Dean was taken away from John when he was just six years old and ended up in the hands of Jim and Johanna Beckett, who adopted him and raised him as their own, alongside their daughter, the future detective, Kate Beckett.
Now, all grown up, Dean is a successful writer, living in New York City with Kate as his full time roommate and an angel that keeps crash landing into his living room when all he wants to do is just have a little alone time with his right hand.