InsaneJournal

Who: Ruby and Sam Winchester
What: Talking
Where: Their apartment
When: Tonight
Warnings: Will update if necessary.

He'd read Green Eggs And Ham twice through, because when he closed the book the first time, the cardboard cover snapped and Caden stirred. He was careful not to make that mistake a second time, and gently set the book aside. He lay still for a moment more before slowly moving to slither out of the four year old's bed. Caden's hand twitched, but he didn't open his eyes.

Sam stood and smiled down at his sleeping son. He walked backward to the door. He pulled the door shut slowly, and leaned his head against it for a moment. He needed to talk to Ruby about Juno, and it was a conversation he didn't want to have. He'd been trying to keep the peace, but he had come to a breaking point.

Dean had died. He'd been brought back, but the fact was he'd been lost, gone for a few days, and that brought family back in to focus. Juno had given birth to Caden, she had given him the most precious gift, but she wasn't Caden's mother. Sam had been his father from the moment he took his first breath. Ruby had come back in to Sam's life some time after, but she was the one Caden called Mommy.

The stress between Juno and Ruby couldn't be over looked any more. Sam couldn't keep pushing it under the rug and hope it would go away. He knew he'd been wrong when he suggested Juno come over to study, as she had done when she'd been pregnant. She wasn't pregnant now, and having her around so often was only sending mixed signals to everyone involved.

Sam pushed off the wall by Caden's door. Ruby was in their bedroom, and Sam made his way there. He smiled at her across the room, and had that feeling that she could read in his expression that he needed to talk to her. He tried to put it off another minute, and crossed the room to lean down and kiss her cheek. "Hey, you. He's out. Only had to read it twice tonight."