new orleans ♔ and you were the light that brought me back

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War of Hearts - Russell Taylor

WHO ||Dean, Rose, Sam, Alainn [closed]
WHAT || Dean & Rose spontaneously tie the knot
WHERE || The French Quarter 24/7 Wedding Chapel, New Orleans
WHEN || A couple weeks post LA, after the Rafael rescue (2017)
HOW || Actionspam (single thread)

[ No one probably ever thought this day would come, probably least of all the bride and groom.

But a surprise proposal (of sorts) from Rose has led them both here, as the clock clicks close to midnight, to one of the only 24/7 wedding chapels there is, conveniently located right here in New Orleans, where they happened to make the decision.  Neither one of them seems to want a big wedding, so much as they just want to get married already, although everyone is a little concerned that Dean is going to develop cold feet as the time draws nearer.  With a nat 20 will save though, he's actually eerily calm about the whole thing as Sam drives him to the place and they fill out the paperwork, while Alainn gets Rose ready in a nearby room.  Dean takes a moment to slip the guy running the place some cash money under the table not to put their name up on the public registry that they keep on their website, to at least not flagrantly advertise their location.  By the time anyone traces them here from the actual signing of documents, they should be long gone.  Once all that's done, Dean and Sam have a few moments alone while they go to process everything, and he steps into the chapel room, walking slowly down the aisle with his hands shoved in the pockets of the suit that Alainn picked up for him and Sam talked him into actually wearing, studying the kooky decor with a pensive look on his face. ]

Comments

[familybusiness]

It's worse here.

[If Bobby can believe that. It's hard, Sam knows. And yet...]

I was too, at first. But they've been together for half a decade now, maybe since before I came through the Veil. [They'd come back from searching for the doppelgangers together, after all. That was the first time Sam had seen either of them.] Back then, Dean thought I was...well, him.

[The other one.]

[ohballs]

[ Bobby lets out a low whistle at that, glancing over at Sam's face at this revelation. ]

I'm guessin' that didn't go so well for your reunion then, huh?

[ He knows Dean. He knows how Winchesters can hold a grudge. They don't trust easily, especially not after it's been broken once.

...Hell, that wasn't even just Winchesters. ]

[familybusiness]

Some of the knights had to practically pull him off me.

[There was a knife involved. It wasn't great.]

Neither of us handled it very well. But, like I said, that was a long time ago. A lot's happened since then.

[ohballs]

[ Bobby winces, rubbing a hand over his face. ]

Sounds rough, Sammy. I'm sorry.

[ He should have been there. he doesn't know what kind of a difference he could have made - if any - but still. ]

[familybusiness]

It's fine, Bobby. Look...it meant that when you showed up, it didn't have to go as bad. We figured it out.

[Sam is pretty sure that if they hadn't figured shit out, Dean would have been just as skeptical of Bobby.

Or maybe not, since he'd actually died and not, you know, betrayed him.]

I'm just glad I get to see you again.

[ohballs]

[ He reaches over and clasps a hand against Sam's shoulder, giving him a gruff look, but there's affection in his gaze. A faint twist of his lips behind the beard. ]

Me too. I spent a lot of time trying to find you boys. You've been a tough pair to track down.

[familybusiness]

[Sam just grins, the familiar weight of Bobby's hand on his shoulder more uplifting than any good news he's gotten in the last...too long.]

Well, you won't have to do it again. We'll take you with us where we've been hiding out, and you'll get why we weren't so easy to find.