Author: HalfshellVenus
Category: Dean (Gen, Angst)
Rating: PG
Summary: Season 1 drabble on "Resolutions" for

Author's Notes: Happy belated birthday to
x-x-x-x-x
Crying won't bring her back.
Dean learned that one from Dad—even if Dad only ever meant it for himself, not a lesson for his boys but the key to surviving unspeakable loss.
We'll find Dad again, just gotta keep looking.
Months of wondering and unreturned phone calls, but Dean kept the faith. Turned out Dad wasn't lost—he just didn't want to be found.
If Sam tries to leave again, I won't beg him to stay.
That was before Dad died, before Sam—oh god, Sam…
Dean couldn't possibly have known all the forms that begging would finally take.
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