Fourth floor common room, Tuesday afternoon

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

In an effort to keep himself from dwelling on things he didn't want to dwell on, Dean had abandoned his room and was sitting on the couch in the common room, listlessly flipping through the channels on tv. He paused on one of those court shows and shook his head after watching for a few minutes. "Okay, now those people are freaks."

[open as common rooms are wont to be]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If it's Sam? I don't think he was playing solitare all weekend," she pointed out. "So he really has no right to say anything. Anything else? Can I interest you in a cruise on the River Denial? The water's fine and there's free sunscreen."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Sammy and Dawn will be fine," Dean said firmly. He'd make sure of it if he had to. He sighed and took another bite of chocolate and glanced at Isabel ruefully. "Does that cruise cover best friends who take off with nothing but a note left behind?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

For both their sakes, Isabel hoped so. "That cruise covers whatever you want it to cover. You haven't heard from him at all?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Not since he left, no," Dean said. "Though I didn't really expect to. He has to be really under the radar. I'd rather he didn't contact me than take a risk that Manticore gets his scent."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She'd spent most of her life living under the rader, Isabel understood completely. "I understand that. Trust me."

"What if I said there's a way I might be able to get in touch with him for you? And no one would be the wiser?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"What kind of way?" Dean asked her.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"An alien way," she said. "I'd need a picture of him, then I'd go to sleep while focusing on the picture. In theory I'd be able to get into his subconscious and at least see that he's okay."

Isabel looked down, remembering how she'd tried and failed to dreamwalk Max and Michael on Antar after they'd told her to stay on earth. "I'm not one hundred percent sure it would work. Between distance, the fact he's in another dimension. But I'd be willing to try if you want me to."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Part of Dean, the part that was eager to find out that Alec was okay, wanted to accept Isabel's offer, but... But. He knew how Alec felt about people getting into his head, and he had vivid personal experience of why....

"I... don't know," he said finally. "Can I think about it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Of course. If you decide you want to do it, just bring a picture by," Isabel told him. "It doesn't matter when. I know how it feels when you're worried about someone."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Alec will be fine. He's damned good; they're not going to be able to lay a finger on him." It was what Dean had been repeating to himself.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He will be, absolutely," she agreed. "And then he'll come back and you can kick his ass for leaving in the first place."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Oh believe me, I plan on it," Dean said, heartfelt.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel nodded, she'd felt the same after a few of Michael's abrupt road trips in search of information.

"So what do you think of Ares' class?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"It's... ah... unique," Dean said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's pretty much a nice polite way of saying batshit crazy isn't it?" she laughed.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much, yeah."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It could be worse. You could be the poor TA."