his, "you're kind of stuck with us now."
"Good because I'm not letting you go."
She smiled up at him as they linked their fingers together, "Good." He leaned down and kissed her. "Looks like we're stuck with each other."
"Looks like it," he said wrapping his arms around her and she couldn't help but keep smiling at him.
"You ready for some homemade cake?"
"Hmmmm…that sounds delicious." He leaned down and kissed her.
"My baking is delicious." She wrapped her arms around his neck.
Dean groaned placing his forehead on hers, "You're going to end up making me fat if you keep talking baking goods."
She laughed, "Well, we don't want that do we." She bit her bottom lip looking down at his body and then looking up at him, "You may have to keep hunting for awhile to keep my baking goods from turning into fat." Dean smiled and kissed her lips. He was just glad she was finally starting to trust him and she had accepted him into her and Aiden's family.
SUPERNATURAL
Aiden pushed a chair up to the counter and stood up on it. Bumble Bee was at his side watching him. Aiden grabbed the bowl Bella had mixed the cake in. He turned and sat on the chair running his finger on the sides of the bowl trying to get a good glob of the cake mix on his finger. When he put it in his mouth Dean walked in and Aiden looked up at him.
"What are you doing?"
"Um just checking to make sure mama made it correctly," Aiden smiled innocently and Dean could have sworn he was staring in the past, "You wanna taste?"
"I don't think your mom is going to like us licking the bowl she use but…what the heck," he said and walked over to Aiden picking him up and sitting him on his lap with the bowl. Aiden laughed and the two continued to lick the excess cake mix on the bowl.
Bella walked into the room but stopped seeing the two and shook her head. She quietly stepped out and grabbed her camera that Bobby let her have for today. She snuck back into the kitchen and took a picture of the two which caught their attention. She smiled and leaned against the threshold of the door.
"So…was someone planning on inviting me to this little gathering?"
"Here mama," said Aiden taking some and putting it on his finger.
She laughed, "No that's alright Aiden." She walked up to them as Dean placed Aiden back on the floor and ran out. "So how was it?"
Dean put some on his finger and pointed to her, "Try and see for yourself." He smiled at her and she couldn't help but smile back.
She took his hand in hers and brought his finger to her mouth. Her eyes stayed on his as she licked the tip of his finger then rolled it around tasting the cake mix. Dean's mouth was open a little watching her work her tongue around his finger then suck on it.
"Mmmm…tasty," she said as she wiped her mouth and smiled at him. She knew what she had done and probably shouldn't have done that but it was fun to see his reaction.
"Um…y-yeah it's wonderful…can't wait till I get to taste the real thing," he said and winked at her before walking out.
She shook her head smiling a little as she took the bowl and began cleaning up her mess.
Dean and Aiden were outside working on the Impala. Dean knew Aiden was a little too young to understand some of the stuff he was saying but there was no harm in it. He was having fun and he could tell Aiden was too.
"Dad, are you and mama going to get together?" Aiden asked out of the blue.
Dean look at him and wiped his hands on his jeans, "Um…not too sure buddy why?"
Aiden shrugged, "I don't know." Dean noticed the small frown on his face.
"Hey, you know you can tell me anything Aiden. I am your father. Don't be afraid to say anything."
"I just want you and mama together. We'd be a real family."
Dean nodded. Real family. Normal family. Something he hasn't had since he was Aiden's age. A normal real family.
Dean took a deep breath, "I'm trying buddy," he picked up a stick and it caught Bumble Bees attention and he threw it.
"Mama has nightmares…like last night."
"She told me."
"When you were with her, she didn't have any." Aiden looked up at Dean with worry in his eyes.
"Don't worry Aiden; your mother is going to be fine. I'll make sure of it."
"You're not going to leave are you?"
Dean stared at Aiden and shook his head, "No I'll never leave."
Aiden stepped off the stool and hugged Dean. Dean looked down at him with a small smile and wrapped his arms around his son.
"Hey you two! You done out there?" yelled Bella standing by the door. Dean looked up at her with a small nod, "Well, come on it's cake time."
"Yay!" yelled Aiden unwrapping himself from Dean and running up to the house Bumble Bee following. Bella laughed softly as she patted his back and looked over at Dean noticing the look on his face. She waved him in and he nodded before shutting the hood of the Impala and walking up to the house.
Bella placed her hand on his arm, "You ok?"
He nodded, "Yeah, yeah I'm good." He gave her a reassuring smile and she wasn't truly convinced. She just nodded and said, "Ok."
She went to walk back in the house but Dean grabbed her hand. She looked at him and he just gave her a smile peck on the cheek before walking in the house with her hand in his. When they walked in Bobby was sitting there with Aiden who was in front of the cake. Bobby looked up at the two and saw their hands together and just smiled.
"I wish Uncle Sammy was here," said Aiden.
Dean tensed a bit and Bell rubbed his back, "How about you just blow out the candles baby?"
"Ok."
Aiden waited and blew out the candles. When he did that, the lights in the house all went out and everything went pitch black.
"Mommy?" asked Aiden.
"I'm here baby."
"It's a breaker, been happening lately. I'll get it," said Bobby.
"You two ok?" asked Dean moving closer to them.
"I'm ok," said Aiden and it sounded like he had something in his mouth.
"Aiden…are you eating the cake?" asked Bella.
"No Bumble Bee is."
"Aiden!"
"What?"
Dean laughed and Bella tried to find him to hit him. He continued laughing.
"Where are you?" she asked laughing with him.
Dean grabbed her elbows and brought her close to him, "Right here," he said softly and Bella felt his one hand rest itself on her chin and tilt it up so he could kiss her.
It was a soft kiss at first. Then the kiss grew into a passionate one. His left hand went through her hair while the other moved to her waist. He held her tightly but careful not to scare her. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she deepened the kiss.
The lights flickered on but they didn't notice until Bobby cleared his throat. The two parted and looked over at him then at Aiden who was smiling with icing all around his face.
"Aiden," said Dean, "Did you wish for your mom and me to get together?"
Aiden just grinned before going back to the cake. Bella bit her bottom lip and looked up at Dean. Things were definitely looking up for the two of them.
SUPERNATURAL
Everyone in the house opened their eyes when they heard the banging on the door. Bella sat up and looked over at Aide who was hugging his bear and staring at her. "Stay here baby."
She got up and grabbed her robe wrapping it around herself. She walked out the door in time to see Dean walking down the hall.
"What's going on?" she asked and Bobby came out of his room with two guns and handed on to Dean. Bella's eyes widened and Dean rubbed her upper arm.
"It's fine…probably nothing."
"So you have a gun for nothing?"
"Nothing gets by you," he said with a smirk and kissed her cheek, "Just stay up here with Aiden."
She nodded biting her bottom lip and watching the two walk down the stairs. She walked to the top of the stairs and watched them go to the door. Aiden walked behind her and touched her leg making her jump.
"Get back to bed," she whispered but he didn't listen.
Dean opened the door to see Sam standing there. His face was bruised and cut up, he was soakened wet and it looked like his arm was broken.
"Sam?" Dean asked putting the gun down.
"Dean…" is he Sam said before he fell to the ground.
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