@bansheeslain || halloween aesthetic prompts || accepting!
smoke curling into the sky on the horizon
booted feet rest on cool grass. sat upon a blanket on top of the biggest hill he could find--tall trees with their leaves dozens of hues of red, yellow, orange, brown stretch towards the cloudless sky full of millions of bright, twinkling stars. a round, huge moon shines bright in the dark. enough that their colors can be made out even in the night. he's never been one for celebrating halloween. chalks it up to thinking it's sorta dumb. or for kids. most of the time. that's all it takes for people to pry. though he might get a ribbing or two from the true enthusiasts he had as friends throughout the years. goes far deeper than that. those closest to him know..
..when they were kids, dean always tried to get him in some sorta costume. even if it was a hotel room sheet he could con out of a kind, empathetic desk lady (or take directly from the bed itself) with a couple holes cut for eyes. get him out trick-or-treating. anything to throw them into some normalcy this time of year. even if the light of fake enthusiasm never reached either one of their eyes. they pretended. for each other. because that's what brothers do.
tonight, though? he's enjoying himself. warm cider in green thermoses with their metal lids you can use as cups. a blanket slung around both their shoulders. pumpkin treats and cinnamon apples with brown sugar he put together himself. kept warm inside their container til he made them both a bowl and offered eileen hers. in the distance? the town's pumpkin patch is having it's county famous fireworks show. smoke coils up into the sky. but splashes of bright colors explode here, there, all over. once it starts.
"thanks for coming with me," he murmurs--head turned so he can smile thankfully down at her. sam's chest is warm. so's his face. "don't know if this is your thing or not." sam signs the words he knows. makes a promise, in his head, to figure out the ones he doesn't. but he thought, maybe, they could try and make it something for them to enjoy. god knows they've earned it.
