Restless Heart Syndrome Ch 25/?
Fic title: Restless Heart Syndrome
Genre: SPN Het
Pairing: Sam/ OFC, Dean/OFC (Lexi, played by Eliza Dushku)
Rating: M
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Summary: New town, new school for Sam. It's his fifth high school in three years but John promises it's going to be Sam' s last one. Dean and Sam settle into their new routine and enjoy being normal. A few months after school starts Sam meets Lexi. He could tell she was trouble the moment he laid eyes on her but it's the kind of trouble he's always wanted. Dean feels the same way about the new waitress at the diner.
*This is a prequel to Under Your Skin and Wayward Son.*
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24
Chapter 25: Falling For You
*Disclaimer: Any recognizable characters belong to kripke. It's his sandbox, I'm just playing with his characters.* Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I made some gifs for the fic as well.
This is a prequel to Under Your Skin and Wayward Son.
“I'm shaking at your touch, I like you way too much. My baby I'm afraid I'm falling for you. I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive. Or maybe I would rather settle down with you.”
New Orleans
December 12, 2001
Lexi woke up bright and early to find Dean curled around her. He was tight against her back, his arm thrown over her body, face nuzzled against her neck, his fingers interlaced with hers. It was pretty rare for Dean to cuddle so Lexi wanted to enjoy it while she could. She felt warm and safe laying there with him which made it that much harder for her to get out of bed. She had to though. She had so much to do around the apartment. Lexi disentangled herself slowly before swinging her legs out of bed.
“Lexi...” Dean mumbled as he reached for her. Lexi sat as still as possible holding her breath. She wanted to let him sleep in since she knew he was exhausted. She finally exhaled when Dean rolled over on to his stomach. She waited a moment or two making sure he was still asleep before she left the bedroom.
Lexi went about her morning routine like she did every day. First, she did Yoga. Then, she made a pot of coffee to go with her toast and fruit breakfast. After breakfast, she took a shower and got dressed. She glanced at the alarm clock somewhat concerned that Dean was still sleeping at eleven a.m. She placed her hand on his shoulder to wake him but sighed deciding against it. Instead, she carded her fingers through his hair and left the room to answer the door.
“Hey, Jackie.”
“You ready to go shopping?”
“Yup. Let me just grab my coat.”
“Hey, “ Jackie said as her eyes darted around the apartment, “where's Dean?”
“He's sleeping.”
“Still? It's noon. I thought he got up at the crack ass of dawn.”
“He normally does but he got back yesterday and...”
“And you wore him out?” Jackie smiled knowingly.
“Yeah, something like that.”
After half a dozen stores and twice as many dresses, Lexi finally found the one she wanted. She came out of the stall in the dressing room striking a pose. “So, what do you think? Don't you love it?”
Jackie looked her over taking in the white and sliver beaded dress. It was sleeveless and stopped at her upper thigh showing off her toned legs. Jackie shook her head and smirked, “You look hot but you call that a dress?”
“What do you mean?”
“It's a little short.”
Lexi rolled her eyes sighing. “Whatever mom. You think Dean will like it?”
“Oh yeah, he's gonna love it so much that you won't be wearing it that long.”
“That's the plan.” Lexi grinned, “Well, after the bar anyways.”
8 P.M.
Lexi got back to the apartment from shopping with Jackie three hours ago to find that Dean was still asleep. She was surprised at first but that was quickly replaced with concern when she couldn't wake him. Now, Lexi's sitting on the edge of their bed taking Dean's pulse. It's slow and steady, completely normal for someone that's sleeping. That isn't the problem, though. The problem is he hasn't woken up since he got back home from his hunt almost twenty-four hours ago. All Lexi knows is that Dean was hunting a coven of witches and he told her everything went according to plan. She isn't so sure of that now as she sits besides Dean listening to him mumbling deliriously in his sleep.
“Lexi, how is he?” Jackie asked softly joining her on the bed.
“I dunno really. I can't get him to wake up and now he's running a fever.” She sighed running her hands through her hair, “This isn't natural. Something happened with those witches, Jackie. I don't know what to do for him.”
“Just take a deep breath, Lexi. What would Dean tell you to do?”
“I dunno Jackie. That's the thing, I mean he never told me what to do if he came back and something happened. I guess I could call John or...”
“Hey, he's gonna be okay. I know he is.” Jackie nudged her with a small smile on her face, “But call his dad if you think you need help.”
“No. Dean wouldn't want that. They haven't talked since he moved in here. Oh the hell with this I'm just gonna call Sam.”
