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winchester, sam. (ex_demonbloo908) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2010-10-25 18:46:00

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hermione granger, sam winchester

WHO: Sam & Hermione
WHAT: Chatting.
WHEN: Late afternoon.
WHERE: Just outside of Adam's old house.
RATING: Nothing terribly high, I'd say.

A hunt, especially one with so many emotional attachments, really did take a lot out of a person. No, Sam hadn't come all the way out to Wisconsin to hunt down ghouls dressed up like himself and his mother, but seeing a ghoul that looked just like Adam (who Sam was finally beginning to accept into his life) had left him pretty shook up. Adding that onto everything else that he'd had weighing on his shoulders and Sam found that he really needed to take a break. As soon as things had settled from the hunt, in fact, Sam took the first opportunity that he could find for himself to slip off onto the back porch for a quiet moment alone. Pulling up the collar of his jacket, Sam carefully shut the back door behind himself and moved across the porch. His boots clunked against the wooden panels underneath him, Sam walked over to the steps and sat down at the very top of them all. Fingers locking together, he propped his elbows onto his knees and leaned forward, attention shifting away from the hunt they were wrapping up and focusing on...well, other things.

Mostly Adam. He was worried for him. Being out here, back in his old home where he had been killed alongside his mother wasn't easy. It couldn't have been. Sam wished he knew what to do or say to make the trip easier for the younger man, but he honestly didn't. Sam had been in his shoes before. He'd lost everything, once. Sometimes no matter how genuinely hard people tried, there wasn't anything that could be done about the pain. Adam didn't need speeches declaring that everything would be okay someday; telling him that he'd deal and move on. Some people didn't deal. They didn't move on. The most that Sam could do was offer his support - he would be there to help Adam out as much as he could, even if Adam didn't want him to be.

Sighing, Sam reached up and raked his fingers through his dark hair. It needed to be trimmed. The only reason that Sam hadn't bothered taking a pair of scissors to it yet was because he was pretty sure Ruby would kill him for it. Sam smiled faintly at the thought, one hand reaching for his jacket pocket. He dipped his fingers inside, wrapping them around the box that he'd picked up from Eliot before his departure from Lawrence. Soon. He'd ask her soon.

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brightest_witch
2010-11-01 04:37 pm UTC (link)

"If how things have been are anything to go by, he will make me happy. He's a very...sweet man."

She blushed at that pathetic explanation over what Adam was. He was lovely and he made her feel a lot more comfortable than she had felt with many others before. She could be herself without worrying that she's being judged, and it was a relief. She laughed at his question, glad that things seemed less tense now. Dropping her hand from his arm, she gave him an encouraging smile.

"It was the first time I have ever received one and I think it went very well. It has certainly made me think more about hurting him, my plans have been stopped." She gave him a grin to show she was only teasing. She really didn't want him thinking she really set out to hurt Adam. She never would.

"I'll expect danger, no matter what happens. But I'll do everything I can to make sure I'm ready for it."

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ex_demonbloo908
2010-11-02 12:01 am UTC (link)

Sam grinned sheepishly, head ducking in embarrassment. "It's a one time thing," he assured her. "Now that it's out of the way, you won't have to put up with one from me again. Honest." Mostly because Sam didn't like giving the speech. Yet it had been a necessary one, so there it was. With that out of the way, it seemed like things immediately began to lighten up between them. Sam was glad. The last thing he wanted in the world was to be tense and uncomfortable around someone like Hermione. Hands clasped together in front of himself, Sam peered off across the backyard, mind jumping back to the fight that they'd taken on against the ghouls earlier. Adam had a lot in store for him. Unfortunately, the poor kid didn't have much good waiting. He'd have to deal with stuff like ghouls and all kinds of other monsters for as long as he acknowledged the fact that he was related to the Winchesters. Sighing, Sam ran a hand over his face and glanced over at Hermione carefully.

