Title: It Always Comes Back To Bite You

Author: HalfshellVenus

Characters: Sam and Dean (Gen, Drabble, Humor, All-Dialogue)

Rating: K+

Summary: Alternate lives just mean even more things to regret and deny…

Author's Notes: Codette for 4x17, "It's A Terrible Life" for caffeinekitty's birthday. Hope you like it!

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"I'm sorry I thought you were, uh—"

"Hitting on you?"

"Yeah. And maybe kind of psycho at first. But seriously, Sam, you can't go around telling strangers your whacked-out ghost dreams. Didn't Dad teach you anything?"

"First, no Dad. Not our Dad, anyway. And I wasn't the one tripping on the anti-carb cleansing thing."

"I—"

"You do know there's a middle ground, right? Between fried cholesterol death and avoiding food altogether?"

"Of course I do! That wasn't the real me."

"Driving a Prius."

"Shut up, Sam."

"Oh, and next case? The library's all yours."

"I said shut up!"

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