Hi all!

OKay so the fic I'm looking for is gen (no slash, hard to imagine). It was from a few years ago, found on LJ (at least that's where I read it).

Basically it involved Dean going off to the marines and coming back to Sam, but like broken. He ended up leaving the marines without permission or something. The thing with their mom still happened and bad monsters still existed, but the boys didn't go off and become soldiers. Buuuut, the kicker is Dean figures out that demons exist or something and tries to reason with sam and show him the reality. There's a homeless guy at some point, I think?

If anyone could help me find itttt, I would be forever greatfullllll. This was one of my fav fics back in the day.

Love any help, eternally!!