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Sam Winchester ([personal profile] gavemea_45) wrote2023-01-05 07:38 pm
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[AU] two worlds, a lot of demons, and a new set of problems

It's still hard to believe it's over; that the yellow-eyed demonic bastard they'd spent their whole lives hunting is finally dead.

Sam figures it'll sink in eventually. Given everything else -- right now he's still pretty numb.

He's also desperately tired, but that doesn't matter. There's something he needs to do, and he can't afford to delay.

He waits until they've settled in for the night, and then waits still longer. Once Dean's been asleep for half an hour, Sam picks up his messenger bag -- already stuffed with books and his computer -- and heads straight for the bar.

He orders black coffee and snags a table with a good view of both doors and the stairs, then pulls out the first of the old texts and starts to search through it.

There's work to do.
pacificator: (rode hard and I put up wet)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
She glances over her shoulder at the guy, then reaches for the bottle itself, unscrewing the top and taking a swallow. "I don't do hints," she says – to him, to the Bar, to –

Okay. Maybe just to those two. As she tips the bottle up, she glances down at the sheaves of paper and stacks of books on his table, the laptop he's working on. "Sheesh."

Wynonna sets the bottle down. "Actually, maybe you need this more than I do. What's with the homework, braniac?"
pacificator: (been down but I can't get up yet)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Research."

She tips a measure of the whiskey into a tumbler, just so she can scoff into the glass as she takes a sip. "You should meet my sister. She's a nerd, too."

His question gets a lift of her eyebrows. "Maybe it's both. Maybe I'm multitasking."
pacificator: (hoi_84)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, believe me, I know exactly how useful it can be."

She drags out another stool and sets one fringed black boot on it, then crosses her other foot over the first. Peacemaker's tucked in, nice and cozy along her calf, the handle of the ancient revolver poking up over the edge of her boot. Lounging like this, she sips at her whiskey and considers him.

She's already multitasking. Why not add one more thing to the list? Say... finding out what Nerdy McGiant over there is so focused on. "Okay, I'll bite. What kind of research?"
pacificator: (hoi_73)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks." She rolls her wrist, letting the whiskey slope around the tumbler. Research, he'd said. Her eyes narrow a little, though her tone stays easy.

"Someone you know make a deal with the devil?"
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[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Up go her eyebrows again, and she cants her head to the side. That book, and all those papers, and the way he'd clocked Peacemaker –

"Are you?"
pacificator: (I have toured the endless starlight)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"No English major would notice Peacemaker. First," she amends. There's a sarcastic edge to the words.

She meets his glance and holds it, her own cool and steady. "And you said research. Not that you were writing a book report."
pacificator: by backstreets @ IJ (to the way I want to feel)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh-uh-uh."

She tsks at him and crosses her legs the other way to remove Peacemaker from view. "I asked first."
pacificator: by backstreets @ IJ (I left a trail that no man could follow)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Was that so hard?"

Her tone is angelic, though her glance is thoughtful. She takes another swallow of the whiskey and swings off her seat, reaching down in the same motion for Peacemaker's polished ivory grip. She draws the 12-inch barrel from her boot and lifts the gun for his inspection, balanced in her hands, as she strolls towards him. "The Colt Buntline Special," she says, her steps slow. She turns the gun in her hands, the nose of the barrel against her fingers, and watches his reaction carefully.

"Five of them were commissioned in 1876. Presented by Ned Buntline to five lawmen. As thanks for helping to give a little color and realism to his books."

A beat. "Allegedly."
pacificator: (how did you find me?)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"He made good guns, I'll give him that."

Either he doesn't know the apocrypha of Wyatt Earp and the Buntline Special, or he's keeping it to himself. Wynonna nocks a hip against his table and idly glances down at the books and papers there. "So, these people who made deals. What kind of mess it turn into?"
pacificator: (I was already halfway gone)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Her smile flickers, short. "Why not?"

No one can shoot Peacemaker but her, and it might tell her something she needs to know. She sets the gun on top of the open book, the long barrel underlining the title that had so piqued her interest.
pacificator: (till the sun comes up)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-05 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Quick as a snake, she snatches the gun back, her thumb moving instinctively to cock it, before she grimaces and pauses, halting the smooth swing up to aim it at his forehead.

No business in the bar. For some reason, she hears it in Dolls' voice.

Though maybe she shouldn't be surprised. The guy loves his rules. "I don't know how you got here," she says, low and dangerous. "But why don't we take this outside, and you can tell me just exactly what the hell you are. Or I can make a mess of this bar and get tossed in the slammer for a few days."

Her eyes are hard as she watches him. "Your choice, Stretch."
pacificator: (kingdom come)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-06 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Do I look like I give a crap what your name is?"

He's stalling for time, and her grip tightens a little on the gun. "I don't know what you mean by 'hunter.' I'm the goddamned Heir, and it's my job to send demon scum back to Hell on the Peacemaker express."

Her jaw's tight as she watches him. "Peacemaker burned you. So you're a demon, or a revenant, or both."

Or some other kind of supernatural piece of shit. Honestly, it's getting hard to keep track of them all. "Which is it?"
pacificator: (kingdom come)

[personal profile] pacificator 2023-01-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"You have any idea how many demons try to tell me that?"

Her lips thin, and her frown flickers. "Fine. One question: Have you ever been to the Ghost River Triangle?"

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