[And that's when Dean knows he's screwed. He knew it before, of course, he's known it this whole time, but Felix says that and the tiny twist of hope becomes something much sharper and much deadlier. Something he has to grab hold of, or it'll kill him right here and right now.
When Dean draws in a breath to speak, it catches on something in his throat, but he speaks over it with a rough kind of determination, and a brittle kind of wonder.]
You're serious. [Felix, of all people, would not be saying what he's saying if he wasn't. It's not a question.]
Private
When Dean draws in a breath to speak, it catches on something in his throat, but he speaks over it with a rough kind of determination, and a brittle kind of wonder.]
You're serious. [Felix, of all people, would not be saying what he's saying if he wasn't. It's not a question.]