''And I would die to make a home for you, does that sound too cliché?'' Seth peeked up from his letter to face Roman and Dean.
''No, that one was actually good, may I use it?'' Roman said and Seth grinned.
''Then you owe me one''
''Deal'' they high fived.
''Dean?'' Seth turned to Dean and saw his blank paper.
''Yeah, it's good'' he muttered without lifting his gaze.
''Are you still mad?'' Roman gave him a light push.
''Just let me be huh'' Dean said a little irritated and Roman and Seth exchanged gazes.
''Come on man, we already apologized'' Seth said and Dean meet his eyes. Suddenly he rose and was about to walk out.
''Dean'' Roman grabbed his wrist and without a warning, Dean turned to place a fist on his jaw. With a yelp, Roman covered his cheek.
''What's wrong with you?!'' Seth snapped as he checked on Roman. No blood but that mark would leave a bruise, no doubt about it.
''What's the noise about?!'' Hunter entered their tent and the view gave him no problem to place the pieces together on his own.
''Ambrose, penalty'' Hunter darted his eyes on the man, they all knew the rule; 'you're not allowed to put your hands on other soldiers'.
''And you,'' Hunter referred to Roman.
''If anybody asks, you fell off the bed; you hear me?!'' he yelled.
''Loud and clear, boss'' Roman muttered, tying not to be rude.
''Ambrose'' Hunter said and walked out of the tent. With a sigh, Dean followed him and left his so called friends behind him.
''What is it this time? Toilets? Laundry?'' Dean grumbled.
''Boxes'' Hunter smirked.
''But don't worry, you'll have company'' he added as Dean glared at him. Box duty was one of the cruelest punishments they had. You have to lift boxes, boxes with heavy supplies, from one side to another just so people don't need to walk equidistant.
''Have fun'' Hunter left him with a grin.
''Satan'' Dean mumbled underneath his breath while he walked closer to the boxes. He stopped when he saw to poor soul that shared his punishment.
''Hey'' he said and she jerked in surprise.
''Hey'' she whispered when she saw who it was and returned to her box.
''Why are you here?'' she asked.
''Screwed up'' he said and went for a box of his own without asking her reason, he already knew.
''Karma hit us both'' he added.
''I don't believe in karma,'' she said as she placed down her box. He had to admit that she was stronger than she looked.
''I try to be good, but bad stuff happens anyway'' she continued and turned to face him.
''Agreed''
x x x
''Water?'' a voice broke off and Elena and Dean turned to look at Seth, they each were holding a box.
''Hello Barbie'' Elena said a little coldly and returned to her work. Dean laughed.
''Barbie? Suitable'' he chuckled and placed down his box.
''What are you doing here?'' he asked as he grabbed the water that was offered to him.
''I volunteered'' Seth said and Dean gurgled the water, leaving Seth to turn his attention to Elena who just dropped off a box and was headed for another.
''Do you have a death wish or something?'' he said.
''You wouldn't know'' she muttered and Seth let a sigh escape between his lips.
''Look…''
''You know I actually thought we were friends'' she cut him off and he stared at her.
''He's my commander Elena, what was I supposed to do?!'' he raised his voice.
''You're his soldier!'' she fired back.
''He needs you more then you need him'' she continued and picked up a box. Seth stayed quiet.
''I like her'' Dean grinned and Seth gave him a glare. Still grinning, Dean took the other bottle and went over to offer it to Elena. She took it and as she drank, Seth mumbled his way away from them.
x x x
''Enough'' Hunter's voice was heard and they turned to watch his back leave them.
''Finally'' Elena groaned as she crashed on one of the boxes. Dean observed her for a while and with hesitation, he decided to ask her.
''Would you mind taking a walk with me?'' she peeked up a little surprised.
''What?'' was the only respond she could come up with.
''A walk'' he repeated and she looked at him for a while.
''You're not going to rape me, right?''
''No'' he chuckled and she nodded slowly. She didn't even know why she agreed but somehow she trusted him, and not only because they just lifted an army of boxes for hours.
