Something Real
Pairing: Firefighter!Dean W. x Reader
Summary: Now that you and Dean are officially engaged, you take some much needed time off together for a family vacation. But even with the wedding set for next year, the two of you are still at odds when it comes to one key part of your future togetherâŚ
AN: And weâre back in the world of Smoke Eater! Iâve been trying to figure out a way to come back to these two for a while now, and this idea finally struck me. I hope you enjoy!
Word Count: 6.3K
Tags/Warnings: 18+ | Major fluff, angst, PTSD/mentions of sexual harassment (references to Smoke Eater Part 13), family feels, hurt/comfort, and smut.
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âDean, are you okay?â you asked.
The man was white knuckling both armrests in his seat, taking pains to breathe in and out steadily. He nodded the slightest bit, humming to himself all the while. You bit your lip to hide your smile.Â
The plane had just taken off about ten minutes ago.
âAre you singing yourself a lullaby?â you asked.
âMetallica. Calms me down,â he replied.Â
This, from the man who storms burning buildings.
You couldnât quite stifle your laugh, though you rubbed his arm. Somehow you managed to slip your hand into his, peeling it off the armrest.Â
âWeâre almost up to altitude. Youâre going to be just fine,â you told him.
It didnât matter. The plane hit a bump of turbulence, which had him squeezing the shit out of your hand. You tried to brave through it for his sake, but eventually, you had to tap out.Â
âBabe, youâre gonna break my hand,â you hissed. With your free appendage, you squeezed his wrist to get his attention. Dean finally realized what he was doing to you, and he let you go.Â
âSorry,â he said, his face contrite.
Your lips twitched. You leaned down to grab your purse and dig inside for your sunglasses. You handed them to him.
Dean glanced down at the brown Dolce & Gabbana shades with skepticism.Â
âI donât need your girly sunglasses, thanks,â he said.
âTrust me,â you said. âItâll help block out some light, so you can close your eyes and try to take a nap.â
âThe only way Iâm sleeping on this tin can is if you knock me the hell out,â Dean said, matter-of-fact. âAsk Sam if heâs got any Ambien.â
You glanced across the aisle and shared a wry look with Sam and Eileen. Sam shook his head, despite the knowing smile on his face. You turned back to Dean.
âNo, not Ambien. AndrĂŠa sleepwalks when she takes that shit,â you said. You guided his head toward you so that he rested on your shoulder. You stroked his cheek. âJust relax.â
Dean let out a long, unsteady breath, but he tried to follow your lead. He took your hand again, not in a crushing way this time. He turned it over and admired the shining ring on your finger. The diamond on it was modest, but charming and unique in its setting.Â
âHmm, who got you that rock?â he asked. His tone was teasing, making you smile.Â
âThe smokinâ hot guy Iâm living with,â you replied. âHe finally decided to make a move.âÂ
Dean hummed again, raising his brows.
âGood-looking, smart, and decisive. This guy sounds awesome,â he said.
You pressed a kiss to the side of his head.
âMhmm, a sexy firefighter. And heâs a Captain now, so I guess thatâll make me his trophy wife,â you teased back. Deanâs shoulders shook with the effort of keeping his laughter quiet. Your smile deepened.
âBut he saves lives tooâŚincluding mine,â you added. âSo I guess I canât complain.â
Dean raised off your shoulder then, just to look at you with a softer smile of his own.Â
âWell, a pretty girl like you? Heâd probably say he got really, really lucky.â
His lips closed in on yours, and you allowed him to draw you into a languid kiss while he laced his fingers with yours. His thumb brushed the engagement ring he gave you, just two weeks ago. His motherâs ring.
