Chapter Text
Date: June 5, 2011
Challenge Word: Card
Word Count: 100 on the dot
Timeline: Season Five, Tag / Missing Scene to 5x22 SWAN SONG, taking place immediately after the shot of Dean being held by Lisa in the doorway but before the dinnertime scene
She lays on the sofa, carding her fingers through his short, spiky hair, her arms wrapped protectively around his shoulders. He exhales, stirs in his exhausted sleep, brow furrowing in pain, grief. A low, stifled sob escapes him, but he doesn't wake.
She shushes him gently, caressing the nape of his neck as he stills again. She doesn't tell him that it's going to be all right. There is nothing she can say. Nothing she can do.
He slides his arms around her hips, squeezes.
She tugs the quilt higher, tucking it around them, and watches the sun come up.