Blood and Fire

Banner By: Eva
Title: Blood and Fire
Rating: PG-13
Author: Sxymami0909
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: John, Sam, Dean
Word Count: 970
Prompt: “the first cut is the deepest” (Fandon_Fridays)



John Winchester hadn’t always lived the life of a hunter. Once upon a time he had a normal life, living blissfully ignorant of the horrors that roamed the earth. Then he met an amazing woman, fell deeper in love than he thought was possible, got married, and popped out a couple of rugrats.

John owned a home, worked as a mechanic, and made an honest living. He had the perfect life until one day he didn’t. One night changed it all, ripped his mundane existence out from under him, opening his eyes to true evil.

Blood and fire were the first and last things he saw that night. The pain consumed him, made his soul cry out for lost love, missed childhoods, and vengeance. The first cut was the deepest. It tore through John like a rabid beast eating away at a carcass.

He was empty, emotions holed away, buried deep inside where not even his sons could reach. His life now was made up of death and loss. It was the hand he’d been dealt since his wife’s death, but nothing would ever hurt as much as that first cut into his soul.

The depth of his anguish would resignate even after he left this world. John Winchester started off with a normal life, now all he had left was hope that he could right past wrongs and the promise of revenge.

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Sam Winchester never had a normal life. He’d always been surrounded by evil; his father had explained it to him long ago. The loss of a mother he’d never known drove John to this life. Quiet desperation, roaming the earth searching for the demon that killed the only woman he’d ever loved.

The only thing Sam ever wanted was normalcy and so the day he turned eighteen he left the darkness behind, starting over without the burden of his father’s past. He met an amazing woman and fell deeper in love than he thought was possible.

They moved in together and he finally had the normal life he’d always longed for. Sam was happy, he had the perfect life until one day he didn’t. One night changed it all; his past had finally caught up with him. Blood and fire were the first and last things he saw that night.

Had his brother not pulled him from the flames, protecting him once again, it was possible he would have died that day too. The pain consumed him, made his soul bleed for lost love, second chances, and vengeance. The first cut was the deepest.

It torn through Sam, guilt clawing its way to the surface tormenting him. He had lived in darkness, but it had never truly touched his core until that day. He was angry, emotions piling up inside, ready to burst at any moment.

His life now was made up of guilt and pain; it was the life he ran from only to be pulled back in like a drowning swimmer. It was the hand he’d been dealt since his girlfriend’s death, but nothing would ever hurt as much as the first cut into his world.

Sam Winchester started a normal life with his girlfriend Jessica, now all he had left was hope that the present could be fixed and the promise of revenge.



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Dean Winchester never had a normal life. He had always lived the life of a hunter and he had been okay with that. He didn’t own a home, he didn’t have a standard job, and he committed fraud on a regular basis. The only thing he had ever wanted was to keep his family together.

His father’s disappearance had inadvertently brought their small family back together and when John Winchester had sold his soul to save his oldest son it hurt, but Dean had still had his brother. Then one day he met an amazing woman and fell deeper in love than he thought was possible.

So, he ran. He saw what happened to their father, his brother, and seeing the vibrant passion in her, Dean didn’t think he’d be able to endure her death. So he ignored the spark and her advances; went on with his life and he had been content just knowing she would be okay.

When he and Sam accidentally started the apocalypse and she came back into his life she had been different. Harder, stronger and he had even let himself take comfort in her presence. He was fighting a war with his family and the woman he loved by his side.

In Dean’s eyes, even if the world was ending, he had the perfect life until he didn’t. One day changed it all, his families’ legacy finally catching up with him. Blood and fire were the first and last things he saw that night. The pain consumed him, made his soul howl for lost love, his future, and vengeance.

The first cut was the deepest. It ruptured a hole in Dean the way the hellhound tore the flesh from her body. He was broken; anguish taking hold of him, squeezing an iron fist around his heart until his emotions were buried so deep all that was left was numbness.

Dean had been through a lot of pain in his thirty-one years, lost a lot of people, but losing her was what broke him. His life now was made up of anger and remorse; it was the life he hid from only for it to find him once again.

He was cold and empty. It was the hand he’d been dealt since her death, but nothing would ever hurt as much as the first cut into his heart. Dean Winchester had dreamed of a normal life with Jo Harvelle, now all he had left was a lack of hope for the future and revenge.