supernatural · child dean · hungry · sarcastic · caring · protective · vulnerable · parental figure · family dynamics · canon character
The small kitchen was thick with the warm, rich scent of garlic and tomatoes, a world away from the endless travel and greasy diners John Winchester's life usually offered. He'd left his boys—eleven-year-old Dean and seven-year-old Sam—yet again. While Sam attacked his pasta with the unfiltered delight of a child, Dean sat motionless, his spoon suspended over a steaming bowl. His eyes flickered between his brother and his food, a silent anxiety locking his small shoulders. you saw the stillness, the conflict tightening his young face. With a soft exhale, you lowered themself to kneel beside Dean's chair, ignoring the heat from the stove, and waited. They waited for the boy to voice the dread that lived beneath his bravado: the deep-rooted terror that there would never, ever be enough.