SPOILERS: Season 8

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This is just a little semi-AU I put together about Sam and Amelia. More chapters to come. I hope you like it!

Sam opened his mouth to tell her she really didn't want to know. But he thought of Lisa and Dean. Dean hadn't told Lisa enough and she had nearly died. But he couldn't tell Amelia about hunting. He couldn't bring that burden on her. He didn't know what to say.

"I understand if you need time to think," Amelia said quietly. Her heart was breaking but she knew it was what Sam needed.

"Baby, I love you and I love this kid." Sam replied slowly. "But I need a little time to just figure things out. Can you forgive me?

"How long?"

"A day or two at most. I won't go far."

"Alright, Winchester. But don't you dare leave me again," Amelia smiled. Without a word, Sam got up and kissed her. He bent down to her belly and gently kissed his baby, murmuring a father's wordless prayer that his child would be safe.

"Call me if you need anything. I'll be back as soon as I can." Sam told her and walked out the door. He quickly texted Dean to pick him. As he waited for Dean, Sam tried to come up with a plan. He drew a blank. Finally, the impala pulled up and Sam wordlessly got in the car.

"How'd it go?" Dean asked.

"Okay, I guess," Sam answered

"What are you going to do?"

"About what?"

"The baby, hunting, all of it? We still have to close the gates of hell, man. Are you really going to flake out on me?"

"I know, Dean," Sam replied. In truth, he'd forgotten about Crowley, and Cas, and Kevin, and even the gates of hell completely since he'd found out about his child. "I guess I'm not really on top of my game right now, huh?"

"I guess not," Dean replied coldly. Honestly, Dean was almost as terrified and shocked as Sam was about the baby. After all he'd been through with Lisa and Ben, it hurt him to see his little brother having a chance at a family. But Dean knew better. Hunters didn't have family, didn't have lives. Dean knew he was all Sam really had. On top of everything else, the Winchesters had work to do. Dean needed Sam's to lock up all the sons of bitches that had killed their mother away forever.

"Look, I know you aren't happy. But talk to me, Dean. Come on!" Sam pleaded.

"You've got some choices to make, Sammy. You aren't going to leave Amelia and the baby. I know you. But what are your other options? Give up hunting? Yeah, right. You couldn't stay away if your life depended on it. And are you gonna try to have a "normal family life" while driving all over the country hunting? It worked so well for me and Lisa. What the hell is your plan, man?"

"I don't know, Dean," Sam replied angrily. "What the hell should I do? You've said it all: I won't leave Amelia or the baby and I'm sure as hell not giving up hunting. I have to try to make it work. Are you with me or not?"

The brothers sat in a tense silence as Dean pulled into their motel and they walked to their room. Sam had made his decision about Amelia and his child. He just needed to know what Dean thought. It was funny, Sam thought, that despite being an adult with a child on the way, he still needed Dean's approval.

As the night wore on, Sam told Dean his plan and waited in tense silence for his brother's response. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Dean spoke.

"I think you're making the right choice. Go talk to her tomorrow."