Fourth floor common room, late Sunday morning

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

It had been a while since he'd done the open brunch thing and with things finally feeling like they were getting back to something resembling normal for him, it felt like a good time to do it again.

So here Dean was in the kitchen of the common room, dividing his attention from the food cooking and the book Karal had given him to read. Who said he couldn't multitask?

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana smelled food and wandered up to the next floor. "Hey, Dean," she said a little drowsily.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg was still bouncy from finding out about Stanford and it definitely showed when she came into the common room.

"Hey!" she said. "What are you cooking and can I have some?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Hey Lana," Dean said, looking up from his book.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Bacon, eggs and frozen waffles, and absolutely," Dean told her, smiling at her. "Someone's perky this morning."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Good book?" she asked.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I've got good reason to be perky," she said with a grin. "I got into Stanford."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Dean grinned, putting his book down and moving closer so he can slide his arms around her waist. "Always knew I was dating a smart girl."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean snickered a little, given it was a book on religion. "Interesting at least."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Be careful," she warned teasingly, "You're starting to look like me - or your brother - reading as you cook."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I read," Dean protested.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Hey," she said, laughing. "I never said you didn't read. But seriously, when's the last time anyone saw you reading while you cooked? While me... I'm rarely without a book in my hands."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Why thank you," Meg said, smiling up at him. "Isabel got into UNLV too. I made her open up my acceptance letter for me."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You had nothing to worry about, y'know," Dean told her. "They would've been crazy to turn you down."

[likethegun]

Things were definitely getting a lot closer to normal, and that included Sam coming upstairs to see if Dean was cooking anything. The smells coming from the common room almost answered that for him, and he grinned when he spotted his brother. "Hey. What are you making?" he asked.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Well it's not like this," he waved his hand at the breakfast cooking, "is really mentally challenging. And Hunter was still sacked out -- gave him a bit too much catnip last night -- so I don't have to keep an eye on him..." Dean shrugged. "Seemed like a good use of time."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Food," Dean replied. He paused. "There's waffles."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I am so not arguing," she said, holding up the book she'd brought with her.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Stanford's a good school, I couldn't help but be a little worried," she said. "But I would have been glad to get into any school that wasn't Hearst. I can't spend more time in Neptune."

[likethegun]

That just made Sam perk up more. "Really? Do you need any help?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You want some grub?" Dean asked.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Place really that bad?" Dean asked, almost managing to pull off the casual tone.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"As long as it's not actually grubs," she said with a grin. "Yes, I would. Oh, and how are you doing, by the way?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You can help me eat it," Dean said, with a grin.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Neptune's got the problems that every town has," Meg said sarcastically. "Rape, murder, wars between social classes."

[likethegun]

Sam laughed. "I'll try not to eat all of them, I promise."