The Littlest Winchester

Chapter 112

Skipping S14 E5: Nightmare Logic
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I was watching Jack pour more sugar into his mug,
Dean said" Geez. What's up with the sugar?"
Jack said" Well, without my powers, everything tastes different. So, I can't get this how I like it."
" Seen Sam?"
" He went to meet up with Charlie. You were on an overnight run to Mary and Bobby's place. He said it couldn't wait. They're probably doing something really exciting."
" So, he just left you here, huh?"
" Yep. Sam wanted someone around when you came back. He's worried about you."
" Yeah, sounds like him."
" Dean, what happened with Michael- no one blames you."
" Cool. Well, I blame me, so..." Jack coughed again, something's wrong with him, I'm not sure he even knows what's wrong, well, at least that's what he told me." Still with that cough, huh?"
" Yeah, maybe I'm allergic to sitting around doing nothing." I smirked, Dean sat down across from him,
" All right. What do you want to do?"
" Hunt. Sam says I can't go alone, but Cas and I, we've been working cases."
" And he says you've been doing good on those. No offense- Cas is an insurance policy on those hunts." I rolled my eyes," Sam's just trying to keep you safe, okay? He's a smart guy." Jack found a possible case, and he really wants to check it out, but I've been banned on going on hunts with him without a proper adult. Cas had to come save our asses, because we underestimated a nest. Jack pulled out a tablet,
" Look. Winston Mathers. Dead, with what appears to be human bite marks taken out of the corpse."
" Human bite marks?"
" And other people have gone missing, too." I looked at Dean, slightly nodding to Jack.
Dean walked to the fridge,
He said" Well, Sam's not gonna like it."
Jack said" Sam's not here."
" Okay, you know what? You did good work, okay? I'll go check it out."
" No. We're supposed to have a partner for all hunts now, right? We can be hunting buddies."
" Okay, uh... A- don't call it that. And B- you're gonna back me up?"
" Dean, I need to do something. You don't understand. I could have killed Michael. Here, when I was strong enough, I could have. But there was so much going on, and then everything else happened because I was distracted and stupid and-"
" Hey. You didn't do anything wrong."
" And neither did you. But that doesn't make it any easier, does it?" He got him there," So, I can't just sit here in the bunker thinking about it all day. What I could have done differently, how I can't do anything about it now. But I can do this, I can hunt. Give me a chance." I walked up to them,
I said" And I'll be the insurance policy." I smirked," Call Sam." Dean groaned then grabbed his phone, walking away from us.
" Thank you." I held onto Jack's hand, intertwining our fingers,
" Anytime, Tiger."
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We walked into the vic's favorite restaurant,
Dean said" This was Winston's favorite spot?"
Jack said" His obituary said he loved having breakfast here every morning, which is sort of oddly specific."
I said" Yeah, when a young guy dies, they never know what to put in those things." I moved to a table while they walked to the counter, I listened,
Dean said" Uh, Agent Berry, FBI. This is my partner, Agent Charles. Wondering if you can give us some details on a regular of yours, Winston Mathers?"
She said" Sure, hon. Um, detail number one- Winston's dead. Detail number two- huh, that's all the details."
Jack said" Winston dead. No details." Dean moved Jack's hand down, I sighed,
Dean said" Uh, you know, you're gonna want to be a little more helpful than that."
She said" Listen, deep state. Flashing a badge might work on people who don't have a working knowledge of the Constitution... but that ain't me. Now I got to go earn some money."
" Or you could stay here and earn some money." Dean pulled out some cash, Jack turned his head and looked at me. I mouthed, calm down. I smiled at him,
" He, uh, came in every day like clockwork. But you really want to ask about Harper Sayles. Winston just started courting her."
Jack said" What's courting?"
Dean said" It's what you do before you start dating."
" Oh, and that's the thing you do before the sex." I stifled my laughter, oh... Dean looked at him,
She said" Sometimes you just have the sex." No, no! We still need to explain a lot to Jack, so much! Jack looked confused, oh god, there will be questions.
Dean said" Okay, that's... Who is Harper Sayles?"