"Good. And, look, I know the complex runs it's training programs and things like that, but I'll try and show you what I can, too. I won't be dragging you off on any hunts or anything -" At least not yet. Because, damn, how cool would it be to go on a hunt with Hermione Granger? "- but I'll help you out with whatever you need. You just say the word. I want you to be as prepared for the worst as possible." He probably sounded like a paranoid mess. Yet Hermione had just witness first-hand that bad things tended to find their family. The corpses that looked exactly like Adam and his mother that they had salted and burned upon her arrival were evidence enough.

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brightest_witch
2010-11-02 12:48 pm UTC (link)

"I hope so."

It may not be the most fun speech to sit through, after all it meant people thought her capable of hurting Adam, but she understood the background to it. He just wanted to make sure that she knew that Adam was cared for and if she did eventually hurt him, which she very much doubted, then his family would not be pleased with him.

She kept her eyes on Sam when he sighed, wondering what was coming next. But what he said next had her smiling over at him. She had to learn how to keep herself safe in this environment, and why not learn from someone who was very involved in that world.

"I would really appreciate any help you are willing to give me."

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ex_demonbloo908
2010-11-03 12:28 pm UTC (link)

"I'm always willing to help out," Sam reassured her, shooting Hermione a faint smile. He smoothed his hands over the knees of his jeans and released a heavy breath. "Anyway, I think we should probably go ahead and get back inside. There's a lot of stuff that still needs to be done and I don't know if we should leave Adam alone for too long right now." He didn't want to overcrowd him, but he didn't want to just leave him to it either. It was a delicate situation, one that they really had to be considerate about. Sam would help him, but he wouldn't push things too much. At the same time, he'd give him his distance, but he'd still stand by close enough to make sure Adam didn't do anything stupid. He didn't know Adam like he knew Dean; determining how he was going to behave in the face of something as fucked up and tragic as what they had seen here at his home was a lot more difficult for Sam to do than it would have been for his other brother. Putting a hand to the porch railing, Sam stood up and offered Hermione his hand so that he could help her to her feet as well.

"I'm glad we had this talk, awkward as it was," he told her with a more genuine smile. Now that it was out of the way, Sam could worry about things less. Maybe. He was hoping he would. He already had enough to worry about in general, what with the apocalypse riding their asses and the mountain of other family issues Sam had riding his back. Sam knew that he would never stop worrying about Adam and Hermione entirely, but he was hoping that he could at least stop panicking over them long enough to accomplish something in those other departments. "We should probably order a pizza or something," Sam commented. "I don't think anyone has really eaten all that much today." It didn't seem like a bad plan. They'd go inside, order some food, and help Adam with the rest of his stuff. By the time they finished cleaning things up, the food would arrive. They could eat and leave.

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brightest_witch
2010-11-04 12:34 am UTC (link)

"Well so am I, in anything that I can help with. But I am honestly grateful for any help you can give me so I can do what I have to in this place."

And to keep Adam safe. For a man that she had only known a short period of time she really cared for him. Perhaps it was the circumstances they had met, plus the time they had spent, that had made her so desperate to keep him safe. And after what she had seen today that urge to keep him safe was starting to grow. And the more she talked to Sam and the more she thought about what came with his family, the more she wanted to protect him. She watched as he stood, smiling at his offered hand before she took it and used his hold to pull herself up to stand, brushing the back of her jeans as she did so.

"So am I," she replied with as genuine a smile as the one he was giving her. It was good to at least know she had someone in Adam's family that she could talk to with apparent ease. There was something trusting about Sam and she really hoped she wasn't wrong there. She nodded when he mentioned food, knowing that it will possibly be difficult to get Adam to eat. She knew this type of sitiuation could often remove an appetite. But she would try her best to look out for Adam.

"Times like these food isn't always at the front of people's minds. But I'm sure if there's food there everyone will eat. Hopefully."

Pulling out her wand, she glanced around the garden once more to make sure that nothing really needed done. Tilting her head when her eye caught a badly broken part of the porch she pointed her wand and muttered a spell, watching the wood right itself before she smiled at Sam. "Shall we?"

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