caranfindel

100 words per episode – here’s my drabble for 10.17, The Inside Man. Because I wondered why Sam said what he did when he already had Dean right where he wanted him.

He’s home free, the lie perfectly executed, but something stops him. Something says Wait. Take the snow day. Hang out with Dean and enjoy his company.

(Because God only knows if you’ll ever get another chance.)

“I don’t have to go alone.” He blurts it out without really thinking. It’s for the best that Dean declines; really it is. Abandoning his plan and hanging out with Dean won’t save him. This is something that has to be done, and the sooner the better, to guarantee future snow days.

But part of him wonders if he just missed the last one.