Lexi grabbed Dean's cell phone off the night stand and began scrolling through the numbers to find Sam's. She closed her eyes listening to the phone ring hoping it didn't go to voice mail. The moment Sam answered, Lexi began to ramble as she was prone to do when she was upset. “Sam, it's me, Lexi. I need you to get here now. There's something wrong with Dean. I dunno, Sam, he won't wake up. He went out on a hunt, he came back here to crash and I can't wake him up. Please, Sam, I dunno what to do. Your brother needs you.”
“I haven't been on a hunt in months and I doubt Dean would want me there...”
“You know if it was you Dean wouldn't hesitate. He'd be out the door the moment someone told him you were in trouble.”
“Lexi, I'll be there as fast as I can.”
“Thanks Sam.”
December 13, 2001
2 A.M.
After hanging up with Sam, Lexi resumed her vigil by Dean's side. She was worried and felt helpless. She couldn't do anything but sit there and attempt to break his fever, which had now spiked to 105. The cold towels and ice did not seem to be helping in lowering Dean's fever, if anything it seemed to be having the reverse effect. She went into the kitchen to retrieve her medical kit deciding to give him an antibiotic just in case it was an infection and not something supernatural. Lexi stopped in her tracks when she saw Sam standing in the doorway chatting with an awestruck Jackie.
“SAM!” Lexi squealed launching herself at him and pulling him into a vice like hug, “I'm so glad you're here!”
“Hey, Lex.” Sam whispered patting her back while disentangling himself from her grip, “Where is he?”
“In the bedroom, down the hall. It's the middle door.”
Sam nodded walking down the hallway to the middle door. He took a deep breath preparing himself for whatever state Dean was in. He knew he had to do this. He owed his big brother for all the times Dean had protected and saved him. Sam finally opened the door closing it behind him as he took it in.
The bedroom was a fairly large room with shuttered French doors that led out onto a wrought iron balcony. In the center of the red Fleur de Lis wallpapered room sat a large antique four-poster bed that matched the rest of the antique French style furniture in the room. There was something off though for Sam.
The items scattered over the large room were not strictly feminine and not strictly Lexi's. It was the items on the tall dresser that drew Sam's attention first. Obviously, the aftershave, electric razor and cell phone belonged to Dean but the books? Sam picked the books up to see the titles. He was surprised by what he saw there; Lullaby, Fight Club and Charles Bukowski. 'Dean owns these?' Sam snorted, 'I read these.'
“Dude, you gotta hook me up with that.” Jackie whispered grabbing Lexi's bag of medical supplies while her eyes darted to the hallway.
“With Sammy?” Lexi questioned her eyebrows raised in confusion, “Sammy's not the hook up type, Jackie. He's the good one, the boring one.”
“Huh, maybe I could try that. It'd break the monotony.”
Lexi didn't like where this was going. She knew full well Dean would have a complete shit fit if she hooked up Jackie and Sam. “Ya know, Sam and Dean are night and day.”
Not one to be dissuaded easily, Jackie crossed her arms smirking, “Even better, he'll be complimentary.”
“I know this much Jack, you're gonna have to wait till Dean's awake. Cuz those two are like way codependent.”
“I'd never try anything like that while Ace is hurt.”
“Okay then. You got my bag?”
“Right here.” Jackie stated snorting slightly when she saw that it was full of antibiotics and painkillers Lexi had lifted from the college infirmary. “And you get on my ass whenever I lift something?”
“What can I say? I got sticky fingers. Besides if I have to constantly patch Dean up how am I going to do it if something gets infected?” Lexi shrugged and smirked at Jackie before making her way to her bedroom, “It's the beauty of being Pre-Med they think nothing of me volunteering at the infirmary.”
“Hey Sam.” Lexi stated softly standing over Dean as she filled a syringe with an antibiotic, “Can you get him out of this?”
“What are you doing?”
“Dean has a fever. I'm just giving him an antibiotic to be on the safe side. Come on, I wouldn't do anything to hurt him. You know that.” Lexi pointed to Dean's wrists before continuing, “Look at this Sam. I don't know where these cuts came from they just appeared after I called you.”
“Shit.”
“I don't get it Sam. He came home the other night and he was fine. He went out and got us some take out, we had a couple of beers, watched The Shining and went to bed.”
“What was he hunting?”
“A coven of witches."
“Did you check for a hex bag?”
“A what?” Lexi asked not bothering to hide her confusion while she wiped Dean's forehead with a cold cloth, “I just been trying to wake him.”
Sam joined her on the bed eying her thoughtfully, “Wait a minute. Home? As in HOME and Dean lives here?”
“He doesn't live here.” She shifted slightly diverting her gaze from Sam's eyes down to Dean, “He just crashes here whenever he's down this way. Ya know he hunts mostly on his own now.”
