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A note in John's journal as decoded by John:
Please keep writing in code. I don't want Dean to know.

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A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:
I think we've had enough family secrets.

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A note in John's journal as decoded by John:
He's worried about me enough. If I go dark side, you handle it.

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A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:
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Normally, a run like this would have been kid's play. But with his damn busted leg, it was worse than a marathon. In Texas. In summer.

For years, he hadn’t even thought of that stupid book. There was the journal that covered everything, their whole lives, and that was all that mattered. When Sammy had talked of ( Read more... )

Dean couldn't sleep. He'd wanted to, told himself he was overreacting, that Sam was just being his overdramatic self and nothing was wrong.

But goddammit, something was wrong. He had vague memories of a little Sam insisting they say "I love you," before they'd fallen asleep, but he'd outgrown it ( Read more... )

                Dean felt like an old man,  tired as he was. His leg was coming along--John had promised the stitches could come out in a week or so--and he'd done his best to stay active, but two hours guiding Sammy with a crossbow, then doing some very light sparring, and he was about done in. He was so over having to stay indoors. And what with ( Read more... )

A/N: Sam's definition of the Occam's Razor principle is actually the most common misconception of the Occam's Razor principle. I believe it goes without saying that Dean's explanation is wrong too.

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For the first week John had them back on the road, Sam spent half his day consumed with desire to decipher the secret journal ( Read more... )

A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:
December 1993. Fractured femur. No adverse reactions to x-rays and other equipment.

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A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:

May 1994. Discovered penicillin allergy. Responded positively to epinephrine.

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The 24-hour Kinko’s wasn't, in fact, a 24-hour ( Read more... )

                Saying goodbye to Missouri was very different from saying goodbye to Bobby.

Instead of hugs, Missouri gave each of them brown paper bags with sandwiches, fruit, and slices of pie. Like Bobby, she felt compelled to give advice, but in lieu of the dire and all-too-familiar warning of watch out for Sammy, she snapped ( Read more... )

Winchesters, Dean decided, don't grocery shop.

At least, this Winchester didn't grocery shop. So far, Dean had hit a meat-locker, two refrigerators, and a geriatric with an unbelievably loud mouth, all because of the stupid, unwieldy shopping cart. Granted, he'd also been trying to check his cell each time ( Read more... )

A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:
October 1992. Cried after speaking with a child's ghost.

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A note in John's journal as decoded by Sam:

December 1992. Proving to be an adept tracker.

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There's another journal.

In the days that followed Missouri's cure, Sam didn't just see the world as he had before; he ( Read more... )