Chit-chat

"So what the hell is a 'puckwudgie' again?" Dean asked. He and Sam were walking through the woods of the Freetown Fall River State Forest, looking for any signs of a puckwudgie that had been terrorizing a local family. Sam pulled a folded piece of paper out of his pocket.

"It's a being from Wampanoag mythology. They're usually 2-3 feet tall and look troll-like. They're tricksters and they use spirits called Tei-Pai-Wankas to lure humans to their death," Sam explained.

"Well great. How do we kill them?"

"Um. Well, we can't. We shouldn't. It says here that we should give them an offering of something natural. Like a tree or a berry bush or something."

"Then what the hell are we doing out here?" Dean asked, obviously miffed.

"We're trying to see if the claims are true," Sam replied, always the patient one. Dean snorted.

"Of course they're true. We wouldn't be running around in the middle of the woods if they weren't true," Dean grumbled. They walked on a little longer without saying anything.

"Sooo…" Sam mumbled suddenly. "What's going on with you and Cas?" Dean tripped over a root in surprise.

"Well… I… Uh… I… Um…" Dean sputtered, trying to find words. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, regaining his composure. "We're… Involved. Romantically."

"So, are you… Bi?" Sam asked.

"I don't… I don't know. I don't think… I think it's just him. I think it's just Cas," Dean explained.

"Well you know I'll always support you, right?"

"Yeah, I know, Sammy." Dean turned his head to the left suddenly, scanning the landscape. "Now stow the chick flick crap. I heard something over here." The brothers slowly, quietly walked over to where they heard the noise and bumped into Cas.

"Hello Dean. Sam," Castiel said. He turned his head back and called into the woods. "Erela, it's just Sam and Dean."

"Hi guys," Erela replied, landing next to Cas. "What are you guys doing out here?"

"We're hunting Puckwudgies. But I was just about to ask you the same thing," Dean answered.

"I thought it would be good for Erela to get out of the house,"Castiel explained.

"If we split up into teams of two, we might find those Puckwudgies faster," Erela said, speaking her thoughts.

"Sure," Sam replied. They split up; Sam and Erela on one team and Dean and Cas on the other and went their separate ways in the woods.