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Dean opened the door to the house and stepped out of the way for Sam to get through with the baby.
“Welcome home Mikey.” Sam cooed at the newborn as he walked into the house. Dean followed behind, closing the door quietly behind him. Almost as soon as he had closed it they heard nails on the wood floor running towards them. Dean stepped forward and caught Bear right as he came around the corner, excited to greet them. Bear let out a soft whine at being held back from Sam.
“Easy boy.” Dean murmured to the dog.
“We have someone for you to meet”. Sam said, kneeling down in front of Bear, showing him the baby. Bear sniffed suspiciously at the bundle of blankets. Nosing gently at the baby he gave a tentative lick causing the child to stir in his sleep slightly. He then backed up and sat down, seemingly content with the situation. Sam and Dean both chuckled.
“This is Michael, Bear.” Sam introduced.
“Mikey, this is Bear.”
“As if either of them understand.” Dean teased.
“Oh, Bear understands in some way.” Sam said.
“I can tell. How about we go put him in the nursery.” Dean suggested. Sam nodded in agreement, and Dean stood quickly to help Sam get up. Together they walked up to the nursery they had been getting ready for months for this moment.
Stepping into the room Sam went and laid the baby in the crib. Dean followed and stood next to him. Wrapping his arms around Sam, they both gazed down at their sleeping son.
“He's beautiful.” Sam whispered.
“He really is.” Dean whispered back.
“He looks exactly like you Dean, I love it.”
“I was honestly hoping he would look more like you. A mini Sam running around.” Dean said.
“That's exactly what I was thinking about.” Sam said.
“I was hoping for a mini you.” Dean simply pressed a kiss to Sam’s cheek in reply, chuckling.
After a little while of watching their son sleep Dean sighed, squeezing Sam's waist a little to get his attention.
“You should get some sleep. Everyone is going to be here later, and I know you're tired.” Sam nodded.
“Maybe a little nap. Make sure you wake me up before everyone gets here. Ok?”
“Of course. I'll start putting away some of Mikey’s things while you're asleep.”
“Sounds great.” Sam said, pressing quick kiss to Dean's lips before going to their bedroom.
Dean heard a knock at the door. Frowning and looking at his watch he walked downstairs to answer the door. Everyone wasn’t supposed to get here until later, it was too early still.
Bear was waiting at the door, ready to greet whoever was at the door. Dean was both surprised and glad he wasn’t barking for once, so both Sam and Mikey weren’t woken up. Opening the door Dean was surprised to see Benny.
“Benny, hey. What are you doing here? Everyone's going to be here later.”
“Well, about that…. I’m not coming later, figured I might drop in a little early, if it’s Ok.”
“Yea, it’s fine.” Dean said, letting Benny in, shooing Bear away as he sniffed suspiciously at the vampire.
“Sam and Mikey are asleep, I can go wake Sam up if you wan-”
“No, no need.” Benny said quickly.
“I’m sure he needs the sleep.”
“Benny. What’s up? Why aren’t you coming later, you and I both know you have nothing going on.” Dean asked. Benny rubbed the back of his neck.
“To tell you the truth brother, a vampire being in a house full of hunters just isn’t exactly the best situation. It was the same way at the hospital. Also Sam already isn’t too fond of me as it is, he won’t want me here anyways.”
“I want you here though. C’mon you’re wanna my best friends, and how many times have you saved my ass, huh? Sam can deal with having you in the house. As for everyone else, they’re not really hunters like Sam and I were. Kevin stays at the bunker all the time, Charlie is better at the hacker part, Jody is a sheriff, and you know Cas. It’ll be fine Benny. Besides, Sam does kinda owe you for getting me out of Purgatory again.”
“If you say so brother.”
“Great!” Dean said, clapping his hands together, glad he’d convinced him to stay.
“Wait. You haven’t even held Mikey yet, have you?” Dean said, suddenly realizing.
“Well again, didn’t really wanna start anything. Most people wouldn’t want a vampire holding their kid.” Benny said, shrugging.
“Well, I want you holding mine brother.” Dean said.
“I’ll go grab him quick.”
Dean walked back downstairs, cradling his son carefully in his arms. Benny had seated himself on the couch, and Dean sat down next to him.
“Alright, here you go-” Dean said, gently putting the child into his friend’s arms.
“Now just make sure you- yea, support the head- like that yep.” Dean said, arranging Mikey’s blankets a bit, making sure not to wake him up.
“He’s so small.” Benny said, staring down at the baby.
“You have a kid brother, an actual kid. He looks just like you! A little carbon copy!” Benny exclaimed.
“Yea.” Dean chuckled.
“That’s exactly what Sam said earlier.”
