( but you see, here's the thing – if it weren't completely, one hundred percent obvious that he was being a pain in the ass on purpose, you might take for granted the times when he isn't. he's never particularly malicious on purpose – even if he had been put into the bully category in his teenage years … and perhaps that first year of college, too – but of course he's going to have his moments when he has to show his ass, because it's a little too much like making life easy for everyone else if he were a constantly upstanding human being that didn't often get his kicks out of being a charming little shit.
keyword here: charming. and that makes it all bearable, doesn't it? of course it does. but of course he also knows when there are sensitive topics in the wind, has gotten a pretty good hang of being able to feel that sort of thing out given how touchy sam can be at any given time. about any given thing. he's learned how to tread lightly, even if he ignores it ninety-nine percent of the time, but he's gotten the hint that cas isn't going to let on to more than he's already spilled, and that's fine with him. there's still so much about him that he hasn't been able to figure out just yet, and if he's perfectly honest? that's … part of the fun of it.
cas stretches out completely next to him, and he pulls himself into a mirror of the other's previous position, raised up just so on his elbow, but instead of training his gaze on the miraculous show above, he's enamored by something else entirely, and it just so happens to be the wistful profile made by a dark-haired nerd.
… which means he almost entirely misses that thank you, and he starts just visibly enough that cas would be able to catch it out of the corner of his eye if he were paying enough attention, but we'll just leave that up to him. )
Hey, don't thank me. Sam's dragged me to a lot worse places than this. ( a huff of a laugh. ) A lot nerdier. Nah, this is … this is nice. I'm glad you didn't cancel it.
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Date: 25 Jan 2016 04:55 (UTC)keyword here: charming. and that makes it all bearable, doesn't it? of course it does. but of course he also knows when there are sensitive topics in the wind, has gotten a pretty good hang of being able to feel that sort of thing out given how touchy sam can be at any given time. about any given thing. he's learned how to tread lightly, even if he ignores it ninety-nine percent of the time, but he's gotten the hint that cas isn't going to let on to more than he's already spilled, and that's fine with him. there's still so much about him that he hasn't been able to figure out just yet, and if he's perfectly honest? that's … part of the fun of it.
cas stretches out completely next to him, and he pulls himself into a mirror of the other's previous position, raised up just so on his elbow, but instead of training his gaze on the miraculous show above, he's enamored by something else entirely, and it just so happens to be the wistful profile made by a dark-haired nerd.
… which means he almost entirely misses that thank you, and he starts just visibly enough that cas would be able to catch it out of the corner of his eye if he were paying enough attention, but we'll just leave that up to him. )
Hey, don't thank me. Sam's dragged me to a lot worse places than this. ( a huff of a laugh. ) A lot nerdier. Nah, this is … this is nice. I'm glad you didn't cancel it.