"Dad's always been big on family. Especially since this is the first year for us since Mom passed." 'Mom' wasn't Mary Winchester, though she was definitely Sam's mother. No, 'Mom' had been Kate, John's second wife and Adam's mother. She'd been the one who got John to stop running after Mary was killed when Sam was six months old. Got him to settle down and raise his sons in a more stable environment. All of them had loved her. But even wolves weren't immune to cancer.

He shook his head slightly, clearing his thoughts. "Yeah, he's still going pre-med. We're all pretty damned proud of him." Sam looked at Gabriel seriously. "I'm sorry Michael and Lucifer are being such assholes."