Fourth floor common room, Monday morning

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Dean didn't have any classes today and figured he could start off the term by making breakfast for whoever happened by. And if no one happened by, then there'd just be a lot of food for him to eat.

Really, there wasn't any bad here.

[ooc: open like a common room is, now with more free breakfast!]w

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"And we do it by putting ourselves in danger's path by choice," Dean said.

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"Well, yeah. That's what hunters do," Sam said, shrugging.

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"Pretty much what Watchers do too," Dean pointed out. "And those close to same."

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"Yeah, okay. Which means that Dawn is strong, and capable of taking care of herself," Sam said.

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"And making her own choices about what she's willing to risk," Dean said leadingly.

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"You mean the risk of being with me," Sam replied.

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"Just for example," Dean said.

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"Well, she can be willing to take the risk all she wants. I'm not letting her take it," Sam replied.

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Dean headdesked on the counter. "Dude, did you actually listen to anything I've just said?"

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"Yes, but...I don't know what you want me to say," Sam said, sighing.

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"Look at it this way," Dean said. "If Dawn had some sorta potential of like having the monks who created her go after anyone close to her and you knew all about that and decided she was worth the potential risk, and then she decided to break up with you for your own good anyway...."

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"I'd be hurt," Sam said. "And I'd probably be really mad at her, and I'd insist that I knew better than she did. But in the end, I hope I'd realize that I'm thousands of miles away from her and that if there was trouble, she wouldn't be able to help me - even if she had a teleporting cat," he added quickly. "And the possibility that nothing would happen to me and she wouldn't have to worry as much about me would be worth not getting to have her until maybe we can be together again."

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"Until?" Dean leapt on that bit.

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"Things won't be the same when I graduate," Sam explained. "I could protect her then, if she still wants me to."

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"Did you think to maybe mention to her that this is just a temporary idiocy on your part then?" Dean asked in a carefully neutral voice.

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"Of course I did," Sam said. "It didn't help though, because that doesn't change the fact that I can't be with her right now."

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"Actually considering she was asking me if you were ever going to change your mind, I'm thinking the temporary bit kinda got lost in the translation."

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Sam sighed, setting his plate aside since he was no longer hungry. "I didn't mean for things to get so screwed up."

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Dean sighed and shook his head with fond exasperation. "You really do need a keeper sometimes, don't you?" he asked, reaching out to ruffle Sammy's hair.

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Sam scowled, but didn't move away. "I don't need a keeper. I need fewer people around me, that's the point."

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"Dude, that ain't gonna happen if only because there's no way I'm going to let you cut yourself off from life."

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"I'm not going to cut you out, if that's what you're worried about," Sam said. "I know you can handle whatever gets thrown at us.

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"It's more than just me though," Dean said. "Awesome as I am."

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"Dad and Zoe and Grace too," Sam said, assuming that's who Dean meant. "I'm not going to abandon our family."

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"There's a whole world out there that's not related to us though," Dean pointed out.