The Monsters In Our Heads (Book 7 Arrow/SPN Crossovers)

The Good Times Start to Roll

"There's a spare room out through that door there Thea," I pointed out, "Just in case."

"You two keep going on like that and we may have to take you up on that. He's been gone awhile."

"It isn't a party till people sneak off and have sex. At least that's how I remember it," I said as I shifted Coyote to the couch.

"I'm guessing you were the one they snuck off with?" Dig asked.

I shrugged, "Well, chicks do go for the "bad boys" for some reason. Who was I to disagree?"

Oliver nodded, "Can't say I see a problem with that."

Thea looked at Oliver, then me, then back at Oliver. "I just had a really disturbing thought. Can you imagine if you two had known each other back before the shipwreck? I mean, if Dean had traveled in our circles and not been a hunter. You two would have somehow managed to get into more trouble than you and Tommy did Oli."

I rolled that around in my head for a second or two, "I think I could handle being a billionaire playboy."

Oliver gave me the once over, "All you'd really need is a better wardrobe and a high end sports car."

"You seriously underestimate the sex appeal of muscle cars, Baby's always worked just fine for getting hook ups."

Dig laughed, "Gotta go with Dean on that one. Women lose it when they hear a V8."

"Hence why I drive one," Coyote said, "Screw waiting for a guy to show up. When I want to get my rocks off by driving fast I'll do it when I want to. No strings attached."

"Preach it sister," Thea declared.

"Damn straight!" Coyote replied.

I stood up, "Crap, I better start doing something useful before they decide they don't need us anymore. Guess I'll go grill up some overly complicated snacks that she picked out."

Dig and Oliver smiled and stood up, "We may as well join you," Dig added.

"Men burn food good, uggh!" Oliver grunted.

Coyote, Thea and Felicity cracked up laughing; Oliver, Dig and I grabbed the plates of snacks and some beers and headed outside.

"This is a gorgeous house," Dig said after he put the plate he was carrying on the table by the grill. "I've never even heard of a dome home till now, such a unique design."

"She built it. It comes in a kit. It's supposedly one of the more energy efficient and safest designs for a home. Took me a couple of months to get used to it though. Back when I was still a lot more paranoid it felt too open, no good places to take cover. Now that I'm more used to it regular houses feel cramped. Crazy what you can adapt to."

"True that. Seems like you've adapted to retired hunter life pretty well."

I hadn't seen Dig since Coyote and I had gone to Starling which was about eight months ago. I'd relaxed and changed a lot since then, sometimes it even surprised me how relaxed I was now. "I had a lot of help. It wasn't easy, I'll tell you that. Worth every minute though." I took a quick glance at Oliver and caught his eyes shifting to look at Felicity. I was pretty sure that me retiring had set some thoughts in motion inside his head but we'd never talked about it. We'd gotten closer but not that close. If he was going to have those conversations it'd be with either her or Dig, not me. Personally I didn't think he was ready to let go of his personal demons yet. He was trying, but I got the feeling that he still felt the debt he owed to people in his past was nowhere near paid off.

We shot the shit, delivered food inside and drank a few beers. I kept my eye on my watch and about fifteen minutes before Sam and Roy were due to show up we went back inside.