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[cholesterol]

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@HZF

[homosexuals]

Hey.

Heard that guy was a friend of yours. Not asking if you're alright when none of us are, but.

You need anything? A drink?

[cholesterol]

( He kept that real close to his vest for almost two months, didn't he. Even though they shared a tent.

Misty's words flash across his mind: 'STEP TWO: gay awakening.' They haven't talked, have they? Not since. Not after. They've only just returned to themselves and now they're thrust into this fucking "game." He's not young and skittish and uncomfortable and confused, so he doesn't flinch when he sees Hawk's name in his inbox. They're both adults.

And, yeah. He can admit he liked what they did. But, they both had that bloodlust. They were driven by their knife. Followed the blood. Nothing more primal than that, right?

He's been the demon before. )

News travels fast outside our "teams."

Yeah, I could use a drink.

JUST a drink.

( Probably. If it were anybody but Cas, if it were girl Sam or Faith -- it's also Peony. Peony who asked him to protect her. Protect the others from her. Ironic. )

@african.grey

[transponders]

I have something. I'm bringing it to you directly because the spades are, largely, idiots.

One of the villagers saw someone with a diamond necklace fleeing Castiel's scene. I'm taking Melissa to go get a good look around the area, if you want to come.

@dr. sexy

[cholesterol]

I wouldn't go that far, but, fair.

Yeah, okay. You haven't been here from the jump, but you have your eye on everything. Got any names that might scream diamond necklace?

@goodsir

[mygoodsir]

Sir,

I have the results of Castiel's autopsy. My apologies for the wait.

My findings are not much different from yours, but I admit I am puzzled as to how your friend was subdued enough for this to occur. I saw very few signs of violence aside from the obvious.

@dr. sexy

[cholesterol]

So, he was either paralyzed first, or ... made to stay still.

Thanks. ...Goodsir? Is that your last name or your title? Do you get a cookie, too?

@oa

[resurrected]

Hi. How are you doing?

@robert.plant

[cholesterol]

( He knows he's always been cat nip to angels and demons, well, demons was Sam's territory, but, did he miss something?

did he change his name in hopes of less people finding him? yes. but his username is not his name. he is still dean winchester.

and now there are more dead bodies. )

How should I be doing?

@WIFI

[laozu]

Mister Dean, my name is Wei Wuxian and I am one of the investigators working to identify the wolves.

May I ask you — was Mister Castiel known to be an angel? Was it common knowledge?

[cholesterol]

( like deja vu around here. at least he's not being messaged like he's grand central station. )

No, not to my knowledge. People barely knew we were friends and I didn't talk him up. I don't know what he got up to himself or who he told, but he never made some big announcement I saw. You ask me, someone who killed Cas or had him killed had to have had magic behind them or telepathy. Or, they knew him, even briefly.

@goodsir

[mygoodsir]

It appears we've annoyed someone.

[cholesterol]

Normally, I'm three sheets to the wind before I'm howling at the moon.

You think it's a warning, a message, or a misdirect? They trying to scapegoat us?

Text;

[ragesagainsttheodds]

did you mean it when you said to text you if I felt unsafe?

Text;

[cholesterol]

Yeah, I did.

( he's right there with her, but what's new? she's a kid. or, younger than him, anyway. )

@hawkeye

[purpura]

if anything, you have good taste in clothes

[cholesterol]

What can I say, I like flannel

I DON'T like cutting locks of dead people's hair

@t.laughlin

[holyposition]

I know you're helping Hawk sweat it out.

If an accusation comes his way, can you help cool him down?

[cholesterol]

Something coming together?

delivery - stuck between the door frame

[homosexuals]

[it shouldn't be a text. a phone call feels impersonal, and he thinks dean would be liable to hang up anyway - which he'd fully deserve. in person would be best, and yet - he doesn't know that dean would want to see him, either. all the kindness he'd shown in helping hawk to kick the blood, and this is how he was repaid? intentional or otherwise, it's gotta be a kick in the teeth.

so there's a letter, several days after the burnt husk of his corpse is dragged back to the manor and he's alive, more or less. the nightmares are different now - flames licking at his feet, smoke choking his lungs in near darkness. sometimes it's not even him and instead it's tim in his place while he and harry stand helplessly by. not dean's problem, though.]

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏,

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 - 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒.

𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡.

𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 "𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙" 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.

𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ.

𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠: 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓𝑓, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 - 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑡.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑜𝑛𝑒-ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠.

𝐴𝑠𝑘 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟. 𝑀𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛.

-𝑯𝒂𝒘𝒌

@robert.plant

[cholesterol]

( he crumples the note up and tosses it in a wastebasket. after reading it.

it's like the mark. or a demon possessing you. it's you but it isn't. you're influenced. you say or do something you'd never, not to that person, but under the circumstances.

he lets it go. it doesn't need carrying and, really, cas deserves the apology, not him. )

Who's Rosie?

📦 delivery.

[powerhungry]

[ The morning before Dean's first shift at the Hex Club, an envelope finds its way to his door. Inside is a gold pin in the shape of a hexagon, as well as a note: ]

Dean,
Welcome to the Hex Club.
I look forward to working with you.
— Silco

[cholesterol]

( Silco, like wolf-Silco? the more you know. oh well, he's gotta occupy his hands and his mind, so working for a murderer? is fine??

he does reciprocate the paper note with a message sent to his device. )

The pin in lieu of a uniform? I'm not joining NXIVM, am I?

@oberyn / text

[adorne]

You have my thanks for the tobacco and the wine.
And the book.

For what it is worth, I would have accepted sex.

[cholesterol]

Don't think Secret Santa would've been very secret had we done the deed.

@molloy

[molloys]

You owe me a drink.

[cholesterol]

( guy who's suddenly happy prom was yesterday. )

Where and when, Molloy?