Daddy Issues

[dizzojay]

DADDY ISSUES

Rating: K+
Genre: Angst/Family
Word Count: 200
Spoilers/warnings: Two drabbles based on Dean's comment in 1.22 'Devil's Trap', so maybe a spoiler for that episode.

Bobby Singer's relationship with John Winchester was a tumultuous one. Although Bobby may have sympathised with John's choices, he didn't necessarily like or approve of them. However, one thing that never wavered was Bobby's love for John's boys. Pre-series. 

Disclaimer: don't own.



xxxxx

Two boys sat silently on Bobby's couch watching cartoons

Sam, a painfully shy eight-year-old was withdrawn to the point of being sullen, and Bobby knew from experience he could be defiant and wilful.

He watched the little shrimp clinging to his brother, the only person he trusted.

Of course the kid was a handful; he was rootless, confused and unhappy. Bobby could relate, and his heart bled for the boy.

He didn't want to be around the Winchester household when that kid hit adolescence. John Winchester had set himself up for a heap of trouble.

And the bull-headed idjit deserved it.

xxxxx

Bobby's eye strayed to Dean, twelve years old, still waiting for his growth spurt, and on the threshold of adolescence.

He should have been out tossing a ball with his friends; he should have been starting to discover girls; or more importantly, starting to discover Dean Winchester.

Instead he was aged before his years; blindly idolising an absent and misguided father, and haunted by responsibilities that no shoulders so green and so narrow should ever be asked to bear.

Bobby's anger for his young charges simmered over as he heard the Impala pull up outside, three days late.

He reached for his shotgun.

xxxxx

end

Comments

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Excellent last two lines.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it x

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's my new head canon on what happened. Love the look at both boys and this line in particular: "haunted by responsibilities that no shoulders so green and so narrow should ever be asked to bear." was fantastic.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I can't think of a more likely reason for Bobby to turn a shotgun on John! Heck, I wanted to when I saw the way he spoke to Dean sometimes :(

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Can you remind me what the comment was in 1.22? Wonderful fic.

:)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it.
The comment I was referring to is when Dean says to Bobby that he wasn't sure of they should come to his place because last time they were there Bobby turned a shotgun on John.

I spoke to Jim Beaver at a convention last year and I asked him about that comment and whether any explanation was ever discussed, and he said no, it was just random dialogue that the writers threw in to give a bit of colour to Bobby's background, so I decided to make up my own explanation instead!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Excellent drabbles, each one adding a layer. As others have said, the last two lines are powerful.