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[familybusiness]

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WHO || Sam and Dean Winchester
WHAT || Sam confronts Dean about what he's learned.
WHERE || Dean's Room
WHEN || November, shortly before leaving on the Thanksgiving Mission
HOW || spam~

[Fortunately for Sam, this time around, when Dean arrives at the Castle? Sam hears about it.

He's made friends since back then, ones that know their relationship, and know that he would want to know. And they're right, because he's been waiting for this awhile, wants to know what took his brother so damn long to come home, wants to know if he'd being avoided on purpose or...no, it's probably on purpose.

Well, that was going to come to an end in a hurry. He doesn't particularly want this conversation, because it'll probably be uncomfortable and angry and horrible, but it has to happen. He can't sit on any of this forever.

Not when he's not the only one who knows.

So that afternoon, Dean will hear a rather...forceful knock on his door, following quickly by a voice.]

Dean, it's me. Let me in.

[Because he's not going away. Sorry, bro.]

Comments

[likedillinger]

But she tried. She told you she didn't want to drag you into this and then dangled that carrot in front of you anyway. Because she's a liar, Sam. She's Lucifer's daughter, and that means she learned from the best there is at how to pull peoples' strings.

[familybusiness]

She said she dragged me in so I wouldn't be in the dark. So that when I did find out what happened, I wouldn't make the same mistakes and go on some kind of angel-hating vengeance thing. She told me she just wanted us to...'kiss and make up.'

[And he doesn't want to think she was lying. And yes, he did the air quotes with his fingers.]

The last person who cared about me like that was Madison. I guess I just attract monsters, huh? [A beat.] Did that even happen over here?

[It's a...valid question.]

[likedillinger]

You can't compare this to what happened with Madison. [ so that's a yes. ] Madison used to be human. Glasya's never been anything but she is, and that thing is incapable of caring about you the way you're so desperate to think she is.

[familybusiness]

[He could argue this point forever, and he knows that Dean will never believe it. He doesn't for a second believe there isn't something there, but he also doesn't know how truly selfish it is, or if she has ulterior motives.

He trusts Dean more than anyone, and he's instilled some doubts in him.

And even if he hadn't, it wouldn't matter. They both had known it would come to this, at some point. Maybe she'd thought he'd choose differently. She probably should have known better than that.]

I'll deal with her.

[likedillinger]

You better. Or else I'm gonna have to.

[familybusiness]

[He manages to mostly keep his cool, though his shoulders get a little tense as he internally bristles.]

That won't be necessary. Pretty sure she has had a feeling this was coming since she first saved me from getting shanked.

[likedillinger]

If you're lookin' for me to thank her for that, you got another thing coming.

[familybusiness]

Wouldn't dream of it.

[Oh look, more beer.]

[likedillinger]

She was gonna do whatever she had to do to get you to trust her. You get that, don't you?

Hell, for all you know, you were only in a place to get shanked in the first place because she put you in that position.

[familybusiness]

Yeah, I get that. I don't think her being there was a coincidence for a second.

[He never did, not once he found out who she was.]

Walking into Robin's bar was kind of asking for it, though. After...

[He lets out a heavy breath.]

What happened to Bobby, Dean? She said Iscariot killed him, but I tried looking it up, and I couldn't find anything.

[likedillinger]

[ all fall down - onerepublic ]

That's because nobody does a cover-up like Iscariot does. And the one thing they want covered up more than anything is the whole Prospect deal in the first place. [ but that doesn't answer the question. give him a sec. ]

... It was them. Same day it happened to Cas. Same day you--



It was a helluva day, Sam. It was the day I told the angels screw it.

[familybusiness]

Why?

[But that's not as important as what Dean says when he continues. Listening to it, it's almost a contradiction. Maybe losing Bobby and Cas would have been enough. If he lost all three in the same day...

...he presses his lips together, gives Dean a moment, before he essentially repeats the question, not knowing if he's really going to get an answer or not.]

What happened, Dean?

[Maybe if he can get it out, Sam can help shoulder that burden. He wouldn't have to carry those memories alone anymore.]

[likedillinger]

Iscariot came for us. For you specifically. Cuz of what you'd-- [ he stops, apparently having said more than he wanted to anyway. ] It all came out in the worst way, alright. That's all you gotta know.

[ back to the other question quickly ] Iscariot doesn't want the Prospect to win or lose. They don't want the bet to end, period. They like things just the way they are, and so they do everything they can to bury the fact that the quest even exists. They're trying to find a way to get to the Tree itself, and I dunno, burn it down, who knows. Basically, they piss off both sides right and left.

[familybusiness]

Because of what I'd become?

[Actually, no, that's not the best place to stop at all.]

So, it really was my fault?

[That's...a huge blow. He'd thought that maybe these had all been separate instances, but to have it all happen because this...group came after him?

That made it entirely his fault. Completely.]

[likedillinger]

You don't want to hear this, Sam. [ nor does he want to say it ]

[familybusiness]

That doesn't mean I shouldn't.

[It'd be one more reminder not to do the bad things. Just throwing that out there.]

[likedillinger]

You'd been lying to me for months, Sam. It was gonna catch up to you some time. And when it did, people died for it, and I still don't know to this day if you fessed up because you were cornered into it, or because you honest to God felt guilty that they died to keep us safe without knowing the whole truth.

Is that what you needed to hear?

[familybusiness]

[Sam holds his gaze for a moment, looking stricken, before his eyes drop to the floor. It's not really all the much more than what he already knew but putting it that way?

Yeah, it sucked. Big time.

He doesn't answer. He just soldiers on.]

Buffy knew about Iscariot.

[Considering they apparently took down two of the four of them, they must have been...pretty damn formidable, and now he's worried about her. Why would she know about them unless she'd run into them?

He's also pretty damn sure they're the zealots that Glasya mentioned before.]

Should I be concerned about them?

[Or do they only care about the other version?]

[likedillinger]

I freakin' hope not. But I can't promise you that.

[familybusiness]

Yeah, me too.

[Thing he never wanted for 100, Bob. Dropping something like that on top of people's heads is not....yeah, nope.]

What should I look for? Any kind of cult symbols? Tells?

[Just in case.]

[likedillinger]

Some of 'em dress like Catholic priests, but the ones that don't are harder to spot. They're usually wearing a ring with Roman numerals on it. Shows what section they're from.

[familybusiness]

Priest. Awesome.

[Actually the exact opposite of awesome. How immeasurably fucked up.]

That gives me something to watch out for, at least.

[likedillinger]

If you're close enough to see their crucifix, it's probably too late already.

[familybusiness]

[...considering Dean is usually all 'let's take the fight to them,' hearing that is...especially disheartening.]

Great. That makes me feel so much better.

[likedillinger]

We used to both be protected from them tracking us down by magic. Cas... burned some sigils into us that meant nobody from upstairs, downstairs, or anywhere else could hit us with a scrying spell.

Maybe we can find some way to do the same for you. I don't know.