a man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river but then he's still left with the river. A man takes his sadness and throws it away but then he's still left with his hands.
guilt pangs sharply in his chest, and he swallows around the regret in his throat. but still ruby’s been around the block. she should know better than to mess with weapons like that. ❝ it’s fine. just…. be more careful, okay? ❞
Dean kinda thinks the river idea wasn’t such a bad one although then they’d still have wet Sam to deal with and that was almost just as bad as sam covered in filth.
❝Yes No. there’s gotta be a change of clothes in the trunk.❞
he relaxes, a smile gracing his tired features another small laugh slips between his lips
❝I hope you’re not too emotionally attached to that jacket.❞
sam graces his brother with a glare, shaking his arms in an attempt to dislodge some of the muck. okay, gross. next time, dean gets to do the dirty work.
and damn, but samd’d just l o v e to see dean’s face if he slid onto the impala's leather seats in all his glory. but that’d be just cruel, even for sam.
❝ yeah, yeah. you know, i think the only thing we could do for this jacket is burn it. ❞
❝ nope, and get this —- all the vics? relatives of hunters. i mean, i didn’t even think hunters h a d relatives who weren’t in the life. it’s one thing to put yourself in danger, but how could someone knowingly endanger their family like that? they were ignorant, dean, every one of them. ❞
“Just gonna stand there or you got somethin’ for me?”
❝ alright, grumpy, calm down. ❞
he tosses the plastic bag at dean’s chest, rolling his eyes as he shucks his worn green coat. geez. he doesn’t know anyone who gets t h i s excited whenever there’s pie within a twelve-mile radius.
Dean sighed. Is this was he got for trying to be a good, caring older brother? Mostly he was just trying to show his love and appreciation —- since apparently he wasn’t good at that kind of thing. Didn’t… show it enough. So this was him trying. This was him trying and failing.
“No more hugs —- got it. Moments gone anyway.”
{ ♟ } Sam could see the m o m e n t Dean’s attitude shifted. It wasn’t subtle —- it never was —- and Sam felt ever-familiar guilt begin to chew away at his stomach. Before it could sink its teeth too firmly into the soft tissue, Sam hesitantly wrapped his arms around Dean’s strong form.
The sensation was weird, if he was being honest, seeing as the only time he and Dean ever really got touchy-feely was when one of them almost kicked the bucket. Still, Sam would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy leeching comfort from his older brother, just like old times.