75th Hunt [Video | Action]

[dude_imbatman]

[Dean is approaching this whole thing with a lot of mixed feelings. He knows he could see Sam. He also knows seeing Sam would mean losing him again and as much as he wants to see Sam, he doesn't know if he can handle losing him again. He's a bit grumpy but he's sitting on the hood of the Impala just off the square with a half a tin of Mary's

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[backseatangel]

[Standing off in the nearby alleyway, there's a familiar face wondering if she'd be intruding and doing damage, or if she's still a welcome sight. She can't seem to make up her mind about it.]

[dude_imbatman]

[Dean doesn't see her until he moves around to switch the tape in the Impala then he catches sight of a redhead in the alley. He pauses, considering the same question she's thinking about.]

Want a beer?

[backseatangel]

I wouldn't mind. Are you offering?

[She doesn't move, though. She wants to give him the option of asking her to leave so he doesn't have to see her leave yet again. Because she's under no illusion that the City will simply send her back to the blackness she came from.]

[dude_imbatman]

[He hesitates, considering that and all the consequences of it.]

Yeah. Come on and have a seat. [And then mock stern.] Not sharing my pie though.

[backseatangel]

[She doesn't hesitate and joins him, taking a beer as she settles.]

That's okay, I prefer chocolate cake myself. [She won't touch your pie, Dean.] And those fried Snickers bar things I figured out how to make after that one curse. Those were nice. I remember them being delicious.

[She remembers a lot of things.]

[dude_imbatman]

[That makes him smile. Those were good times. Sam was still in the City. Cas wasn't avoiding him and Anna was here. He misses those days.]

Yeah. Those were friggin' awesome. Mom needs to learn to make those.

[backseatangel]

She's here? [She shouldn't be surprised, days like these. She also has to work hard to repress the flash of anger. She'd gotten so close once, so close and at the same time... it's hard for her to regret what happened. Dean and Sam are alive, they survived both Michael and Lucifer.]

Maybe I'll write it down for her. So you can have them later.

[dude_imbatman]

Yeah. She's been here for a couple of months. [Clearly Dean is very happy about this. He's not so much aware of her internal conflict but he does kind of acknowledge in the back of his mind that it's there. His time with her has given him enough trust that he won't warn her against doing anything.]

Yeah? That'd be awesome. Thanks.

[backseatangel]

That's what... [What are they, exactly, now?] It's what friends do, right? I won't mind.

[She takes a drink of the beer, wondering what she should do. On some level, she knows she's missed him terribly. And on the other, she knows that admitting that won't do either of them any good.]

How have you been doing? Is Castiel still here?

[dude_imbatman]

[he nods, not sure what they are either. She shows up every three months. It's hard to keep anything going there.]

I don't know. Sam's gone. Cas is...avoiding me. I think he pulled a dick move back home and he doesn't want to cop to it. Having Mom here is awesome though.

[backseatangel]

Wouldn't be the first time he did that. [She tries not to sound bitter, but it's hard. Having him betray her, even after they had become friends again, it still stung.]

But I'm glad she's here. You... the two of you deserve time.

[dude_imbatman]

Yeah but I keep hoping he's learning from his mistakes but Cas doesn't seem to do that.

[Dean scoots over and puts his arm around Anna. There's a part of him that knows it's hard for her to reconcile this with what Anna thinks she has to do at home. Part of it is that he wants to remind her that him being alive is a good thing. The other part is just that it's comforting to have his arm around her like this.]

Yeah. Figure a few months here might help with the years we didn't get back home.

[backseatangel]

We're not really designed for evolution. We follow orders, that he's rebelled at all is a miracle in itself. Give him time, he's only been independent what, a couple of years? I had the benefit of two decades of humanity behind me.

[She leans her head on his shoulder, glad for the comfort of his arm. It feels good, maybe too good, but she's not going to push him away. Never again.]

I'm sorry. That your family had to be the one to pay the price for our war.

[dude_imbatman]

Yeah. I'm trying. It's hard when he's being a dick.

[He sighs and nods. There's not a lot to say back to that.] Yeah. Me too. [Because it's not like she had a choice in the matter but then neither did he.]

[backseatangel]

I know.

[She leans up to give him a kiss on the cheek. A bold move, but one she thinks he needs. One she knows she needs in the absence of being able to offer him anything else.]

I wish there was more I could do.

[dude_imbatman]

[Dean doesn't mind the kiss to the cheek at all. He got used to affection with Anna around and since then...sure he's had sex but never intimacy. He wouldn't go so far to say he misses it he totally does but it is welcome.]

I'm not sure any of us can do more than we are right now.