Itâs the best gift youâve ever been given.Â
Oh, hell yes, you thought, when you opened the door to the hotel room. It was beautiful. Stunning really, with a king-sized bed and a view of an enormous pool.Â
Dean was busy hefting his suitcase and one of your carry-on bags. He whistled in amazement when he saw the room.Â
âDamn, Sam sure knows how to find a quality Groupon.â
But he struggled to get in the door with all the luggage he was carrying. You held the door open for him.Â
âCareful with that one,â you said, pointing to your bag that kept knocking between his hip and the door as he shoved through.Â
âWhyâs this thing so heavy? Did you bring Kansas with you? Goddamn,â he grumbled. He was all too happy to dump your bag on the bed.Â
You rolled your eyes with a smile. You parked your own suitcase on the side by the window. You already knew Dean was going to claim the side closest to the door.Â
âThat bag is just makeup, skincare, and hair products,â you informed him, hefting your bigger suitcase onto the bed. âThis is for clothes and shoes.â
Dean shook his head in amusement. âYouâre frigginâ crazy, woman.â
âI need options!â you said defensively. âI didnât know for sure what I was going to want to wear on this trip. I havenât been on vacation since I was a kid.â
âOh yeah? Whereâd you go?â he asked while unzipping his own suitcase.
âDisneyland with my grandparents, which was awesome. But I was like, eight at the time,â you said.Â
They were fond memories, even though no one was left to remember them but you. Still, you tried not to let that bittersweetness dim your good mood.
It was still hard to talk about your grandparents at times, especially because the loss of your grandfather was still so fresh. You didnât feel like you had enough time to properly mourn him, thanks to everything else that was going on then. (Namely Nick and Daniel Savage, and everything in between.)Â
Getting over that time was getting easier though, as the months wore on. Sometimes it was hard to believe youâd been with Dean for almost a year. And yet, it felt like so much longer. Like youâd lived half a life with him already.Â
You went over to look out the window and held your hands on your hips. It was nighttime, but the streets of Miami, Florida were well-lit beyond the pool, and there was something beautiful about a bustling city at night.Â
âNow this is an adult vacation,â you said.
At that, Dean smiled and walked around the bed to you. He slipped his arms around your waist and held you from behind. You held him right back.
âDamn right it is,â he said. âWhat do you wanna do first? Dinner, and then check out some nightlife, or skip right to dessert?â
You smiled at the way his voice lowered with thinly veiled suggestiveness.Â
âWell, I know how much you love dessert,â you said slyly.
Deanâs smile deepened into a smirk.
âYeah, that may be,â he said. âBut donât pretend you donât love some hot lemon drizzle.â
You spluttered a laugh, beginning to blush at his hefty double meaning. He cradled your cheek and bowed his head, so he could catch your lips in a deep kiss. You made a sound of surprise, but you soon melted against him.
Already this was worth the several-hour plane ride of Dean bouncing his leg and steeling your iPad so he could distract himself. After the year you both had, all you wanted to do was spend the next few days with no responsibilities, no drama or worriesâjust your fiancĂŠ and your soon-to-be brother and sister-in-lawâŚ
Your newfound family.Â
The night was spent at a nice Cuban restaurant in Miami Beach. Afterward, you, Dean, Sam, and Eileen explored the boardwalk, and later the downtown Bayside area where a number of shops and kiosks were bustling with life. This was technically Sam and Eileenâs bachelor and bachelorette trip, so you all werenât wasting any time to explore and see the city.
By the end of the night, you only had enough energy to shower and hit the bed face-first. Dean was actually on board with that, as he was the first one to start snoring on his side of the bed.
The next day though, you felt rested and ready to chill by the pool. Miami Beach itself was a bit too crowded for your tastes, and the others agreed that hanging out at the hotel for a while would be more relaxing after all the travel the day before.Â
However, when you looked at yourself in one of the two-piece swimsuits you bought specifically for this trip, you couldnât help but feelâŚself-conscious. The bikini and bottoms werenât scandalous, really. Youâd seen a lot of thongs, beads, and G-strings already on this trip.
It was justâŚyou were a bit wary of showing this much skin in public.Â
You didnât want to think about the reasons behind your unease, however, so you tried to push it out of your mind for now. You put on a long sundress over your swimsuit and finished up your makeup.
A few minutes later, a knock sounded at the bathroom door.
