Bobby took them hunting even though he knew Sam and Dean would spend the whole time purposefully missing deer and scaring all the game away. And since Bobby knew this would happen, Sam didn’t feel guilty about it. He hated eating venison anyway.
At least the weather was good, and they had a huge bag of gorp they passed back and forth, and some Country Time lemonade.
“This doesn’t even have lemon juice in it,” Sam said as he read the label.
Dean took a swig and said, “If you want, I’ll buy you a lemon later. So you can suck it.”
When they came to a lazy creek, they took off their boots and socks and ran down the bank. Before plunging in, they quickly rolled up their pant legs. Then it was a race to get to the big, flat boulder in the middle.
“Careful there, boys!” Bobby yelled.
Dean got there first, and initially, Sam was worried Dean would shove him off, but he didn’t; he held out his hand and helped Sam up.
Dragonflies and water bugs hunted smaller prey, and Sam could have stayed hours. It was hot, so they dangled their feet in the cool stream. After a while, they waded their way back to where Bobby was opening a wrinkled paper bag and pulling out bologna sandwiches.
It would have been a perfect day if Sam hadn’t walked through poison ivy. Back at Bobby’s house, Dean had to keep slapping Sam’s hands away when he started to scratch.
“Want me to put some calamine lotion on?” Dean offered.
After Sam had taken his pants off and lay down on the couch, his legs in Dean’s lap, Sam said, “It’s hardly fair you didn’t get a rash.”
Dean started rubbing lotion on Sam’s feet. “Maybe you have sensitive skin.”
Sam would have responded with a retort, but then Dean was applying lotion to his calves, and it quieted the itch, a little. Sam lay back and stared at the ceiling and let Dean work on him.
When Dean got to the area just above his knee, where he didn’t even have a rash, he was mortified that Dean would see the boner he’d just popped. But Dean kept gently stroking Sam’s legs, getting the lotion even, covering that spot behind Sam’s knee that required Dean to lift Sam’s leg up.
When Dean was done, he pushed Sam’s legs off and walked stiffly to the stairs. “Gonna take a shower,” he said over his shoulder. “I got your cooties on me.”
After Dean was gone, Sam thought that maybe he did have sensitive skin as he stuffed his hand down his shorts.