“You, Lexi Brennan, are a bad liar. Dean lives here doesn't he?”
“Sam, define live here...”
“As in this is his place of residence. I found his clothes and weapons in the closet and that tall dresser over there.”
“Technically Dean doesn't reside here. He goes on hunts, he comes back here for a few days and leaves again.”
“Stop bullshitting me, Lexi. Dean lives here.”
Lexi sighed as she tilted her head to the side, “Fine I guess by your definition he LIVES here but I didn't tell you.”
Sam nodded knowing full well that Dean would deny that he's being all domestic with his girl. He didn't get why though. It was so obvious how Dean felt about her and Sam really did want him to be happy. It just still burned him though that Dean had to go and steal Lexi away from him right underneath his nose. Sam reached down turning Dean's arm over to inspect his wrist thinking maybe he could figure out what had caused the cuts.
“They're gone.” Sam stared at Lexi then stated , “I don't know how but they disappeared.”
“Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Definitely a good thing.” Sam smiled as Dean began making noises in his sleep, “How long has he been making those noises?”
“Pretty much the whole time. He hasn't really said anything though.”
Sam shifted uncomfortably rubbing the back of his neck, “It sounds like he's um you know...having a good time…”
“Oh?” She laughed tossing her head back and enjoying Sam's discomfort, “You mean like having a wet dream?”
“More high def than that.”
“You think it's a spell?”
“Not exactly. I've heard about something like this before. They're inside his head or one of em is at least.”
“So, how do you get them out of his head?”
“Well, I'm gonna have to go in there.” Sam stated simply.
“You really don't wanna go in there do you?” She asked Sam scrunching up her face in disgust, “God only knows what's crawling around in his mind. It's probably porn 24/7.”
“You want him to wake up?” Sam snorted pulling out a piece of Dean's hair, “I have to go in.”
“No Sam, I want my boyfriend to whither and die in our bed while he has sex dreams. You know Dean's gonna be pissed that you were rooting around in his mind.”
“He'll get over it once he wakes up.”
Twenty minutes later
Dean inhaled sharply his eyes flying open as he and Sam both woke up. Lexi turned towards Dean, relief washing over her face to see him awake once again. She crossed the room to where he was and threw her arms around him in a suffocating hug while nuzzling his neck, “DEAN! I was so worried. You've been asleep for almost two days.”
“Hey Jack?” Dean grinned knowingly as Sam headed for the kitchen for a cold beer to erase the debauchery he had just witnessed in his brother's head, “You got a tattoo of some script on your thigh?”
“How do you know that?” Jackie asked her eyes wide with shock, “I'll leave you two alone. I'm gonna go hang with Sam...Uh, yeah.”
Lexi smacked his arm frowning, “You're ungrateful, Dean Michael Winchester.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“I was worried about you.”
“Well I'm okay.” Dean whispered as he wrapped his arms around her, “It's gonna take more than some filthy witches to take me out.”
She pulled away from him running her fingers down his cheek, “Yeah, I get it. You're like a superhero or something.”
“Yeah I'm something.” Dean smirked, “Hey you wanna order some takeout? I'm STARVING.”
“We ordered pizza earlier. You want me to get you a beer too?”
“Yeah that'd be awesome. Would you be ok with Sammy staying with us through his winter break?”
“Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?”
“I was just making sure. Ya know with Jackie moving in and all it might be kinda crowded.”
“Oh, I don't think Jackie would mind at all.” Lexi smirked.
“Jackie likes Sam?”
“Yup.”
“Well, okay, then.” Dean simply nodded his head turning on the television. He settled back against the pillows and looked at Lexi, “Hey, Lex, tell my baby brother he needs to hit that cuz he really needs to loosen up and have some fun.”
December 14, 2001
Dean looked up from his newspaper as Sam entered the apartment smiling from ear to ear. Dean smirked, he couldn't help it. He was gonna have so much fun teasing his little brother. “Where you been, Sammy? Thought you were just walking Jackie home.”
Sam stopped in his tracks and turned to look at his older brother trying to sound casual. “I, um, I did. I walked her home.”
“Uh, huh. That all you do?” Dean asked while wiggling his eyebrows.
“What do you mean by that Dean?”
“I mean did you get some. Dude, the way you're smiling...”
Sam blushed while he stumbled over his words, “I...um...no. NO, Dean I didn't get some.”
“Yeah, well ya should. Jackie likes you. I mean LIKES you. You need to hit that little brother.”
“I can't.”
“Why not?” Dean asked not bothering to hide his confusion.
“Because I'm only gonna be here a few weeks.”
“So what! Trust me, Sammy, Jackie's fine with that.”
“Maybe I'm not.”
“Don't you like her?”
