Dark Tendencies (Dean Winchester x Reader)

Anger Issues

You took a deep gasping breath as you felt someone shaking you awake.

"Y/n? Sweetheart, you were having another nightmare" Dean says with a worried look in his eyes. He starts caressing your cheek as your breathing returns you normal. You felt like you had a weight placed on your chest, but there wasn't much you could do about it and you didn't want Dean to worry. He had enough to deal with already and was already looking worn out.

"How long was I out?" You ask finally sitting up off of his chest and looking around the room. Sam was sitting at the table in the motel room already dressed for the day and typing away on his computer.

"Only an hour or so," Dean says while rubbing circles on your back. "I was actually going to try to get up and grab breakfast, but then you started mumbling about..."

"About what?" you ask turning your attention back to Dean. You could see the sadness in his eyes and the stress you were causing him. It crushed you.

"About things," he said clenching his jaw a little.

There are only three reasons Dean Winchester clenches his jaw, either when he is jealous, angry/upset, or nervous. Unfortunately, it was hard to decipher which was which.

"What did I say?" you asked as you felt the weight shift tighter into your chest.

Dean takes a quick deep breath and looks at the floor shaking his head.

"It's nothing sweetheart. Nothing to worry about"

You stare at him as he looks back into your eyes relaxing his facial features and offering a small smile.

"Really babe it was nothing," he says before standing up.

You look around the room and see Sammy staring between you and Dean, but he quickly clears his throat.

"uh, so I can go get breakfast," he said prepping to stand up.

"No, I got it," Dean replied in a sigh, walking towards the couch to grab his jacket.

"I can come too," you said rather sheepishly. You didn't want to push Dean, but you were worried about him. He had hardly got any sleep recently and now he was obviously keeping something from you.

"No y/n. I got it, just go back to sleep or help Sammy or something. It's just down the block" he said smiling at you. He turned and opened the door as your breath hitches.

"Cas?" Dean breathed out.

"Hello, Dean" the angel replies.

Castiel quickly walks into the room as you all stare in disbelief. He was ragged and looked worn down from his travels.

"Unbelievable, man. I-I cannot believe it. You're actually here." Sam says.

You continue to stare but Dean caught your attention. He shut the door and walked around to stare more directly at Castiel.

"Yeah, I've been trying to reach out, but for whatever reason, I wasn't at full power. So I couldn't connect with you." Cas explained as he watches Dean with a confused expression.

"That must have been why you kept seeing him. I mean, you think?" Sam asked while looking at Dean who hasn't said a word since Cas came inside.

"Yeah, uh, I got to be honest. I-I-I'm thinking, how the hell did you make it out? I mean, I – I was there. I-I know that place. I know how we had to scratch and claw and kill and bleed to find that portal and make it through it, and it almost finished me. So, uh... so how exactly are you here with us right now?" Dean asked. You couldn't see his expression clearly from your position but you couldn't tell if he was more relieved or upset.