#dean jr.

[bvrialatsea]

Anon with the schizo headcannons uwu (sorry this is long)

Sam spirals after Dean's death at the end of Season 15. Eileen is there to catch his fall and tries to build a new life with him.  He goes through his marriage like a living corpse until one day she talks to him about experiencing fatherhood. "You're going to love it Sam!... and if it's a boy we can even name him after your brother". That's when his mind goes blank. Why didn't he think about this before? He might not get his brother's soul back but he can give his obsession a physical form.

Sam Winchester goes insane.

He sews 'Dean' in every baby cloth he buys, goes through forbidden spells and intricate rituals because "Why don't you understand Eileen, you have to give birth on the 24th of January at exactly 2:35 am-". His brother was perfection, there cannot be any mistakes. Why doesn't she get it?

After 'Dean' is born, he forgets ever having a wife. Dean didn't get to enjoy the love of a mother, why should this life be any different? He has Sam. He only needs Sam. Sam knows best- why doesn't Dean understand this? He must love pie, must love Rock music, must love hunting and above all, must devout his life to Sam.

But his son brings him disappointments. Sometimes he can't help but cry in frustration. Scream for his brother the same way his father screamed for Mary. The 7 year old hugs him and assures him, "It's okay dad. It's going to be okay"- the same phrase he has heard his brother say to John an uncountable time. This cracks something deep inside him. It's deep and ugly and for the first time, since the barn, he feels hopeful. He feels like a God. For he has finally, successfully,  recreated Dean Winchester.

And The cycle of abuse continues.

well hello there you, i don't think we've met before but welcome.

this is absolutely freaking devastating I'm drooling. i love you perfectly-normal-dad sam, promise, but you aren't possible.

this however? (@﹏@;⁠) good soup.

[petrichoravellichor]

Written for Day 24 of the Supernatural Deserved Better Creative Challenge (prompt: Dean).

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When Sam and Eileen first tell Dean they want to name their unborn son after him, Dean's reaction is one of shock. He plays it off with a joke, though.

"Jeez, Sammy, way to curse the kid right off the bat," he says, which earns him a bitchface from Sam, a look of reproval from Cas, and Jack furrowing his brow and asking Eileen what bats have to do with childbirth.

"It's what they're gonna use to knock me out when I go into labor," she deadpans, and they all laugh.

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Dean spends the next several months trying to convince Sam and Eileen to go with a different name.

"What about 'Bobby'?" he offers one day during dinner. "Or 'Charlie'. That could work for a boy."

Sam rolls his eyes. "Dean--"

"Or 'Sam'! Come on, Sammy, don't tell me you don't like the idea of having a Sam Jr."

"Sorry, Dean," says Eileen, smirking in a way that suggests she is not, in fact, sorry, "but Garth beat us to it."

And Dean scowls and looks down at his plate, because there goes any argument he was about to make in favor of 'Castiel', too. "I'm just sayin'," he says after a moment, "there's gotta be another name you like better."

He feels a pair of arms wrap around his shoulders and looks up to see Cas leaning over his chair, expression soft. "Personally," says Cas, "I think 'Dean' is a lovely name." He quirks a smile and adds, "You might even say it's one of my favorites."

Dean feels his face flush in a way he's still learning to deal with. "Yeah, well," he grumbles, "that's 'cause you're a sap."

The kiss Cas presses to his temple by way of response makes him feel a little better, though.

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"You're too hard on yourself," Cas says gently that night, the words warm against the back of Dean's neck as Cas holds him close under the covers. "You're a better man than you give yourself credit for."

Dean shifts self-consciously. "'m fine with myself," he mumbles. "Just don't see why anyone would wanna name a kid after me. I've done a lot of bad things, Cas."

"And you've also done a lot of good things," comes Cas's patient reply. "I told you once that everything you've done, the good and the bad, has been for love, and I meant it. Everyone who knows you sees that it's true, Sam and Eileen especially. What better legacy to pass on to their child than one of love?"

Dean lets out a shaky breath. "I don't deserve you; you know that, right?"

But Cas just grips him tighter, right hand wrapping around to squeeze Dean's shoulder. "Of course you do."

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A few months later, they're all at the hospital, and Dean gets to hold his nephew for the first time.

"Careful," says Sam, with all the anxiousness of a first-time father, "make sure you support his head."

"I know how to hold a baby, Sam."

"Right. Sorry."

"He's so small!" whispers Jack, practically bouncing on his heels at Dean's side. He looks up at Eileen and signs, "I thought he'd be bigger."

From the bed, Eileen gives a tired laugh. "Hey, I'm not complaining."

"He's beautiful," says Cas, smiling down at Dean Jr. "Congratulations to you both." He rests his chin on Dean's shoulder, adding, in a quieter voice, "You see? He's perfect."

And Dean looks at his nephew, so small and vulnerable and new to everything, and the sense of absolute, unconditional love he feels is so great that he has to blink back tears. "Yeah," he manages. "Yeah, he is."

[wrentallan]

Obviously, Jack visits Dean Jr. because wow, he has a little bro now, epic! and maybe, they accidentally meet up with an older Ben and Jesse and form the ultimate badass squad.

[lottiesam]

dean finally got a kid named after him

[aintnoyouaintnome]

okay i have a question:

does dean jr. have demon blood in him? do you think he has any of sam's powers? would sam be terrified by the prospect of that?

(ok big deal, so i have multiple questions lol)

[hi-im-dazey]

Once in a while

Sam looks at his son, and just thinks

‘Dean would be so proud of you, too.’

[cornflowershade]

I was goofing around improvising songs from the POV of different Supernatural characters regarding the show's unfortunate ending, and I decided to hit record lol. So um, enjoy The Ballad of Dean Jr, a song that probably (definitely?) should not exist. Also the "plot" of this song kinda ties into a finale parody I wrote about Dean Jr. offing Sam for the inheritance. If you wanna read that you can see it here lol: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27827275