Chuck needed some caffeine himself after being kept up all night by kids and the possible threat of Anakin coming into his room and killing him in the night. Amazingly he was only taking care of Jacob and Mary when he decided to make a field trip to the Perk.

"Oh look who it is," Chuck said when he spotted Dean. He let go of Mary's hand so she could launch herself at Dean for a hug.

"I weighed the risks and decided it was worth it for this," Mary said, giving him a smile.

If the 'Uncle Dean' hadn't given it away the hair would've. That was definitely Sammy hair. "Hey kid. Chuck hasn't been traumatizing you, has he?"

Okay, that proved that Winchester kids could get used to anything as normal. Dean gave the kid a grin and reached out to ruffle his hair, like he used to do to Sammy when he was that young. "Remind me of your name?"

That made Dean laugh out loud. "Yeah, you're Sammy's kid alright."

That wiped the smile off Dean's face. He was pretty adept at reading between the lines and he wasn't liking what he was reading. He knelt down so he was on his the same level as his nephew. "Jacob?" he said gently. He wanted to ask what was wrong where he was from, but couldn't really come up with tactful words.