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Sam left the chapel and headed back down to the medical ward where he knew Ruby and Michael were waiting. Michael because he wasn't going to be leaving the ward for another day or two, and Ruby because she was his mother and that was what mother's did.

Ruby was going to get a laugh out of this - part of Sam was still laughing at the idea of his brother being bored in heaven - and perhaps it would lead to Sam being able to finally talk to his son about Dean.

Something that had been painful to do ever since Dean had died.

He watched them for a moment through the window of the door, a swelling of pride in his chest. His family - his life - and Dean was proud of him. 200 years of self doubt started to bleed away and he felt years younger as he finally opened the door and walked back into the room.

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Michael had slept through most of Sam's time in the chapel, and was only just coming to. It was only a few hours down, really, but he'd rather sleep for a few hours intermittently then be sleeping too much or not able to sleep at all. He just flashed his father a sleepy smile as Sam appeared in the doorway, and Ruby followed his eyes to where Sam was standing, looking up at him with a slight sigh.

"What did Cas have to say?"

She could tell that Sam looked worlds better than he had been before, but that could mean various different things. He certainly didn't seem angry, though, and that in and of itself was a very good sign.

Sam sat on the edge of Michael's bed, taking his hand and squeezing it gently. "Your friend Steve saved your life in many ways," Sam stated to his son, stealing glances to Ruby. "However, his name isn't Steve. It's Dean. And he was a reaper who was doing everything he could to keep you from having to go with him."

Then he looked up at Ruby. "Apparently someone got bored in heaven."

Ruby blinked. It took her a minute, but she got it. And then she leaned back in her chair with one hand over her face, shoulders shaking as she tried not to laugh. "Of course. Of course he would."

Michael glanced back and forth between his parents for a moment, before looking up at Sam. "I'm missing something. Back up a second. He was a reaper?" Clearly, he was very, very confused. "I thought you could only see reapers when they were coming to get you?"

He smiled back at Ruby, glad to see Dean found a way to amuse her evern post-humorously.

Then his attention was back on his son. "Usually, that is the only time, unless they muster the energy to manifest to someone they feel really needs to see them, and even then it's still frowned upon. But you still have to be pretty close to death even then."

Which brought on Sam's worried face as he ran his free hand along Michael's cheek. "Your uncle broke a lot of rules to take care of you. I always told you growing up that he was a great man. Now you can see why."

Michael was still very, very confused. "Okay. So I was dying." Which felt really weird to say out loud, but there he was. He said it. "Why would he bother to save me? I mean -- he's never even met me."

He paused for a minute, before leaning forward, resting his elbows on his knees and burying his face in his hands. "Look, it's not that I'm not grateful that he was looking out for me or anything, but it's one thing when it's just another hunter that the demons are holding on to, and it's another thing when it's my reaper uncle from beyond the grave. I mean -- he died almost two hundred years before I was born. Why would he care about me?"

"Because you're my son and he knows how much you mean to me." Sam ran his hand through Michael's hair in a soothing way. "Because being family doesn't end when someone dies. You're still his nephew, even if he has never been able to be around to show you that."

He shook his head, chuckling. "With all the things you've witnessed growing up, do you really find it strange that you'd have a reaper trying to act like a guardian angel for you in a pinch?"

Honestly? "Yes."

He poked half of his face out from his hands to look at his father, before closing his eyes again. "Look, spirit I could have handled. Angel I could have handled. Reaper? Is kind of a whole other can of worms. Maybe he doesn't need to have met me to come help me out, but -- it's not exactly like I feel some kind of great connection to him. I mean, I love hearing the stories about what you guys did when he was alive, but other than that -- "

Dean was kind of like the grandparent who had died before the child's time. He was loved in his own way, but -- emotionally speaking, he wasn't all that attached.

"Plus -- they haven't exactly been family before either."

Sam sighed a bit. "I understand that disconnection. I wish you could have met him in life. You remind me of him sometimes."

His eyes saddened a bit. "But like I said, he broke a lot of rules to do that for you, so I don't think you'll have to worry about it happening again. Just be grateful that he still held onto that part of himself where he was willing to help, and not just claim you."

"Yeah, yeah," He sat up again, rubbing his eyes a bit. "I am. Really. But -- guess I'm just having a hard time wrapping my brain around it."

"Yeah, well when you're almost 300 years old, it gets easier." He smirked just a bit, trying to lighten the mood.

Michael chuckled slightly, before nodding. "Yeah, I guess so."

He paused for a minute, before looking over at his father. "But this is good for you, right? I mean, at least you know he's still around?"

Sam took a deep breath. "It's nice to know, yes. Amusing that he's even able to cause problems in the afterlife."

He gave a look though to Ruby that spoke of just a bit more. Of knowing that not even a reaper was safe from demons if they wanted to hurt them, and of someone who had died because of that.

Ruby watched Sam for a moment, before looking over at her son with a small smile. "You should get some rest."

"Mom -- I've been resting on and off since I got back."

"Well, you should get some more rest. And your father should get some sleep." She sent a pointed look in Sam's direction. "In a bed. For a solid eight hours." She moved over and gave Sam's shoulder a soft squeeze before starting to pull on his arm lightly. "I'll go see if one of your friends can sit with you for a while, alright? Just get some rest."

Michael sighed softly, before nodding. "Alright. I'll be here."

Sam rolled his eyes at the look, but got up anyway. Because yes, he did need to sleep for some time that didn't involve a chair in a medical ward.

"I'll come back to see you when your mother feels I've rested enough." He kissed his son on the top of his head, then helped him lay back down.

Then he let Ruby pull him upstairs because now he suddenly realized just how tired he was.

She did that, stopping along the way to send a hunter in to sit with Michael, before sliding her arm into Sam's and leaning against him. "So how are you handling the whole Dean thing?"

His arm wrapped around her waist in return, keeping her close. "Better than I was before. Tessa came to talk with me as well, and from how she was talking, it seems that he hasn't lost an ounce of himself over the centuries. It makes me feel good knowing that his energy is out there somewhere, trying to help people, even if it's in a different way."

Of course, there was a silent 'but' on the end of that.

"So what are you so worried about?" she asked, looking up at him.

"Reapers aren't necessarily free from demon attacks."

"Oh," she said softly. "That is true. But most demons don't go near reapers unless they have a deal to bring someone back to life."

"Or going after a seal."

His eyes saddened a bit. he still remembered most of the events of his life, and the psychic Pan who had died because of them was just among the many people who had died helping the brothers.

"Or that," Ruby sighed. "But Dean's smart, Sam. He knows how to stay out of the way of demons."

"I know. I just... I imagined him to find a beach in heaven and spend his afterlife staring at women in bikinis while drinking beer. Not.. reaping."

"Lust is a sin, Sam," Ruby smirked. "I'm sure heaven was pretty boring for him in that respect."

Sam thought for a moment, crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Though it does destroy that other theory that I had going too."

"And what was that?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

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