this was always built to crash [for samefivealbums]

[onlytobenormal]

Sam hadn't been gone an hour and that alone should alert Dean to something being wrong. Today should have been a long one--full of late classes and maybe meeting with friends after and getting in just in time to see his big brother off in time for work. Maybe give him something more than just a goodbye kiss, if they were both feeling up for it.

But it wasn't the case today. Sam was running in the front door, slamming it shut behind him. He looked breathless and flushed, like he'd been running and wide-eyed... maybe even scared. He didn't know if Dean would be awake or still resting up before work, but maybe the ruckus would have startled him. Either way, plans had changed, things had gone to shit like he'd feared they would right from the start.

Maybe he'd cry if every instinct in him wasn't screaming to run, to hide, and maybe to protect his big brother, protect them. Oh god, they'd need protecting too.

"Dean!" he called out, moving towards the bedroom. "Dean, we need to talk, now."

God, what were they going to do... this was so bad.

Everyone... God, everyone he knew and even people he didn't-- they knew. They knew and there was everything from disgust to filthy comments that had his stomach turning to... oh god, just everything. Even offers to help him get help of some kind to questioning if Dean was making him do this somehow because who could possibly fuck their own sibling willingly--which nearly got him to lose his temper.

That's when he left.

But that wasn't even the end more disturbing news. There was so much more than that.

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[onlytobenormal]

He pulled a face at the paper tossed at him and gave Dean another nudge under the table, more playful than affectionate. "Dude, act your age. I thought I was supposed to be the youngest one."

[samefivealbums]

"I'm young at heart," he protested, trapping Sam's foot between his playfully under the table. Rubbed their ankles together and grinned. "Find us a park and I'll out swing your ass, too."

[onlytobenormal]

Sam grinned a little more when Dean caught his foot, shooting him a look over the table. "Yeah... think I'm a little too big for a swing now, Dean. But you right on ahead."

[samefivealbums]

"Dude!" Dean gasped and clutched at his chest theatrically. "You're never too old to swing! That's it... we're finding a park when we're done here."

Travesty. This must be corrected.

[onlytobenormal]

"You're seriously going to make me swing, aren't you?" He snorts. "Dude, you are five years old."

[samefivealbums]

"Damn right I am! Gonna teach you to have fun if it kills me." He nodded emphatically, picking up his coffee mug and draining it. No swings? That was just wrong. "Keep telling ya. I'm young at heart."

[onlytobenormal]

"I totally know how to have fun, alright?" He rolled his eyes, finishing off his own coffee before grabbing the bill to take care of it. He flashed a teasing look. "That's just a nicer way of saying immature, you know?"

[samefivealbums]

"Pfft. You're just jealous I have more fun than you do." He waited fro the waitress to pick up their check and return Sam's change, then stood up to lead the way back out to the car. Surely a town this size had at least one park.

[onlytobenormal]

"If you call swinging at the park fun..." He grinned, following the other out to the car and going to slip into the passenger seat. "Guess we found some stuff to do today anyway, huh?"

[samefivealbums]

"I most certainly do!" Dean answered with an indignant sniff. How dare Sam disparage swinging? It just wasn't done! "Guess so." He glanced over and smiled. "We just have to remember not to get too distracted and leave Ozzy alone too long, huh?"

[onlytobenormal]

"Yeah... well, we can do this, stop by the store for some supplies... then head in for movies?" He was looking forward to that too. Junk food, booze, and movies... he wasn't used to having time to kick back and do stuff like that, but it'd be a nice distraction.