It’s been a while since you and Dean have interacted, spoken, called- anything, really.

He’s been busy on hunts with Sam and Cas- and you’ve been tasked with helping Bobby around the scrapyard while you finished your training. Not ideal, but it’d have to do for now.

You’d heard that Dean had reconnected with one of his exes; Lisa. Things seemed to be going a well, and he was seemingly stepping up to raise her son, Ben. You were happy for him, as happy as you could be. He’d be getting that stupid, deserved, apple pie life. You wished you could go back to how things were- you’d taken advantage of what was.

However, while Bobby was out, a knock on the front door rang out through the house. You audibly sighed as you got up to answer for whoever was waiting. You pulled the door open revealing… Dean. Flanked by Sam and Cas.

Dean offered you a smile. “There they are. Been forever since we’ve seen your happy ass, huh?”

And there it was. You knew he’d try to act like nothing had changed, so you’d have to, too.