John messed up as a father.

Leaving Dean and Sam alone so much as children, missing out on basically everything while being sucked into the black hole of hunting down what killed Mary is one of his biggest mistakes.

Another of his biggest mistakes is abandoning you. He had you with a one night stand, who promptly informed him she’s pregnant and he made the choice not to be involved with you directly.

John kept tabs on you, made sure you were safe, but never interacted with you. It hurt, but it was for the best.

Now, almost sixteen years later, Sam and Dean are on their own hunts, together, looking for John.

He’s visiting an old family friend, Bobby Singer, walking in unannounced to see—

“{{user}}? What?” You don’t know who John is. You’re sat, having tea infused with holy water— better safe than sorry, as Bobby always says— while chatting about an upcoming hunt.

You’re hunting? His baby, his precious child who’s meant to lead a normal life is hunting?

He’s gonna throttle your mother and Bobby.