Sweet Tooth [ota]

[a_tricky_one]

It was getting crowded in Haurvatat. Or at least, that was the way it felt to Gabriel. There were a very large number of people showing up that seemed to revolve around the Winchesters. Their father for one. Who had more or less promised he was going to find a way to kill him. Which, Gabriel thought was simultaneously hilarious and completely

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[mother_hunter]

Mary had only been in the village for a few days now, but she was beginning to feel restless and needed to explore. Easter was coming up and it gave her a good excuse to do some shopping for her sons. No, she wouldn't be able to hide chocolates anymore, but she could give them gifts nonetheless.

She walked through the store and was a little taken aback as to how much candy the store really had.

[a_tricky_one]

"Holy shit." Gabe muttered out when she walked in the door. Well, that had to make John pretty happy, he'd wager.

Maybe he'd be too distracted to think about trying to off him. That almost made him sad. He'd sort of been looking forward to mocking his attempts.

"Looking for any particular sort of candy?"

[mother_hunter]

"Easter," Mary offered him a pleasant smile. "I know I'm a little early, but I'm new here so I'd like to know what I'm looking at before it's too late."

One year her parents had been too busy to remember and she got a handful of chocolate bars from the gas station. Mary didn't want to have a repeat with her sons.

[a_tricky_one]

"Right. Easter." Ugh, like he needed to be reminded of that particular holiday. Just like Christmas it was a bold reminder of the life he'd abandoned.

"So we've got standard Cadbury eggs, chocolate bunnies, and Peeps. Or if you're one of those hardcore religious types we've got chocolate crosses and angels"

[mother_hunter]

Mary blinked. "Chocolate crosses and angels?" Her expression looked a bit skeptical. "I'm not overly religious, but that doesn't seem right, even to me."

Would people even eat a cross?

[a_tricky_one]

"Oh, sure. I think I even saw a chocolate Jesus that was filled with red jelly once too." he laughed.

[mother_hunter]

She made a face without much thinking.

"I think I'll play it safe and go with some Palmer chocolate bunnies." Mary might not be overly religious, but there were boundaries she didn't like crossing either. She wouldn't have wanted a chocolate Buddha either.

"And some Peeps. Now, I guess, unless you'd think the Peeps will go stale." Mary had never really known a Peep to go stale. It was like magic marshmellow, as far as she was concerned.

[a_tricky_one]

"Should be fine until Easter." he agreed, although he was half tempted to do something Harry Potter-esque to the candies, so that the eater would grow yellow feathers, since he was well aware who Mary must be buying these for.

"You buying these for your kids?" Gabriel asked.

[mother_hunter]

Mary couldn't help the smile that spread across her face when she thought of her sons, though her eyes held a hidden sadness since she knew her fate. She nodded.

"I am." Mary paused, then laughed suddenly and shook her head. "Hopefully they don't think I'm crazy."

She looked at him, "They're all grown up now.. but I figure everyone likes chocolate, right?"

[a_tricky_one]

Dean liked anything food related, at least, so she was probably safe.

"Oh, sure. I know I sure do. I like any sort of candy. But it's--" he gestured to the store, "Sorta my thing."

[mother_hunter]

She laughed softly a nodded. "I guess candy is one of those things where you don't get sick of it when you work around it, thankfully. I had a friend who worked at a diner and she lost all interest in burgers and milkshakes after a while."

Yes, Mary was somewhat normal... at some point in her life.

[a_tricky_one]

"I'll never get sick of candy. That's pretty much a guarantee." he told her,

[mother_hunter]

"Don't tell me you're one of those people who could eat twenty Peeps in a row without feeling nausea." Marshmallows were hard to eat in bulk, in her opinion.

[a_tricky_one]

He smirked, "Honey, I could eat a thousand."

Or more. And that wasn't even an exaggeration, like she was likely to think.

[mother_hunter]

She smiled widely as she thought of the visual accompaniment to that statement. "Well, I think I'll play it safe and get three each. You might have a strong stomach, but I'm not sure I want to be responsible for making my boys sick."

[a_tricky_one]

Gabriel had made one of her boys sick once with a bad taco and killed him several times more than that. He can't say that he exactly did wonders for Sam's mental state either in the process. But he wasn't saying.

"Yeah, and we wouldn't want that."