âYou done in there, your majesty? Iâm getting hungry,â Dean said through the door.Â
âOne more minute. Doing my lipstick,â you replied. âYou know we can order lunch by the pool, right?â
âYeah, if we ever get there,â he said. You were amused when he opened the door. He was already dressed in a loose shirt and board shorts. His eyes swept over your white sundress and red lipstick, and he smiled.Â
âLookinâ good, baby,â he said. Though he raised his brows and met your gaze in the mirror. âSo can we go?â
You had to laugh.
âI guess we better, before your stomach eats itself,â you quipped.
You lightly smacked the back of your hand against said stomach before you slid past him out the door.
You and Dean ventured downstairs and out back to the pool, where Sam and Eileen had already saved a few deck chairs. While Sam and Dean went to order some food and cocktails, you started pulling out the sunscreen and towels from your beach bag.Â
âEileen, you need some sunscreen?â you asked. Your friend was already taking off her shirt and little shorts, revealing a cute violet bikini and bottoms underneath. Her brown hair was loose around her shoulders. She shook her head at your question with a smile.Â
âNo, Iâm good. Wanna go in?â she asked, and signed, before she pointed over to the pool.Â
There were already a couple of families in there with their kids splashing around by the shallow end. That didnât bother you. It was more the men of various ages milling about, either in the pool, flirting with girls, or by the tiki bar, drinking and likely waiting for opportunities.
You tugged the V-shaped collar of your sundress closer together.
âNot just yet. I think Iâll have something to eat first, try to tan a bit,â you said.Â
Eileen gave an âOKâ sign and headed for the pool.Â
You shucked your sandals and moved your chair under a large umbrella, but you still had to fan yourself. It was hot as hell, and your dress had long, billowy sleeves. Â
Sam and Dean eventually returned with some drinks.Â
âFoodâs gonna take a bit, so we probably have time for a dip,â Dean said, handing you a piĂąa colada. He noticed you wiping sweat from your brow.Â
âCome on, you can cool off in the water,â he said.Â
You waved him off. âItâs okay. Iâm good here for a while. Think Iâll work on my tan.â
Dean rose a brow and gestured at you with a hand.Â
âYouâre gonna do that in the shade, dressed to the ankles?â he asked.
He made a good point, to which you didnât have a good answer. You sipped at your sweet drink and hummed at the rummy, coconutty taste.
Dean could see there was something off with you, though.
âYou okay?â he asked.Â
You nodded. âYeah, Iâm good. I guess I just donât feel like swimming, thatâs all.â
Dean quirked a brow. You bought three different swimsuits for this trip, but you didnât want to swim? He pulled his deck chair closer and sat on the edge of it beside you.Â
One thing heâd come to know about you. When something was bothering you, you didnât always want to tell him right away. Often when it was something you felt embarrassed about.Â
He nudged your thigh playfully. âTell me youâre not gonna make me third wheel the married couple.âÂ
You smiled. âTheyâre not married yet.â
Three months wasnât a long time though. You were going to be the Maid of Honor, with Dean, of course, as the Best Man.Â
âSemantics,â Dean shrugged. He slipped a hand over your knee and squeezed. âCome on. Talk to me.â
After a moment in which you held his gaze, you sighed. You beckoned him closer. Dean leaned over so you could brace a hand on his shoulder and speak close to his ear.Â
âItâs kind of embarrassing. I just, umâŚafter everything that happened last year, especially before Christmas, I just donât feel comfortable showing so much skin,â you said. âI donât want toâŚattract attention.â
Surprise hit Dean first. He pulled away and frowned at you. But then, his face soon dimmed with grim understanding.Â
Christmas. In other words, a Christmas party at your old job that had taken a turn for the worst.
Dean knew you had to be talking about Nick Savage.Â
That bastard was dead and gone, and still, the way heâd sexually harassed you for months was still affecting you, months later. Dean let out a heavy breath through his nose. He reached up to cup your cheek. Your eyes lowered.