They entered the forest and Dean seemed lost in his thoughts as his feet automatically made their way towards his destination. She considered turning around since no one knew she was with him and she thought that with 'a walk' he meant that he wanted to talk, apparently not.
Suddenly he stopped and she bumped into him.
''Sorry, I didn't…'' she paused when she saw what he was looking at.
''We were… friends'' he said and Elena observed him for a while before turning her gaze to the tombstone.
''Defined friends'' she said and he chuckled.
''Fuckers'' he corrected himself and she gave away a sad, yet comforting, smile.
''I'm sorry'' she said and it went quiet.
''I didn't know she was with you'' she eventually adds.
''Nah, we argued just before she left. I had prepared flowers and shit for her return... at least the flowers got their use'' he turned to face Elena and to her surprise, he embraced her. With a hesitation, she returned the hug. At least now she knew why he wanted her to come, he didn't want to be alone.
''It's getting dark'' she said and broke the hug. He nodded and with a last gaze at the stone, he turned to walk back. Elena faced the tombstone as well and a sad smile crossed her face.
''He misses you, Paige'' she whispered before walking after him.
x x x
''They're back'' Roman said and Seth quickly turned his gaze to watch Dean and Elena enter the camp.
''I'm going to kill him'' he rose but Roman dragged him back down.
''Don't be stupid, he may be angry at us but he would never...'' he sighed.
''He takes out his anger on us'' Roman continued and pointed on his sore jaw, making Seth mumble something that couldn't be heard.
''Where are you going?'' Dean asked when he saw Elena make distance between them.
''My tent?''
''Don't be silly, come sit with me by the bonfire'' she turned her gaze to the fire and saw Roman and Seth staring at them.
''Sure'' she said when she picked up the hint that he didn't want to face them alone.
''Hey'' Roman said as they approached them.
''H… What happened to your face?!'' Elena widened her eyes and cupped the big man's head between her hands. Her protective nurse spirit took over.
''Clumsy'' Roman shrugged, throwing a gaze at Dean. She stopped her observing and frowned.
''That must be the lie of the year'' she shook her head unpleased.
''Where were the two of you?'' Seth changed the subject and she turned to glare at him.
''Oh, so now you suddenly care about me?'' she frowned and he sighed.
''You're not fair now''
''Oh please! If I were Kelly, you would have run…''
''I ditched her'' Seth interrupted and she narrowed her gaze on him.
''You mean you used her''
''No, I didn't'' he objected.
''Really, so you didn't sleep with her?'' she crossed her arms across her chest and he hesitated for a while.
''No'' he said and Dean and Roman frowned, staring at him. Elena raised her eyebrows, surprised by his answer.
''Then I apologize'' she whispered and turned her gaze away. Dean was about to speak up when a voice interrupted.
''Elena,'' they all turned to face Shawn.
''I managed to convince him, you may keep the chain'' he said and the girl gave away a big smile.
''Thank you!'' she said and he nodded pleased before walking away.
''Chain?'' she turned to watch Roman ask her the question.
''Yeah'' she said while she fished up three dog tags from underneath her clothes. She held up the new one and they frowned.
''Is that the soldier's?'' Roman said and she nodded like it was nothing weird about that.
''You have our enemies around your neck?!'' he continued.
''Why do you have it?!'' Seth added and she frowned at them. Why were they questioning her?
''He gave it to me, and he was nice'' she said upset, not seeing why she even had to defend herself.
''Whatever he told you, it was lies'' Seth muttered and she looked disappointed at him.
''Look who's talking'' Dean cracked and Seth faced him.
''What's that supposed to mean?'' he said angrily.
''Oh, I don't know; shall we ask Kelly?'' Dean fired back and Seth narrowed his eyes on him.
''Let's ask Paige instead… oww, right'' Seth said and Dean's face went pale.
A slap was placed and six wide eyes were now staring at Elena that had left red fingerprints on Seth's cheek.
More of an emotional chapter, hope that's okay! Next chap? Get ready for some action!