first things first ---- dean loves his brother. when there’s nothing left in the world, as long as it’s the two of them, everything is good, everything has purpose. trust is a little harder to come by, running in short supply these days; but it’s there too, buried though it may be. despite these solid facts ... that dean would kill for his brother, bleed for his brother, die for his brother, he’s also TERRIFIED of the boy. most of the time he’s convinced he’s got the part down pat, hiding the features of his face as concern rather than d i s g u s t when one of his ... powers pops into play. but every now and again, dean can’t help but feel sick by the idea. waking up from NIGHTMARES, the image of a brother with blinking hollowed yellow eyes at him, laughing, blood dripping from his lips ---- it leaves him unnerved. on edge. there simply is something not right about the fact, no matter how hard his brother urges him to see the good side of it all. he can find none.
if it were anyone else besides his BROTHER saying such things, he’d have probably put them down already. as it were, that’s the ONLY thought more frightening to him than the one where sam can kill demons with his mother fucking mind.
so when they get a call from bobby, the both of them the closest ones to memphis, dean can’t help the twisted feeling in his gut when it’s clear to him the case involves demons. no wonder sam seems so ... springy. he’d rather hunt anything else at this point. even a fucking rawhead would be preferable; keep his brother far away from those black eye sons of bitches as he can. but sam’s the one who took the call. and now they’re in the car, and he’s only got about 300 miles to convince the guy to drop the case.
❝ haven’t you had enough of demons yet ?? we just got off a case, i can call bobby back ---- say we need some time off. i don’t want us to ... burn out, or anything. ❞