âIâm sorry,â you said. âI knew what I was signing up for when we started planning a beach vacation. I guess it just didnât really hit me until now.â
âHey, itâs okay,â he said. âBut you know Iâm gonna be with you. Nothingâs going to happen.â
You nodded; you knew he would protect you in any circumstance, but it didnât stop men from looking when they had the chance. You just didnât feel totally comfortable with that kind of attention.Â
Sensing he hadnât convinced you, Dean tried to think of a solution.
Then, he had it. He held a finger up in the air. âAh, here.â
He pulled off his shirt by the back of his neck. You watched him in curiosity.
âThisâll cover you up. You can go ahead and jump in the pool with this,â he said, handing you the shirt.Â
Your brows knit together. âBut you wonât be able to wear this later. Itâll be all wet.â
âThatâs okay,â Dean said. âItâs hot as hell out here. And weâll just be going back up to the hotel room anyway.âÂ
You bit your lip. He made a good point. You were probably going to look weird jumping in the pool with a whole long-ass shirt on, but at least youâd be covered. His shirts tended to reach down to your thighs, where a pair of shorts might cut off.Â
You smiled and leaned in for a kiss. You stroked his scruffy cheek.
âThanks,â you whispered.Â
He nodded with a smile. âJust call me the Problem Solver. No, the Solution.â
You smirked and twined your arms around his neck.Â
âI prefer Captain,â you said.
Deanâs smile deepened. âYou really like that, huh?â
âI really do,â you replied cheekily.
After one more sweet kiss, you asked him to stand in front of you while you took off your long sundress and changed into his shirt over your swimsuit. Afterward, he pulled you in by your waist and spoke close to your ear.Â
âI like seeing you in my shirt anyway,â he said. You smiled and playfully shoved his arm.Â
You accepted his lingering hand on your lower back and followed him to the pool. You felt a bit awkward wearing a shirt that billowed in the water when you stepped in, but you decided to ignore the feeling and just try to enjoy being on vacation with your family.Â
Sam and Eileen welcomed you and Dean over. Eileen did question your state of dress with her eyes, but when you leaned over and explained in her ear, her eyes widened, and she understood. She gave you a look of sympathy and rubbed your arm.Â
You sighed, but again, you tried to let it go.Â
You two chatted for a while after claiming a corner of the pool, also watching Sam and Dean swim competitive laps back and forth.Â
You were engrossed in your conversation with Eileen about her new group of students, when Dean came up from under the water to splash you both. You shrieked with a laugh as you fended off the onslaught, but he hauled you into his arms.Â
Sam wisely pulled a laughing Eileen out of the orbit. Together they split off for some canoodling, and once he was done playfully trying to dunk you, you were happy to wrap your arms around Deanâs shoulders and float with him in the water.
Dean made way for a couple of kids as they splashed by. A younger girl and an older boy chased each other while swimming with little floaties on their arms. Their parents were keeping a watchful eye on them nearby. Dean smiled and laid a kiss just under your ear.
âThat could be us pretty soon,â he said.
âYeah? How soon are you thinking?â you said in amusement.
âHmm. How about next year?â he said, more serious than you expected him to be. You raised your brows at him.Â
âDean, weâre not even getting married until next year,â you pointed out. He shrugged and held you a bit tighter. You felt his fingers drifting up and down your bare thigh.
âSo weâll get a head start on the family thing,â he said, grinning.Â
You couldnât help but dim at that. You didnât want to disappoint him, but you also felt you had to inject some reality here. You turned in his arms so that you could face him.
âBabe, I just started my catering business. If I get pregnant, at some point Iâll have to take time off, put everything on pause,â you reasoned. âAndâŚIâm not making the same money I was before.â
At that, Dean began to frown. âI make decent money.â
You nodded, smoothing a hand down his arm.
âYes, you do,â you agreed.Â
Aside from his usual hours at the firehouse, Dean had earned his mechanicâs certification a few months ago. So heâd started a side job at Bobbyâs salvage yard. He was slowly but surely turning it into a more profitable mechanicâs shop, with Bobbyâs blessing.Â
âBut, I think having a baby is going to be a little more expensive than you realize,â you said. âI just want to be more stable with my business before we start a family.â
Dean was quiet for a beat.
