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: 7/9
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 7
Dean is six months pregnant and his belly is bigger than it was with Ellie and Robbie this far in. The girls have taken Robbie outside to play while Sam, John and Bobby sit at the kitchen table talking. Dean and Ellie come walking slowly into the kitchen. Dean is trying to massage his aching back as he makes his way to the fridge. They all see Dean grimace as he walks through. Dean is wearing a navy blue short sleeved shirt and gray sweatpants. Bobby notices the pants and addresses him.
"Ain't those Sam's pants?"
Dean gives him an irritated look.
"Well, Bobby, none of my jeans fit anymore and all of my other pants that actually do fit are dirty and I found these in the dryer, so I put them on! Is that alright with you?"
Sam sees how uncomfortable Dean looks as he gets out the milk and pours himself a glass.
"Dean, are you okay?"
Ellie speaks up before Dean has a chance to.
"Daddy's back really hurts."
Just then Robbie makes a mad dash into the kitchen and runs right into Dean, the girls coming in right after. The impact causes an excruciating pang to flare in Deans back as he groans and his knees nearly buckle. Sam jumps up and grabs him before he falls. Dean holds onto the counter taking deep breaths while Jo grabs Robbie and scolds him for being careless.
"Robbie, you have to be careful! You hurt daddy! How many times have I told you to watch where you are going and not run through the house! Your daddy can't move out the way fast enough right now!"
Ellie walks over to Jo and Robbie.
"Leave him alone, mommy."
"No, Ellie. We can't have him running through the house like that when the babies get here. He needs to learn to be careful now rather than later."
Jo continues to scold Robbie as Dean finally gets his breath back.
"Enough! Let him be, Jo! It was an accident."
Dean turns to start leaving the kitchen before he turns back to Sam.
"I'll find something else to change into and get your pants back to you."
"Don't worry about it, Dean. I don't wear them anymore, you can keep them. They were just thrown in because it was a pair left in my duffel bag."
"Thanks, Sammy."
He leaves the kitchen slowly still holding his back while Ellie pulls Robbie away from Jo.
"Come on, Robbie, we need to go with daddy."
After about twenty minutes Sam goes upstairs to check on Dean. He finds Dean shifting uncomfortably on the bed looking miserable. He can tell that Dean had been crying. He walks over to the bed.
"Are you okay?"
Dean shifts again, looking at Sam and shakes his head no.
"My back is killing me. Look, if you want your pants back you're going to have to wait. I'm not moving for a while."
"No, I meant what I said, you can keep them. Here, Dean turn over on your side and scoot over."
"Sammy I can't do much of anything right now."
Sam helps Dean turn over onto his side and starts grabbing some extra pillows from the closet to prop between Deans knees when his brother starts whimpering.
"Sammy I can't lay like this. It puts too much pressure on my back."
Sam can see fresh tears threatening to fall as Dean tries to turn back over.
"No, Dean, just trust me a minute."
Sam props the pillows between Deans knees and under his large belly to help with some of the pressure as he starts massaging the tense muscles in Deans back.
"Damn, it's no wonder your back hurts so much. Your muscles are so tense they almost feel like stone."
John had come up to check on Dean as well and when he heard Sam's remark, he got a heating pad plugged in and handed it to Sam. After a while, between the warmth from the heating pad and Sam massaging his back, Dean finally falls asleep for some much deserved rest.
Several days later
Right now Dean's the only one at the house. The girls took the twins grocery shopping and are expected to be gone all day. John and Bobby are working a case that is only a couple of towns over, so they felt safe taking the job. Sam had to go out for some other supplies such as rock salt and offered Dean to ride along, but he wasn't feeling well so he opted to stay home and rest. It's nearly noon when Sam gets a phone call from a very distressed Dean. He's in hysterics saying something's wrong. Sam can't get much out of him besides the words "pain" and "blood." He gets back to the house to find Dean laying on the kitchen floor, writhing in pain and holding his huge belly in both hands. Sam notices that Dean's gray sweat pants are stained red and rushes over to him. Dean is panting heavily as he starts pleading with Sam.
"Sammy, help me! It hurts! Please, you've got to make it stop!"
"OK, Dean, just hold on. I'm going to get you up to your bed."
He tries helping Dean up but he groans, saying it hurts to move. Sam finally gets him up into his bed right as his cell rings. He looks and sees it's John.
"Sam! What's going on? I just turned on my phone and got a panicked message from Dean. I couldn't make out what he said."
"Dad, something's wrong, he's bleeding bad and in a lot of pain."
Before John can say anything else Dean groans loudly, clenching his hand in Sam's shirt.
"Sammy, I need to push!"
"No, Dean, don't push! I have to check you first."
