I could see them being
held up by a mugger, and loser addict John shoving Dean to the side and attacking the mugger who was about to shoot Dean, and then the mugger runs off into the night, leaving Dean alive and John DED.
There are ways. And given the removed narration of this particular fic, the ways don't have to be detailed or even clear (and therefore make don't have to make sense under a close inspection that wouldn't be possible due to the vaguery).
Eh. Since they're adults, people might expect
Dean to protect his dad.
Either way, not the sort of thing that happens in real life very often.
Because it's free, I did this: [link]
I don't know about following through, but I do want to.
Are you taking submissions?
Also, AW.
TOTALLY. Every single Awesome!John thing should be linked to from there.
I'll have to go searching ...
Could we quote fic and stuff? Not that there's a whole lot that paints John favorably, but I don't know how to make graphics.
Wait, that won't work, we're looking for canon. Duh.
No! Any fic you find that does John well, I'll link to (a John-centric blurb would be nice, but that's asking a lot, I dig). Any good John art, I'll reblog or post. Any fanwork, canon, meta dissection, hot picture of JDM or Matt, ANYTHING. Go Sir nuts.
Go Sir nuts. I like that. Awesome.