âHow long then?â he asked.
âI was thinking more likeâŚa few years or so,â you said. Deanâs face fell further, though he tried not to show the true depths of his disappointment.Â
âOkay, well uhâŚâ He wiped a hand over his mouth and chin. It was an anxious tick of his, you knew. âI guess weâll talk about it later.â
The conversation settled with putting an implied âpin in it,â but an invisible thread of strain formed between you and Dean for the rest of the afternoon.
Hours later, you and Eileen broke off together to go shopping. You both were trying on clothes at a nearby mall, since she was toying with the idea of wearing something new for dinner tonight. She stepped out of the fitting room to show you a white form-fitting dress that slipped over her curves nicely.
âOooh, thatâs beautiful,â you said, with a little clap of your hands. âAnd oh! Thinking ahead, you could wear that for the wedding reception too, if you donât want to deal with the whole wedding dress after the ceremony.â
You knew that her dress had a lot of tulle under the skirt, which might make it difficult to dance in. Eileen gave that idea some consideration, though something occurred to her with a certain smile.Â
âWell, this dress might not fit so well by then,â she said.
Your brows knitted together. âWhat? What do you mean?â
Eileen paused for a moment, but she seemed to come to a decision in her mind. She smiled and beckoned you over. You went to her, and she led you to a nearby chaise in the dressing room.
That was where she whispered the news that she was six weeks pregnant.
Your resulting squeal of excitement startled all the other women in the dressing room, including the storeâs attendant. You covered your mouth with an embarrassed wave, but you turned back to Eileen and took her hands in yours.
âWe were gonna tell you and Dean tonight at dinner,â Eileen said with a laugh. âWe found out right before the trip.â
Huh. Now that you thought about it, you didnât remember her drinking even one cocktail on this trip so far.
âOh my God, Iâm justâŚâ you trailed, as emotion surged in your heart and made your eyes all misty. âIâm so happy for you.â
Eileen laughed and pulled you into a hug.
She explained to you that when she first told Sam on a Tuesday morning before work, heâd fallen into a haze of shock, to a point where it had kind of worried her. But then she showed you a picture on her phone of the first thing Sam bought when he got home that day: the tiniest pair of blue booties.
You laughed again, and cried again. So tinyâŚ
âOf course he assumes itâs a boy, but weâll see,â Eileen said, with a roll of her eyes. Her soft smile was telling though.
âHow do you feel?â you asked, wiping under your eyes.
She paused at the question. She tilted her head, and she raised her gaze to meet yours.Â
âIâm happy,â she said. âReally happy.â
It was your turn to give her a big hug. And your tears fell anew as you came to another realization.
As usual, Dean was ready for dinner before you. He sat on the edge of the bed while putting on his watch. It was his fatherâs watch, which John gifted to him for his birthday. Though it had actually belonged to Johnâs father, Henry.Â
Dean blew out a breath. Despite his attempts to try and just have a good time tonight (Samâs advice), he couldnât forget his conversation with you earlier today in the pool. He didnât want to move too fast for you, but at the same time, he couldnât deny that he was still fighting his disappointment, and maybe some melancholy.
Just lock it up, asshole, he told himself.
When you were done putting on the finishing touches on your makeup in the bathroom, you came out and stepped into his line of vision.
âWhat do you think?â you asked.Â
Deanâs head lifted, and his eyes widened. You were a sexy sight in black. The dress stopped at mid-thigh, paired with some of the tallest heels heâs seen you wear since his very first date with you.Â
âDamn,â he said lowly.
You smiled and stepped forward, not stopping until you were standing between his long legs. You took his face in your hands and gave a slow, lingering kiss to his lips. Dean breathed into it, and even needed a bit of a moment to recover when you pulled away.
