Cthulhu Campfire, Thursday Evening

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"Ow." Dawn was stretched out on the grass, holding ice bags to places where Vi had made contact. She should have known better than to spar with a slayer, but it seemed almost normal, and she'd gotten carried away, and "Ow."

Maybe if she was lucky, the ibuprofen fairy would drop by.

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Aside from rescuing damsels in distress with my awesome advil retrieval abilities?" Dean asked as he settled down beside her. "Not much. Don't have any workshops today so kinda just bummed around. Went and talked to Sammy in the library for a while, then went down into town for a bit."

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"You're getting all kinds of lazy," she teased.

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"Can't be energetic all the time."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn rolled a shoulder and grimaced. Ow. "Still, you did do lots. What kind of mood was Sam in?"

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"Kinda a thinky mood when I showed up," Dean said, shifting over and wordlessly starting to gently massage Dawn's shoulders. "We talked about the future some, him going to college. It was... good." He sounded a little surprised at that even now.

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"You and Sam had a good talk about him going to college?" She stared, "Seriously?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah I know. 'Who are you and what have you done with the real Dean Winchester?'"

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"I thought Christoing you would be taking it way too far..."

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"Yeah, yeah. But seriously, we did have a good talk about Sammy going to college. Really."

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"What'd you decide?" She asked, trying really hard not to think about the fact that she'd be getting ready to go this time next year.

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"That it just might not be the end of the world if he goes," Dean admitted grudgingly.

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"I'm so proud of you!" She bounced up, forgetting she was sore, and hugged Dean.

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Dean was caught by surprise, but still managed to hug her back. "It's not really that big a deal," he protested.

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"Sure it is!" Dawn ow-ed under her breath as she let go of him. "He talked about leaving and must have been rational, or you would have punched him, and you must have been rational, or he would have said something and made you cranky. Yay, progress!"

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"I wouldn't have punched him," Dean protested. "And it wasn't really rational or irrational so much as he didn't talk about college like it was this big escape that will let him shake off the dust of this family."

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"He couldn't shake your family if he wanted to," she remarked, "and, well, I'm glad. You guys need each other. Especially once Grace learns to walk and talk and date."

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"Hopefully that last will happen many years after the first two," Dean said, dryly. "And it's not that Sammy thought he could shake his family, it's that he wanted to."

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Dawn sighed, "I know. I wasn't thrilled to be given the old heave-ho either, you know."

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"He'd be nuts to dump you," Dean told her. "For that, I would kick his ass."

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"No ass-kicking," she retorted immediately, "Unless I'm crying, and then it's maybe okay, but you should check first. Besides, who ends up with their high school sweetheart, right?"

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"My Mom and Dad," Dean replied.

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"Really? I didn't know that."

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"Yeah," Dean said. "They didn't actually get married until Dad came back from 'Nam, but they met in high school."

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"That's so sweet!"