Unless one knew John Winchester well, they would never have believed him capable of being infinitely gentle and even sweet, even John himself, but sometimes he was able to find a bit of that man he had once been – and it was often for Mary. So it was with gentle, slow movements that John led her through getting undressed, into a brief shower and then dried and into pyjamas, getting wet himself in the process because he hadn't wanted to join her in the shower – not tonight, not after this – and so needing to keep her with him to change his clothes as well, as she still hadn't seemed to want to be away from him for him to even do that.
"Want to go sit on the bed?" he asked, tugging the t-shirt over his head. The answer might well be the same as before, but part of him had to keep giving her that out if she needed it.