[AU]
"You can't choose your family."
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Willa Routh never knew her father. Her mother rarely talked about him, and when Willa went asking questions, she got shut down. She never even got a name...
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I've never been able to sleep well when I'm not in my own bed. Between that and the fact that when I close my eyes I see Cole with black eyes, it's not a fun time to be Willa Routh right now.
Sam found my temporary room a week ago, so I've been in the bunker ever since. While he and Dean have been on cases, Cas hangs around to babysit, even though he could be used on some of the hunting sprees.
I can't help but wander around the bunker, and for a time, I forget that Mom is still worrying over me. That, currently, I have no way to reach her.
I know right now I won't be allowed outside. Besides, I don't even know how to stop a demon, let alone get it out of someone. I wouldn't even know where to start looking.
I find myself in the bunker library in the middle of the night, pulling out books and skimming the pages for anything demon related. This is something I want to do, without them. Cole's my boyfriend, I can get him back. I yawn in the lamplight, my eyes tiring after reading so many words.
Just as I begin to doze off, and my head dips for the book, a voice pulls me awake.
"Can't sleep?"
I sigh, rubbing my eyes heavily. "Nope. Haven't really since I got here."
"Understandable." Sam goes to one of the shelves, fingers over the spines.
"What are you looking for?"
"Something." He notices I'm at the table. "What do you got there?"
"Late night reading."
Sam hovers over my shoulder. "Demons, huh?"
"Best to start with the basics."
"Why?"
"I gotta do something so I don't go stir crazy. Nobody will let me back out into the wild, so this is how I'm dealing." I flip a page.
"Are you sure that's the real reason?"
I look over my shoulder at him. "Yeah."
Sam's brows furrow. "Is it because of your boyfriend?"
"Too obvious?" I glance down at my reading. "It's just...I want to make sure he's okay. If he's still possessed, I want to save him. I know you guys have bigger fish to fry, so it won't be a priority to you. The demon in Cole is part of that group that attacked me, maybe we can get answers from him." I shrug. "Just thinking out loud."
"If we get a break, we'll help out, but I can't guarantee anything. We want to solve this as much as you do, Willa. It's a puzzle."
One that I want solved as soon as possible. "You guys build this place?"
