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11. John Winchester
John lay on the bed with the phone to his ear listening to the message again. It was from his oldest son telling him they were back in Lawrence and something was in their old house. Something bad. He gritted his teeth and squished his eyes shut as the memories of that night rained down on him once again. The love of his life pinned to the ceiling, bleeding, when suddenly flames jumped out of nowhere to eat hungrily at her body. He could see the fear and hear her silent scream that couldn't get past her lips. That image will haunt him the rest of his life and he will never forget the intense heat and seeing the shadow of a person in the flames. At first he thought he was going crazy, that he just imagined it, but then he learned the truth and it didn't set him free. No, it consumed him, put him on a path of revenge and tore him away from his boys. He could hear the fright and desperation in Dean's voice. John wanted to rush to his son's side and comfort him, tell him everything would be alright, but that would be a lie. Nothing would ever be alright, not in a world filled with monsters. John fought with his conscious trying to decide what to do. Finally, knowing he wouldn't be getting any more sleep, he pushed himself from the bed and started throwing his clothes into the duffle. His boys needed him, but that didn't mean he had to be seen. He would stay in the background and only step forward from the shadows if necessary. He was going back to Lawrence.
