Chapter 37

Working was good. Dean had gone stir crazy in the bunker with nothing to do than to think about him and Cas and the problem between them that wasn't actually there. Sam had picked up on that, of course he had, but after that one attempt of talking about it Sam had dropped it.

In a silent agreement they'd come to the decision that they ( Read more... )

Chapter 36

Sam could tell that there was something on Dean's mind and at first he thought it was something between his brother and Cas, getting used to their new relationship, making it work, something like that, and he would have never asked about it. But whatever it was, it got worse after Cas had left so it had to be something else. And there was ( Read more... )

Chapter 35

Over the day while Sam was with them in the car Dean could pretend that everything was fine. But during those two nights before they dropped Cas off it was obvious that something was wrong.

The first night they slept spooning again and neither of them tried to initiate something more and that was good. Dean could tell that Cas was content ( Read more... )

Chapter 34

Sam woke up around ten the next morning and he still felt tired. His body was stiff and sore from the days of hiking, Cas had healed his wounds but that had done nothing to his exhaustion in general.

There was no sign that his brother was already up, no banging at his door, no messages on his phone, so it was a safe bet that Sam had some ( Read more... )

Chapter 33

They were tired and dirty and Dean just wanted to find them a place to hole up for the night. So the next motel with the vacancy sign on was his. As long as the room had a shower and a bed he would be a happy camper. He cringed inwardly at that thought and decided that that phrase was now officially banned from the English language.
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Chapter 32

"Sleeping Beauty?" Dean asked in the exact tone Sam expected coming from him. "You have to be kidding me."

Sam just stared into the flames for a moment longer, giving Dean time to wrap his mind around the idea.

"You have to admit that Metatron is obsessed with stories." Sam repeated. "And this is pretty much a version of that fairy tale."
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Chapter 31

"He's not waking up, Sammy." Dean looked up at his brother but Sam just shook his head sadly and set the backpacks aside.

"We can only wait." He said as if that was an answer.

"Let's get the tent up, then." Dean decided with a look around. Soon it would be completely dark and he would feel better if they had Cas somewhere safe. Or at least ( Read more... )

Chapter 30

They did reach the place the next day before noon. That they were getting close had been obvious for a while but Sam couldn't tell when he'd felt the first effects of the grace. The tension in the air was almost palpable and the light breeze carried the smell of ozone. They hadn't seen anything weird so far but without talking about it, ( Read more... )

Chapter 29

Okay, camping like this wasn't that bad, Dean had to admit. Not to Sam though, he would never admit that to Sam. Dean made sure to complain a bit more, just for good measure.

The night cramped up in the tent was not exactly fun but Dean was used to his brother sleeping close by and Cas was just a welcomed addition to that. The only bad ( Read more... )

Chapter 28

It was sad that to Dean camping meant either fighting for his life or survival training to be prepared to fight for his life. And not the Boy Scout way, no, the John Winchester way, which had been no fun at all.

At least Sam had a few fun camping trips. During his time at Stanford he had been camping with Jess and a few of his college ( Read more... )