“Yeah, I like her...”
Dean stared at his younger brother as he realized what might be the real issue here. “Sammy, are you a virgin?”
“What? NO.” Sam balked but he knew Dean saw right through him. “That's crazy.”
“Holy shit you are!”
“Dean...”
“How is that even possible? You're almost nineteen and what about you and Paige? I thought you two...”
“It never happened and I just let you think it did.”
“Why?”
“Cuz, Dean, I was embarrassed ok.”
“Well,” Dean said as he stood up from the kitchen table. “I'm getting you laid before you go back to Stanford little brother.”
“I'm not going to some brothel, Dean.” Sam snapped indignantly.
“Did I say anything about hookers? No, I didn't. I'm talking bout you and Jackie.”
December 15, 2001
Lexi brushed out her curls then began fussing with her hair. She didn't know why she was taking so much time on her hair tonight. It wasn't like Dean was even going to notice it while she was wearing this dress. She studied her reflection in the full length mirror turning every which way. Lexi absolutely loved the white and silver beaded mini dress with the silver stilettos she was wearing, she knew she looked hot. That didn't mean she wasn't having doubts. Maybe Jackie was right. Maybe this outfit was a bit too much.
“LEX, C'MON! I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING OUT!” She heard Dean shout from the living room.
Lexi ran her hands over the dress to smooth it out before grabbing her silver clutch and heading for the living room. “Okay, okay. I'm ready.” Dean turned towards her to rant about how long it took her to get ready but the words died in his throat. He stared at her with wide green eyes. Lexi smiled at him striking a pose. “See something you like, Dean?”
Dean bit down on his lip as his eyes trailed over her body. In that moment, he completely forgot all about going out. The only thing he was thinking about was dragging her back into their bedroom and fucking her six ways from Sunday. Dean finally met her eyes with a mischievous grin lighting up his face. “Damn baby girl, you look smoking hot. You sure you wanna go out?”
“Yes, I'm sure. Besides Jackie's waiting for us.”
Once they got to D.B.A., they found Jackie had claim a corner of the bar has she waited for them. She waved the bartender over as soon as she saw them enter and ordered a round of shots. Jackie lifted her shot, smiled and said, “Now that you're eighteen, you and Dean can legally do what you've done since you were sixteen- screw each others brains out. At least now, his pervy ass won't be thrown in jail. Here's to you, Lexi, on finally being legal. Happy Birthday!”
After the four of them threw back their shots Dean leaned in to Jackie and hissed, “You're not funny.”
“Please, Ace, I'm hysterical.” Jackie smirked then grabbed Lexi's hand. “C'mon let's go dance while these two get drunk.”
About an hour later Jackie came off the dance floor to join Sam and Dean at the bar. She ordered herself a beer while nudging Dean. “Lexi wants you to dance with her.”
Dean took a pull off his beer shaking his head. “I ain't drunk enough to dance.”
“Yeah, well I warned you.” Jackie smirked.
As soon as the words were out of Jackie's mouth, Lexi appeared at the edge of the dance floor. She smiled at Dean as she danced calling to him, “Dean, come dance with me.”
Dean looked up from his beer, his eyes darting towards Lexi. “Dance with you?” He repeated while he looked around the bar. His eyebrows knotted together in horror as he realized she was serious.
Lexi swung her hips to the rhythm and closed her eyes, “Yeah, dance with me.”
Dean watched her for a moment as she danced. He noticed the other guys on the dance floor watching her with interest. That's when Dean decided the hell with it. He put his beer down and smirked at Lexi, “Okay, sweetheart.”
Dean made his way over to her, took her hand and led her farther out onto the dance floor. “You know, Lex, I ain't the best dancer.”
She smiled at Dean as she pressed up against him. “I don't care. You can just stand there and I'll just grind up on you.”
Sam watched the two of them with interest. He's never really seen his older brother dance before. Of course, Dean wasn't really doing much dancing. He was basically just standing there with his hands on Lexi's waist. He suddenly spun her around gripping her hips. He moved his hips in time with hers as she ground her ass against his crotch. Sam raised his eyebrow watching Lexi's dress ride up. He then, tilted his head in her direction as Lexi turn away from Dean while she discreetly fixed her dress. He gestured towards her asking Jackie, “She calls that a dress?”
Jackie couldn't help but laugh. “Wow. No love loss between you and her, uh?”
“No. It's not like that...”
“Whatever, dude.” Jackie smirked and tugged on Sam's hand. “Stop being a wall flower and come dance with me.”
“I don't dance.”
“Well, either dance with me or go back to the apartment with me to have our own fun.” Sam blinked at her with his mouth hanging open in shock. “I'll take that as go back to the apartment. Let's go Sasquatch.”
