Rescues

by RealFunkyTown

E/0 Challenge. Word: Shoulder. While heading back through Rock Ridge, Colorado Dean runs into one of their former interviewees who is looking to place some of his reptiles with new homes.

A/N: Very mild Season 4 spoilers. AU post 'Yellow Fever'. Dean gets a pet for Kiwiplasj's birthday!

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Sam walked into the motel room and startled. A snake was restricting around Dean's shoulders. Panic quickly melted to bewilderment. Dean was smiling. Not a snarky smirk, but a full out beam. The serpent had his brother under a spell.

"Dean...?"

"Remember Donny?"

He remembered the last time they'd seen Donny Dean had looked ready to piss his pants. But at the time, Dean had looked the same way at donuts.

"He needed a home." Dean's eyes were questioning. "Don't know what I was thinking."

Sam knew. Dean had to save everyone and maybe this one could help save Dean.