He took a few deep breaths when Dean came out to meet him, trying to calm down. Had to calm down even if calm was the last thing he felt. His head was buzzing with so many things and all he could do was numbly stand there when Dean reached for him, not exactly returning any touches or leaning in. Couldn't.

"We... we--" What, gotta pack? Gotta talk? Really fucked up? So many ways to end that sentence.

"People know about us." There, that summed it up, he figured. "They know, Dean. Not just talk, not someone teasing about us being too close... they know and--" He gave Dean a look, more helpless than he'd like to look right now but he didn't even know what to do right now, what to say.