#the winchesters arent raising enough Weird And Tangentially Related Nonhuman Kids already

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idea for how spn could pick back up for a reunion without (technically) undoing any of the finale:

Sam & Dean BOTH vanished into thin air in late November 2020. Everyone thinks they're dead. Nobody ever finds their bodies, but there's a hunter's funeral held for Sam & Dean anyway.

3 years later, Dean stumbles into some random hunter's Charlie's latest safehouse. He's half-carrying, half-dragging Sam. Sam's hair is white, he looks like he's lost half his body weight. It's extremely clear that this isn't natural aging. Something did this to him.

Dean gently lowers his brother to the floor before collapsing himself, coughing and clutching at the hastily-wrapped bandages over his back and chest.

Before losing consciousness, he gasps out something about The Fae.

roll title sequence