[TFLN overflow] The "Fathers are Terrible" Club

[cursedhyacinth]

Jacinda spent a night bar-hopping with a diverse group of people. The morning after, there's a text on zir phone from Dean Winchester:

Did I tell you guys I was bisexual last night? I just had a flashback

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The discussion turns to Dean's terrible father -- which Jacinda can relate to. Zie invites Dean to come over and speak in person.

After picking up a load of clean clothes that was left on the couch, and tossing it into the bedroom, Jacinda vacuums the front room and starts a pot of coffee. Whether they sit in the living room or the kitchen, at least there will be something to do -- fixing cups of coffee -- to fill up any awkward silences in conversation.

There. Everything's ready for Dean to come over.

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[cursedhyacinth]

"I didn't really have a brother, growing up. Not until I got adopted." Jacinda sighs. "It's kind of a mess, isn't it? You love 'im, you want him to be safe and all that, but sometimes... sometimes you think he's the son your father actually wants, and you won't ever measure up. You won't deserve love. It makes you mad and then you feel like garbage for being mad."

[venatoris]

"Uh, yeah. Pretty much exactly that."

Talk about hitting the nail on the head.

"He always kinda favored my brother. Like, yeah, sure, we were both taught to fight and shoot, but I was the one made into the soldier. Not Sam."

[cursedhyacinth]

Jacinda shudders. 'A Good Solider'...

Zie mutters, "I should've been his son, not his soldier..." then shakes zir head. This is about Dean, not Jacinda. "And the same for you... your dad should have treated you both the same. Like his sons. The fact that he didn't was wrong, and it's on him."