| In a world without monsters Mary Winchester lives to see
her youngest son start kindergarten. Two days later she drops her boys off
at school on the way to her daughter’s three month well-baby check. Except
they never get there. A drunk in a Buick takes her and the baby out half a
block from the doctor’s office. In a world without monsters bad things
still happen to good people. In a world without monsters John Winchester
is devastated by the loss of his wife and baby girl. He begins to attend
MADD meetings, a few at first but it quickly spirals into most evenings
and weekends. Activism helps ease the emptiness for a few years but he
always needs more. Eventually he gives up his day job and becomes
something of a vigilante, dragging the boys with him from town to town.
Dean practically raises Sammy while Dad plays judge and jury, a secret
superhero, righting wrongs on his own terms. One day he goes too far. He
crosses the line and gets caught and pays for it with his freedom for the
rest of his life. In a world without monsters justice is still blind.
In a world without monsters Sam Winchester dreams of a normal life.
When his father goes to prison he is separated from his big brother in
foster care but studies hard and still manages a full ride to college.
After law school he meets and marries a nice girl and settles down to
raise three kids, a cat, and a dog. A few years into the marriage he
begins to suspect she’s having an affair. When he confronts her she
tearfully confesses to needing a little excitement in her life, a little
danger. He forgives her but things are never quite the same. In a world
without monsters ‘normal’ doesn’t guarantee happiness.
In a world without monsters Dean Winchester is the star quarterback of
his high school football team. He’s agile and quick and has a deadly
accurate aim but his victories seem hollow without his family in the
bleachers to cheer him on. With too much booze and too little study he
quickly loses his scholarship his freshman year of college. Soon after he
drops out and travels the country in his Dad’s old Impala hustling pool.
After 9-11 he joins the Marines. The Corp gives Dean the structure he
needs and he blossoms as a leader. His M-16 and 9 mil are like natural
extensions of himself as he patrols the streets of Baghdad. He feels like
he’s found his true calling, serving his country, saving people. On his
third tour in Iraq he’s killed by a bomb strapped to a terrified twelve
year old. There’s no such thing as a world without monsters.
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