say you won't let go, sam winchester [ 4 ]

060. happy town

Miranda looks up when Sam walks into the bedorom.

"Hey." She gives him a small smile. "Hey, so, uh, I think you should talk to Wyatt. He's not sleeping and he usually listens to you better an--"

"I can't. I gotta go on a hunt." Sam says.

"A hu-- you literally just got back from a hunt." Miranda says. "Like, literally fifteen minutes ago."

"Yeah, and I found another case." Sam says.

"O-okay, baby, look, I-I know that what happened was very traumatic. But you cannot just avoid your feelings and your family and drown yourself in hunting." Miranda tells him.

"I'm not. I'm just... busy. There's a lot more hunts out there now with everybody gone." Sam says with a small shrug.

"Sammy--"

"I'm going on a case, Miranda." Sam firmly states making the bite back a scream of frustration.

"Fine. We're going with you." Miranda states.

"You're bringing our kids on a hunt?" Sam asks.

"It's not like I'm gonna make them kill the monster. Either we come with you or you stay home." Miranda says. "Maybe you'll come to your senses when you're the one dealing with three sleep deprived, traumatized children."

"Fine. Whatever. I'm leaving in ten." Sam says.

"No. No, we are leaving in twenty, and you are helping Serena pack. I'll get Carly and Wyatt." Miranda says.

"Miranda--"

"Go." She orders, walking out of the room.

~ ~ ~

"Why do we have to go with you?" Serena asks while her dad packs out the clothes he helped her pick out. She had most freedom, Sam vetoing her options if it didn't fit the weather.

"Because mommy wants you guys to come along." Sam says.

"But you two don't like us going on hunts." Serena says.

"Yeah, well... sometimes things happen." Sam says.

"Are you and mommy fighting?" Serena asks, a small frown on her face.

"No. Why would you ask that?" Sam scoffs.

"You're never home. And mommy always falls asleep in one of our rooms cause she hates sleeping alone." Serena says.

"It's just been a long couple of weeks." Sam says. "We're fine."

"You should hug her. She likes hugs." Serena says.

"Okay, come on." Sam zips the bag up and picks it up. "Get Bullseye, let's go." He says. Serena grabs the stuffed toy from Toy Story that Carly got her and follows her dad out.

~ ~ ~

"I don't wanna go." Wyatt whines.

"Hey, you'll be with dad and me and your sisters. It'll be fun... you know, outside of the monster hunting." Miranda says.

"The last monster almost killed me." Carly grumbles.

Miranda's heart clenches, the woman swallowing down the lump in her throat as her daughter's unconscious body shows in her mind.

"Okay, well, dad and I are better prepared. We're not gonna let this thing hurt any of you." Miranda says.

"And what if it does?" Carly asks.

"Then you can hate us for the rest of our lives while we'll regret every terrible choice we've ever made." Miranda says. "Just think of it as a little family trip... while mommy and daddy work."