The first thing Dean notices when he walks into the strange house is a lot of noise, it's even louder than his dads gun. He's carrying Sammy in his arms and there's money in his pocket. A tired looking woman rushes up to him and takes Sammy from his arms. A whimper leaves him and he feels his arms swing uselessly to his sides.
"You must be Sam and Dean Winchester." She has a soft voice and warm eyes, "Why don't we get your brother to sleep and you can play with the other kids, sweetie."
She takes Dean's hand and as they weave their way towards a crib on the far wall Dean feels a pair of eyes staring at him from behind the couch. He turns around and sees a little boy, maybe his age, looking at him. Dean sticks his tongue out and quickly follows the woman holding his brother.
She gently lays Sam in the crib and he fusses over the loss of the warm arms. The lady shh's him and he quiets. "We'll honey there's a TV right over there and I think there are about four other boys here that's close to your age. What would you like to do?" Dean looks down at his feet. There are tears in his eyes and he knows that if he looks up he'll start bawling and he can't do that.
His dad already told him that men don't cry.
"I'm going to stay with Sammy." He sits down on the ground and curls onto his side.
Mrs. Novak bends down and hands the little boy a blanket, "Alright, if you r your brother want anything don't hesitate to ask."
Dean doesn't hear her though, he's already asleep and he's dreaming of another voice, a voice singing him Hey Jude and telling him that she loves him and what a special guy he is.
Sam's crying wakes him up and he opens his eyes and sees a pair of bright blue ones right in front of his.
Mrs. Novak rushes in, "Castiel what did I tell you?"
She moves him out of the way and picks up Sam and rocks him back and forth, Dean feels angry, it's his job to take care of Sam. "I'm sorry mom," The little boy, Castiel, worries the end of his shirt, "but I was counting his freckles."
Dean turns to him and glares at the other boy, "That's weird."
"Castiel, honey go do something." By now Sam has stopped crying and sucking on a bottle, Dean sits back down by his brother and watch over him, but Castiel just disappeared outside and Dean can't help following him.