Genre: SPN Het
Pairing: Sam/ OFC, Dean/OFC (Lexi, played by Eliza Dushku)
Rating: M
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Summary: New town, new school for Sam. It's his fifth high school in three years but John promises it's going to be Sam' s last one. Dean and Sam settle into their new routine and enjoy being normal. A few months after school starts Sam meets Lexi. He could tell she was trouble the moment he laid eyes on her but it's the kind of trouble he's always wanted. Dean feels the same way about the new waitress at the diner.
*This is a prequel to Under Your Skin and Wayward Son.*
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24
Chapter 25: Falling For You
*Disclaimer: Any recognizable characters belong to kripke. It's his sandbox, I'm just playing with his characters.* Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I made some gifs for the fic as well.
This is a prequel to Under Your Skin and Wayward Son.
“I'm shaking at your touch, I like you way too much. My baby I'm afraid I'm falling for you. I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive. Or maybe I would rather settle down with you.”
New Orleans
December 12, 2001
Lexi woke up bright and early to find Dean curled around her. He was tight against her back, his arm thrown over her body, face nuzzled against her neck, his fingers interlaced with hers. It was pretty rare for Dean to cuddle so Lexi wanted to enjoy it while she could. She felt warm and safe laying there with him which made it that much harder for her to get out of bed. She had to though. She had so much to do around the apartment. Lexi disentangled herself slowly before swinging her legs out of bed.
“Lexi...” Dean mumbled as he reached for her. Lexi sat as still as possible holding her breath. She wanted to let him sleep in since she knew he was exhausted. She finally exhaled when Dean rolled over on to his stomach. She waited a moment or two making sure he was still asleep before she left the bedroom.
Lexi went about her morning routine like she did every day. First, she did Yoga. Then, she made a pot of coffee to go with her toast and fruit breakfast. After breakfast, she took a shower and got dressed. She glanced at the alarm clock somewhat concerned that Dean was still sleeping at eleven a.m. She placed her hand on his shoulder to wake him but sighed deciding against it. Instead, she carded her fingers through his hair and left the room to answer the door.
“Hey, Jackie.”
“You ready to go shopping?”
“Yup. Let me just grab my coat.”
“Hey, “ Jackie said as her eyes darted around the apartment, “where's Dean?”
“He's sleeping.”
“Still? It's noon. I thought he got up at the crack ass of dawn.”
“He normally does but he got back yesterday and...”
“And you wore him out?” Jackie smiled knowingly.
“Yeah, something like that.”
After half a dozen stores and twice as many dresses, Lexi finally found the one she wanted. She came out of the stall in the dressing room striking a pose. “So, what do you think? Don't you love it?”
Jackie looked her over taking in the white and sliver beaded dress. It was sleeveless and stopped at her upper thigh showing off her toned legs. Jackie shook her head and smirked, “You look hot but you call that a dress?”
“What do you mean?”
“It's a little short.”
Lexi rolled her eyes sighing. “Whatever mom. You think Dean will like it?”
“Oh yeah, he's gonna love it so much that you won't be wearing it that long.”
“That's the plan.” Lexi grinned, “Well, after the bar anyways.”
8 P.M.
Lexi got back to the apartment from shopping with Jackie three hours ago to find that Dean was still asleep. She was surprised at first but that was quickly replaced with concern when she couldn't wake him. Now, Lexi's sitting on the edge of their bed taking Dean's pulse. It's slow and steady, completely normal for someone that's sleeping. That isn't the problem, though. The problem is he hasn't woken up since he got back home from his hunt almost twenty-four hours ago. All Lexi knows is that Dean was hunting a coven of witches and he told her everything went according to plan. She isn't so sure of that now as she sits besides Dean listening to him mumbling deliriously in his sleep.
“Lexi, how is he?” Jackie asked softly joining her on the bed.
“I dunno really. I can't get him to wake up and now he's running a fever.” She sighed running her hands through her hair, “This isn't natural. Something happened with those witches, Jackie. I don't know what to do for him.”
“Just take a deep breath, Lexi. What would Dean tell you to do?”
“I dunno Jackie. That's the thing, I mean he never told me what to do if he came back and something happened. I guess I could call John or...”
“Hey, he's gonna be okay. I know he is.” Jackie nudged her with a small smile on her face, “But call his dad if you think you need help.”
“No. Dean wouldn't want that. They haven't talked since he moved in here. Oh the hell with this I'm just gonna call Sam.”
