kellifer: (Sam and Dean)
kellifer ([personal profile] kellifer) wrote2006-12-07 10:39 pm

"Five Pets The Winchesters Almost Had"

Title: Five Pets The Winchesters Almost Had
By: [livejournal.com profile] kellifer_fic
Fandom: SPN
Rating: G
Category: Gen
Words: 922
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue, no money!
Spoilers: None
Notes: Thanks to my beta *superfox*



~Mr Fish~


Dean was unpacking Sam’s school bag when he paused, holding his little brother’s thermos in hand.

When Sam had left, his thermos has been black and red. The one he held in his hand was a vibrant green. Dean rolled his eyes, shaking the thermos a little and discovering it still full. He wondered why he bothered sometimes. He’d given up the last of the chocolate milk and Sam hadn’t even drunk it.

Dean undid the cap in a couple of annoyed yanks and tipped the thermos into the sink, freezing and staring when water poured out and then a goldfish landed with a wet thwap.

“Christ!” Dean breathed, hooking the plug by the chain and fumbling it into the bottom of the sink and then twisting the cold tap on hard. The fish flopped a couple of times and then finally righted itself and swam around when the water was deep enough.

“Sammy!” Dean barked and his brother came thumping in from the lounge room, taking note of Dean standing over the sink with the upturned thermos with large eyes.

“Mr Fish!” he cried, darting over to the sink and huffing a sigh of relief when he saw the goldfish doing lazy laps.

“You left with milk this morning,” Dean said and Sam looked up at him, shrugging.

“I traded with Jimmy Miller,” he said, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

“The kid in the blue house down on the corner?” Dean asked and Sam nodded, hooking his elbows over the sink and resting his chin on the edge, watching the goldfish circle.

“Why would he take a fish to school in a thermos?” Dean asked and Sam looked at him, rolling his eyes and said with the grave wisdom of an eight year old,

“How else is he supposed to take a fish to school?”

~Pickles~


“Her name’s Pickles,” Sam said solemnly and Dean eyed him from the doorway, watching the small tortoiseshell cat chew on Sam’s fingers.

“You know we can’t keep her, right?” He hated being the bad guy, but a cat was just not a practical pet for the road.

Hell, he didn’t know if there was an animal that was.

“I know,” Sam sighed, flipping the cat onto its back and scratching its belly. It curled around his hand and attacked his thumb with kitteny glee. “The pet store down the road lets volunteers take animals they haven’t sold yet home on the weekends. Mr Walters said I was pretty young but I looked responsible.”

“Oh, okay,” Dean nodded. “Has she eaten?”

Sam looked up at Dean, a small smile on his face. “Nah. You wanna?” he asked, scooping the kitten up and holding her out to Dean.

~Twinky~


“That rat has got to go,” Dean snarled, stalking into Sam’s room and casting about, finally dropping to his knees and looking under the bed. He reached under and then yelped, pulling back a bloody finger.

“He’s not a rat, he’s a ferret,” Sam snapped, dropping his hand over the side of the bed and a small caramel and white form darted forward, letting itself be scooped up and held against Sam’s chest. “What do you think Twinky did now?”

“He peed in my sleeping bag.”

“He what?” Sam snorted, Dean glaring at the small creature who had left the safety of Sam’s arms and had scuttled up to his shoulder, long body half curled around the back of his neck, glaring back at Dean.

“He didn’t just pee on it either. He unrolled it, got inside, and peed in it.”

Sam broke down into helpless giggles, right up until Dean said, “He did it in Dad’s too.”

~Peter Rabbit~


“No.”

“But-“

“No.”

“Dean, you’re-“

“How many different ways do I have to say no before you get I’m sayin’ no?”

“But you can housetrain them. It won’t mess up the Impala, I swear.”

“Sam, I am not having a… bunny traveling with us. I don’t care how cute he looked sitting in his own food bowl, which by the way sounds like a pretty dumb thing to do to me.”

“I just thought-“

“Did we really need further proof that you are a giant girl?”

“-it’d be fun.”

“Dude, a bunny?”

