[h3] Cason [/h3]

Cason scanned his eyes across the crowd of teenagers, his nose scrunching in disgust every now and then as she shrugged the young girls away from him. He flinched uncharacteristically as Natalia’s voice broke through the chatter, a bit louder than he would have expected.  Realizing the volume change was likely because of the alcohol in her system, he scooted a bit closer to her.  He scanned the area behind her, over her head, and then turned his eyes down to meet hers with a smirk.

“I mean, it’s not like demons are just going to announce themselves out in the open, you know.  They have to make sure you’re thoroughly…”, Cason started, reaching his hand out to attempt to block Nat from grabbing another cup of anything alcoholic.  But before he could take it from her, she had already downed the entire cup.  Wincing slightly, he rolled his eyes, “Drunk…”

Shifting on his feet, he straightened his jacket, shaking his head discreetly at another teen coming to offer Nat more beer, but his attention was pulled straight to her as she asked a question he really didn’t want to answer.  He had honestly hoped she was either too stressed or too drunk to remember anything he had said at the motel.  But in the same respect…he hoped she remembered it forever, in case she needed him.

“I um…”, he started, scratching his head awkwardly, “No!  Getting under your skin would be the last thing on my mind.  Demon…remember?  I don’t exactly have the luxury of just messing with you.”

He met her eyes again, finally, and his gaze softened into something that resembled sympathy, “I just know that demons have a particular way of fucking over humans.  From the inside…or from what I gather in your case, the outside.  You don’t seem like a bad person and…”

Cason winced again, awkwardly glancing above her head, “You intrigue me.  I’ll protect you if you’ll let me.  That’s all.  I want to know why.”

As he finished speaking, he turned his eyes down to hers once again, scanning them deeply as if he could read her mind somewhere behind them.  Suddenly, a rowdy and very drunk teen shoved into Nat’s back, giggling the entire time.  The action pushed her close enough that Cason had to shift his head back to avoid crashing noses with her, but he smirked, catching both her arms to keep her from completely losing her balance.

[h3] Anna [/h3]

Anna stood, her arms crossed as a guy near herself and Mika mumbled on about some issue he had been having in school.  She rolled her eyes, and leaned in close to Mika as she scanned the crowd for any sign of Sam or Dean…or even Cason in the chaos.

“I’m about to die.  I swear.  I’ve apparently killed people for less than boring me this badly…”, she grumbled over Mika’s shoulder, her eyes falling on Cason and Nat finally, “And I’m starting to feel like we’ve been cast aside so they can…mingle.  What’s that about?”

She nodded her head toward them, and sighed, raising her eyebrows at how close they became in a split second from the shove, “And are we about to see an explosion?  I feel like we’re about to see an explosion.”

[h3] Duke [/h3]

Duke sighed with a wide smirk, carefully kissing Esme back as his heart fluttered.  Whatever was happening between them was more than unexpected, but in his eyes, it was a long time coming.  At this rate, he would end up staying…again…

He pulled the pizza toward him as his cheeks slowly turned red from the use of his nickname, somehow sounding different with him being the only one in Esme’s sights.  It felt more like an actual loving nickname and less like a little fun poking at him, and as he pulled a slice of pizza and carefully handed it to her, he bit down on his bottom lip, “You don’t know how much I missed that nickname.  I hate nicknames.  But I guess it’s just you that gets away with it.”

He laughed softly, pulling his own slice and taking a large bite from it, “So, with everything I just learned about you, I almost feel the need to reintroduce myself or somethin’.”, he teased, trying to make sure the mood stayed light.

“Like…hi! Name’s Duke.  I’ve traveled the world huntin’ all the monsters the locals don’t understand.  Terminally single.  Doesn’t normally work out well for girls in the industry…bein’ around Winchesters, I’m sure you get that.  But now I’m back in the states and I don’t know where the hell I’m goin’.  Can I stay the night?”, he rambled off with a laugh, his bright blue eyes lighting up as he tried his best to show her that he was completely relaxed with the entire situation, at this point.  It was a lot of information to process, but honestly, their entire relationship had been ups and downs of mass info dumps, “Particularly good at protecting people from all the creepy crawlies, even of the demon ex boyfriend variety.”