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Baby Blues

Epilogue

Sam leaned back against the windshield of the Impala and looked up at the night sky dotted with pinpricks of white stars. The last few days had been rough. He was happy to have his brother alive and safe at his side when both of them could have easily lost their lives to the angry poltergeist that had terrorized a young family. The smallest child, a little girl of about three with blonde hair and blue eyes, had taken quite a liking to Sam.

The little girl had begged to be held by the tallest Winchester brother and had even given him a big, noisy kiss on the cheek when the poltergeist had been banished and it was time for the boys to leave. It made Sam's thoughts turn to Jess and the baby the two of them had lost years ago. Sam's heart still ached at the thought of what might have been.

"I think you had a little girlfriend there, Sammy," Dean teased as he glanced over at his brother and shifted to get more comfortable. "That kid was in love with you." Dean didn't say what he was really thinking – a kid looked good on his brother, really good.

Sam somehow seemed to sense his Dean's train of thought. "I was almost a father once," he blurted into the darkness, his eyes fixated on the stars above them. He could feel his brother's eyes on him, so he continued speaking. "Jess and I, we were going to be parents."

"What happened?" Dean asked quietly, watching in the starlight as Sam's jaw tightened.

"Ectopic pregnancy. Jess was bleeding. She had to have emergency surgery." Sam ran a hand through his long hair, ruffling it in agitation. "I always thought we'd have more time, you know?"

"Yeah, Sammy, I know," Dean replied quietly as he allowed his shoulder to bump against his younger brother's.

The two of them sat in companionable silence staring up at the night sky and thinking about what might have been.

The End

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