“Yeah, alright.”

~Untitled~


“So, what do you think?”

“I don’t know. With a new baby and everything…”

John curled into Mary’s side, propping his chin on her shoulder. “The kid’s been great about all this and it’s the only thing he wants for Christmas.”

“I know but-“

“Hon, every little boy should have a dog.”

Mary rolled her eyes, cuffing John on the shoulder. “I think it’s this little boy that wants one,” she said, laughing when John flushed. “Alright, but a small dog.”

“A small one,” John groaned. “You gonna lump our boy with a girl’s dog?”

“No, but I’d prefer not to get one that could fit our Sammy in its jaws,” Mary said, poking John in the ribs. “I know you, you’ll come back with something with huge ears and paws that will grow bigger than a horse.”

“We’ll all go together and vote on a dog. It’ll be a democracy.”

“Like that’s going to be fair,” Mary rolled her eyes.

“You can be Sammy’s proxy. I don’t think he’d old enough to vote yet,” John chuckled, running hands along Mary’s flank, white material against his tan hands.

“Alright. We’ll go tomorrow. I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up watching TV all night.”

“I won’t.”
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2006-12-07 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
“But you can housetrain them. It won’t mess up the Impala, I swear.”

“Sam, I am not having a… bunny traveling with us. I don’t care how cute he looked sitting in his own food bowl, which by the way sounds like a pretty dumb thing to do to me.”


ROTLMAO! That had me snorting.

I love Sam's logic about the fish.

And the last one killed me dead.

(Oh, and I got your card yesterday. Thanks!)

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
:D Yay!

[identity profile] huggenkiss.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You know what? I hate you. You give me this nice, fluffy happy story and then you go and rip my still beating heart from my chest. You FIEND!

...

...

Okay, I don't hate you. I actually kinda love you for that because it's rare that story can get me to gasp out loud and make tears come to my eyes with just one simple sentance.

“Alright. We’ll go tomorrow. I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up watching TV all night.”

*wibbles*

Don't mind me, I'll be sitting here in the corner waiting for you to write more fabulous stories. :D

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Daw... thanks hon. I didn't mean to hurt you so badly. No...really. I didn't... *evilgrin*

[identity profile] azraelz-angel.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The first four had me giggling outloud. Sam's logic on how to get a goldfish to school. Dean's parenting throughout the whole thing was just...*swoon*.

And the last one...I'll just leave it at Wow.

Thanks for sharing.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou for reading!
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[personal profile] theladyscribe 2006-12-07 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
“Alright. We’ll go tomorrow. I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up watching TV all night.”

*cries*

The others were absolutely delightful... Especially number four, with older!Sam&Dean. Because I could just see Sam wanting a bunny of all things.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hee... you know he would. He's just a big soft puppy... :)

[identity profile] forgotten-pixie.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww you pull me in with the adorable cuteness and then just kill me at the end! Just lovely, and sad.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou!

[identity profile] angelustatt.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Add me to the list of people you killed with the last part. It's amazing how much pain and sorrow can be given by a few simple sentences.

That was awesome, mate. I giggled my ass off over the fish and can see my daughter coming up with the same simple logic.

Do you realise I squeal like a mad woman when I see new fic from you?? Damn you for being addictive! ;)

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Hee... yay for mad-woman squealing! *blushes*

[identity profile] miera-c.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Dean wanted a puppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*melts*
I loved Mr. Fish because Sam's totally right. How else would you bring your fish to school?

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely. It's perfectly logical.
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[identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
so, so cute. the image of a ferret hanging around sam's neck, glaring at dean, kills me dead. no doubt twinky peed in dean's sleeping back because it thought he was a mean older brother. sam's little-boy logic in the first one is priceless, as is dean's complete resistance to having a bunny. ("dude, a bunny?") and i can imagine his face when confronted by a kitten. :D

and then the last one, that's just tragic. john (as dean's proxy :> ) asks for a dog and instead gets a demon. :(

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
:D Thanks for reading!
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[personal profile] tabaqui 2006-12-07 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwwwww. Wheeee!
The *should* have had pets. I'll bet they did from time to time.

