Dean is 19, Sam is 15, Adam is 8. A ghoul breaks into the Milligan house and takes Kate, but Adam manages to get away. He takes Kate's cell and calls John but Dean answers instead. "Who is this?" Dean asks confused when the little voice over the phone asks for John.
“I..Is this John Winchester..” He asked tears were in his eyes he was hiding scared that the thing he saw didn’t leave. “T..There’s a monster in my house…” He was speaking very softly his mother and him were playing dress up and having tea when his mother heard the door being kicked open and told Adam to hide in the room with the weird writing on it.
“It’s his son,” Dean said, then added. “Okay, what’s your name?” As soon as Dean heard the word “monster” he was all business. “And where are you?”
He gave his adress trying to hold back his tears and sob’s. He saw the monster kill his mother and was eating her then ran back to the room and locked it. He was now an orphan his mother was dead and he’d have to live with his uncle’s or aunt.
Dean drove as fast as he could to get to Adam. He was in the state but not super close and it took 3 hours to get to him. When he got there, the house looked to be in perfect order with no sign of a killing. He searched them called for Adam hoping, praying he wasnt too late. “Adam?! Adam it’s Dean.”
There was a door marked with protection seals and other things and crying could be heard from the room. Adam was in a corner of the room not hearing Dean crying holding onto himself. He was wearing a blue dress with yellow flowers on the bottom of it.
Dean nudged the door open with his him, he had to break the lock to get in. “Adam?” He rushed forward. “Hey,” he said gently, “I’m Dean, I’m gunna get you out of here, okay?” Dean put a gentle hand on his leg.
Adam looked up tears sliding down his face eyes red. “A…Are you Dean?” He moved and pulled out a jug of water and threw some of it at him. His mother told him to do that when a stranger comes in this room.
Dean chuckled and wiped his face with his hand. “Yeah, I’m Dean. I’m not a demon, or a shifter.” He took a knife from his pocket, it was pure silver, and cut a small slice in his arm. “Or a ghoul. This would have hurt me if I was. It’s really smart of you to check for these things.”
“W..What’s a shifter… like in the movies?” He looked confused Adam’s mother never told him why he had to do these things just that if the person hissed in pain to run. “I..Is the monster gone?”
“Yeah, the monster’s gone. I looked for your mom but couldn’t find her. Is your dad around?” He gently wiped Adam’s tears with a tissue. He didn’t comment on the dress or try to get Adam out of the closet. There was time for questions and coaxing later, right now he just wanted to take care of a scared little boy.
“I..I don’t have a dad my uncle said he was just visting town and said mean things about my mom..” He mutters not wanting to repeat what his uncle called his mom. “I..It ate my mom I..I saw it looked human b..but.” More tears threaten to come.
“Shit… Adam, I’m really sorry about your Mom. I wish I could have been here sooner to help out. The monsters are all gone now, and if they come back, I’ll take care of you, okay? Do you think you’re ready to come downstairs? I can make us something to eat and talk about what to do now.”
“I..I.” He started to cry hard again because all he wanted to do right now was be with his mom who was dead. “I want my mom back.” he whispers and shakes as he crys.
“I know,” Dean said softly, placing a hand on Adam’s back and rubbing gently. “If I could, I would help, but you won’t be alone, Adam. I promise you that.”
“But I am… I.. I’m going to have to go to an orphanage.” He mutters and contunue to sob into his hands when he covers his face.
“Shhhh. No, that is not going to happen. We’ll figure something out. I need to go through some of your Mom’s things and look to see what’s going on with all this. Then we’ll put some things into motion to make sure you’re okay. That’s my priority, make sure you’re okay.”
He looked at him then nodded not saying anything and trying not to cry any more.
Dean held out his hand. “Come on, I’ll cook you something. Anything in particular you feel like having?”
“Raviolis.” He rubbed his face then took his hand standing up adam was tired form crying and running he wanted to sleep and not have to think about today.
“Ravioli it is,” Dean gave him a hug,”Listen, I know we don’t know each other, but I’m gunna do right by you, okay?” He took Adam down stairs and set him up on the island stool and poured him some soda before turning to the stove to make the ravioli. “If you need to cry, you go ahead and do it. I kindda wish my little brother Sammy was here too. You’d like him.”
“What’s going to happen to my house..” He took the cup and looked at it not drinking it yet.
“I dunno. But we’ll figure out something.” Dean knew he had to look through Adam’s mom’s things to figure out what to do with Adam. Who hsi father was or someone who could take him in. He needed Sammy’s computer genius, kid might be 15 but he was still a genius on the computer. HE could fake documents if needed.
Adam rubbed his eye’s he looked really tired. “W..What about school or .. h..how are we going to barry my mommy?”
“I’m not sure we’ll be able to bury her, but we’ll do something. We can have a service. I’ll think of something.”
“W..Why are you being so nice to me?” He asked..
“It’s my job, it’s what we do, and I know what it’s like to loose a mom to one of these monsters. Not the same kind of monster, but still, I understand how it is.”
“Not a lot of people are nice to me.. I’m a freak.” He mutters not looking at him.
“You’re not a freak, Adam. You’re just you.” He put the ravioli iun a bowl with the sauce and put the bowl infront of Adam. “Ravioli A La Dean.”
“I wear a dress.. I don’t have a dad…” He mutters looking at the food.
“You have a dad he’s just not here, and who cares what you wear. You wanna wear a dress go for it.” Dean did find it strange but the kids mom just died so he wasnt about to say. And it was a cute dress. Dean was really glad he got the call and not John. John never would have approved of a boy in a dress. “Listen, you eat, I’m gunna poke through some things and figure out what to do from here.”
He nodded then started to eat Adam was a happy kid or that’s what his mom always said when people judged him for what he likes or wants to wear. His mm wasn’t with him now he was scared he had to be what others wanted him to and not himself.
Dean watched for a few minutes then went to go snoop around the house. He found some documents and grabbed the bunch, intending to bring them to the table with Adam when he found a picture of Kate and John, with baby Adam in John’s arms. Dean frowned. He took the picture and documents back to the kitchen and sat next to Adam. “Adam, how did you know about that phone number you called?”
“Mom said if anything bad happen to her to call it.... I don’t know why or who John is but mom said he would help or send someone to help.” He mutters.
