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It all starts the night that Dean Winchester is given into the custody of the Beckett family.
He’s quiet, the shock of the past few days still haven’t worn off and now, he’s being handed over to even more new people. He stands around in their living room, taking in everything he sees and carefully not meeting the eyes of the girl standing next to the other woman. He wonders if she’s like him and has a different parent and that this woman is just watching her for a while.
“Dean.” He looks up at the other woman, who is smiling softly at him, her hand resting on the girl’s head. “This is my daughter, Katie.” He finally looks at the girl, who is also smiling. He tries to smile back, but he can’t, she he just settles for staring at her. “Katie,” The girl looks away from him and up to the other woman. “Why don’t you show Dean to his room?” She nods and looks back at Dean, holding her hand out to him. Dean swallows, but takes her hand, which makes her smile even brighter. Then she tugs on it, heading towards the back of the house and he follows.
He’s still nervous, he still wants his dad and his brother back, but for right now, he’ll follow Kate, cause that just seems to be the right thing to do.
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Twenty-one years later, he’s still following her.