âHey, about what we talked about todayââ you started. He cleared his throat, raising a hand.Â
âItâs okay. Youâre probably right about all that. The timingâs not right,â he said.
You brushed your thumbs against his cheeks. âBut thatâs just itâŚmaybe we donât have to wait so long to start a family.â
Dean perked up, giving you a questioning look. You set your hands on his shoulders. He grasped your hips, almost on reflex.
âMaybe when we get home, we crunch some numbers and figure out how we can do this,â you said.
He shook his head with a frown. âI donât want you to lose steam on your business. Youâve waited a long time to make that happen.â
You sighed. He was sweet for that, but youâd thought about that too.
âLike I said, we can figure out how to make it work. No matter what job I have, having kids was always our plan.â A smile raised the corners of your lips. âAnd you know, we have so many people in our lives thatâll want to help us, even if it means we have to work a bit harder.âÂ
Deanâs eyes started to brighten, but he didnât want to hope too hard.Â
âSweetheart, you donât have to tell me what I want to hear,â he said.Â
âIâm serious, Dean. I wouldnât play about this,â you said, squeezing his shoulders. âThis is worth it, and I want this with you.â
He started to soften then, and even smile. He got to his feet and wrapped you up in his arms. He held you close, pressing another kiss to the side of your head.Â
âWhat changed your mind?â he asked. You bit your lip on a smile.
âWell, if I tell you, you have to promise to act surprised when you hear it later.â
Deanâs brows shot up. âOkay. Color me intrigued.â
You leaned up to his ear and said, âEileenâs already pregnant.â
And your man full-on malfunctioned. He held you tighter, more to brace himself.Â
âHoly shit! For real?â he asked. You laughed and nodded.
âLooks like they got a head start on the wedding,â you said.Â
âIâll fucking say,â Dean replied, but his grin was so wide, it made you smile harder.
âThey didnât plan for it, but theyâre going to make it work,â you said. âIt made me realizeâŚwe can do the same thing. Just with a bit more planning.â
Dean laughed at that. He knew your anal brain all too well, but in this, he could understand. His hands moved down your lower back.
âWell, you know how we can get ahead of the game?â he said. You knew what he was suggesting with only his eyes, and his meaningful touch.
You wouldâve loved to take him up on that, but you glanced pointedly at the digital clock on the nightstand.
âSam and Eileen are probably waiting for us downstairs,â you said.
Dean sighed, rather dramatically in your opinion. He still bent down to kiss your neck, nipping a bit hard just under your ear. It made you jolt with a surprised yelp.
âWeâre not done here,â he said. The depths of his voice made you shiver, but you smiled.Â
âIâm counting on it.â
You all got back from dinner late, after much celebrating for Sam and Elieenâs news. Dean even bought a bottle of champagne, which poor Eileen couldnât partake in. (He ordered her a large piece of chocolate cake to make up for it.)
You and Dean returned to the hotel room, but tonight, thoughts of sleep were still far from your mind. You sat on the edge of the bed and slipped off your heels, followed by taking off your earrings. You also watched Dean remove his watch and undo the first few buttons of his dress shirt in the bathroom mirror.Â
He spied you watching him, and his lips quirked up at the corners.
âWhatâcha lookinâ at?â he asked in amusement.Â
Instead of answering him, you stood up and made your way over to him. You hugged him from behind.Â
âI really needed this,â you confessed. âGetting away from home for a whileâŚIâm reminded that everything I need is right here.â
Dean turned in your arms and pulled you in close. He gave you a slow kiss that simmered with heat.
âYeah, me too,â he agreed. He caught sight of your bikini and his swim trunks dry on a bathroom rail, and a smile grew on his face.
âHey,â he said. âIâve got an idea.â
âWeâre so not allowed to do this,â you giggled quietly.Â
The pool and the surrounding cabanas were empty. Not only was it very late, but the pool was supposed to be closed. However, it did allow you to feel comfortable in taking off your sundress, remaining just in the vibrant green bikini you were wearing earlier today. Dean took you by the hand, and the two of you tried to keep quiet while stepping into the pool.
