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Dean Winchester (_jerk) wrote,

Dean probably wouldn't appreciate the comparison, were anyone around and foolish enough to make it, but there's more than a little of the harried parent about him once Sam's left. Not immediately, because there's scowling at the walls, and adding to the eclectic viewing habits of Mr. R. Palmer (because dude, that statement's going to have a seriously weird Pay-Per-View record between the things Sam grudgingly consents to watch, and the things he watches when Sam's close enough to be weirded out by overhearing them, and the things he watches when no one else around... not that that's anything new, of course), and risking another beer (because Dad's not going to miss one more, right?). But as time wears on there's worrying. Both the abstract concern that something might happen, that constant threat most parents worry is out there but can't place as something specific except for them it's always been worse because they know full well what's out there, and the more specific one that Sam's not going to get back before Dad does and all hell will break lose again and he's seriously not in the mood to deal with any of that right now.

And maybe thinking about it is like some primal invocation sort-of shit, because Dad lands back early wanting to know what Sam found out about the Jikininkis and how best to dispatch them, because he's on a time limit here and wants the job done tonight, and Dean's left explaining why there's only one Winchester boy and no pile of notes waiting for him, and Sam's right, it really isn't much less of a lie, which makes it all the harder not to stray into making Sam's arguments for him no matter how wrong they feel in the mouth, and Sam lands back just in time to hear that this isn't about that, and Dean should know when to hold his tongue because he's been raised better than to question his father, and anyway what's so damned difficult about just keeping an eye on Sam? He gets one easy job, just one, can't he just do it without screwing up? And Dean's so fucking tired of it all, and maybe they've lost how to talk without arguing anyway since it's all they seem to do these days but he tries anyway, tries to make it sound like a reasonable suggestion and not a gripe or an accusation.

"I don't know, Dad. Maybe if you treated him like an adult instead of..."

... and John's off again, and Dean shoots Sam a look as the door creaks open. He's got every right to make it an accusing glare, but instead it's almost a warning. If he's really lucky he can just click the door back shut and maybe John won't notice?

And maybe pigs will fly, but hey. Weirder stuff happens, right?