Lexi grabbed Dean's cell phone off the night stand and began scrolling through the numbers to find Sam's. She closed her eyes listening to the phone ring hoping it didn't go to voice mail. The moment Sam answered, Lexi began to ramble as she was prone to do when she was upset. “Sam, it's me, Lexi. I need you to get here now. There's something wrong with Dean. I dunno, Sam, he won't wake up. He went out on a hunt, he came back here to crash and I can't wake him up. Please, Sam, I dunno what to do. Your brother needs you.”
“I haven't been on a hunt in months and I doubt Dean would want me there...”
“You know if it was you Dean wouldn't hesitate. He'd be out the door the moment someone told him you were in trouble.”
“Lexi, I'll be there as fast as I can.”
“Thanks Sam.”
December 13, 2001
2 A.M.
After hanging up with Sam, Lexi resumed her vigil by Dean's side. She was worried and felt helpless. She couldn't do anything but sit there and attempt to break his fever, which had now spiked to 105. The cold towels and ice did not seem to be helping in lowering Dean's fever, if anything it seemed to be having the reverse effect. She went into the kitchen to retrieve her medical kit deciding to give him an antibiotic just in case it was an infection and not something supernatural. Lexi stopped in her tracks when she saw Sam standing in the doorway chatting with an awestruck Jackie.
“SAM!” Lexi squealed launching herself at him and pulling him into a vice like hug, “I'm so glad you're here!”
“Hey, Lex.” Sam whispered patting her back while disentangling himself from her grip, “Where is he?”
“In the bedroom, down the hall. It's the middle door.”
Sam nodded walking down the hallway to the middle door. He took a deep breath preparing himself for whatever state Dean was in. He knew he had to do this. He owed his big brother for all the times Dean had protected and saved him. Sam finally opened the door closing it behind him as he took it in.
The bedroom was a fairly large room with shuttered French doors that led out onto a wrought iron balcony. In the center of the red Fleur de Lis wallpapered room sat a large antique four-poster bed that matched the rest of the antique French style furniture in the room. There was something off though for Sam.
The items scattered over the large room were not strictly feminine and not strictly Lexi's. It was the items on the tall dresser that drew Sam's attention first. Obviously, the aftershave, electric razor and cell phone belonged to Dean but the books? Sam picked the books up to see the titles. He was surprised by what he saw there; Lullaby, Fight Club and Charles Bukowski. 'Dean owns these?' Sam snorted, 'I read these.'
“Dude, you gotta hook me up with that.” Jackie whispered grabbing Lexi's bag of medical supplies while her eyes darted to the hallway.
“With Sammy?” Lexi questioned her eyebrows raised in confusion, “Sammy's not the hook up type, Jackie. He's the good one, the boring one.”
“Huh, maybe I could try that. It'd break the monotony.”
Lexi didn't like where this was going. She knew full well Dean would have a complete shit fit if she hooked up Jackie and Sam. “Ya know, Sam and Dean are night and day.”
Not one to be dissuaded easily, Jackie crossed her arms smirking, “Even better, he'll be complimentary.”
“I know this much Jack, you're gonna have to wait till Dean's awake. Cuz those two are like way codependent.”
“I'd never try anything like that while Ace is hurt.”
“Okay then. You got my bag?”
“Right here.” Jackie stated snorting slightly when she saw that it was full of antibiotics and painkillers Lexi had lifted from the college infirmary. “And you get on my ass whenever I lift something?”
“What can I say? I got sticky fingers. Besides if I have to constantly patch Dean up how am I going to do it if something gets infected?” Lexi shrugged and smirked at Jackie before making her way to her bedroom, “It's the beauty of being Pre-Med they think nothing of me volunteering at the infirmary.”
“Hey Sam.” Lexi stated softly standing over Dean as she filled a syringe with an antibiotic, “Can you get him out of this?”
“What are you doing?”
“Dean has a fever. I'm just giving him an antibiotic to be on the safe side. Come on, I wouldn't do anything to hurt him. You know that.” Lexi pointed to Dean's wrists before continuing, “Look at this Sam. I don't know where these cuts came from they just appeared after I called you.”
“Shit.”
“I don't get it Sam. He came home the other night and he was fine. He went out and got us some take out, we had a couple of beers, watched The Shining and went to bed.”
“What was he hunting?”
“A coven of witches."
“Did you check for a hex bag?”
“A what?” Lexi asked not bothering to hide her confusion while she wiped Dean's forehead with a cold cloth, “I just been trying to wake him.”
Sam joined her on the bed eying her thoughtfully, “Wait a minute. Home? As in HOME and Dean lives here?”
“He doesn't live here.” She shifted slightly diverting her gaze from Sam's eyes down to Dean, “He just crashes here whenever he's down this way. Ya know he hunts mostly on his own now.”
“You, Lexi Brennan, are a bad liar. Dean lives here doesn't he?”
