Full Circle (Book 8 in Arrow/Spn Crossover)

Vacation Planning

I made my way back to the main room and got Sam's bourbon poured right before he walked in. His hair was wet, guess he needed to do a bit more than get the taste of Crowley out of his mouth. Cas had the kids asleep on the floor with pillows under their heads and blankets over them. He was working on Cecilia, his eyes were closed, his finger touching her forehead, fully intent on rearranging her brain.

I never liked watching that so I handed Sam the glass, had him follow me into the kitchen and filled him in on everything but the cruise. I wanted to tell him and Cas about that at the same time and it had to be the right time. Cas wasn't going to be in the mood to hear about it while the kids were still with us.

Sam downed his bourbon, nodded and set the glass down, "Yeah, not too keen on the memory wipe but I understand why. Good to hear that Roy's handling things well." There was a pretty serious look of pride on his face.

"Seems you taught him well," I said.

"Well, I learned from the best, glad to know I can pass it along."

"Yeah, we both did." There'd been plenty of times that I'd wished Bobby was still around so I could have him over to Coyote's place. He did say I should marry her, funny how things turn out. I just hope he'd managed to see some of it from whatever his Heaven was.

"So, next move?"

"Follow Cas to the bus stop, make sure the kids get off okay, wait for Coyote and the rest to get back."

He downed the drink and studied me, not just with his eyes either, there was this odd pulling sensation on the pack bond that made me dizzy for a second. "What the hell?" I asked.

"I don't know, I was just trying to get a read on you. Didn't mean to make anything happen." I could tell he was processing something, "You're not just calm because you're pushing the freakout off for later are you?"

"Meaning?" Yeah, I really wasn't liking how accurate that statement was.

"This.." he waved his hands in the air between us, "you like knowing that Coyote and I can't be killed all that easily now."

"Can't see how it's a bad thing."

"So, the fact that not only do we not live normal lives as humans, but now we're not even human doesn't bother you in the least?"

"Hey, if we find a way to fix this where we don't die, I'm all for it." As soon as I said it this feeling of utter wrongness hit me.

His eyes narrowed instantly, "You're lying."

Shit, well, this was going to get complicated. I didn't say anything, we just stared at each other for a minute. "All right fine, yes this turn of events has some pretty nice upsides. However, I don't expect everyone to agree with me. So, if we find a way to fix it, I won't necessarily be all in, but if everyone else wants out, then fine, we go back to human. Look, Death said Fenris is on the up and up, the other wolves didn't seem all fucked up once we got them away from Mairyn. The full moon is three days away, Coyote and the rest will be back by then, we can see how the moon affects us. If it doesn't make us go rabid I'm not really seeing much reason to panic."

He shook his head, "Dean, we could live forever, or at least a few hundred years. How are we going to keep that a secret? I mean, I'd have to quit hunting at some point. Hunters will sure as hell notice even if no one else does." He wasn't exactly panicking, but he was definitely worried.

I shrugged, "Fake our deaths, move, I don't know. Hadn't really thought that far ahead. We've got probably ten or so years before that's a real problem. Plenty of time to figure it out or find a cure. It's not like we don't have the resources to go completely off the grid between you and Felicity. Sam, we've lived our whole lives off the grid, this would just be more of the same."