Give me fuel, give me fire

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Who: Rose Tyler, Sam Winchester
What: Rose tells Sam about Lucifer's intrusions... BUT THEN CUTENESS HAPPENS.
When: Day 1, late morning
Where: Rose's room
Status: Incomplete
Warnings: N/A; will edit if needed.

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Sam stirred when Rose turned over, dragging his hand around her tiny body. He groaned lightly and opened one eye, grasping the faintest threads of his half remembered dream. It wasn't a lot, but he remembered a pit of darkness - surrounded by echoing voices that knew too much and were far too vocal for their own good. But considering his whereabouts the last few days; light and busy as it was, he'd take any sleep he could get.

"Rose?" Sam whispered, voice groggy. "What's wrong?" An instinctive question.

It seemed like they hadn't had any peace at all lately. Ever since they finally hooked up. Before that? Sure, the house went to hell at least once a month (and he was beginning to come to grips with the supernatural lock down), but it was never this personal. Never so close to something he truly cared about. The case was progressing, adding new elements, familiar faces, and closing in.

And he was beginning to feel really really trapped.

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"Sorry," Rose apologized automatically for waking him. She was actually quite poor at sharing a bed, always moving about and stealing the blankets. It was surprising that Sam got any sleep at all.

"It's nothin'," she lied. Rose didn't mean to keep secrets. They'd just been through disaster after disaster lately, and she really wanted to let Sam rest. "L'il bad dream, is all." Understatement of the decade. "Close your eyes, yea?"

She made no attempt to follow her own orders.

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He didn't either. Sam took a breath, stretching out a bit before cuddling up behind her - lips pressed into the crook of Rose's neck.

"Are you sure?"

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Rose tried to relax into Sam's embrace. Remaining quiet, she took in the warmth of his body and breath. Despite all, his presence in the moment was soothing. Her heavy eyelids were tempted shut. When Rose realized she was falling asleep, though, her body quickly panicked, and she jolted back awake.

Poor Sam.

The blonde rolled onto her back, putting a hand over her face. She supposed she had to be honest, before Sam labeled her mad.

"I've been, um-" She again shifted, this time so they were facing each other. "I don't know 'ow t' really explain this, but I've been gettin' visits from Lucifer in my sleep." She gave him a look that begged him not to flip out.

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Several things then happened in quick succession. The hunter startled when she jolted up, then startled again when he realized what she said. Brows furrowed, Sam looked at Rose first with confusion, and then with worry.

And then a million questions flew into his head. How long had this been happening? Why hadn't she told him? What did Lucifer want? Was he actually visiting Rose or was she just dreaming it? He didn't know much about angels and how they visited people, but with all the lore surrounding them (and all the shit that Castiel got up to) he figured it was possible.

"Are you sure? What did he want?"

This was his fault. This wouldn't have happened if he had just listened to Dean instead of beating his own drum for once. If he had gotten off the Ruby wagon in time.

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"Don't." Rose could tell Sam was guilting himself. She leaned in so her forehead touched his. "I made my choices, an' I'm 'appy with 'em." She'd given The Doctor the same reassurance countless times before.

Granted, Rose knew she wouldn't be in this situation had they not gotten close. In that way, it was Sam's fault. However, she didn't regret a thing. ...Except maybe not pushing harder for the truth. What the hell had Lucifer been showing her, anyway? Those images? They scared her.

Rose pulled away a bit to explain. "I'm sure. 'e comes t' me in my dreams an' traps me there." She avoided mentioning Lucifer's chosen subject matter. "I've kinda been keepin' myself awake..." Sam surely wouldn't approve.

"Listen. I might 'ave a plan. If Lucifer's mind is botherin' me, what's 'is body doin'?"

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He didn't approve. He didn't approve at all. But Rose raised two very important questions: What did Lucifer want and what did happen to his body?

"I don't know."

Now that he thought about it, it made sense for his vessel to be laying around. Or did it go back to the person he possessed? He wished Castiel was still here. Surely he'd know the answer.

"What does he want with you?" He asked, having a few ideas of his own and none of them good.

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Rose forced herself to think before she spoke for once. While she didn't exactly know what Lucifer wanted, it certainly had something to do with making her doubt Sam. "I don't think it's abou' me," she said honestly. The gory details- the visions- were omitted.

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Sam gave her a worried look. She was holding something back, he could tell. And getting a straight answer out her was like pulling teeth.

"So, then what's it about?" He asked, sitting up.

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She actually wasn't trying to keep anything from Sam. In this case, Rose had genuinely figured he could put two and two together without her having to explain. Of course, she couldn't be so lucky.

"You, o' course! Wha' else would Lucifer be knockin' abou' in my brain for? Ya think 'e's interested in the TARDIS, or the lunar cycle o' the planet Belepheron?"

It sounded more harsh than she'd wanted. "Sorry," Rose apologized again. This little talk wasn't working out at all. With a sigh, she quieted.

"Look, tha' ain't the point. I..." the blonde hesitated, already predicting Sam's reaction. "I wanna use this against 'im."

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Sam had his own suspicions, but it was just one of those things he needed her to say out loud. Assumptions had gotten him into more trouble than anything else and he had to know for sure.

Rose had a good point, though, and the longer Sam thought about, the quicker a plan began to formulate. The only thing was that it was a shitty plan and there was no way in hell he was going to put Rose in the middle of it. Again.

"No." It was firm. He'd already made up him mind. "I'm not using you as bait."

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Rose wanted to respond in the gentlest way possible, but it was difficult. Sam meant well. She was grateful for that. Still, it was her head being invaded, and that made it her choice. Rose was done being lead around by blokes with hero complexes; that phase ended when The Doctor left her on the beach.

"Well, either ya support me, or I jus' go off an' do it anyway." She gave him a rebellious look. "Ya know wha' I'm like, Sam."

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"You can't find his body if you're asleep." He answered, dragging a hand through his hair.

In all honesty it really was a good idea, but he was too stubborn to accept it. Right now anyway. He knew Rose was strong and could hold her own, hell she'd proven it time and time again, but he just couldn't do it. Something in the back of his mind was screaming at him to be careful. That she'd only end up like all the other people he'd cared about. And it didn't matter how rebellious or capable she was, he was certain she'd end up the same way if she got any more involved.

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Of course she couldn't do it alone- she'd find someone else, like John. He wasn't a Time Lord, but he still had all the knowledge of one, and could certainly hold his own. There was also Commodore Norrington- great with a sword. Hell, Dean didn't seem to care if she died. Maybe if-

No, no.

Rose pouted dramatically. She couldn't let Lucifer continue to prance around her brain matter, but she didn't want to go scouting for other help. This entire thing was about Sam. Instead of helping her, though, he was shooting holes in what she knew to be a very good idea.

"Don't. Be. A git."

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It's only because he cares about her.

"Sorry. But try to see where I'm coming from?"

They were already so far down the rabbit hole it was ridiculous, but there was a fine line between doing all you could to prevent a shit storm, and jumping in with both feet - regardless if the outcome would be the same. And of course he didn't want Lucifer to bother Rose, that was all kinds of messed up, but was intentionally putting her in that position the best idea?

"How often does he come to you?"

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"Pretty much every night," Rose admitted. "Well, the nights I sleep, anyway." Before the whole zombie thing, she basically hadn't. At all.

She could see their conversation starting to go in circles. Next, Sam would probably ask her what Lucifer wanted again. Then, he'd ask what the Devil had been saying. She'd be vague, and they'd get into a tiff about how they were going to handle it.

Frustrated, she sat up beside him, hugging her knees. "Sam, ya know wha' I want more than anythin' righ' now?"