Title: Carry On Wayward Son
Author: Sesshomaru-gal
Fandom: Supernatural
Summary: Dean must suffer the consequences after a hunt for a witch alters the Winchesters lives in a way they could never have imagined.
Characters: Dean, Sam, John, Bobby, Ellen, Jo.
Chapters: 5/9
Status: Complete
Disclaimer: All Supernatural characters are the property of the CW network and Eric Kripke. I do not own any rights to the show or characters. This fiction is for entertainment purposes only and I do not make any money off of it.
Notes/warnings: mpreg, long birth, sexual situations. This is not a wincest story. Any Latin used was found on various web pages, I have no idea what it actually says so I apologize in advance. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it! Comments are welcome and appreciated.
Chapter 5
Three months have gone by and Dean has taken to fatherhood so naturally you'd think he was born to do it. They have given the twins the nicknames of Robbie and Ellie. John is so fascinated watching his oldest take care of the twins. He has noticed that the connection present between Ellie and Dean after the birth still remains. She never fusses so long as Dean is in the vicinity and he is up taking care of her before anybody else even realizes she needs anything. Robbie, however, is never hesitant to let them know when he needs anything. Dean keeps commenting how Robbie is a drama queen like his Uncle Sammy, for which Sam usually gives him a playful glare. He never gets mad though because he loves the twins almost as much as Dean does. Right now he, Bobby and John are sitting in the kitchen watching Dean pace around the library with the twins in his arms. He has already fed them and is trying to get them to take their afternoon nap. Finally Robbie goes to sleep so he places him in the portable bassinet they have placed in there. Ellie doesn't seem to want to take her early afternoon nap so she just watches Dean as he hums Metallica to her and rocks her gently back and forth. She is definitely a daddy's girl. The only time she gets upset is when he leaves whatever room she has been left in. Ellen tried telling Dean that he needs to let her get used to it while Ellie is little, but he refuses to let his little girl be upset. He has tried explaining it to them, but John and Sam seem to be the only ones to understand his need to always have her around. He doesn't know why he is so much closer to her than Robbie. He just senses something about her, something different, and he can't be away from her. After giving up on her falling asleep he goes into the kitchen and sits at the table, his eyes never leaving hers. Sam and John were telling Bobby that they think the connection Dean has with Ellie is related to the spell, but they have been unable to find any evidence for it. He just seems to understand her, even though nothing is said. Sam watches his niece in awe.
"Hey, Dean, since she won't go to sleep for you, I was wondering if I could hold her for a bit?"
Dean considers it for a moment, seeming to read into the depths of her eyes before handing her over. The minute Sam has her, however, she immediately starts squirming so she can fix her gaze back on Dean. Sam turns her around so she can still see him and she settles down. They are all focused on the little girl so Dean takes this opportunity to tell them what he and Jo have been discussing for a couple of weeks.
"So, me and Jo have been talking. I really appreciate you letting us stay here for as long as you have and helping out with everything, but we think it is better if we move out, get our own place."
Bobby's head shoots up at that and he stares Dean down.
"Better for who?"
Dean is almost afraid to answer when he sees the look in Bobby's eyes.
"Well, better for everyone. I mean, I don't want you to get cramped out or anything. This is your house, Bobby, and I feel like we just kinda took over."
"That's what family does, boy! They come in, get under your skin but you realize you wouldn't have it any other way. You mean to tell me, after all this you two're just going to take them little ones and leave? What about the rest of us, do we get a say or is your head so far up your own ass you don't give a damn?"
Dean is shocked by this outburst. He honestly didn't want to leave, this is the only real home he's had in a long time, but he figured Bobby would want his house back.
"I just thought that you would want to have things go back to normal, settle back to your own life."
"Well you thought wrong! You ever think of anything but yourself?"
"I'm sorry, Bobby. We just didn't want to impose..."
"If I had wanted you gone you'd done been gone. Now tell me. Do you really want to leave?"
"No, we don't want to go. We just thought you would want to get back to your own life."
"Dean, you and them babies, hell even your brother and pig headed father are part of my life now. You really think I'd want to miss them babies growing up?"
