[There is a moment after she answers, when she smiles, in which Dean feels everything that makes him a good, dangerous, sound hunter turns and expands like heat contained in a vessel too small; it pushes at his skin from the inside, makes him ache to act, to close the door and get her, somehow, into a devil's trap that will hold her, to move right now, right NOW.
But then it is past, the only outward sign the absolute stillness of his frame, the hard, cold light of his eyes narrowed intently on her; then it is past and he shakes himself out, tucks the new knowledge safely away where he won't forget it, where he can think about it and research it and prepare.
Clementine has her devil to overcome. So, too, now does Dean, if no one else on this Barge will cross her; if no one else would look twice at a gruesome display that clearly marks her as belonging to a ship they all claim to hate. The hunter licks his lips, and moves back to sit on the edge of his bed, heavy but within reach of what little stockpile remains to him - most of it from her, which means it's not likely to be effective at all.
It's a place to start.] Lucky you.
Lucky, lucky you, I guess. Doesn't mean I'm leaving those fucking things up.
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But then it is past, the only outward sign the absolute stillness of his frame, the hard, cold light of his eyes narrowed intently on her; then it is past and he shakes himself out, tucks the new knowledge safely away where he won't forget it, where he can think about it and research it and prepare.
Clementine has her devil to overcome. So, too, now does Dean, if no one else on this Barge will cross her; if no one else would look twice at a gruesome display that clearly marks her as belonging to a ship they all claim to hate. The hunter licks his lips, and moves back to sit on the edge of his bed, heavy but within reach of what little stockpile remains to him - most of it from her, which means it's not likely to be effective at all.
It's a place to start.] Lucky you.
Lucky, lucky you, I guess. Doesn't mean I'm leaving those fucking things up.