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Where Security means babysitting your jailed bro.

It was pretty late on the ship, and Dean had crashed out in a chair near the brig that was holding his brother. Any advice to go find a real bed was ignored because he's the big brother and he knows better. Also while Sam was stuck here with Schmuz still in his head, he just wanted to keep a close eye. Make sure there were no problems. The puppy Bobby was currently curled up near the bars of Sam's cell, also asleep.

Sometimes Dean twitched and whimpered a little in his sleep as some of his dreams were less than restful.

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The passing mechanic, fresh out of work at Kang's tavern, rolled her eyes as she neared. The urge to keep walking and let him sleep would have been satisfied if she hadn't seen Dean twitch out of the corner of her eye. The twitch might have even gone without thought if it hadn't been followed by a whimper.

With a resigned sigh, Kaylee approached and gave Dean a gentle nudge. "C'mon, bao bei. This ain't gonna do you any good if you're spendin' tomorrow with a crick in your neck."

Hopefully Kaylee had good reflexes since the nudge caused him to tense and subconsciously try to strike out before he shook awake in shock.

"What?!" He then relaxed slightly and wiped a hand over his face, "Kaylee baby, easy on the wake up call ok? Is it breakfast time?" Well he had his priorities.

Kaylee's reflexes were actually pretty sluggish, but she'd learned fairly quickly to stand a bit back when waking Dean. If it did hit her, it didn't come across as much more than a tap, not that she'd really say anything to him either way.

"Not much of a choice to it when you're sittin' here whimperin' like a lost puppy, is there?" And speaking of puppies, Kaylee leaned down to give Bobby a good petting as she continued. "Not breakfast, no. Few hours still til that. You should really be findin' your way into a real bed before then, though."

Dean frowned. Damn. He knew she knew about the nightmares but he didn't like attention brought to it. "Sam's the lost puppy not me, and I'm fine here. Gotta keep an eye on my little brother."

Bobby meanwhile, yawned, stretched and licked her hand affectionately.

No one ever liked attention being brought to anything around here. Didn't mean it wasn't there. Kaylee sighed, and continued petting Bobby. "Passin' out in a chair ain't keepin' an eye. You'd be better off in a bed, where you wouldn't be sore in the mornin'. Bet you'd feel a whole lot more refreshed, too."

"Sleep's overrated." He then leered and gave her a wink, "Can think of more fun things to do in bed anyway." He then glanced to the brig almost expecting to hear his brother going 'Gross.' Nope, big guy's still snoozing, all flopped out. Times like this where he remembered the little tumbling around kid that would look up to him.

Dean then turned his green eyes back to Kaylee again. "Was just resting my eyes a little."

"Ain't overrated if there's an emergency and you can't stay focused." She played as stern as she could, but his winking didn't help her case much. "I won't disagree with the latter, either, but I'm thinkin' you need sleep before you need anythin' else."

Kaylee raised her eyebrows. "Which means you need to. Would it help if I bribed you into it?"

"I'm focused." He was used to operating on only a few hours worth of sleep. Only it's been even less now with other matters. Worry over Sam and some more personal worries. Like crouching archangel, hidden Mikey. He was also eating a lot less of the slop these days too, or just eating period.

He then studied her a moment, "A bribe huh, gonna make it worth my while?" Sounds like she was cooking up something good.

Kaylee knew better than to believe him there. It wasn't hard to put yourself in a place where you thought you were fine, only to have something you couldn't quite handle come up. Better safe than sorry.

"You get yourself some sleep, and I'll bake you a pie for when you wake up. Fresh ingredients and everythin'. No slop, no sensoriums. And if you'd like, I'll even keep an eye out here while you're gone."

Another quick glance to his brother and back to her. Pie, and he knew he could trust her. He just didn't want Sam getting any heat right now from the other crew members. Plus girl was a cute force to be reckoned with.

Dean slowly stood up, a little less graceful than usual indicating he really needed the rest.

"All right, five hours and I should be good."

Five was a start, but he would need time to settle a bit. She wanted to make sure he came back rested.

"Six, and we'll call it a deal."

"Come on, I don't sleep that much anyway!"

He grumped and then said, "5 and a quarter."

"Yeah, but that just means you got more to catch up on. Five and a half, and I ain't acceptin' any lower than that."

He shook his head, if he was going to catch up, he'd have to sleep for several months.

Which he kind of probably did in the pods anyway. Huh.

Dean sighed, "Deal, I'm going."

He started to walk away, and then flashed a grin, "You gonna stop by later to tuck me in?" A little wiggle of the eyebrows.

Kaylee glanced back at the brig and shrugged.

"Can come to do it now, if you like. Start it off right..." And as an afterthought, "Don't think it'll be countin' toward your time, though."

