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Dean Winchester’s father always cautioned him against settling down or getting close to anyone. Throughout their childhoods, Dean and his little brother, Sam, were always on the move, never staying in one place for very long. The one exception to that rule was their father’s oldest (and only) friend, Bobby Singer. It was with Bobby that Sam and Dean were able to have at least some semblance of a childhood. Years later, with their father dead and the brothers estranged, Dean comes back to Sioux Falls to help out in Bobby’s garage while Bobby recovers from rotator cuff surgery. Dean is initially thrilled when he realized the house he’s rented is owned by none other than the famous novelist, Castiel Novak. Dean met Castiel years earlier at a book signing, and had been harboring a crush on the shy, earnest man with the love of Vonnegut ever since. Dean soon discovers that the years haven’t been kind to Castiel, and the man whose house he’s sharing is almost completely unrecognizable from the man he met all those years ago, in more ways than one. And so begins Dean's journey of forgiveness, acceptance, and learning what it truly means to be part of a family.