All You Did was Save my Life

Telling Ben

            Several weeks later Dean and Cas were getting ready to tell Ben about the baby. They had already told Sam and Bobby, both of whom had taken it well.

            “Hey buddy,” Dean said, sitting on the bed next to his son as the child played his video game. He pulled Cas down next to him as Ben paused his game and looked at them.

            “Am I in trouble?” he asked and Sam laughed from where he sat at the table on the other side of the room. Dean glared at him before turning back to his son.

            “No, you’re not in trouble buddy,” Dean told him, pulling Ben onto his lap, “Me and Cas just wanted to talk to you for a minute.”

            “About what?” Ben asked, looking up at them.

            “Well, you know how Uncle Sam is my little brother?” Dean started and Ben nodded, “Well, how would you feel about having your own little brother or sister?”

            “Really?” Ben asked excitedly.

            “Yup,” Dean said, “Me and Cas are gonna have a baby.”

            “When?” Ben asked, turning around to look at his dad.

            “In a few months,” Cas said, “The baby needs to get bigger first.” Dean sighed in relief. He had gone over with Cas what they were going to say, but Dean had still been worried the angel would get into descriptions when Ben asked questions.

            “Where it the baby?” Ben asked curiously.

            “Baby’s here,” Dean said, resting his hand on Cas’ stomach.

            “How’d it get there?” Ben looked up at his father, tilting his head in the same way Cas did when he was confused. Dean looked at Cas as he realized this was the one question they hadn’t prepared for. Sam, seeing the lost look on his brother’s face, decided to jump to the rescue.

            “It’s cause Cas is an angel,” Sam said and Ben turned to look at his uncle, “When a man and a woman or a human and an angel love each other, they’re given a baby. But the baby has to grow in either the woman or the angel’s stomach for a few months first.”

            “Which means,” Dean continued, throwing his brother a grateful look, “You’re gonna have to be careful around Cas until the baby gets here, okay? No jumping on him and no rough housing.”

            “Okay daddy, I’ll be careful,” Ben smiled up at him before he moved over to Cas and wrapped his arms carefully around him. Cas wrapped Ben in his arms and smiled at Dean, feeling relieved that Ben had accepted the baby so willingly.