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When Sam woke, it was in a bed that wasn't his own and without his dad or brother in sight... needless to say, there was a lot of freaking out. He fumbled out of bed and went looking through the apartment he was in... only to find a dog and not much else. Nothing that would tell him where he was anyway or where Dad or Dean was, when they'd be back.

He even got desperate enough to grab the phone and try their numbers... only to find them no longer in use which was just... even weirder. Now he was even more worried.

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"Yeah, me too. He was meant to be your dog, but I kinda got attached to the little furball, too." More than he thought he would, too. He'd spent so long telling himself he didn't want one, he'd started to really believe it.

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Sam leaned a little into Dean, snorting softly. "Yeah, I can tell, Dean."

His big brother was totally attached to Ozzy. It was so obvious.

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Dean laughed and wrapped his arm around Sam's shoulders. "You callin' me a softie, Sam? Them's fighting words!"

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"Uh-huh..." Sam rolled his eyes, flashing Dean an amused look. "And what are you gonna do about it, jerk?"

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"How 'bout I make you sleep outside in the cold?" Never mind that it was summer and warm. "How's that for not a softie?"

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"You wouldn't do that to me," Sam answered back, confidently. His brother could be a huge jerk a lot of the time, but... "You'd feel too guilty and let me come back in in five minutes, Dean."

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"Pfft. No I wouldn't!" He totally would. Probably less than five, too. Damn kid and his big eyes. "Well, maybe..."

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He gave a satisfied smile at that. "Knew you loved me too much to leave me outside!"

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"Yeeeeaaaaaah, I guess I do." He grinned and squeezed Sam's shoulders lightly. "Even if you are a total geek sometimes."

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"Yeah, well, and you're a jerk. I put up with you too." He smiled up at Dean and let his head tip in to briefly rest against his brother. "But you were pretty cool today... thanks for taking me out, Dean. It was fun."

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"You're welcome, Sammy. I'm glad you had a good time." He watched Ozzy start to slow down and cast longing looks back at the house. Guess he'd hand his fill of the news. "You ready to head back?"

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"I think he is..." He started to turn them back towards the apartment, sticking close to Dean, just comfortable and enjoying the company.

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Since Sam wasn't pulling away, Dean left his arm around him as they walked back. Inside, he left Sam to unharness the puppy and went to retrieve the bags he'd picked up. He stopped Sam before he removed his coat and shoes. "Not yet, dude. C'mon."

He plucked at Sam's sleeve and led him back outside. In one of the squares near their apartment, he stopped an set the bags down to open them. Inside, he had purchased a variety of fireworks. It wasn't a holiday, but he figured Sam wouldn't mind.

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Dean should have known Sam would perk up immediately at the sight, expression lighting up because... yeah, he totally loved fireworks and Dad was lame about letting them ever buy any, let alone go out and watch them anywhere.

"Seriously, Dean?" Maybe it wasn't a holiday, but Sam was happier than he'd ever been here, away from hunting and with his brother... even with bad suspicions lurking around. "Dude, this is cool!"

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"Totally. Go nuts." Dean handed Sam the lighter and took a step back to let his brother set off whatever he wanted to. Sam had used the things enough that Dean trusted him not to set himself on fire or anything.

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Sam was more than willing to. He went through the bags, getting out what he wanted to start with and set it all up, lighting the fireworks as soon as he could.

And then he was stepping back to watch the show as they shot off and God, he didn't think he'd ever smiled so much in his life as he had today.

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Dean stood back and grinned, watching Sam. His brother looked like he was in heaven with all those fireworks going off. He laughed happily at the colorful explosions, squeezing Sam's shoulder lightly. Man, they should have done more of this when they were kids.

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When Dean squeezed his shoulders, Sam looked back at him, still beaming. Dean was pretty much the best big brother in the world to him right now... he'd taken him out to do stuff he hadn't really had to, even took off work just to stay with him.

Yeah, he knew Dean hated chick flick moments, but he couldn't resist wrapping his arms back around his brother again and holding on tight.

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Aww! Dean grinned and hugged his brother back tightly. Yeah, his motto used to be no chick flick moments, but these days he was learning to appreciate them.

After a minute, he reached a hand up to ruffle Sam's hair. "Go set off the rest of them, dude."

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Sam was kind of thrilled with Dean's sudden willingness to return those hugs. Especially without hearing any teasing afterwards! "Yeah, alright."

He drew away slowly and went to set the rest of them up and light them before stepping back towards Dean.

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When Sam returned, Dean slung his arm back around him and pulled him in close to his side to watch the last of the show. When it was over, he grinned down at Sam. "Not a bad way to end a pretty good day, huh?"

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"It's great, Dean." He looked up and smiled at the other, leaning into him a little more. "Today was great."

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"Awesome." He gave Sam a squeeze and then nudged him gently. "Let's clean up here and head back. I'll see what I can find for dinner."

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Sam nodded and went to help clean up. He was getting pretty hungry now, after the day they had. He was starving actually... and kind of looking forward to an actual homecooked meal too. Never thought Dean would be good at that...

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Inside the apartment, Dean wandered into the kitchen to wash his hands and look around for something to cook. There were some thawed chicken pieces in the fridge. Maybe some barbecue... that was always a good bet.

He hummed to himself as he pulled things out to start cooking.