The two continued to talk, until their attention was drawn to Bear getting up and running over to a now awake Sam who was standing in the entrance of the living room, eyes moving from Benny to the baby and back warily.
“You woke up earlier than I expected.” Dean said, breaking the silence.
“And I told you to wake me if anyone came.” Sam shot back.
“Well we just-” Dean began, before Benny cut him off.
“I told him not to wake you Sam. I figured you could use the sleep, wouldn’t want to bother yah.” Benny said. Sam’s gaze fell on his son again, still in Benny’s arms. Noticing it, Benny quickly handed the baby back to Dean before standing up.
“Well, I think I should be going.”
“Oh c’mon Benny,” Dean protested.
“Stay a little while longer, it won’t kill anyone, right Sammy?” Dean asked, turning to his husband; as well as giving him a look.
“Of..course not.” Sam said acquiescingly.
“Wonderful, so sit your ass back down.” Dean said to Benny, smiling.
“Dean!” Sam scolded.
“What?”
“Don’t say that infront of the baby!”
“Oh come on, he’s only a few days old!” Dean complained.
“And if you keep doing it, you’ll get into a habit of it, and one day he’ll be old enough to repeat and remember it! So watch your language!” Sam said, turning around to head to the kitchen.
“Wuh-pussh!” Benny said, making a whipping motion with his hand.
“Oh shut up.” Dean said, rolling his eyes.
“Oh! He’s just the cutest little thing ever!” Charlie exclaimed.
“I always knew you two would make the cutest baby ever!”
“They basically only made a little copy of Dean.” Kevin teased.
“Didn’t do much combining of genes.”
“They are brothers, and already share the same genes it would make sense for them to just be repeated again.” Cas stated. Everyone rolled their eyes at that.
Jody, Charlie, Kevin, and Cas had all showed up. Charlie had wasted no time getting to Mikey to coo over, Kevin right behind her followed by Jody.
“He really is the just sweetest little thing.” Jody said, smiling fondly down at the newborn.
Sam and Dean were both beaming at the praise they were receiving over their son.
“Yes, children are truly one of my father’s greatest creations; and the miracle of birth so co complexly captivating.” Cas said, head cocked to the side in wonder as he looked down at Mikey.
“If you ever need a babysitter, you can always ask me!” Charlie piped up.
“Or me and Cas.” Kevin added.
“If you’re ever around Sioux Falls i’ll be happy to watch him too.” Joined Jody.
“Thank you so much guys.” Sam said.
“We’re really are grateful we’ll have all of you if needed.” Dean added.
“Well you know what they say, it takes a village to raise a child.” Benny joked. Everyone turned to look at him. He had been standing outside of the little circle they had formed around Sam holding Mikey. Benny has silently excluded himself, despite Dean’s attempts. Benny just averted his gaze away, embarrassed. Everyone turned attention back to Mikey, except Dean who stepped back from the circle, and walked over to Benny. He clapped a comforting hand on his shoulder.
“So,” Dean said, turning to Benny.
“Now that you’re back topside, thought about what you’re going to do?”
“Not sure.” Benny replied, shrugging.
“Thought about sticking around here, but not sure what I’d do. Or if I’d be welcome.” He said, glancing back at Sam.
“Of course you’re welcome. I’ll talk to Sam. Hell, if you need to you can even have our guest bedroom till you get your own place. I’d love to have you in town brother, someone I can go to the bar with, play some pool.”
“I don’t think you’ll have much time for bars brother, you have a new baby to raise. Also you and Sam need to worry about righting that relationship still.” Benny said, tone serious. The joking smile slipped from Dean’s face.
“Yea. You’re right. We’re doing good, the baby really has brought us together, has helped.”
“New baby glow is gonna wear off though, then comes the hardship. The stress, lack of sleep. Gonna lead to more fights, and you can’t rely on Sam popping out a new kid everytime y’all have problems.”
“I know, I know. Of course not. We are doing better. We’ve still got a ways to go but- it’s better. We’ll still work on it. But I’m serious about the place to crash. I’d still love for you to stick around, even if the only time I see you is if you’re here.”
“Oh, I’m sure Sam would love that.”
“Don’t worry about Sam. I’m sure I’ll get him to come around- eventually. In the meantime, crash here, I’ll help you find a job. Or hell, I’m sure Sam will probably like some help around here while I’m at the shop all day.”
“Thanks brother, means a lot to me.”
“Yea, we’ll just have to get you a mini fridge to keep the blood bags in. Sam probably won’t want them in the kitchen fridge.” Dean joked.
“Oh, I’m sure he wouldn’t.” Benny said.
They both just laughed.