iris, supernatural [ 2 ]

031. valentine's day

Larissa and Sam are sitting in the kitchen and Dean stumbles in.

"Morning." Dean grumbles, going to the fridge and opening it. Sam looks at his brother, eyebrows furrowing when he looks at his neck. Dean takes a bite of some Chinese takeout.

"Is that a hickey?" Sam asks as Dean spits the food out.

"And? It was Valentine's Day. I can't help it if I'm a hopeless romantic." Dean says, going to the coffee pot.

"You got half of that right." Sam says and Larissa snorts.

"Just doing my civic duty. Helping all the single ladies." Dean says. Sam and Larissa share an eye roll. "You know, the best thing about February 14th? You don't have to be Mr. Right. Just Mr. Right Now." Dean sits across from his brother.

"That's classy." Sam comments.

"Yeah, and what'd you do, judgy? Curl up in your snuggie, watch 50 Shades on cable?" Dean asks.

"Yeah." Sam nods. "No." He shakes his head.

"He was busy being Mr. Right." Larissa smirks.

"Check this out." Sam turns his laptop to face Dean. "Stacy Altman, 19 year old babysitter from Hudson, Ohio was murdered last night."

"Oh, that blows. But if her name's not Amara, how is that us?" Dean asks.

"Because her heart was ripped out." Sam says.

"On Valentine's Day? What is that like an ironic werewolf? All right, we'll check it out. But first, I need bacon."

"No, first, you need to shower." Sam says.

"Is it--" Dean sniffs his armpit. "You're not wrong."

"Yeah." Sam mumbles as Dean walks out.

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They brought Athena so Larissa has been at the motel all day while Sam and Dean talked to family the babysitter worked for and Sam went to the morgue.

Sam and Larissa are sitting on opposite ends of the couch and their feet are next to each other. Athena is on Larissa's chest, cuddling her as Larissa coaxes her to sleep.

The door opens and Dean walks in.

"Yo." Sam greets.

"Hey. Find anything?" Dean asks.

"Yeah -- jack. Absolutely nothing points to werewolf." Sam says, sitting up, putting his feet on the floor.

"Well... step aside, Urkel." Dean puts a small drive into the laptop. "It was Dan that stole the nanny cam."

"Why?" Sam asks and Dean gives him a look. "He was schtupping the sitter." He realizes. Dean points to him.

"Ugh. Men." Larissa grumbles.

Sam looks at her.

"You're an exception." She tells her husband making him smile a little.

"What about me?" Dean asks, taking a sip of his beer.

"Eh." Larissa makes a so-so gesture.

"Wait a second. I thought Dan was at dinner with Melissa." Sam says, watching the video.

"That's not Dan." Dean says.

Sam stops the video and goes back a few frames.

"Shapeshifter."

"Yahtzee."

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"Hey. Any luck?" Dean asks, getting back to the motel. Sam and Larissa are sitting at the table and Athena is over by the beds and playing.