Broken Shells In An Empty Nest

[alice_alaizabel]

Title: Broken Shells In An Empty Nest
Summary: "Father robins do that, you know, they don't stay with their chicks." Weechester and teenchester
Word Count: 2,371
Author's Note: Yes, try not to faint, everyone. I wrote fic! It turned out angsty-er than I intended.

Comments

[brosedshield]

I love the image of the eggs, and how Sam thinks that John will understand, that he will STAY with them because he sees how much his son wants him to.

And the tragedy is that even if John understood (and, I mean, I don't know that he would, just because Sam would have to explain it, and did John really stop to LISTEN to either of his children? Ever?) it probably wouldn't have changed him. After all, the hunt is more important than being a father, right? (or maybe just that the hunt is an essential part of him protecting his children, which he rates as the most important part of being a father...which it is but DAMMIT JOHN, YOU COULD HAVE SHOWN THEM YOU LOVED THEM TOOOOOOO.)

Yes, well, anyway, I may never see robins eggs without getting faintly sad for the boys now. Which is both sweet and sorrowful.

[alice_alaizabel]

Thanks! *cuffles*

The robins eggs were the first image that came into my head, and the rest of the story got written around that image; little Sammy holding broken blue eggshells.

I just...I love John, I really do, but he did make a lot of mistakes, I think. I think everything he did, he did because he thought it was the best thing for them, but I think (and he pretty much said it to sam word for word in Dead Man's Blood) that he wanted them safe before he wanted them happy, and got so focused on that he didn't see what he was doing to them.

[tabaqui]

Aw, the boys. Of such little things, such brief moments, whole worlds are built.

Lovely little bit of memory and understanding. :)

Teeny thing:Dean grinned, and followed him to great their father safely home.
I think you meant to say 'greet'?

[alice_alaizabel]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^__^ And thanks for catching the typo! *goes to fix*

[capricorn86]

This was just amazing and too cute and sad for words.
I loved it, thank you for writing it.

[alice_alaizabel]

You're welcome, thank you so much! ^__^

[vail_kagami]

I loved this! It's adorable and so very them!

Sam's just smarter than Dean - even when it comes to violence. :P

[alice_alaizabel]

LOL! Yeah, Sam's our little genius. ^__^