"Please, Sammy, I need to push! Please let me push!"
"No, not yet. Let me get your pants off and check you first. Dad? Hang on, I'm going to put you on speaker."
He switches his phone to speaker mode and gets Deans sweats and boxers off. He covers him with a sheet and helps hold his legs up so he can check him.
"Dad! I think I can see a head!"
John curses before addressing his sons again.
"Alright, Sam, there's no stopping this now. Me and Bobby are on our way to you. If Dean needs to push let him. Dean? How are you doing, buddy?"
Dean groans again before he can answer.
"I've been better. Dad, it's too soon!"
"I know, Dean. Look, Sammy's there with you, he's going to help you until we get back. When you get the urge to push, just go ahead and do it."
Dean doesn't say anything, just groans as he starts pushing through the next pain that hits. He pushes for about a half hour before one of the babies slips from his body. He falls back, panting and sobbing. Sam catches the baby and clamps the cord as afterbirth is delivered. He realizes that the baby isn't breathing and is a shade of blue. He immediately begins CPR to try to revive it as Dean starts asking what's happening.
"Sammy, what's going on? Why isn't he crying?"
Sam doesn't answer him, just keeps working on the little boy that Dean had just delivered. Ten minutes later they realize that Dean is no longer bleeding or cramping and John and Bobby finally get back. Sam looks at them, unable to hold back any of the tears that are flowing. He was unable to revive the baby and Dean is on his side crying into the pillow. John and Bobby help get Dean cleaned up and into some boxer shorts. They get rid of the soiled bedding as well. Sam stands up with the bundled baby when Dean addresses him.
"Sammy? Can I see him?"
Sam walks over to him and places the baby beside him on the bed. John sits in a chair beside the bed, stroking Deans hair while Sam climbs up on the bed behind Dean, rubbing his back. Bobby just stays standing, watching them. Dean strokes the baby's cheek and rubs his head. He wraps an arm around the baby, kissing his forehead before he breaks down again. They all sit like that for several hours before the girls finally get back. They come rushing up to the room, frantic because they had been unable to reach any of the men on their phones. Their shopping spree actually took them on a longer than normal trip, which is why it took them so long to get back after Ellie started crying hysterically that they needed to get back to Dean. John meets them out in the hallway and explains what happened. One of the babies had delivered prematurely and could not be revived. They sit there quietly for another hour, watching Dean plant kisses on the little boy that would never grow up before John goes back over to the bed.
"Son..."
Dean looks up at him and knows what he's trying to say.
"No, I'm not ready."
Bobby walks over to the bed and reaches for the baby.
"Dean, it's time."
Dean starts crying harder as Bobby takes the baby. John hurries into the bed and grabs Dean, pulling him into a tight embrace as his sons crying gets more desperate.
"No, Bobby, please don't take my baby away! Bring him back!"
John has to hold him really tight to keep him still. Deans face is pressed into John's chest but they can still hear his remorseful wails. While they all grieve the loss of the baby, they are all crying more for Dean. John sits with him like that all night and it's not until dawn that Deans sobs die down and he falls asleep from exhaustion. They decide to take the baby and bury him by Mary's headstone. Since they were not able to recover her body, that plot remains empty. Dean is too distraught to handle seeing his baby boy buried so Sam, Jo and Ellen make the drive out to bury him. Dean is nearly catatonic for a full month before he says anything to anybody. For that whole month it takes a lot of coaxing to get him out of bed to shower and to eat. Somebody has always been up there with him, so it comes as a shock one day upon waking to discover he is up there alone. That is the first day he makes any effort to do anything but lie in bed. He makes his way downstairs and makes it to the library before Sam notices him. Dean is clearly really upset when Sam notices him in the library and goes over to him.
"Hey, Dean, what are you doing up?"
"I woke up and nobody was up there. Sammy, I don't want to be alone!"
As he is talking he is breaking down again and Sam catches him when his knees buckle. He sits there, holding Dean as he starts crying into his chest. After a few more weeks Dean starts coming back downstairs and interacting with everyone again, but they think he has fallen into a slight depression from the loss. He has lost some of the light that he had once he accepted being pregnant again. Unfortunately, they know he can't be treated for it because anything he takes, the remaining baby gets as well. Ever since the loss they have been doing weekly ultrasounds to make sure everything is still going well.
Author's note: Ok, please don't hate me! I had to put this in because of how I have the spell. But I swear, it gets better, and I'm planning a whole chapter of just interactions with Robbie and Ellie. Per request by a faithful reader, I am trying to put more Robbie in, so I added that chapter to do it. So, if you'll just hang on, I know this chapter was especially hard on Dean, I think you'll be pleased with where it goes from here. And thanks to all my faithful readers and new readers for the comments and suggestions!