THE MEDIATOR

“no. you can’t go, it’s too dangerous.”

“it’s not dangerous. i’ll be fine.”

“i’m not going to let anything happen to you.” 

“you can’t keep me safe from everything.”

“just be careful.” 

“i’m always careful.”

“you’re going to get yourself hurt.”

“i won’t get hurt, i promise.”

“i won’t let them hurt you.”

“you can’t save me from this.”

“please try and stay out of trouble.”

“if anything happened to you…” 

“i’m not sure how to keep you safe.”

“i’m not going to let you out of my sight.”

“this is the only way to keep you safe.”

“you can’t keep an eye on me twenty four seven.”

“everywhere you go, i go.”

“it’s not your job to protect me.”

“it’s my job to protect you.”

“don’t worry, i’ve got you.”

“no one will hurt you as long as i’m breathing.”

“you don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

don’t hurt them…

DELILAH  META  002   /   ROSE  GOES  TO  HELL

rose meets delilah six months after dean dies      (       is sent to purgatory       )      .      she’s another hunter      .       kind and capable and able to keep up with rose      .       they do the usual dance            :            holy water      ,       borax      ,      silver      .      they’re both clean      .      they begin to hunt together      .

it’s rare that rose ever hunts on her own      .       even when sam was in hell       (      or not      )       and dean was with lisa      ,      she was always with bobby or one of the young hunters that she was helping train      .      so it just kind of      …      fits      .       having someone by her side      .

           it starts like this      .       a nest of djinn      .       a near-death experience      .      a bone-crushing hug and then a breathless kiss      . 

and rose doesn’t let herself love delilah      (      yet      )      ,       she can’t      .       everyone she loves has died and she simply won’t do that to her      ,       to this woman that makes her smile even on the days when the world atop her shoulders is too heavy      .       when missing her family becomes too much      .      when the fear of losing her nearly suffocates her      .

when dean’s voice rings through her phone      ,      she’s so happy she cries      .       big tears      ,      a hand squeezing delilah’s so hard is should hurt      ,      but she just keeps smiling along      .       go      ,       she says      ,      see your brother’s and put your family back together      .      it doesn’t take long for rose to miss her      ,      when five minutes into their reunion the boys are at each other’s throats again      .

flashback six months      (      minus one day      )       to what rose doesn’t know             :            this was the plan      .       to make the girl with the too big heart find a place in it for the girl who smiles too easily      ,      who laughs like she’s on top of the world      ,      who heals her broken soul      .       this was the plan      .      because delilah hasn’t been delilah since the day they met      .

the winchesters are always more dangerous together      .       now that all three are reunited      ,       the plan needs to be accelerated      .       this was the ace held in crowley’s back pocket for when dean returned      ,      there’s no distracting a winchester like putting one of their own in danger      .

they’re heading to colorado to deal with a heart eater       (       cacao       )      when she receives a call from delilah      .      blood curdling screams and a plead for her help she leaves her brothers with no explanation      .       steals a car and drives to delilah as quickly as she can      .      when rose get’s there      ,       she’s in the thick of it      ,      fighting for her life      .      bloody and beaten      ,      rose holds her to her and whispers i love you      .

that’s the last thing she remembers before waking up in hell      .

the lore       :     falling in love       (       true love       )      with a demon sends your soul straight to hell      .      do not pass go      .       do not collect two hundred dollars      .

the plan :       step one       :      push another hunter into rose’s path      ,       make sure they’re going to stick     step three       :       once they’ve tested one another      ,      posses the hunter with a demon minion     step three      :       let rose fall in love with the hunter     step four       :      wait for rose to say the three little words and then ship her off to hell

the executioner      :     crowley      .