An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bobby Singer & Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Characters: Dean Winchester, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Original Daemon Character(s), Rumsfeld (Supernatural)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Daemons, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Neglect, Pre-Canon, Character Study, Internalized Homophobia, Queer Themes, Bisexual Dean Winchester, (not directly referenced but it's in the subtext baby!), First Meetings, Self-Esteem Issues, Parentified Dean Winchester, POV Dean Winchester, not actually as angsty as my summary makes it seem
Series: Part 3 of fic exchanges with the bestie <3, Part 2 of mutts & crow guts
Summary:
“Celeste’s settled,” Dean says.
Because Dean knows that’s what Bobby is trying to figure out. He can’t help but have it come out defensively, more than used to how adults typically reacted to that news. Some with skepticism. Others will stare at Celeste and stumble over some barely-disguised insult on her choice of form. The worst, though, are the ones who look at them with pity.
Bobby doesn't do any of that. Aside from a slight pursing of his lips, he seems to absorb the information, then move on without comment. “Alright. Y’gonna help then, or what? Yer old enough to use a knife without guttin’ yerself, yeah?”
Or, first meetings, less than ideal childhoods, and maybe recognizing a bit too much of your own differences in someone else.