Title: Experience tells us
Summery: Dawn wants to go out in the middle of the night, Faith doesn't think that's a good idea
Spoilers: Season 5 BTVS none specific for Supernatural
Rating: PG 15
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their respective owners I am only playing for angst value. Everything belongs to Joss Whedon and Eric Gripe
Concrit: Always welcome
Faith frowned at the slight rustling noise, mentally cursing her enhanced slayer hearing. She hoped it was simply one of her roommates settling down but the noise continued forcing Faith out of her much needed sleep. Her sleep fogged brain tried to process what she was seeing.
"Dawn? whatcha' doing?"
Dawn froze in the process of dumping a handful of stakes into her backpack, her expression carefully neutral.
"Going out."
Faith's eyes rested on the weapons in Dawn's hand. "Hunting?"
"Yeah."
"Can't it wait till the tiếp theo job? Sammy's already got a couple of hunts lined up, probably let us in on the info tomorrow."
"Can't wait till tomorrow." Dawn đã đưa ý kiến shortly.
"Want to tell me what's behind this burning desire of yours to go huntin' especially since Sammy and Deano already did a graveyard sweep when we took down that demon."
"I can't sleep, may as well hunt."
"Didn't bạn burn of enough energy already?"
"No and not all of us have a boyfriend who can help with excess energy."
Faith grinned and patted Sam's arm that lay across her stomach. "It's better then going on patrol and burns thêm calories. bạn should try it."
"Yeah, I'll get right on it." Dawn đã đưa ý kiến sarcastically as she shouldered her bag, drawing her hair out of the back of the áo khoác and letting it fall down her back in waves.
Faith frowned at the younger woman and đã đưa ý kiến warningly. "Dean's not gonna like bạn going off on your own." Faith had promised to look out for Dawn while she was on this trip, but bởi and large she allowed Dawn to do what she wanted, Dawn was smart and capable, training and studying hard, there wasn't much Faith could do, and besides, Dean seemed thêm than willing to do the job for her.
Dawn glanced at the empty giường and snorted in derision. "Dean's at a bar, I don't think I'm his priority. Besides he won't be back till daylight anyway. bạn and Sam see to that."
The last couple of hunts had been thêm dangerous then most. Faith had mortally injured a demon and with it's last breath it had invoked a pact with an even stronger demon who he had set on them. It had been a long drawn out fight that had left them all with bruises to nurse, Sam and Faith seemed content to lick each other's wounds, while Dean had hit the nearest bar to assuage his own, leaving Dawn feeling wrung out but with a restlessness that had settled in her stomach and had grown bigger with each passing hour. Sam and Faith had each other, Dean had whoever he hooked up with tonight What did Dawn have?
"Well if bạn want stress relief bạn know what bạn can do." Faith said.
"No. I can't."
"Yes. bạn can." Faith drew out each word meaningfully. "Dean offered."
"Yeah, which wouldn't be weird at all."
"It's how Sam and me hooked up, worked for us."
"C'mon Faith, Sam had been crushing on bạn for weeks, it's totally different. Dean only offered because bạn and Sam were already getting it on. He didn't mean it."
"You shot the guy down. Twice, looked like he meant it to me."
"If I thought for one second..."
"You really got it that bad?" Faith asked unnecessarily.
"Look I came out here to prove to Buffy that I can be a watcher, not to act like some tình yêu sick teenager, sleeping with Dean would royally screw things up."
"Or make it thêm interestin'"
"Yeah for you."
Faith grinned, she couldn't argue the point. Over the past few weeks she and Sam had endured some good natured teasing about their relationship and she wasn't going to deny that having the opportunity to turn the tables on her straight laced watcher wasn't appealing.
"True that." Faith đã đưa ý kiến acknowledging the gentle dig.
Faith could understand Dawn wanting to bail for a couple of hours, being forced together for days at a time with only faceless highways and diners to break up the horizon could grate on anyone's nerves and test the strongest ties. Every now and then all four of them needed time to themselves, but that didn't mean Faith liked the idea of Dawn going out bởi herself in the middle of the night, and slayer hoặc not, she didn't want to have to explain to Dean where Dawn was when she was supposed to be tucked up in bed.
Dawn turned towards the door.
"What do bạn want me to tell big brother?"
"Whatever."
The door handle turned in Dawn's hand but she hadn't moved it. She stepped back as the door opened. Dean stared back at her impassively. "Going somewhere?"
"Just for a walk."
"With your weapons bag?"
"Girl needs protection."
"She wants to burn off some energy." Faith đã đưa ý kiến from the bed.
Dawn shot the dark haired slayer an annoyed look, but Faith had already leaned back against Sam's chest, drawing the covers over her head.
Dean shut the door behind him and reached for the weapons bag and eased the strap down her arm.
"Kind of a coincidence, I'm not feeling sleepy either."
Dawn opened her mouth a hundred reasons why wanting to spill out but when Dean kissed her they melted away. She didn't know if she could do this, if she could face the empty giường in the morning, if she could be casual about what had happened...what was essentially happening right now,in the morning. She wasn't sure sleeping with Dean was a mistake she could afford to make.
But she was learning, every new hunt taught her something new about herself, about her capabilities, and maybe she could learn to leave what happened between them here in this dark motel room, let it disappear in the Impala's headlights and never look back.
Maybe she could learn the lesson Dean was already a master of.