"I wouldn't mind." He also checked to see if Bobby was following, but the puppy seemed content to stay by Sam. He walked over to give the dog a quick pet before he approached Kaylee. He slid a hand behind her back.

"Now's a good time. And sure it can."

If Bobby was going to stay guard, so much the better. She might even be able to take a little longer at tucking Dean in this way...

Kaylee leaned up to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Nope, not countin' toward the time, even if you beg."

She got a tickle for that. Just a brief one to see if she would jump.

"I thought you like my begging."

A little jump, just enough to get away from the attacking hand.

"We'll just have to wait and see how good of a job you do of it~"

Dean was amused anyway.

"Oh you know I'm good, baby."

Of course he was. Kaylee just stuck her tongue out at him and started walking.

"You comin', or am I gonna have to start by myself?"

"Not coming yet. I'll walk with you though." He strolled alongside her.

Yeah he's being a bit of an asshole right now.

Have a slug to the arm, Dean.

"Yeah yeah. I can always stay here, if you like?"

"Hey! Wait, no, no, aw come on. I'll be good, I'll be good."

"I dunno, you're right, that chair does look mighty comfortable..."

"No it doesn't. It sucks."

"You sure? I think I might just be able to make myself nice 'n cozy on it."

"Very sure, bed's a lot more comfortable for you, Sunshine. Don't need you waking up all sore."

Dean's very much as a do as I say not as I do kind of guy.

Kaylee glanced up at Dean, with one of those I-Told-You-So looks on her face.

"I got my point made, then? Just wanna be sure." And she wouldn't move until he agreed, either.

Dammit, she's so crafty! Crafty woman!

"Yeah, yeah you got me. I get it."

Grinning, Kaylee laced her fingers through Dean's, and started pulling him down the hall.

"Long as you understand~"

He gave her hand a squeeze and a small grin as they walked along, "Yeah I do." He then yawned but tried to cover it up.

Oh, she caught it alright, and offered up a small smile. "C'mon, let's get you to bed."

It wasn't much further to the house once they got to the city level, if still a good stretch of leg inward. It had been much too quiet now with Sam imprisoned and Cas and Taj missing. He hoped it was just due to GLADOS, but he wasn't sure. And Cas had disappeared to the pods before.

Still it was a nice 4 bedroom house in the city, if a fixer upper. Clearly a work in progress since the stairs and much of the house looked worn. But servicable, and really nicer than some of the dumps he and Sam used to stay in with their old man growing up.

"Been too quiet around here." It was another reason he didn't mind sleeping in the chair by the brig. It was easier to sleep when he could hear Sam's steady snores nearby.

"You can always stop by 'n sleep in Serenity, y'know. She's plenty good at makin' a body feel welcome and not so alone." Kaylee knew that well. With no crew around except herself, she spent plenty of time on the ship alone.

She gave Dean's hand a squeeze, and pulled him inside.

Dean yawned again, but grinned back. "The Impala's kind of like that too. She's always been home for us." But with his brother behind bars, it was hard to even sleep in her backseat.

"Probably take you up on that if it's ok."

"Seein' as it's just me 'n her at this point, the company'd be appreciated. When Sam gets out, he could even jump on too. If he wanted, anyhow."

She gave him a small tug, urging him to get to his bed a little faster. The sooner he got some sleep, the better.

"Thanks Sunshine, I'll give him the heads up." It was one thing when they had people in here. If Cas returned, that'll change. Same if Bobby woke up.

He stumbled slightly on the steps up to the master bedroom as he followed her along. There were two beds there, and he flopped onto the one closer to the door. Old habits. Dean then grinned, trying to tug her to the bed.

"And I'll make sure to follow up on it, so you both know I mean it."

She holds back for only a second before flopping lazily onto the bed next to him, and cuddling up close to his chest. "Better already."

"Mmm-hmm" He shifted an arm around her, and kissed the top of her head contently. Dean yawned again, and his head was already drooping with need for sleep though.

She had expected just as much, and she wasn't about to do anything that might ruin his heading for sleep. A hand ran over his forehead, but other than that she tried to keep settled. It would be easier for him to sleep if she wasn't playing the distraction.

He was so tired that he just snuggled in more as he drifted off to sleep. At least his dreams were more pleasant this time. There was a brief hum of Warrant's Cherry Pie as he slept in fact and a small grin on his face.

Five and a half? More like it's going to be ten at least for him.

Kaylee was even better with the idea of ten than five, but she wasn't exactly going to get her hopes up until it happened. It wasn't a long wait before he fell asleep, though she waited a few extra minutes to make sure he was there before she carefully pulled away, kissed his forehead, and headed back toward Sam.

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