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E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100

Challenge word: Flat

Warnings: Spoilery for Seasons 1 through 3. An exercise in Winchester "What ifs?"

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If John had never died that first time, or Mary had refused Azazel's deal;

If Mary had stayed out of the nursery, and lived to love her sons;

If John had let grief sweep him away, and flat out abandoned his boys after Mary burned;

If Dean had never cared to watch over Sammy, had never loved his brother with that all-consuming ferocity;

If John had allowed his eldest son to die;

If Dean had let his brother go, given into the pain and hurt, fired up the pyre and watched Sam's empty body burn –

Would Hell have frozen over?

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