[The Roof, Thursday Night]

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Alec was up on the roof, because a) mostly secluded, b) it was cooler outside than inside, and c) kitty likes high places it was easier to think with no distractions.

He was beginning to think the whole introverted/thinking deeply thing was overrated though. Way too much crap he really didn't want to deal with, really. Maybe he should just go claim an empty common room and veg out in front of the television instead. He wasn't quite ready to leave yet, though.

[OOC: Roof open to anyone who needs, saltandammo's thread locked to he who be him and Alec.]

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

After a quick handwavy trip into town to obtain what he was now carrying, Dean went in search of Alec. The roof was the second place he looked, right after his room.

"Thought I might find you up here."

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Alec smirked, looking back at his double. "I don't try to be a creature of habit, but you found me." He nodded at Dean's burden, curious. "Whatcha got there?"

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"Chocolate milkshakes," Dean said with a grin, handing one over.

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"Milkshakes," Alec repeated, taking the one offered and looking at it oddly. "What's this - a prize for not mangling your body while I was in it?"

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Dean shrugged. "I just had a sudden yearning for something sweet so I went into town and picked these up." He paused and continued on a bit more hesitantly, "What you said about drinking lots of milk -- I thought this might help in the same way. And it's chocolate."

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Alec sipped it cautiously, wrinkling his nose when he had to suck harder than he'd thought he would to pull anything through the straw. "Man, that's thick." He tried another sip, tilting his head as he considered. "Not bad though." See how he conveniently ignored the reference to milk products - very crafty.

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"It's thick because there's ice cream in it," Dean explained, grinning at Alec's reaction to it.

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He nodded, sucking hard at the straw with a little crease between his eyebrows. "Mmm--" Alec let go of the straw, swallowing, and shook off the cold shock from too much at once. "Damn, forgot about that."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Brain freeze?"

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Alec nodded, one eye squeezed shut until it passed fully. "That's a good term for it."

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"Been a while since you had ice cream?" Dean asked, keeping the question as casual as he could.

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"Yeah," he said, then had another pull off the milkshake. "This is better though." Alec smirked, shaking the cup to loosen it up a little.

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"Yeah. It's on my list of 'foods and drinks the world would be poorer without'," Dean joked. "Plus as these kinds of food go, it's actually good for you, what with all the milk in it and all."

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Alec rolled his eyes, but didn't respond, deciding to put his mouth to better use by having more of the milkshake.

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Dean sighed and finally said when it looked like Alec wasn't even going to rise to the bait to blow if off, "We need to talk about it."

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Alec pointed at his mouth, currently busy drinking milkshake, eyes wide with innocence.

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Dean rolled his eyes, but just crossed his arms over his chest and said, "I can wait."

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Alec shrugged and kept drinking. He did have to stop though, before another brain freeze hit, so he rolled his eyes and motioned for Dean to continue with the half-empty cup.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Choosing his words carefully, Dean said, "I get why you didn't want to tell anyone about the seizures. Hell, I would've got it even if I hadn't actually had the upclose and personal demonstration. When you feel like you have to be on your guard all the time, something like that... it's a weakness you have to hide."

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Alec looked at Dean and finally nodded. "Yeah, it is. So?"

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"A couple of things. Sammy might not, but I understand why you didn't say anything or warn me before I had a seizure. Doesn't mean I'm not still a little pissed that you didn't at least try something like coming up with some bs story to get me to take the pills before it happened, but I understand.

"Secondly," Dean met and held Alec's gaze, "I know now, so you've got someone to guard your back when you can't."

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"Fucking hell," Alec said, exasperated. "You think I haven't been doing this all my life already? On my own? I don't need anyone to watch my back on this."

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Dean cocked his head. "You know what I said yesterday about that you could fucking deal with the fact that I care? You can fucking deal with the fact that I'm going to watch your back too."

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Alec shook his head stubbornly. "No. Just leave it alone, Dean," he said heatedly. "You don't need to know and I'm not telling."

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"All right," Dean said with a nod. "Let me put it this way, you can either tell me or you can get used to me practically living in your back pocket all the time until you do. If you don't give me any information, I'm just going to assume that you could have one any time and watch you accoringly."