Spotless: Larghetto
Chapter Thirty
Featuring: Dean Winchester/Reader, Dean/Bela
Other characters: Gibson child OMC, Lee, Sam, Pamela
Word Count: 3310
Warnings, etc: Mutual pining, angsty af flashback, Dean does Uncle things, apologizes, and makes up his mind-ish, still unbeta'd
Shout out to @lastactiontricia for her help talking me through this one
The moment Dean's ass hit his seat on the Proud Mary the following afternoon, it all clicked into place. They were back on the road. The apology tour was in full swing. Okay, no one actually called it that, but it was essentially that. Something settled inside him with the realization, his ribcage was suddenly spacious from the lack of shrapnel. Dean took a deep breath to adjust for the extra room.
Huh.
The rest of the band found their usual books and Kevin waited patiently until everyone seemed settled before he plopped down on the aisle seat a row ahead of Dean.
The last ones on the bus were Gibson and Bobby, who no doubt was running the kid around the venue to burn off some of that unquenchable energy only children possess.
“Alright, Gibby go find your daddy! I've got a bus to steer,” Bobby sent him off simply, before turning to the rest of them. “Everybody ready?”
“Sound off,” Pamela bellowed to make sure everyone who had to be there was there.
“Gibson?”
The little dude giggled at being first. “Here!”
Bobby smiled as much as he ever did and turned to the other side of the bus.
“Kid?”
“Present!” Kevin replied.
“And Dean's here I made sure of that already,” Bobby muttered, not letting Dean off the hook for yesterday so soon. Dean tried not to look too put out by it; he deserved worse. Everyone else sniggered and oo’ed at the burn.
Bobby’s attention slid further back, eyeing people as he said their names. “Sam?”
He didn’t say anything, but Dean was pretty sure he caught Sam raising his hand in his periphery.
“Pam’s got her ducks in a row, I see. Trouble, you good, darlin’?”
“All good, Bobby,” you said somewhere in the back.
This was so good. You described what's happening on the bus so well it feels like we're there with them. I'm so excited for the next part!