Being Alive ( D.W)

"Damn Right, Doll"

A few days later. At Jack's room. night. 

one of the hunters had owned a pet snake. Jack was taking care of it. 

I walked into his room " Hey, Jack."

Jack " I'm good, Leny."

Me "Jack, you say that, but ever since the Hunters and their funerals...... How's the snake? "

Jack "I don't think he's feeling well.  He won't eat."

Me "Well, perhaps he misses his previous owner. He's been through a lot of change in a short period of time. I guess that's something you have in common. "

Jack sighed. 

Me "Jack, you killed Michael.You consumed his grace. It was enough. You have your powers back?"

Jack turned to me " I think so. "

Then he used his powers to make a pen fly around the room "I feel different now, not like before, if that makes any sense."

Me "And your soul?"

He dropped the pen " You want to know how much of my soul I had to burn off to kill Michael."

I nodded. 

Jack " I don't know. I try not to think about it."

In the kitchen

I looked at Dean surprised " Oh. hi"

Dean took a big bite of his big sandwich. 

Me "thought you were already asleep?"

Dean " I was putting some gear away, and Rowena called."

Me "How is she?"

Dean shook his head " Not great. She's coping.But, uh, you know, at least she's not dead.How's the kid?"

Me "Well, he says he's good, but ......What about Sam? "

Dean "He says he's good."

I raised an eyebrow at him. 

Dean "I think they're both full of crap."

I nodded "yeah, me too"

Sam walked through the door " Found us a case. Arkansas."

Dean froze,annoyed "We've just done three back-to-back Hunts. I need some rest. At least a night. We both do."

Sam "Yeah, well I'm leaving in ten."

Then he walked out. 

Dean looked at me " Like I said, not good."

Me "Maybe Cass should go with him. And you can stay with Jack."

Dean asked confused "Why?"

Me " You were right. Jack is struggling. And I've tried, but --"

Dean"Why do you think he'll talk to me? "

Me "Because Jack looks up to you. And his soul -- I mean, we've both seen this before."

Dean shook his head "No, no. No. See, I was -- I was not great with Sam, you know, when he was, uh..... "

Me "Jack's soul isn't completely gone.At least I don't think so. W-We just don't know how much is left."

Dean took a sip of his beer " Well, how am I supposed to figure that out?"

Me "I don't know! Just talk to him.Get him to open up."

Dean "what do i get in return?"

Me "sex. lots of sex. Sex, sex and sex till you pass out "

Dean nodded, smirking "i am in"

I rolled my eyes.

Night. 

Everyone had come back.

I looked at Jack "Well, it seemed like the snake enjoyed the trip."

Jack "Hard to say. He's, uh, very guarded."

Dean" Yeah. Yeah. And what about you, huh? Good time?"

Jack nodded " It was illuminating."

Dean had taken Jack to Donatello.

I looked at Sam and Cas "Hey! How was Arkansas?"

Sam "Arkansas was, uh... It was weird."

Dean smirked " Heard you wore a cardigan."

Sam looked at Cass. 

Castiel nodded " Yeah, I told him about the cardigan."

Sam's face dropped " Great. Thanks."

Dean " And the wife. He said you were, uh, really happy."

Sam glared a Cass "Thanks."

Castiel"Yeah. Where's Jack?"

Dean" His room. "

Cass walked away. 

Dean "Really happy, huh?"

Sam nodded " I mean, I guess I was happy, but... It wasn't real, you know? Just..."

Dean "Well, not a lot of happy goin' on around here."

Sam"I hate this place right now. I hate it. Everywhere I look, I see them. I see Maggie.I guess that's why, uh -- why I was so desperate to get out of here, why I kept running us ragged. But I got to stop that. I-I can't keep running. I -- This is my home. This is our home. Dean, I think I just need some time."

Dean nodded "Okay."

Sam walked away.  

I looked after him. 

Dean put an arm around my middle from behind me and picked me up. 

I asked amused "what are you doing?"

Dean "you promised me sex till i pass out, baby. "

I chuckled amused "of course you wouldn't forget that"

Dean kissed my neck from behind "damn right, doll"