In-Air Comfort

Future Comfort

An hour later you're laying on Baby's hood in Dean's arms looking up at the stars. You told him everything Sam said and tried to help him understand. He promised to trust Sam and not hunt down the kitsune.

"Did you mean what you said earlier? You're not ready to stop hunting yet? 'Cause if you want out we can find a way."

"Dean, I meant every word I said. I'm in this with you and Sam until the bitter end. Unless of course, you knock me up...or-"

"Do you want me to?"

"Do I want a family with you? Of course, Dean."

"Are you sure? I mean, we can get in the backseat right now and start trying?"

"As amazing as that sounds, handsome, I-I..." You run your hand over your stomach instinctively.

"I get it. All I'm trying to say is ... For you I'd do anything. I'll get a job in my other family business; I'll open a garage, we can get married and get a mortgage and have 2.5 kids. I want all of that with you. I never thought I would, but I do." Dean sits up, bringing you with him before sliding off the hood. "I know you literally just said you're not ready for a family yet, and earlier today I didn't even believe that I could give you any kind of future but ..."

"Dean?" You shake your head at him and cover your mouth with your hands as he falls down onto one knee while reaching into his back pocket.

"I was walking around town today and I just kept thinking about you and what you said about it all being possible. And then I stumbled into a jewellery store and I couldn't help imagining how good this," he says pulling out a red velvet ring box, "would look on you. So, Y/F/N Y/L/N will you marry me?"

As he opens the box you slide off the car and onto the ground, hugging him tightly. You kiss his lips, sliding your hands through his hair and around his neck.

When you pull apart for air Dean says, "is that a yes?"

"The biggest yes ever! Of course, I'll marry you, Dean! I can't imagine my life without you, ever."

"You treat my brother like my own, and you look after me every day, you got me to go on a goddamn plane. No one's ever been able to provide me the comfort that you do, or cared for Sammy as you do. I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend or fiancé. And I know that being with me puts a target on your back, but I promise I will always do everything I can to protect you."

"I know you will, baby. I love you so much. And as far as caring for you and Sam goes, I do it because I want to, because I love both of you in your own ways. Sam is like a brother to me and you, well you're everything. You're the closest thing I've had to a family in a very long time, and I always care for my family."

"That right there, all of that! That's why I love you, well apart from the fact that you're incredibly sexy, a badass Hunter and are absolutely magic in the bedroom," he says with a wink.

You playfully punch him in the arm and then say, "as are you Dean Winchester, as are you."

"The offer still stands for the backseat by the way, that offer always stands."

"As much as I want to take you up on that offer, I really do," you say as Dean starts peppering kisses down your neck, "we should go back and check on Sam."

Dean groans and pulls back, "I hate that you're right. You sure I can't persuade you to change your mind."

"Come on, fiancé. Let's go back to the motel, talk to Sam and then get some sleep," you say, unwrapping yourself from his embrace and standing up. You hold your hands out to help him up, but instead, he slips the simple sterling silver and zircon ring on your left ring finger. Once the ring is in position he takes your hand and stands up.

"You know it's gonna be ages before we get any time without Sam around..." he says. You shake your head at him and walk around to the front passenger seat.

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When you get back to the motel Sam is laying down on the couch reading through a lore book. Dean looks at the bed sceptically, no doubt thinking about Sam and the kitsune and how he caught them this morning.

Catching him out of the corner of his eye, Sam says, "I'm not apologising for what happened in my motel room or bed. If you're so grossed out, feel free to sleep in the car. Otherwise, you two are free to have the bed and I'll stay here."

Dean doesn't say a word and just walks into the bathroom.

"He's a little pent up and frustrated with me, don't mind him," you say as you sit on the end of the bed. Sam turns around to look at you and he catches the shimmer of the dim lights off the new addition to your left hand.

"Congratulations. So you told him, I take it?"

"Thanks, but I told you, there's nothing to tell. It's just a feeling, no proof and literally no way that it can happen."

"Whatever you say, but when you start feeling sick or eating weird food combos, I reserve the right-"

"So, anyway, I got Dean to agree not to hunt down the kitsune. We're gonna trust you, but if it ever happens again then you have to loop us in. But, you saw the ring, so things may change a little. I think Dean and I may take some time out for ourselves soon unless something comes up and you need us of course. But if you can find a way out of this life too, you need to take it."

"You know there aren't many girls like you around ... huntresses that understand the life and everything we've been through. I don't think I can be with anything less now. But don't let that stop you from getting out. You and Dean deserve to be happy and have a normal life."

Dean comes out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped low on his hips, you can't help but check him out as he grabs a pair of grey sweats and a black tee and slips back into the bathroom. As soon as Dean comes back out you slip in, with one of his flannels and your underwear in one hand. You peck his cheek as you pass.

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It's just after 3 am when you hear rustling from the small motel kitchen. You feel Dean's soft breath on the back of your neck and a heavy arm around your waist so you figure it's Sam who still can't sleep. He was up researching something on his laptop when you and Dean laid down together a few hours ago, you figured he wouldn't be up long, but you were obviously wrong. You carefully slip out of Dean's embrace causing him to roll over. You grab yourself a bottle of water from the fridge before joining Sam at the small table.

"Can't sleep?" you ask him.

"You'd think by now I'd be used to all the nightmares, but some nights they just-"

"I get them too, I get it. For me, Dean has helped a lot, just feeling his arms around me ... I know I'm not alone. I really hope you find someone that can do that for you, but until then you have us. You know you're the most important person in his life, and you're like a brother to me. If there's anything I can do-"

"Thanks, Y/N. You're like a sister to me too. But I wouldn't be so sure I'm the most important person in his life anymore. Sure, he cares but-"

"You know how we got here, Sam? We flew, I may not have known until this morning, but I figure you know how he feels about planes, but he got on one to come find you."

"Because he had you by his side. I guarantee that without you he would've wired a car."

"That particular conversation may have come up ... but anyway, the point is we're here and we both care about you," you say as you get up and round the table to hug him.

You look back over to your sleeping boyfriend seeing him starting to toss and turn, "try to get some sleep tonight, okay Sam? Even if it's just a couple of hours. And remember you're not alone and your nightmares can't hurt you."

"Thanks again, Y/N. Good night."

You pat Sam on the shoulder and make your way back to bed. You snuggle up next to Dean, wrapping your arms around him and making him stop moving around. His hand instinctively grabs yours and you drift off to sleep.

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