For Kalli.
I own only the characters I made-up and nothing more.
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"Where do you get off telling my son that he's going to burn in Hell?!" Sam asked Kyla that night.
Kyla shrugged a little as she pulled her hair back while sitting on Dean's lap. She'd gotten a lot of editing done that day and they were now at the dinner table after the kids had eaten and gone up to get ready for bed. Once her hair was in a ponytail she smiled a little as Dean applied a couple quick kisses in between her shoulder blades and then had to wipe the smile off of her face when Sam sent her a look. She hadn't actually told Noah that he was going to burn in Hell—she just told him if he went around saying 'rack' he'd burn in Hell to save Kalli the embarrassment of having to explain what Dean had meant. She hadn't at all seen Sam mentioning the spice rack and Noah crying because his Daddy was going to Hell coming.
"Dean said something questioning in front of him and I didn't want him to say it around people, so to spare his innocence I simply told him the word was bad and he'd burn in Hell if he said it…it worked with our kids." Kyla added and then nodded. "But I shouldn't have parented your son, and I'm sorry."
"I don't mind you parenting them…to a certain degree." Kalli told her, sipping her coffee. "I just think that telling him he's going to burn in Hell is a little extreme—we all know there's more than just burning happening in Hell."
Dean coughed a little and they all dropped the talk of Hell for a little while—Dean really didn't like to talk about Hell at all. Castiel had averted the apocalypse and that was all that matter because now he was settled down with a beautiful wife and three adorable kids, and now he was close to his brother again, and to the sister-in-law he adored. Top it off that he had adorable nephews and now a rather nice pool house to live in and Dean pretty much felt like he was living the life. As far as he was concerned Noah should have known what he was trying to say, but he knew Kalli would never have it that way.
"I understand and I am sorry." Kyla said, looking at Sam. "I can try and get your brother to watch his mouth but…"
"But that's almost impossible? Yeah, I'm aware." Sam said, sitting down next to his wife and running his fingers through her hair automatically.
Kalli smiled. "I want you guys to feel free to tell the kids when they're doing something wrong just…maybe we should set some ground rules."
"Like 'Hell' is never an option of threat? Done." Kyla told her.
Kalli smiled and nodded, the four of them spending the next twenty minutes to plan when to make a parenting plan before Noah started crying about Hunter splashing him with water. Sam sighed and started up the stairs since the boys were supposed to be brushing their teeth, and not splashing each other with water. Kyla said she and Dean had to go out and tuck the kids into bed anyway, and so Kalli followed Sam while Kyla and Dean headed out to the pool house. Kalli put her hands on her hips as Sam cleaned up the water and Noah blew his nose.
"Who started the water fight?" Kalli asked.
Noah and Hunter both pointed at each other. "He did."
Sam grunted. "I think two boys are losing dessert tomorrow night."
The boys both started to protest but when Sam gave them the 'don't mess with me' 'dad' look, they both nodded and went back to brushing their teeth. Kalli rustled their hair with her fingers and then scooted them off to their rooms when they were done, tucking Noah in first. Noah smiled up at his mother, and made sure that she turned on his nightlight, and then kissed her cheek. She kissed his forehead and then told him she loved him, heading in to see Sam tucking in Hunter.
"I think I'm too old to be tucked in." Hunter said.
Sam rolled his eyes. "You are not. Now what do you want to say to your mother?"
Hunter smiled at her. "I love you, Mommy."
"Sweet dreams, Hunter." Kalli told him, coming into the room farther and leaning down to kiss his forehead. "If you're good tomorrow we'll see about this punishment of Daddy's, okay?"
Sam sighed but nodded, taking Kalli's hand and kissing it as they left Hunter's room, Sam heading into Noah's room to say 'goodnight' to his youngest as Dean raised an eyebrow, walking into the room in the pool house that the girls shared. Rose was sucking on her thumb and clutching her teddy bear to her, and Charlie was busy thumbing through some teen magazine that was making Dean's insides twinge. Couldn't his little girls like more attractive things? Why boy bands and unicorns?
"What is that crap?" Dean asked Charlie, Kyla rolling her eyes as she entered and tucked in Rose.
"The Jonas Brothers are not crap!" Charlie protested.
"That stupid boy band?" Dean asked.
Charlie's eyes widened. "They are not stupid!"
"Dean, let the girl alone and say 'goodnight'." Kyla told him, telling Rose she loved her and then kissing Charlie's forehead and heading in to say 'goodnight' to Trevor. "You too old to have your mother tuck you in, yet?"
Trevor smiled at his mother and shook his head—she was his favorite. He knew he had some shoes to fill since he was Dean's only son, but he loved his mother because she let him do what he wanted. He let her kiss his forehead and then told her that he loved her, saying something about how he was too old when he saw his Dad coming. Dean told Kyla that she needed to stop babying the poor boy and Kyla rolled her eyes, smiling at hers and Trevor's little secret as she went to go to bed herself.