“Sam, define live here...”
“As in this is his place of residence. I found his clothes and weapons in the closet and that tall dresser over there.”
“Technically Dean doesn't reside here. He goes on hunts, he comes back here for a few days and leaves again.”
“Stop bullshitting me, Lexi. Dean lives here.”
Lexi sighed as she tilted her head to the side, “Fine I guess by your definition he LIVES here but I didn't tell you.”
Sam nodded knowing full well that Dean would deny that he's being all domestic with his girl. He didn't get why though. It was so obvious how Dean felt about her and Sam really did want him to be happy. It just still burned him though that Dean had to go and steal Lexi away from him right underneath his nose. Sam reached down turning Dean's arm over to inspect his wrist thinking maybe he could figure out what had caused the cuts.
“They're gone.” Sam stared at Lexi then stated , “I don't know how but they disappeared.”
“Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Definitely a good thing.” Sam smiled as Dean began making noises in his sleep, “How long has he been making those noises?”
“Pretty much the whole time. He hasn't really said anything though.”
Sam shifted uncomfortably rubbing the back of his neck, “It sounds like he's um you know...having a good time…”
“Oh?” She laughed tossing her head back and enjoying Sam's discomfort, “You mean like having a wet dream?”
“More high def than that.”
“You think it's a spell?”
“Not exactly. I've heard about something like this before. They're inside his head or one of em is at least.”
“So, how do you get them out of his head?”
“Well, I'm gonna have to go in there.” Sam stated simply.
“You really don't wanna go in there do you?” She asked Sam scrunching up her face in disgust, “God only knows what's crawling around in his mind. It's probably porn 24/7.”
“You want him to wake up?” Sam snorted pulling out a piece of Dean's hair, “I have to go in.”
“No Sam, I want my boyfriend to whither and die in our bed while he has sex dreams. You know Dean's gonna be pissed that you were rooting around in his mind.”
“He'll get over it once he wakes up.”
Twenty minutes later
Dean inhaled sharply his eyes flying open as he and Sam both woke up. Lexi turned towards Dean, relief washing over her face to see him awake once again. She crossed the room to where he was and threw her arms around him in a suffocating hug while nuzzling his neck, “DEAN! I was so worried. You've been asleep for almost two days.”
“Hey Jack?” Dean grinned knowingly as Sam headed for the kitchen for a cold beer to erase the debauchery he had just witnessed in his brother's head, “You got a tattoo of some script on your thigh?”
“How do you know that?” Jackie asked her eyes wide with shock, “I'll leave you two alone. I'm gonna go hang with Sam...Uh, yeah.”
Lexi smacked his arm frowning, “You're ungrateful, Dean Michael Winchester.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“I was worried about you.”
“Well I'm okay.” Dean whispered as he wrapped his arms around her, “It's gonna take more than some filthy witches to take me out.”
She pulled away from him running her fingers down his cheek, “Yeah, I get it. You're like a superhero or something.”
“Yeah I'm something.” Dean smirked, “Hey you wanna order some takeout? I'm STARVING.”
“We ordered pizza earlier. You want me to get you a beer too?”
“Yeah that'd be awesome. Would you be ok with Sammy staying with us through his winter break?”
“Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?”
“I was just making sure. Ya know with Jackie moving in and all it might be kinda crowded.”
“Oh, I don't think Jackie would mind at all.” Lexi smirked.
“Jackie likes Sam?”
“Yup.”
“Well, okay, then.” Dean simply nodded his head turning on the television. He settled back against the pillows and looked at Lexi, “Hey, Lex, tell my baby brother he needs to hit that cuz he really needs to loosen up and have some fun.”
December 14, 2001
Dean looked up from his newspaper as Sam entered the apartment smiling from ear to ear. Dean smirked, he couldn't help it. He was gonna have so much fun teasing his little brother. “Where you been, Sammy? Thought you were just walking Jackie home.”
Sam stopped in his tracks and turned to look at his older brother trying to sound casual. “I, um, I did. I walked her home.”
“Uh, huh. That all you do?” Dean asked while wiggling his eyebrows.
“What do you mean by that Dean?”
“I mean did you get some. Dude, the way you're smiling...”
Sam blushed while he stumbled over his words, “I...um...no. NO, Dean I didn't get some.”
“Yeah, well ya should. Jackie likes you. I mean LIKES you. You need to hit that little brother.”
“I can't.”
“Why not?” Dean asked not bothering to hide his confusion.
“Because I'm only gonna be here a few weeks.”
“So what! Trust me, Sammy, Jackie's fine with that.”
“Maybe I'm not.”
“Don't you like her?”
“Yeah, I like her...”
