It was two weeks and three state lines before Sam finally voiced the question on his mind. Dean was driving, singing along to Motorhead. Sam hit the power button.
"Dude, what the hell?" Both eyebrows raised, an almost offended look. Yeah, he hadn't been singing exactly on key, but Sam was hardly any better.
Ignoring the look Dean was giving him, Sam asked bluntly, "Are we going to tell him?"
"Tell who? And about what?" Sam was being really weird. It was getting on his nerves.
"Are we going to tell Tony about the deal, Dean?" Hazel eyes studied Dean's face.
Dean's usually expressive face went stoic. Jaw clenched, eyes faraway. He didn't want to talk about this. But Sam wasn't going to let it drop. Not this.
"Well?"
Pulling off the highway, Dean put the Impala in park and got out. Sam quickly followed.
"We don't tell Tony."
"Don't you think he deserves to know?" Sam asked, indignant.
"How I see it is this: in a year I'm going to Hell, Sam. If-
"You're not going to Hell. We're going to find a way out."
"That's the problem Sam! If we tell Tony, he's going to want to help. He'd quit his job at NCIS, and don't say he wouldn't, because you know he would. Tony has his own life to lead. He can't just ruin it for my sake."
"That's not your choice Dean! If you were in Tony's shoes-
"I wouldn't take no for an answer. And he wouldn't either. If we can't find a way out, and I go to Hell, Tony ruined his life for nothing."
"How do you think he'd feel if you suddenly die in a year, and he knew that he could have done something?"
"If I die in a year, it means he couldn't have done anything. And if that does happen, you don't tell him the truth. Tell him it was a hunting accident or something."
"No."
"No? What do you mean no?"
"It means no, Dean. I'm not going to just lie to Tony like that."
Dean swallowed and clenched and unclenched his fists. He walked around in a circle. "You don't tell him, Sam. And that's final."
Hazel met hazel, both unwilling to cede to the other. Dean broke away, and forced a grin. "It's not like it's going to come to that. Like you keep saying, Sam, we'll find a way to break my deal."
Sam sighed, releasing his tension. "Yeah."
"Now let's hit the road. The nagual isn't going to gank itself."
"Right." The matter was far from over. If he had to go around Dean to do it, he would. Tony deserved to know what was going on. Dean's will be damned.
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Notes: Thanks for all the reviews/favorites/alerts! About this scene: I was thinking about how Tony would react to the idea of Dean going to Hell, and then I thought: would Dean even tell him? And this developed. Hope you liked-feel free to drop a comment. ^^