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[hopeitsworthit]

Dean's not a real big fan of the outdoors, at least not when he's not working on the Impala.

But the motel is stuffy, the couple bars in town aren't open yet, and Sam's researching up a storm and threw Dean out.

Thank God for Milliways, is all he's got to say. Even if the indoors is just as hackles-raising there, today.

Maybe Dean needs to get laid.

And if he can't manage that, at least out of doors'll let him walk out some of his pent-up energy.

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[awesome_lilly]

Well, Lilly could help him with that. Not personally! She just so happens to run a brothel, that's all.

That is of course if she's feeling helpful.

"Oh. It's you."

[hopeitsworthit]

"You were hopin' it was some other strapping young man?"

He leers, but it's half-hearted at most.

"'Cause I'd hate to disappoint you."

[awesome_lilly]

"Strapping? Seriously?"

Lilly rolls her eyes.

"You owe me a drink. And if you have any more lines like that waiting for me, I'll need it now."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Hey, ain't my fault you can't appreciate the classics."

He's still leering, though.

In a friendly kinda way.

[awesome_lilly]

"Yes. Damn my lack of appreciation for your well-aged pickup lines."

Lilly looks pointedly at the table in front of her.

"I seem to be missing a drink still."

[hopeitsworthit]

"You sure you want me to surprise you?"

Yeah, because that's been working real well so far.

[awesome_lilly]

"...point."

Lilly considers her options.

"So, how surprising are you thinking of being tonight? Because that's going to affect my drink order."

[hopeitsworthit]

Dean raises one eyebrow, still smirking.

"Don't think it's gonna be anything you'd object to."

Beat.

"And I'll keep my pants on."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly smiles sweetly at him.

"And how do you know I won't find that objectionable?"

She waves a waitrat over.

"Tequila, please. From Bernard's stash, and it's going on the charming Dean Winchester's tab."

[hopeitsworthit]

Damn. That's gonna suck. The tequila, that is.

Oh, well. Just means he'll have to get the next fake card sooner.

"Gimma a beer."

He doesn't really care what kind.

[awesome_lilly]

"So," Lilly says, turning from the waitrat to Dean, "I talked to Meg. No major details, but..."

She tilts her head.

"Your brother actually has legitimate dead blonde issues, huh?"

[hopeitsworthit]

Dean's lip curls as his face tightens.

He kinda can't help it.

Kinda.

"Yeah. Not even a year, yet."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly nods.

"Ah. I had more time than that. Year and a half or so- maybe closer to two- till my boyfriend showed up here, for both of us. Plus I'd had all that time to haunt around, so I was pretty caught up on his life."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Haunt--you remember that?"

Most ghosts Dean's dealt with are nothin' like sane--or like they were in life.

"Damn. That's gotta suck."

[awesome_lilly]

"Uh, yeah."

Lilly shrugs, one shouldered.

"Sucked ass. But I got to save my best friend's life a time or two, helped her track down the guy who killed me, and I ended up here with a body and everything. Could have been worse."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Man."

Dean's kinda staring at her.

"You've got no idea."

Well, maybe she does. He's kinda hoping not, really.

"Most ghosts we've run into are crazy. And they kill."

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh?"

It doesn't, somehow, come across as much of a question. Lilly picks up her newly-arrived tequila and takes a sip.

"Milliways must have really freaked you guys out when you got here, then."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Kinda, yeah. We were on a job, too."

Which--really really kinda didn't help.

"You've got some half-decent cells here, though. I'll tell you that much."

[awesome_lilly]

"Yeah."

Lilly smiles.

"I know."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Close personal experience behind that one?"

He grins.

"Or you do the good samaritan thing?"

[awesome_lilly]

"I punched a guy out, they locked me up despite me being utterly justified in the punching."

Lilly shrugs.

"They're pretty serious about the no violence rule."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Pretty sure that's the one that got us, too."

Dean shrugs.

"You punch a lot of guys?"

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly smirks a little.

"Depends on whether or not they deserve it. Why, you getting nervous?"

