Supernatural isn't mine.  AU tag to 2x20 What is and What Should
Never Be. What if Dean had never realised that it was a dream?
Door Number Two  Sam and Jess are heading back to California at
six a.m. the day after Mom's birthday. Dean's there in the grey
light, waiting by their car, and Sam stares at him like he's
lost his mind.  "Take a picture," says Dean.  Sam frowns. "Is
something wrong? Did something happen?"  "No, man." Dean ignores
the hurt in his gut; he figures however it was he lived his life
before, he probably deserves what he gets. "Just wanted to say
goodbye."  He hugs Jess, but not Sam. He waits by the driver-
side window, though, and Sam rolls it down.  "I'll call," Dean
says. "Safe trip."  He feels Sam's eyes on him as he makes his
way back to the house to make breakfast for Mom.   He calls the
same night, and the first thing Sam asks him is if he's been
drinking. Dean's beginning to wonder if he has a drinking
problem; there's a hell of a lot of beer bottles out back,
waiting to be recycle