End
Summery: Dawn wants to go out in the middle of the night, Faith doesn't think that's a good idea
Spoilers: Season 5 BTVS none specific for Supernatural
Rating: PG 15
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their respective owners I am only playing for angst value. Everything belongs to Joss Whedon and Eric Gripe
Concrit: Always welcome
Faith frowned at the slight rustling noise, mentally cursing her enhanced slayer hearing. She hoped it was simply one of her roommates settling down but the noise continued forcing Faith out of her much needed sleep. Her sleep fogged brain tried to process what she was seeing.
"Dawn? whatcha' doing?"
Dawn froze in the process of dumping a handful of stakes into her backpack, her expression carefully neutral.
"Going out."
Faith's eyes rested on the weapons in Dawn's hand. "Hunting?"
"Yeah."
"Can't it wait till the tiếp theo job? Sammy's already got a couple of hunts lined up, probably let us in on the info tomorrow."
"Can't wait till tomorrow." Dawn đã đưa ý kiến shortly.
"Want to tell me what's behind this burning desire of yours to go huntin' especially since Sammy and Deano already did a graveyard sweep when we took down that demon."
"I can't sleep, may as well hunt."
"Didn't bạn burn of enough energy already?"
"No and not all of us have a boyfriend who can help with excess energy."
Faith grinned and patted Sam's arm that lay across her stomach. "It's better then going on patrol and burns thêm calories. bạn should try it."
"Yeah, I'll get right on it." Dawn đã đưa ý kiến sarcastically as she shouldered her bag, drawing her hair out of the back of the áo khoác and letting it fall down her back in waves.
Faith frowned at the younger woman and đã đưa ý kiến warningly. "Dean's not gonna like bạn going off on your own." Faith had promised to look out for Dawn while she was on this trip, but bởi and large she allowed Dawn to do what she wanted, Dawn was smart and capable, training and studying hard, there wasn't much Faith could do, and besides, Dean seemed thêm than willing to do the job for her.
Dawn glanced at the empty giường and snorted in derision. "Dean's at a bar, I don't think I'm his priority. Besides he won't be back till daylight anyway. bạn and Sam see to that."
The last couple of hunts had been thêm dangerous then most. Faith had mortally injured a demon and with it's last breath it had invoked a pact with an even stronger demon who he had set on them. It had been a long drawn out fight that had left them all with bruises to nurse, Sam and Faith seemed content to lick each other's wounds, while Dean had hit the nearest bar to assuage his own, leaving Dawn feeling wrung out but with a restlessness that had settled in her stomach and had grown bigger with each passing hour. Sam and Faith had each other, Dean had whoever he hooked up with tonight What did Dawn have?
"Well if bạn want stress relief bạn know what bạn can do." Faith said.
"No. I can't."
"Yes. bạn can." Faith drew out each word meaningfully. "Dean offered."
"Yeah, which wouldn't be weird at all."
"It's how Sam and me hooked up, worked for us."
"C'mon Faith, Sam had been crushing on bạn for weeks, it's totally different. Dean only offered because bạn and Sam were already getting it on. He didn't mean it."
"You shot the guy down. Twice, looked like he meant it to me."
"If I thought for one second..."
"You really got it that bad?" Faith asked unnecessarily.
"Look I came out here to prove to Buffy that I can be a watcher, not to act like some tình yêu sick teenager, sleeping with Dean would royally screw things up."
"Or make it thêm interestin'"
"Yeah for you."
Faith grinned, she couldn't argue the point. Over the past few weeks she and Sam had endured some good natured teasing about their relationship and she wasn't going to deny that having the opportunity to turn the tables on her straight laced watcher wasn't appealing.
"True that." Faith đã đưa ý kiến acknowledging the gentle dig.
Faith could understand Dawn wanting to bail for a couple of hours, being forced together for days at a time with only faceless highways and diners to break up the horizon could grate on anyone's nerves and test the strongest ties. Every now and then all four of them needed time to themselves, but that didn't mean Faith liked the idea of Dawn going out bởi herself in the middle of the night, and slayer hoặc not, she didn't want to have to explain to Dean where Dawn was when she was supposed to be tucked up in bed.
Dawn turned towards the door.
"What do bạn want me to tell big brother?"
"Whatever."
The door handle turned in Dawn's hand but she hadn't moved it. She stepped back as the door opened. Dean stared back at her impassively. "Going somewhere?"
"Just for a walk."
"With your weapons bag?"
"Girl needs protection."
"She wants to burn off some energy." Faith đã đưa ý kiến from the bed.
Dawn shot the dark haired slayer an annoyed look, but Faith had already leaned back against Sam's chest, drawing the covers over her head.
Dean shut the door behind him and reached for the weapons bag and eased the strap down her arm.
"Kind of a coincidence, I'm not feeling sleepy either."
Dawn opened her mouth a hundred reasons why wanting to spill out but when Dean kissed her they melted away. She didn't know if she could do this, if she could face the empty giường in the morning, if she could be casual about what had happened...what was essentially happening right now,in the morning. She wasn't sure sleeping with Dean was a mistake she could afford to make.
But she was learning, every new hunt taught her something new about herself, about her capabilities, and maybe she could learn to leave what happened between them here in this dark motel room, let it disappear in the Impala's headlights and never look back.
Maybe she could learn the lesson Dean was already a master of.
End