Dean stared at his younger brother as he realized what might be the real issue here. “Sammy, are you a virgin?”
“What? NO.” Sam balked but he knew Dean saw right through him. “That's crazy.”
“Holy shit you are!”
“Dean...”
“How is that even possible? You're almost nineteen and what about you and Paige? I thought you two...”
“It never happened and I just let you think it did.”
“Why?”
“Cuz, Dean, I was embarrassed ok.”
“Well,” Dean said as he stood up from the kitchen table. “I'm getting you laid before you go back to Stanford little brother.”
“I'm not going to some brothel, Dean.” Sam snapped indignantly.
“Did I say anything about hookers? No, I didn't. I'm talking bout you and Jackie.”
December 15, 2001
Lexi brushed out her curls then began fussing with her hair. She didn't know why she was taking so much time on her hair tonight. It wasn't like Dean was even going to notice it while she was wearing this dress. She studied her reflection in the full length mirror turning every which way. Lexi absolutely loved the white and silver beaded mini dress with the silver stilettos she was wearing, she knew she looked hot. That didn't mean she wasn't having doubts. Maybe Jackie was right. Maybe this outfit was a bit too much.
“LEX, C'MON! I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING OUT!” She heard Dean shout from the living room.
Lexi ran her hands over the dress to smooth it out before grabbing her silver clutch and heading for the living room. “Okay, okay. I'm ready.” Dean turned towards her to rant about how long it took her to get ready but the words died in his throat. He stared at her with wide green eyes. Lexi smiled at him striking a pose. “See something you like, Dean?”
Dean bit down on his lip as his eyes trailed over her body. In that moment, he completely forgot all about going out. The only thing he was thinking about was dragging her back into their bedroom and fucking her six ways from Sunday. Dean finally met her eyes with a mischievous grin lighting up his face. “Damn baby girl, you look smoking hot. You sure you wanna go out?”
“Yes, I'm sure. Besides Jackie's waiting for us.”
Once they got to D.B.A., they found Jackie had claim a corner of the bar has she waited for them. She waved the bartender over as soon as she saw them enter and ordered a round of shots. Jackie lifted her shot, smiled and said, “Now that you're eighteen, you and Dean can legally do what you've done since you were sixteen- screw each others brains out. At least now, his pervy ass won't be thrown in jail. Here's to you, Lexi, on finally being legal. Happy Birthday!”
After the four of them threw back their shots Dean leaned in to Jackie and hissed, “You're not funny.”
“Please, Ace, I'm hysterical.” Jackie smirked then grabbed Lexi's hand. “C'mon let's go dance while these two get drunk.”
About an hour later Jackie came off the dance floor to join Sam and Dean at the bar. She ordered herself a beer while nudging Dean. “Lexi wants you to dance with her.”
Dean took a pull off his beer shaking his head. “I ain't drunk enough to dance.”
“Yeah, well I warned you.” Jackie smirked.
As soon as the words were out of Jackie's mouth, Lexi appeared at the edge of the dance floor. She smiled at Dean as she danced calling to him, “Dean, come dance with me.”
Dean looked up from his beer, his eyes darting towards Lexi. “Dance with you?” He repeated while he looked around the bar. His eyebrows knotted together in horror as he realized she was serious.
Lexi swung her hips to the rhythm and closed her eyes, “Yeah, dance with me.”
Dean watched her for a moment as she danced. He noticed the other guys on the dance floor watching her with interest. That's when Dean decided the hell with it. He put his beer down and smirked at Lexi, “Okay, sweetheart.”
Dean made his way over to her, took her hand and led her farther out onto the dance floor. “You know, Lex, I ain't the best dancer.”
She smiled at Dean as she pressed up against him. “I don't care. You can just stand there and I'll just grind up on you.”
Sam watched the two of them with interest. He's never really seen his older brother dance before. Of course, Dean wasn't really doing much dancing. He was basically just standing there with his hands on Lexi's waist. He suddenly spun her around gripping her hips. He moved his hips in time with hers as she ground her ass against his crotch. Sam raised his eyebrow watching Lexi's dress ride up. He then, tilted his head in her direction as Lexi turn away from Dean while she discreetly fixed her dress. He gestured towards her asking Jackie, “She calls that a dress?”
Jackie couldn't help but laugh. “Wow. No love loss between you and her, uh?”
“No. It's not like that...”
“Whatever, dude.” Jackie smirked and tugged on Sam's hand. “Stop being a wall flower and come dance with me.”
“I don't dance.”
“Well, either dance with me or go back to the apartment with me to have our own fun.” Sam blinked at her with his mouth hanging open in shock. “I'll take that as go back to the apartment. Let's go Sasquatch.”