Sam wants a cat, John says no.
Jan. 24th, 2014 02:08 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
I don't remember *anything* about this fic except for one fleeting scene.
This is set pre-canon, when Sam at least is in high school. They find a cat, or a kitten. Maybe a puppy? Anyway, a stray adorable animal, and Sam wants to keep it. And John, in a non-bastard way, tells him, We can't keep this animal, animals need space and room, it would feel trapped with us on the road unable to get out of the car; Can you imagine that, Sam?
Dean's the observer.
There's an implication that Sam's suffering something that John doesn't know about? That Sam's trapped in some situation he can't get out of, and so John's words hit harder, because Sam knows exactly what it's like to be trapped, and no one knows and can look out for him.
I'm very sorry I can't provide anymore information - my brain is a squeezed sponge.
This is set pre-canon, when Sam at least is in high school. They find a cat, or a kitten. Maybe a puppy? Anyway, a stray adorable animal, and Sam wants to keep it. And John, in a non-bastard way, tells him, We can't keep this animal, animals need space and room, it would feel trapped with us on the road unable to get out of the car; Can you imagine that, Sam?
Dean's the observer.
There's an implication that Sam's suffering something that John doesn't know about? That Sam's trapped in some situation he can't get out of, and so John's words hit harder, because Sam knows exactly what it's like to be trapped, and no one knows and can look out for him.
I'm very sorry I can't provide anymore information - my brain is a squeezed sponge.