âOh, God, itâs freezing,â you whisper-laughed. Deanâs jaw locked, but he was also smiling, trying not to shiver.
âAw, shit!â he said, when the water got past his waist, hitting his more sensitive areas. âWhyâs it so damn cold?â
You moved closer to him and slipped your arms around his middle, trying to steal his body heat. He welcomed you with an arm wrapping around your waist.
âI guess they count on the sun to warm it up,â you replied. âWe are in the Sunshine State after all.â
âKnow it all,â Dean playfully groused. âIâm freezing my tits off.â
You saw the goosebumps that had broken out across his arms, and yours too. You smirked and teased one of his hardened nips with your fingers.
âYeah, you are,â you agreed. He laughed and looked down at your bikini top, raising his brows at the stiff peaks.
âSo are you,â he said. If you two stayed in here much longer, his nads were going to pay the price. âMaybe this wasnât one of my best ideas.â
âNope,â you said, shaking your head and hugging him tighter. âDefinitely one of your best. But maybe letâs hop in that jacuzzi over there.â
Dean twisted his head in the direction you were pointing, and sure enough, there was a nice hot tub a few yards from the pool. You both left the pool and braced the cool air on your skin long enough to run to the jacuzzi, quietly laughing all the while.Â
Dean turned the dial on the heat and cranked up the bubbling, and soon you two were able to relax together in the much warmer water. He held you to his chest, his fingers dragging up and down your arm, while you just took in some deep, relaxing breaths. You let go of every bit of stress that mightâve still been clinging to your psyche.Â
A few minutes in, you turned your head to press a sweet kiss under his jaw. His wet scruff prickled against your lips, but you didnât mind.Â
âEver think about letting this enter beard territory?â you asked.Â
âEh,â Dean shrugged, still rubbing some warmth back into your arm. âNot really my look.â
âIt could be,â you said. A smile curved your lips. You turned in his arms to straddle his lap, where you got the leverage to cup his face. You gently scratched your nails along his stubbly cheeks.Â
He raised a brow. âYou want me to go full lumberjack, donât you?â
âMaybe not full lumberjack,â you teased. âIâd settle for quarter-lumberjack.â
Dean chuckled loud enough that you had to shush him, with your mouth covering his. His heavy hands spanned your lower back as you treated him with progressively dirtier kisses. His hands lowered to grip your ass, encouraging you to grind down on him. You were more than willing to oblige him.Â
Even with the light of the moon, a large palm tree covered the jacuzzi in some shade. It made the empty courtyard feel a little more secluded. You felt just secure enough with him here to reach down below the water. You slipped your hand under the waistband of his shorts, where you began to stroke his hardening length to full mast.Â
He groaned into your mouth and squeezed your hips on reflex.Â
âBetter be careful, baby. Youâre playing with fire right now,â he said gruffly. He had no compunctions about finishing what youâd started, right here and now.Â
You smirked, but you did pull your hand out of his shorts and took his hand instead.Â
âCome on,â you whispered.
When you and Dean made it back to the hotel room, it was a quick stop to the bathroom.
He guided you back against the tile wall in the shower and stole your breath with a hard kiss. His hand flew to the shower knob and turned on the water.Â
Luckily this shower had a ledge for shampoo bottles and soap. You knocked all of that shit over when you hiked your foot up on it. You raked your nails through his hair and left his lips, just to suck harder on his neck.  Â
In turn, Dean untied your bikini with a practiced hand and let it drop with a wet thwap on the floor. He kneaded your breasts and rolled his thumbs over hardened nipples. He actually rubbed some warmth back into your skin as his hands migrated down your body. And he helped you shimmy out of the bikini bottoms, just as you helped him with the shorts.Â
He took a healthy grip of your bare ass and again ground you against him, making you smile against his neck. But his fingers slipping between your legs disrupted your train of thought entirely. You felt his fingertips at your entrance, probing your depths, just testing the waters first. You gave a needy hum and clung to his arms.
