12. Canned spaghetti rings is not gourmet. I don’t care what you did in college.
“Mama!” Your toddler screeched from around the corner as you walked through the door.
“Be there in a minute, baby girl!” You smiled and turned the other way, heading for the bedroom. Peeling out of your work clothes, you quickly traded them for yoga pants and one of Jensen’s v-necks. You made your way back to the kitchen. Your jaw dropped when you saw your baby girl, squealing and giggling, covered in red sauce. “What happened…”
“I made our daughter a nice gourmet meal.” He grinned, blowing the steam from the spoon as he lifted it to her lips.
“Canned spaghetti rings is not gourmet. I don’t care what you did in college.” You snatched the spoon from his hand and scooped up the bowl, removing the food from the table completely. “Here, baby, let me give you some real food.” You grabbed an apple and began peeling it, passing your daughter the peeled slices and watching her nibble on them.
“I didn’t go to college, babe.” Jensen smirked. “Besides, it wasn’t me who bought the Spaghetti-os.” He poked your side. “You were the one who did the last grocery store trip.” You blushed, eyes growing wide with realization that Jensen was right. You huffed and started pulling things from the cabinets to put together for a healthier dinner.
Later that night, after you and Jensen had tag-teamed the bath-time/bedtime routine, your daughter was sleeping soundly in her room. Jensen was in the bathroom, supposedly letting the water heat up for his shower, and you saw your opportunity. Sneaking quietly through the hallway, you rounded the corner to the kitchen and pulled the bowl from the refrigerator. Popping it in the microwave, you grabbed the dish and brought it to your chest. Not wanting to risk getting caught, you sank to the floor and started scooping the remains of your daughters “gourmet meal” into your mouth.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Jensen grinned and raised an eyebrow at you. You scrambled to hide the bowl, but it was too late. “Not a gourmet meal, huh?” He sat on the floor beside you, wearing only flannel sleep pants. Jensen leaned over and hung his mouth open. Sighing and rolling your eyes, you scooped a heaping spoonful and held it in front of Jensen’s mouth. He winked and closed his lips around the spoon as you giggled.
“Old habits die hard.” You mumbled through a mouthful. Jensen threw his head back laughing and slung his arm around your shoulder, pulling you against his chest and kissing the top of your head.
My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that you're not a huge fan of the "sweetheart" endearment when applied by Dean to a significant other in writing. I also understand you don't write fluff often. Both being said, is there a term of endearment you ever see Dean using with a lover? And if so, why?
Ha. Yup. And this is actually already in the hopper, not done yet, buuuttt…..
But my legit answer? I don’t see Dean being mouthy at all in the bedroom, he’s a moaner if I’ve ever seen one. I mean, he’ll pony up some dirty talk if that’s her jam, of course, ya gotta play the hand you’ve been dealt, but I’m picturing quiiiiite a lot of focus on his part, overall.
Outside of bedroom? Legit have not pulled the scripts yet. Gut? Nah. He’d toss a “hon” or a “doll” or the ol’ “SH” out, more because he’s purged her name from his brain a la one-nighter. The extended stay motels, as it were [I’m thinking Anne Marie…. that’s her name, yeah?] ETA the end of this sentence DAMMIT WINE.... as it were, I’ll also have to check.
I’d bet money that for the actual contenders [both the ones I haven’t yet researched & the nonexistents/potential true loves/soulmates/blahblahblahs], they’d most assuredly be friends first, they will not be a hunter [not a hunter proper, at least, though knowledge of is not a deal-breaker], and any endearment is gonna be something that’s a riff on their name [a la “Sammy” or “Cas”] or related to a specific situation….. she knocks over the sugar bowl, so she’s “Sugar” until enough glares shut that shit down…. things like that.
This chapter gave me life oh my fucking god. Jensen being such a DAD TO DITS. And gently chastising her and being a parent and Danneel pulling her aside and being a GOOD MOM TM it's too much. Thanks for making such an amazing little world for us to live in.
Jensen is suCH A DAD
DANNEEL IS THE BEST MOM
I know it’s been a lot of Ackles-ness recently but I just feel it’s so important for Dits to have a strong family, given her tragic backstory that y’all don’t even know the half of, yet
But Padalecki-ness is coming up in 21, as we get closer to Baby Dits being born and the world finding out….
What's one of your pieces of writing you think is underrated or that you're super proud of?
I don’t think any of my writing is underrated because I still can’t believe you people enjoy reading the stuff I post. But one that I’m super proud of would be Promise or maybe Depression. I don’t know why I’m proud of them, because neither of them are anything spectacular, but the content is there. I adore the friendship between Jared and Jensen and I admire Jared so much for his everyday battle, so maybe that’s why those two are at the top of my list.
