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Sorry this is taking me five million year! I'm the worst. Anyways I hope if there is anyone still reading this that you enjoy the chapter. I already have half of the next one done as well and should post by the end of the week. Thanks for reading!

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"Smells like you picked up a few new skills, boy," Bobby said entering the kitchen.

"Well don't get your hopes up," Dean said with a smile, "it's probably nothing compared to the Bobby Singer specials you cooked for us."

"I sure did miss you boys coming around."

"Yeah…" Dean poked at the sizzling bacon. "Sam mentioned something about dad distancing himself from other hunters."

"Distancing?" Bobby grunted. "I guess you could call it that. He practically fell off the grid. Dean…I want you to know. I tried to get Sammy from him. I tried to keep an eye on him. I reached out when I could."

Dean nodded.

"And…there's something else. Something I need you to know." Bobby said. "I'm still not sure if I'm proud or ashamed of this."

"Ok?"

"I knew you were here." Bobby spat out the words, "I knew it the whole time and I left you here. I didn't come for you. But I had my reasons. I came here. I came ready to pick you up and take you home. But…but by the time I got to you, you had a home here. It was easy to see that. You were happy. I couldn't. Dean. I couldn't bring myself to take you out of this, this normal life. I made sure it was safe here, did some research on that Sonny character who ran the home you lived in. First, I was skeptical. Ex-cons don't always make the best daddy's, but he was respectable and I couldn't find any recent issues in his life. What cinched the deal was watchin' him with you. The way you looked up to him, the way he showed genuine care for you. Looked to me like a better father to you than I could be."

Dean was quiet.

"I wouldn't have been able to return you to your daddy or brother. When John didn't want to be found, it was near impossible to find him. It woulda just been you and me and you'd be back in the life. Even if I tried to stay out of it, I know it'd find us. I didn't –"

"Bobby," Dean said, cutting off the older hunter. "You did the right thing. I mean, you would make an excellent father to any lucky kid. But you're right, I was settled here."

"I considered maybe just workin' the phones full time, but – "

"Bobby," Dean held a up a hand, "you don't have to explain yourself to me. You did the right thing."

Bobby shut his mouth, he didn't look fully convinced though.

"I mean it." Dean smiled. Of course, a life with Bobby would have been perfectly fine with him. Dean had always been an excellent hunter, and before his experience with "normal" he would have sworn up and down that the hunting lifestyle was the only lifestyle worth adopting. But he was honestly glad to hear that Bobby had opted to leave him in Sonny's care.

"You wanna grab the OJ?" Dean asked as he slid the bacon out of the frying pan and onto a platter.

Breakfast was cooked and placed on the small dining table.

Robin entered the room and gave Dean a small peck on the cheek before seating herself next to Bobby.

"You get enough sleep?" Dean asked, "I can throw some of this in the fridge for you to heat up later if you want."

"I'm good. I don't want to miss the breakfast table conversation." Robin turned her attention to Bobby. "I'm Robin."

"Bobby. It's a pleasure to meet you. It's nice to see that Dean married up."

Robin laughed, "I like you already. So, Dean tells me you're an old hunting friend of his fathers?"

"Sounds about right." Bobby smiled, " I've know these Winchester boys since the first day Dean was able to wield a…spoon. It's a shame we lost touch the way we did."

"Agreed." Dean chimed in.

"We'll I hope we'll be seeing a lot more of you then." Robin said eyeing the eggs. "So, uh, who else is ready to eat? Are we just waiting on Sam?"

"Yeah," Dean's eyes darted to the door, "he should have been back by now."

"Did you send him on an errand?" Robin asked.

"No, he just went for a walk." Dean looked down at his watch.

"It's easy to lose track of time when you're out walking. I'm sure he's fine." Robin tried to sound confident as she attempted to calm her husband.

"Robin's right. He'll be here soon. I say we dig in." Bobby scooped up a few slices of bacon, "See if Dean's a regular Martha Stewart or not."

Dean smiled and slid the plate of eggs over to Robin, "Prepare to be amazed."

Halfway into seconds Dean broke.

"Ok, I can't sit here any longer. I gotta go find him." Images of his little brother bloody on the side of a road had been plaguing his mind since the start of breakfast. Dean stood and grabbed his keys and jacket.

"You want me to come along?" Bobby asked.

"No, I'll find him." Dean said trying to smile, "I'll find him. I'm sure he's fine. I just-"

"Go," Robin said, "call if you need any help."

With Dean gone, Robin and Bobby started clearing the table and cleaning up the breakfast mess.

"You don't have to do anything," Robin said. She watched Bobby fill the sink with water to wash the dishes. "You're our guest."

"Oh, it's my pleasure." Bobby poured some soap into the water. "I wanted to thank you for putting me up. I'll get out of your hair soon, I promise."

"I hope not! It's so nice to meet people who are important to Dean." Robin grabbed a towel and started drying the dishes as Bobby washed. "Even though I've known him for years he's still such a mystery. One I don't think I'll ever completely solve."

"He's a good kid. Lucky to have you." Bobby smiled, "I never thought I'd see Dean as happy as you make him. I always hoped he'd break free of the life. Find a nice girl. Make a home for himself."

"The life?" Robin asked.

Bobby flushed, "I just mean the life he had before comin' up here."

"His life with John and Sam?" Robin asked almost in a whisper. It almost felt wrong talking about Dean's past without him present.

Bobby nodded. He had no idea how much Dean had talked about his family with Robin, and he didn't want to anger a Winchester by supplying too much free information.

"Bobby?" Robin set down the dish she was drying and turned her attention to the older hunter, "When Dean first came up to Sonny's place, he was rough around the edges. I knew he had some kind of past. But we were sixteen and I didn't think there was much evil out in the world. I could see the hurt and the sadness in his eyes when he would let something from his former life slip, and I never pressed him for information. I figured he would tell me whatever he needed to tell me when he was ready. He could go weeks and even months without letting that hurt show. He was, I don't know, moving on? Now…with Sam here…that hurt that pain never leaves his eyes. I don't know what to do. I don't blame Sam, I want to make that clear, I don't blame him at all. He deserves his family. I just…It hurts me to see Dean this way."

"Hey," Bobby said in a soft voice. Robin raised her eyes to meet those of her new friend. "You are doing everything just perfect. What you said couldn't be more true. Dean, well you probably know better than me, but he's a stubborn one."

Robin let out a little laugh.

"When he gets an idea in that fool head of his he tends to hold on damn tight." Bobby took off his hat and ran a hand through his hair before replacing the worn-out old thing to its rightful place. "The way I see it, he's gone and put the blame of all Sam's pain and struggles on himself. He's convinced himself that every scar and every nightmare is because of him. Course it ain't, but that doesn't mean he'll stop blaming himself."

Robin sighed, "I have this feeling, inside, like everything will work out. They will be brothers again. I just wish it would happen sooner rather than later. But I know these things take time. I've just never been big on the whole patience thing."

"Right there with ya." Bobby said with a smile. Bobby cleared his throat, "Now, I got a question for you. Might sound a bit silly coming from an old man like me."

"Shoot."

"You got any wedding photo's I can see?"

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