flourishing in subterfuge

Summary: The day Dean was born, John put 100 dollars into a savings account.

A/N: This is based on John's comments to Sam in Dead Man's Blood about setting up college funds which he subsequently spent on ammunition. This struck me as rather symbolic or at least rather indicative. After all, parents set up college funds for their children's futures, just like John did, but then John traded their college funds, their futures, for ammunition. It struck me as very in character and tremendously sad. So this plot bunny came out of nowhere and made me write this. Much thanks to geminigrl11 for the speedy and well thought out beta. She will forever be the Dean to my Sam :) And, yes, I know I deserve endless ribbing for writing a piece sympathetic to John. I understand the man, but I don't think I'll ever forgive him. If anyone needs to know why, I'll be more than happy to elaborate....

Rating: PG, gen

Disclaimer: I own none of this stuff though I think I spend more time thinking about this fandom than most other stuff in my life.