⠀ cutting a glance over his shoulder when his peripheral catches the sight of his brother. his greeting is a nod; hands are busy, can’t yank out his headphones. voice is loud to compensate for this. ‘ you want peppers? ’ ⠀

⠀ i swear to god, few things’re better than a well organized filing cabinet. it’s like coming home. hat’s off to this morgue. they run a tight ship. it’s great. ⠀

⠀ i’d wax poetic about this setup. one of the better ones i’ve ever gone through, hands down. ⠀

⠀ ❪ brows pinch. ❫ … wax poetic? go on and on? ⠀

⠀ words nobody’s ever said. ever, i think. ⠀

⠀ more like exhausting. i don’t get what you see in the guy most days. ⠀

⠀ … do you have something you need to get off your chest, castiel? ⠀

⠀ tch. i wish. and do what with it? stuff it in the back of the impala and take it place to place? ⠀

⠀ you’re a bad liar. ⠀

⠀ ❪ blink, blink. checkmate. bastard. ❫ okay. you’re a bad liar right 𝘯𝘰𝘸. ⠀

⠀ ❪ odd response, but he can’t really blame the guy. he’s eons old and just a baby. a mind boggling feat. ❫ okay. … well, that—— you just confirmed it, kind of. d’you need to 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬, cas? ⠀

⠀ dean’s keeping his hands off my document organizer if i get one. he 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 put things back, which is why i’d be the one with the organizer. … not a bad idea. ⠀

⠀ ❪ which is why sam’d never say it to his face. that’s all internal monologue stuff. a disbelieving nod, but a nod nonetheless. ❫ okay. if you say so. if you change your mind, you know where to find me. ⠀

⠀ ❪ he was set to take his leave until his name hung on his ears. attention is successfully grabbed, body turning, brow arching. ❫ yeah? what’s up? ⠀

I often got called “an old soul” and such like by adults when I was a child. I think this was a kind way of saying I was a sad little freak

— “ 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 🙵 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲. ⛐﹐* 𝐒𝚃𝑶͟𝙱͟𝐀͟𝚁͟𝐓’𝚂‍ ‍𝐁𝙻͟𝑼͟𝙴͟𝐒．

⠀ ❪ bleary eyes train on the wall at his front, tome before him long since forgotten. how many days without sleep is this now…? coffee’s a good idea, probably. a little go - juice. he has work to do … nightmares to outrun. ❫ ⠀

my god is not merciful.