Fun stuff!
*and a little sniffly there at the end*

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I've never seen two boys more in need of a puppy!
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[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Wow... thankyou! My friends have started having babies and kid-logic just kills me.

Although the ferret thing happened to a friend. The ferret actually went to the trouble of dragging her sleeping bag out from under a pile of them, getting into and *then* peeing. *laughs*

[identity profile] glitterdemon.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
i love these. i love that it's dean handling sam and telling him no, up until the last one, where it's before mary's death that john takes part in that decision. really lovely, and the thermos!goldfish is classic.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
I've always seen Dean as having to take a parental role fairly early.

Thanks!
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[personal profile] embroiderama 2006-12-08 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
“He didn’t just pee on it either. He unrolled it, got inside, and peed in it.”

Sam broke down into helpless giggles, right up until Dean said, “He did it in Dad’s too.”


Ahahahaha, yeah, that ferret's on it's way out. These are all lovely, and the last one's a heartbreaker.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou!

[identity profile] blazeorfade.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this is so cute! Especially Mr. Fish and Peter Rabbit. Poor Sammy, all he wants is a pet. So adorable.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
:) Thankyou!

[identity profile] silverkit.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
ROFL!!! Only Sam would try to convince Dean that they should have a bunny!

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Knitting bunny! Bunny knitting.

*dies*

[identity profile] braveinnewworld.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
“How else is he supposed to take a fish to school?”

*dies* so, so funny.

and the last one ... so beautifully sad.

sigh.

you made me very happy here :D

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou so much!

[identity profile] wpadmirer.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
I really like this. I could see that eight year old watching the gold fish.

WP

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou so much.

[identity profile] vileseagulls.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, man, Mary's last line killed me.

This is... insanely cute, and utterly perfect.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou!
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[personal profile] trinity_clare 2006-12-08 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
I had to read the last one twice. Guh. *is broken* But Sam's eight-year-old logic is perfect.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
:D Kid-logic just kills me dead.

[identity profile] madeleneg.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, that was so cute. Dean is such a great protecting big brother as always. ♥ :)

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
:D We loves our protector!Dean.

[identity profile] tenillypo.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
God, that last one kills me.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
I know... I felt all misty writing it...

I was Papa!Winchester back... *sniff*

[identity profile] iamstealthyone.livejournal.com 2006-12-08 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Great idea for a fic, and nicely executed. Cute and funny and, at the end, so poignant. Oh, boys.

Favorite lines:

“Why would he take a fish to school in a thermos?” Dean asked and Sam looked at him, rolling his eyes and said with the grave wisdom of an eight year old,

“How else is he supposed to take a fish to school?”


LOL! I love Sam’s reaction and response.

“What do you think Twinky did now?”

“He peed in my sleeping bag.”


And in John’s, too. LOL!

“Alright. We’ll go tomorrow. I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up watching TV all night.”

“I won’t.”


*whimpers*

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hee... thankyou!

[identity profile] fiesty-red.livejournal.com 2006-12-09 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Bunny! ^_^

Absolutely adorable. Definitely loved each one -- can't even pick a favorite. *laughs* Thanks for sharing, dear. I always enjoy your quirky story ideas.

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou so much! :)

[identity profile] hiyacynth.livejournal.com 2006-12-09 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I was all prepared to write "*ded of cute*" here, and then you whalloped me with that second to last line...

Great stuff, as always!

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou!

[identity profile] miconic.livejournal.com 2006-12-10 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
This is adorable! I find it amazing how fic writers could come up with various scenarios for the young brothers, and yet, keep their dynamics the same. I can just imagine Dean getting bombarded by a still pesky and always-want-to-know-why Sam.

Thank you for this fun read. I enjoyed every minute of it :o)

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou so much!

[identity profile] jewel21.livejournal.com 2006-12-12 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
LMAO, these were all quite amusing and adorable. I especially enjoyed Mr. Fish. And the last one just killed me. Great job :)

[identity profile] kellifer-fic.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thankyou!

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