In which they have an empty nest.
Dean dropped his keys on the table by the door as he made his way into the house and Lisa came in behind him. They both just kind of stood in the doorway for a moment, staring into the empty living room. There was an old and lazy cat reclining on the top of the sofa, looking at them like they had forgotten something, but otherwise, the house was empty. And that was a rather terrifying feeling.
“They’re all gone,” he said softly.
“Yup,” Lisa said with a sigh. “We’ve got an empty nest.”
Dean didn’t like that feeling. He used to think that he’d be thrilled when the kids were out on their own, especially with the drama that came with the teenage years, but now that they were actually gone and out of the house-Dean missed them. And that’s not even getting into the fact that he was so not comfortable with Sammy going to college in Chicago. Right now though, he was just focusing on the empty house.
He felt Lisa take his hand and pull him back towards the couch, and he went with her settling down on the couch. He slid an arm around her shoulders and she curled up closer, staring at the TV across from them but not bothering to turn it on. “This is so weird,” he said slowly. “I mean-it’s so quiet.”
“Yeah,” she said softly, her head resting against his shoulder. “We’ve got the whole place to ourselves.”
He sighed slightly, leaning back against the couch. The silence in the house was deafening, but it was still home. It still was a familiar place that Dean never thought he would have, a family and a home that he didn’t think he was going to get. A hunter lifestyle didn’t exactly land itself to the family lifestyle and this one just seemed to have landed in his lap, no muss, no fuss. And now-they were all gone. All of them. Even, Sammy, the baby, who he was convinced going to be with them forever. He was quiet for a moment, before speaking.
“Is it bad that I miss her already and she hasn’t even been gone a day?”
Lisa tilted her head to look up at him for a moment, before smirking slightly. “Come on now, Dean, it’s not like this is the first chick to leave the nest.”
“Yeah, well-she’s Sammy.” He shrugged a bit. “She’s the one kid I got to do everything for, and now she’s-gone.”
“Sap.”
“Says the woman who got all weepy when Ben told her he was moving out.”
“Yeah, well-it was me and Ben long before you came in the picture. He’s my baby.”
“I know,” Dean replied, turning slightly to kiss her forehead softly. “Now I get it.” Not that Dean didn’t feel it when Alec and Ben left, but Sammy was the last one. Now it was really sinking in.
She sighed slightly, tilting her head up to kiss his lips gently, before giving him a grin. “You know, there are some good things about all the kids being gone.”
“Oh yeah?” he said with a smirk, before leaning in closer to her. “What’s that?”
“Come upstairs and I’ll show you,” she murmured as he tilted his head slightly to nip at her neck, and tilting her back on the couch.
“Why go upstairs?” he smirked. “We’re alone, remember?”
She laughed slightly, sliding her fingers against the his shirt and starting to push the buttons open. “You do have a point there,” she grinned, and he leaned in to kiss her again, starting to push her closer into the couch before there was a crack at the back door, and a loud voice shouted into the kitchen.
“Mom, Dad? Anybody home?”
Dean groaned, letting his head flop against Lisa’s shoulder as his wife laughed beneath him. He heard the sound of the refrigerator door opening, and he looked back over his shoulder. “Don’t you not live here anymore?”
Ben’s head appeared in the doorway as Dean and Lisa were sitting up, and gave them a bit of a look. “Gee, nice to see you too, Dad.” As he disappeared back into the kitchen again, Lisa pushed herself up and slid her arms around Dean’s shoulders.
“And here I thought you were sad they were gone,” she teased, and he just pouted slightly as he gave her a look.
“Shut up.”
“They’re all gone,” he said softly.
“Yup,” Lisa said with a sigh. “We’ve got an empty nest.”
Dean didn’t like that feeling. He used to think that he’d be thrilled when the kids were out on their own, especially with the drama that came with the teenage years, but now that they were actually gone and out of the house-Dean missed them. And that’s not even getting into the fact that he was so not comfortable with Sammy going to college in Chicago. Right now though, he was just focusing on the empty house.
He felt Lisa take his hand and pull him back towards the couch, and he went with her settling down on the couch. He slid an arm around her shoulders and she curled up closer, staring at the TV across from them but not bothering to turn it on. “This is so weird,” he said slowly. “I mean-it’s so quiet.”
“Yeah,” she said softly, her head resting against his shoulder. “We’ve got the whole place to ourselves.”
He sighed slightly, leaning back against the couch. The silence in the house was deafening, but it was still home. It still was a familiar place that Dean never thought he would have, a family and a home that he didn’t think he was going to get. A hunter lifestyle didn’t exactly land itself to the family lifestyle and this one just seemed to have landed in his lap, no muss, no fuss. And now-they were all gone. All of them. Even, Sammy, the baby, who he was convinced going to be with them forever. He was quiet for a moment, before speaking.
“Is it bad that I miss her already and she hasn’t even been gone a day?”
Lisa tilted her head to look up at him for a moment, before smirking slightly. “Come on now, Dean, it’s not like this is the first chick to leave the nest.”
“Yeah, well-she’s Sammy.” He shrugged a bit. “She’s the one kid I got to do everything for, and now she’s-gone.”
“Sap.”
“Says the woman who got all weepy when Ben told her he was moving out.”
“Yeah, well-it was me and Ben long before you came in the picture. He’s my baby.”
“I know,” Dean replied, turning slightly to kiss her forehead softly. “Now I get it.” Not that Dean didn’t feel it when Alec and Ben left, but Sammy was the last one. Now it was really sinking in.
She sighed slightly, tilting her head up to kiss his lips gently, before giving him a grin. “You know, there are some good things about all the kids being gone.”
“Oh yeah?” he said with a smirk, before leaning in closer to her. “What’s that?”
“Come upstairs and I’ll show you,” she murmured as he tilted his head slightly to nip at her neck, and tilting her back on the couch.
“Why go upstairs?” he smirked. “We’re alone, remember?”
She laughed slightly, sliding her fingers against the his shirt and starting to push the buttons open. “You do have a point there,” she grinned, and he leaned in to kiss her again, starting to push her closer into the couch before there was a crack at the back door, and a loud voice shouted into the kitchen.
“Mom, Dad? Anybody home?”
Dean groaned, letting his head flop against Lisa’s shoulder as his wife laughed beneath him. He heard the sound of the refrigerator door opening, and he looked back over his shoulder. “Don’t you not live here anymore?”
Ben’s head appeared in the doorway as Dean and Lisa were sitting up, and gave them a bit of a look. “Gee, nice to see you too, Dad.” As he disappeared back into the kitchen again, Lisa pushed herself up and slid her arms around Dean’s shoulders.
“And here I thought you were sad they were gone,” she teased, and he just pouted slightly as he gave her a look.
“Shut up.”