Log - Hunting Trip

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What: Hunting trip with his kid brother, except it's less of a hunting trip and more getting to know Sam again. Sorta. Unadulterated violence on some vampires is a bonus.
Who: Sam Winchester (servedhell ) and demon Dean Winchester (roads_end  / protodemonic )
When: After [this]
Verse; Team Archangel

 

Dean isn't sure what to expect.

 By now he's used to seeing guys with his face around the place but it's a whole 'nother beast when it's Sam and instead of one, there’s two of ‘em. He knows there's that whole parallel dimension thing going on; it still doesn’t change the fact it’s friggen weird to see this Sam and have to remember that he’s not going to remember the same stuff he does or that there’s a lot of stuff he doesn’t know about the kid anymore. That whole <I>Lilith holds your contract</i> thing is new to him.

 He guesses he shouldn’t be surprised. After dying, it’s been a lot of catch up. He probably won’t remember everything about his brother, which sucks, but he deals ‘cause the other option is to be a little bitch in the corner about it and he’s not a little bitch. If he got through Alastair’s “care”, then he can get through this, whether it’s one Sam or two. Dean figures the kid is still Sam no matter what details don’t match up... and that right there is probably partially that freak obedience tethering him to the kid talking, this compulsion to jump for the kid whether he wanted it or not. The other half is probably just instinctive loyalty, something that carried over when he was still breathing. Either way, Dean’s willing to give this Sam a chance – as many chances as it takes – and he’s more than happy to wait for him to get his gear together for a hunt.

 Vampires. It was either ganking some vampires or trying to go after some demons. Vampires are a better bet. Unlike demons, vampires just need a good decapitation to put ‘em down all permanent-like. Most of the average demons out there can just smoke out of a corpse and they’re tough as all hell to kill (he knows he can only be a pain in the ass to another demon, which basically means it’s just a demonic slap fight instead of a fight to the death). At least with vampires it’s not the same problem. So if Sam’s going to be putting himself on the line, he’d rather go with vampires and it doesn’t really occur to Dean that they’re hunting his fellow monsters and maybe he should take that objective step back. At this point, they could be family.

 That hadn’t stopped him before. They’re not the work of an artist. They’re even more fair game since Sam wants them dead.

 Good enough for him.

 Dean idles by the porch, hands in his pockets, waiting for Sam. His black eyes flick out toward the Impala, then back toward the door. The proto-demon figures Sam probably needs time to get all the weapons together since there’s no such thing as overkill on this job.

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[ancientgift.livejournal.com]

The suggestion actually catches him off-guard, and it takes him a solid few minutes before he's able to do anything other than just stare at his brother. He'd been expecting another disagreement about him using himself as bait, or maybe even a suggestion about Dean being the one to flush them out. But not this. Not an actual retreat.

"Weren't you the one who suggested a hunt in the first place?" Granted, it seemed like it'd been mentioned more as a way to unwind some tension; something that'd happened as soon as he'd disappeared off that hour to go feed. He eventually grins, actually seeming a little amused by it all. He's not happy about the idea of calling of the hunt this late in to the game. But if that's what Dean wants, he's not about to ignore it. "You couldn't have said that before we left?"

...it probably helps that he knows he can always come back later to finish the job.

[protodemonic.livejournal.com]

"That was before you told me you were gonna be bait. I figured we'd just snatch a human to pull that job," Dean admits.

Okay, maybe he didn't think it through all the way. He thought killing something would make Sam happy, his own personal feelings on killing aside, and he could've gone with it until Sam turned around and declared he was putting himself on the line. Apparently Dean's moral ground these days was he was fine with whatever murder or torture Sam might want - or need - to resort to, so long as it didn't involve hurting himself.

Maybe Sam would feel better if Dean just went out on his own and brought back a vampire to soften up. At least that way Dean would feel better about being close enough to stop the thing if it made eyes at Sam. He figures if one of those things got stupid and tried to take a bite outta him that they'd get a real surprise.

Dean looks up, squinting in the afternoon sun. From what little he's brushed up on vampires again after dying, he figures they got a few hours before they get too active.