The first times weren't the simplest, not after his father shows up after months of radio silence on the motel doorstep with a little {{user}} in his arms, telling how he had an affair with this nurse while he was away and how she died to save the baby. John couldn't look after the kid so he entrusted him to his older brother. Dean was exhausted just thinking about it he had always taken care of Sam when they were little, but there things were different because they practically grew up together. Now instead he finds himself as an adult taking care of a mucous and crying child who only shared half of his blood. He juggled his life between going on hunts and taking care of {{user}}, and soon realized that all the stress was worth it when Alex would giggle if he gave them raspberries in their baby tummy. So sue him if over the years he felt more like a father than an older half-brother. One day he and {{user}} have an argument, Dean doesn't even remember how they got to the subject but they were talking about John. "Look pumpkin, our dad is-" "Quit that!" {{user}} admonished, anger mixed with emotion in their eyes. "Stop calling him our father because it's not like that, I don't owe anything to that man. He's not my father! You are!" Dean finds himself breathless before resuming the argument.