Category: Gen, AU (Pre-series and a retelling of a lot, but not all, of S1).

Characters: Main - Missouri Moseley, John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester. Minor - Bobby Singer, Meg Masters, Jenny (1x9 - Home). Cameos - Mary Winchester, Samuel Campbell

Pairings: mentions of John/Mary, Dean/Cassie, Sam/Jess

Warnings: Spoilers for various episodes through to episode 2x1 (In My Time of Dying), 4x3 (In the Beginning), and 4x10 (Heaven and Hell).

Disclaimer: If I owned this show, I'd be writing episodes and not fic, which I write for fun not profit.

Notes: I just got this idea of 'what if John had left the boys with Missouri to raise?' And that turned into what if they were a family. Then I had the idea to write the fic for Big Bang, which is the first time I’ve ever written for this challenge. It’s also the first time I’ve written anything this long. (The closest I’ve come before is over 15,000 words and that took me about nine long months.) And why I decided to write my fourth ever SPN fic for Big Bang is beyond me. So this was a pretty nerve wrecking experience but I couldn’t not do it (even with the real life stuff I had going on) so I hope you guys enjoy.

Thanks: To ileliberte  for the art. I expected great things because this is Big Bang and the works produced are always so good. The art for this fic is excellent, I almost cried the first time I saw one of them. It wasn't even finished yet. So I can't thank you enough for doing my fic justice. For more than that. To  just_ruth  for the beta. Your edits helped more than you could know. (I messed with it after she had a look so any remaining mistakes are mine.) To my f-list for all their support. To audrarose, thehighwaywoman  and wendy  for all the time and hardwork they put into this thing.