When Dean returns to his room to find brownies sitting there beside his bed, his first thought is Sam, you sappy moron, but his second thought is brownies are freaking delicious. He eats all of them in one sitting. Enjoys them, thoroughly, in a way he hasn't enjoyed food in a long time because he so rarely gets to eat what he likes these days.
He doesn't say anything to Sam about it.
The next few days drag by for Dean. He gets tired of supply runs and increasingly antsy to leave. He and Sam manage to work out their arrangement a little better — Sam doesn't bitch at him too much, and Dean tries to keep his more opinionated remarks to himself. It works in a way that makes Dean think he'll be able to tolerate bringing Sam back to his camp. If nothing else, he knows Bobby will be happy to see him, and who knows, maybe Sam will be able to talk Cas into sobering up a little so that he can be more useful. There's potential, there, and Dean decides it's better if he can keep an eye on Sam, anyway. Just in case Sam suddenly decides to go weak and say yes, which is a possibility — one Dean wants to avoid.
Which may have partially motivated his decision to give Sam the sleeping pills. Dean wants to use Sam for his connection to Lucifer, sure, but it'll be a while before they're ready for that, especially since it seems like he won't be finding the Colt this time around. He doesn't need Sam caving in the meanwhile.
Newly returned from the earlier supply run, Dean is sitting on the bed, cleaning his pistol, when Sam comes in to get his backpack. "If you find any first aid supplies, see if they'll let you keep some to take back with us," Dean tells Sam. Aside from the prescriptions, they haven't found much by way of first aid supplies since Dean joined the runs, so he hasn't been able to create a personal stock. And the supply he brought with him to California has been running low.
Sam leaves, and Dean decides to make one last-ditch effort to get some information out of Laura. If it doesn't work, he and Sam will just leave tomorrow, maybe see if they can pick up a trail, and if not, they can just go back and keep an ear out for more information. Dean has been gone long enough.
Laura won't budge, so Dean decides to switch tactics and flirts with her instead. She seems surprised, since she just rebuked his efforts for information, but she doesn't turn him down. Hey, if it's his last night, he might as well get something out of it — so he feeds her some lines about how he feels like they understand each other, talks about how he really admires her for sticking to her guns even though he's been bugging her for information all this time. It doesn't work at first — Laura is smart, so she seems skeptical — but if there's one thing that Dean has learned about the end of the world, it's that people end up feeling desperate for comfort that no one seems to be able to provide anymore.
And that's how Dean ends bringing Laura back to his room, taking advantage of the fact that Sam won't be returning until late.
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He doesn't say anything to Sam about it.
The next few days drag by for Dean. He gets tired of supply runs and increasingly antsy to leave. He and Sam manage to work out their arrangement a little better — Sam doesn't bitch at him too much, and Dean tries to keep his more opinionated remarks to himself. It works in a way that makes Dean think he'll be able to tolerate bringing Sam back to his camp. If nothing else, he knows Bobby will be happy to see him, and who knows, maybe Sam will be able to talk Cas into sobering up a little so that he can be more useful. There's potential, there, and Dean decides it's better if he can keep an eye on Sam, anyway. Just in case Sam suddenly decides to go weak and say yes, which is a possibility — one Dean wants to avoid.
Which may have partially motivated his decision to give Sam the sleeping pills. Dean wants to use Sam for his connection to Lucifer, sure, but it'll be a while before they're ready for that, especially since it seems like he won't be finding the Colt this time around. He doesn't need Sam caving in the meanwhile.
Newly returned from the earlier supply run, Dean is sitting on the bed, cleaning his pistol, when Sam comes in to get his backpack. "If you find any first aid supplies, see if they'll let you keep some to take back with us," Dean tells Sam. Aside from the prescriptions, they haven't found much by way of first aid supplies since Dean joined the runs, so he hasn't been able to create a personal stock. And the supply he brought with him to California has been running low.
Sam leaves, and Dean decides to make one last-ditch effort to get some information out of Laura. If it doesn't work, he and Sam will just leave tomorrow, maybe see if they can pick up a trail, and if not, they can just go back and keep an ear out for more information. Dean has been gone long enough.
Laura won't budge, so Dean decides to switch tactics and flirts with her instead. She seems surprised, since she just rebuked his efforts for information, but she doesn't turn him down. Hey, if it's his last night, he might as well get something out of it — so he feeds her some lines about how he feels like they understand each other, talks about how he really admires her for sticking to her guns even though he's been bugging her for information all this time. It doesn't work at first — Laura is smart, so she seems skeptical — but if there's one thing that Dean has learned about the end of the world, it's that people end up feeling desperate for comfort that no one seems to be able to provide anymore.
And that's how Dean ends bringing Laura back to his room, taking advantage of the fact that Sam won't be returning until late.