He chuckled near your ear. âAlready soaked, huh?â
âYou didnât exactly play fair,â you said, panting for breath. He hadnât stopped touching you all the way from the jacuzzi to the elevator. You hadnât even completely dried yourselves, leaving a trail of water from the scene of the crime, all the way up to the third floor where your room was.Â
Dean earned a wanton moan from you when his fingers roughly massaged your clit. Your head pressed back against the tile wall, your hands clasping on his shoulders tight as a shudder of pleasure rippled through your body. He stroked you right to the edge of pleasure, until he could start to feel you tighten on him. Then he withdrew his hand.Â
You whined at the empty feeling, giving him a look of annoyance. âDean?â
âPatience,â he smirked. He used your wetness on his fingers to stroke himself back to painfully hard.
You scoffed at his words. This man didnât often have a patient bone in his body.Â
But once he was ready for you, he took advantage of the way youâd hiked up your leg, and he held you open while he positioned himself at your entrance. He took your hand and moved it down to replace his fingers on your clit.Â
âKeep touchinâ yourself,â he ordered. His voice became laced with both grit and desire. You followed his directions and kept circling your fingers around that sensitive bundle of nerves, even though it forced a keening moan from your throat when he pressed his cock inside you.Â
âFuck, donât stop,â he muttered. Your inner walls were squeezing on him tightly, like you were already halfway there. Dean aimed to catch up with you as he grabbed your hips and set an almost punishing pace. He wrapped your thigh around his hip so he could get an even deeper angle to his thrusts. He grabbed onto the shower head when he felt his foot slipping a bit in the tub.
You hung onto him by the back of his neck as the coil in your lower belly became dangerously tight. âOh, fuck. DeanâŚâ
He knew you were close. He could feel it. He replaced your fingers with his own over your clit, searching for the spot he knew always made you come undone.Â
And he knew when he found itâyou cried out at the warm pulsing in your core as it quivered around him.Â
âLet go, baby,â he said roughly in your ear. He gave you a few more hard thrusts, both to draw out your orgasm and to finally reach his own. His balls clenched and a ragged groan escaped him, along with his release coating your walls.Â
By now, the hot water from the shower head had turned lukewarm, but neither of you really cared, blinking drops of the spray out of your eyes as you each caught your breath. Dean brushed your wet hair away from your neck. You smiled, and you guided him by his cheek, back to your lips for a softer kiss.Â
ââS a damn shame youâre still on the pill,â he remarked.Â
You blinked in response. When his words finally registered, you burst out laughing. You pressed your forehead against his. Jesus, did this man have baby fever.Â
âLetâs just get married first. Then weâll work on it, I promise,â you told him. âBesides, we donât want to steal your brotherâs thunder.â
Dean grimaced and made a sound of disgust.
âFor fuckâs sake, you mind not mentioning my brother at a time like this?â he said.
To be fair, he was still deep inside you. He slipped himself out and let the shower head begin to wash away the remnants.Â
âSorry, sorry,â you laughed and drew him back in for another kiss.Â
Despite himself, Dean couldnât help but smile against your lips. His left hand twined with yours, where your ring glistened under the florescent light.Â
A year ago, he never thought he would be here. A year ago, he didnât plan any further than tonight, and how he was going to get back to his life tomorrow.Â
A year ago, while he did have his brotherâŚDean still felt alone.Â
Now, he had something real. He was on the cusp of sharing the rest of his life with someone who understood him, supported him, loved him, despite the demands of his job.Â
Now, he had an actual future to build with you.
And he was more than ready to get started.Â
AN: I so hope you guys enjoyed this addition to the SE-verse. Let me know what you think! đâ¤ď¸âđĽ
Want to read this in podfic form? (Note: A "podcast" fic is a narrated version by my lovely friend Sandra, one of the hosts of the Idling in the Impala SPN podcast.)
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Podfic Time â âSomething Realâ by Zeppelin_SkiesI loved getting the chance to bookend Zeppelin_Skies âSmoke Eaterâ series with the narration
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