Firefighter!Dean/Sam raised apart

[fndshktty.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. I'm looking for a specific fic. If I remember correctly, Sam and Dean were raised separately. Then John dies and Sam goes searching for Dean. He finds him working as a firefighter and raising Ben as a single dad. He doesn't tell Dean who he is at first. There's Wincest at the end. It's got a bunch of other characters in it. Like Benny and Pamela and I think Gordon Walker. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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[phoenix1966]

Always Gold by righteousbros

Summary: Non-hunting AU. As children, Sam and Dean lived in the shadow of their father's grief and his whiskey-fueled violent outbursts. Dean bore the brunt of it all in order to protect Sam. When evidence of the abuse is revealed, the boys are removed from their home and separated from each other. Sam is adopted and Dean is sent to a string of foster homes before they finally lose track of one another by distance and circumstance. Sam goes to Stanford to study law and Dean eventually joins the Marines. Sam tries to find Dean a few times, but when his military record seems to dead end with Dean marked MIA Sam assumes the worst. Eighteen years after they last saw each other, Sam gets a call that John has died and learns that Dean is alive and living in their old hometown of Lawrence. Dean, now a firefighter and a single dad, doesn't recognize Sam as the kid brother he once knew now after so many years apart. As their relationship becomes more entangled, Sam struggles with how to tell Dean the truth without losing him forever.

[fndshktty.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's now bookmarked on AO3 so I won't lose it again. :)

[phoenix1966]

Glad I could help!