[hopeitsworthit]

Dean just kinda looks at her.

"Not yet. Why, you think I should be?"

[awesome_lilly]

"With your natural charm and approachability?"

Lilly smiles sweetly at him.

"I can't imagine you ever end up in situations where someone would want to punch you. You're so friendly."

[hopeitsworthit]

"That and I hit back."

Dean grins.

"'s worked out pretty well for me so far."

That and usually Sam's got his back. Comes in handy sometimes.

[awesome_lilly]

"Well, you're not dead, so it must be."

Lilly takes another sip of her tequila.

"And I'm not going to hit you because despite your extreme tactfulness when we first met, Andrew seems to think you're okay and you didn't upset Meg."

[hopeitsworthit]

One of Dean's eyebrows goes up.

"Yeah?"

He's not real sure he believes her. She's kind of a spitfire.

[awesome_lilly]

"Yeah. I mean, this is not a lifetime guarantee, of course."

Lilly glances down at her tequila.

"But you did buy me a drink, so I'm willing to give you a second chance. Try not to blow it."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Hey, what can I say?"

He shrugs, smirking.

"I do what I do, and shit just happens."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly would be dismissive of this life philosophy if it were not so close to her own.

"Yeah, same. Only in Milliways, the weirdness of the shit that 'just happens' is a lot higher than it was in Neptune, which is saying something."

[hopeitsworthit]

"You don't get a lot of werewolves and poltergeists in Neptune, huh?"

Or demons.

It'd be nice if she didn't get demons.

[awesome_lilly]

"No werewolves. I don't know if I'd have counted as a poltergeist."

Lilly frowns a little, thinking this over.

"I never really could move stuff. I managed to get visibleish a few times, though."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Yeah, definitely not poltergeist material. Those fuckers can fling tables like they're nothing."

Dean got hit with one.

More than once.

It fucking sucks.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly sighs heavily.

"Clearly I was not haunting up to my full potential. It's a shame, too. There were plenty of people I wouldn't have minded throwing some tables at."

Not Dean!

...of course, she would not be shocked to learn that other people had flung tables his way.

[hopeitsworthit]

"Heh."

Dean's not really laughing.

"The shitty part's when you start throwin' 'em at people you'd rather not see take a tumble down the stairs."

He pauses.

"Uh. Not you, you, I mean--"

Well, shit.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly raises an eyebrow at him.

"Dean? What did I say about not blowing it?"

She pauses.

"Granted, I did just say I would have thrown tables if I could, but still. I wouldn't have knocked anyone other than my actual killer down the stairs."

[hopeitsworthit]

Dean does laugh this time, looking a little sheepish.

If you squint.

"Yeah, uh. Just--the stuff Sam and I run into--mostly they start going after their killer's type, you know? Not just the one that did it, but--anyone that could've. They're not too big on talking, either. It ain't like here, and I'm guessing it ain't much like that where you're from?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Not so much," Lilly says, glancing down at her glass again.

"Your world sounds like even less fun for a ghost than Neptune, though."

[hopeitsworthit]

"Yeah. Definitely not all shits and giggles."

Which kinda sucks for the ghosts, he guesses.

And, you know, for hunters, too.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly takes another small sip of tequila, thinking for a moment before she speaks again.

"Dean? What do you and Sam do to ghosts in your world? I mean, I know you hunt them. What does that mean, exactly? What happens to them?"

[hopeitsworthit]

"Dunno what happens, after."

Dean doesn't really like to think about it. It isn't his thing.

"Most of 'em, we salt and burn the bones, and they--go."

Well, they burn up, is what happens.

He's not about to tell her that.

"Got nothing left to hold 'em here. There."

Whatever.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly nods.

"Makes sense."

And then there is what might be construed as an awkward pause.

[hopeitsworthit]

Dean shrugs.

"Guess so."

Yeah.

Awkward.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly sneaks a look at him.

"In case you were wondering, this would be a good time to either discuss the weather or buy me another drink."