Dean just looks down. He hadn't expected such a strong reaction. He feels guilty and relieved at the same time. He can't imagine a safer place to raise the twins than here. Plus, Jo and Ellen have already established work that makes pretty good money and they get weekends off. That on top of what Bobby has does with his salvage yard is the reason they can afford for Dean to stay home with the twins every day. Bobby's voice is gentler when he talks again.
"So are you going to stay, or are you taking them little ones and leaving?"
"I want to stay."
"Good. Now that that's settled I don't ever want to hear another stupid idea like that again, you understand?"
Dean nods his head yes and finally makes eye contact.
"Yes, sir."
Ellie starts squirming and whimpering so Sam hands her back to Dean who goes back into the library and lays down with her on the couch to take a nap. John and Sam just grinned the whole time that Bobby was giving Dean what's what. They had known about Dean and Jo's talks for a while but waited for one of them to bring it up. Sam didn't expect the reaction from Bobby, but John could see how attached his old friend had become to them. Especially since he and Ellen had been getting closer. It seems so obvious now that Bobby and Ellen would be great together. They have even started sharing the same bedroom and already bicker like an old married couple.
The twins are six months old and Dean is putting them to bed. After Jo stopped sleeping in her room they fixed it up as a nursery. It was really convenient because it was right across the hall from Deans bedroom. Surprisingly Ellie fell asleep right away, probably due to the fact that she refused to take her afternoon nap, unlike Robbie. She is already in the crib while Dean walks around the nursery with Robbie in his arms. He's not crying but he is a little fussy. Dean had just finished given them each a bottle and is now trying to get Robbie to sleep like his sister. He doesn't know that Sam is out in the hallway watching him. He starts rubbing Robbie's back and is humming Metallica to him. Sam can't believe the change that has taken place in his brother over the last year. Dean lights up anytime he is anywhere near his babies and most days is selfish with them. On those days they have to practically pull the twins out of his grasp if they want to hold them. If they want to go out, Dean insists on going along, even though Ellen and Jo argue they just want some girl time to go shopping with the twins. Robbie is actually really attached to Sam, but some days he just wants to be with his daddy. Sam has never seen Dean happier in their lives than he is right now with the twins. Dean finally gets Robbie to sleep and carefully lays him in the crib with Ellie. He blushes slightly when he turns to leave and realizes Sam is watching him. Sam just smirks at him as they head back downstairs for a while. Neither one of them say anything, both already knowing what the other is thinking. Sam knows if he mentions how gentle and sweet Dean is with the twins he's likely to embarrass Dean and will have to suffer the consequences of it.
The twins are a year old already and look more and more like Dean and his mom. Robbie has Deans features but has Sams hair color and Johns eyes. Ellie has beautiful wavy blonde hair and inherited Deans green eyes. They have been moving almost nonstop since learning to crawl. At the moment, however, Jo has them each in a high chair feeding them lunch. Robbie loves his mashed vegies but Ellie keeps turning her nose up at them. When Dean comes in Jo lets out a frustrated sigh. Robbie has already finished eating while Ellie hasn't eaten a bite. Dean laughs at her frustration and goes over to the cupboard to pull out a few baby food jars.
"She wants fruit, not vegies."
He sits down beside his daughter and she gladly accepts the mashed up fruit he is offering her. Jo looks at him dumfounded.
"How do you do that?"
He frowns as he continues to feed Ellie.
"Do what?"
"How do you always know what she needs or wants?"
"I don't know, intuition?"
"Dean, that's not just intuition. It takes you several minutes to figure out what Robbie needs almost every day. But you don't even have to be in the same room to know what Ellie wants."
Dean's frown deepens as he thinks about what she said. He never thought about it before, that's just how it's always been. He can't explain how he knows, he just feels it from her. He finishes feeding her and then takes the twins into the bathroom to give them a bath. Jo goes outside to where Bobby and John are working in the yard. Once everything settled down after the twins birth they had been working on cleaning up the front yard so they can put up some fencing and toys for the twins to be able to come out and play on.