Don't Blink by the--blackdahlia (John Winchester X Reader)

Chapter 21

"Dean! Holy water! Silver knife! Now!" Sam called out to his brother. He kept his gun trained on the younger version of his dad standing in the doorway, keeping him away from (Y/n). Dean gave Rosie over to Adam.

"Don't come out until I tell you to." He said. He took his flask of holy water and his silver pocket knife into Sam, stopping dead in his tracks at the person Sam was just moment away from shooting. "That's...no. We burnt your body." Dean said, shaking his head.

"Hence the need for the tests." Sam said. Dean nodded and flung holy water at John, but nothing happened. Dean roughly grabbed his arm and slid the knife across it, but still nothing happened. Dean stepped back, stunned, looking over at Sam, who slowly lowered his gun. (Y/n) walked over towards him.

"John?" She asked. He smiled.

"I know, I look amazing." He chuckled. She reached up and touched his face before slapping.

"Mom?" Sam asked. John raised a hand.

"I deserved that." He said, rubbing his stinging cheek. "She told me everything that was going to happen to us and I still went after Yellow Eyes anyway."

"Are we all really that stubborn?" Dean asked.

"Yes!" Bobby and Cas called from the kitchen.

"No one asked you!" Dean yelled at them. "The big question is, how are you here? We burnt your body, and you sure as hell weren't in your thirties when we did it." John looked down at the pocket of his jacket and saw a card sticking out of it. A Hannah Montana birthday card. He opened it.

"It says "Thanks for keeping me safe. Rosie is a good kid. John and (Y/n) will find each other no matter what timeline or universe. I just wanted them to be reunited before heaven. See you at Rosie's birthday. Gabe."." John read. "I guess that answers it." Rosie managed to get away from Adam then and ran towards (Y/n).

"Mommy, who's that?" She asked when (Y/n) picked her up. John stared at the little girl. She had been just a little baby when he left.

"Rosie, that's your daddy." (Y/n) said. "He came home." Rosie looked around with wide eyes. Meeting her big brothers and her dad in all day was big news. Even bigger then when she got to go pick out jewelry for her ears at the mall with (Y/n).

"My daddy?" She asked. (Y/n) nodded. She looked over at Dean for confirmation. She had just met him, but she knew that he wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. Dean smiled at her.

"He's your dad, just like he's mine, Sam's, and Adam's." Dean explained. Rosie nodded and wiggled out of (Y/n)'s arms. She walked over towards John and looked up at him with curious eyes that had him breaking down in tears. He shouldn't have gotten a second chance to be in her life, but he had. And he wasn't going to mess it up this time. He picked her up and hugged her close.

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Things went well for a few days. Sam and Adam were still trying to get used to the fact that they were full blooded brothers, but Dean promised Sam that they were still brothers no matter what, and he would always protect him. Nothing had changed between them.

John was getting used to be alive. Four years is a long time and John was struggling to adapt to the changes that had taken place in his absence. Rosie was happy to have people to play with besides (Y/n) and Gabe. Dean was the best at fairy princess tea parties. Sam read the best bedtime stories. Adam gave the best hugs.

With this many people in the house at once, (Y/n) ran out of food fast. Cas teleported Dean's car to them, and (Y/n) had her own. Putting Rosie in her car seat, they headed out for groceries. It was a little weird being in the restaurant together with the boys, and it was even weirder walking around Walmart with them in tow and Rosie sitting in the cart.

They hadn't had so much food in the house before. With it just being (Y/n) and Rosie, not much was needed. Cas didn't eat, but all the Winchester's and a Bobby did, which required (Y/n) to have to make a trip to Costco.

"Mommy, can we go play outside?" Rosie asked later that evening. The boys were all looking through a photo album. (Y/n) smiled and led her outside to her rope swing. John watched from the kitchen, smiling lovingly at the two of them. Dean came into the kitchen to get a beer from the fridge. He had always been told that John had been hopelessly in love with Mary, but seeing the way that John looked at (Y/n), he wondered how much of that was true.

"Dad." Dean said. "About what happened...back in '06. I didn't realize how much you gave up for me."

"Dean, you're my son." John said. "I would do anything to keep you safe."

"But if I would've known about Rosie and (Y/n), I never would've let you do it..." Dean said. John shook his head. He could see the guilt weighing on his son's shoulders.

"Dean, you didn't let me do anything." John said. He smiled at his son before looking back out the kitchen window. He looked out to see (Y/n) standing between Rosie and someone new.

"No!" Dean said. "Sam! Cas! Zach's here!" Dean grabbed his gun and bolted out of the house, John, Sam, Adam, and Cas following, Bobby staying in the house.

"So good you guys could join us." Zachariah laughed. "And thanks for leading me here Castiel. You've done well."

"You bastard." (Y/n) hissed at Cas. "How could you do this to me again?"

"I..." Cas started to say.

"He didn't know I was tracking him." Zachariah said. "I couldn't get a pinpoint on you, but I knew he would eventually. So I decided to track him to find you."

"Why?" (Y/n) asked, keeping a hand on Rosie. Zachariah smiled.

"Because they'll do anything for their mom." He reached out and touched her forehead, making her fall to the ground.

"(Y/n)!" John screamed. Zachariah smiled at her.

"She's not waking up unless Michael and Lucifer get their vessels." Zachariah explained. "And, to make sure that you play your roles..." He reached out and grabbed Rosie by her arm, pulling her to him.

"Let her go!" Sam snapped. Zachariah laughed.

"No." He said. "You know what I want Sam." Rosie was crying.

"Dean! Daddy! Help!" She reached for them. John made a step to get to his daughter, but Zachariah pulled her away, disappearing with her. John ran to (Y/n), gently shaking her. But she didn't wake up. Cas walked over and touched her forehead.

"It's a lock." He said. "She can't wake up until Michael and Lucifer get what they want." He explained. John held (Y/n) to his chest, burying his face in her hair. He had just gotten her and Rosie back only to lose them again.

"What about...what if you guys kill him?" Adam asked. "Maybe it could undo what he did?" Dean and Sam looked at each other.

"There's a chance." Cas said. "We have to get to him. And where he is, he has to have Rosie." John picked (Y/n) up and carried her inside. He carried her to the couch and gently laid her on it, playing with her hair.

"Find them." Dean growled at Cas. "Because I'm going to kill him nice and slowly for messing with our mom." No one made a comment that Dean called (Y/n) his mom. The only thing one their mind right then was getting Rosie back and killing Zachariah.