( Sam does his best to bite back a sigh. ) If we were back in our world, I'd get the argument. But we're not; we're stuck here. And we have no idea what we're up against.
( Appealing to rationality is probably his best bet here since sentimentally won't work. As much as Sam's heart breaks for Jack in this situation, if Sam were in Castiel's shoes, he'd also be wary. But he's also not going to abandon Jack. )
You don't have to deal with him if you don't want. He'll probably want to keep an eye on me, but we can talk separately for now.
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[ castiel won't belabor the point, because he knows sam is right. ]
He's said he intends to watch over me.
[ he says this with no inflection. jack won't leave him alone. and if all this is true, as sam has confirmed to him now, he can't blame him for that. he doesn't know if he resents it or not. he doesn't know how he feels half the time since he was freed from lucifer entirely by chance. ]
He's too young to have any sort of self-control. [ castiel does sigh. ] Youth is a dangerous thing for an angel. I imagine there's a reason why we weren't given that particular experience.
( At the mention of Jack watching over Cas, Sam can't help but let out a quiet chuckle. ) Yeah, that sounds like him. He's protective, he just doesn't always realize how intense he can come off as. Pretty sure I know where he got that from.
( He means you, Cas. /lovingly, of course. )
He's young, but he's older than when I know him from. He's learned a lot already. But I can ask him to stand down a bit, if you want.
[ castiel's first thought is: dean. and there's an almost-hopefulness in that. dean has always been intense in his protectiveness, especially toward sam. it's a feeling that's veered into possessive and controlling behaviors more than once, though of course castiel doesn't see it that way himself. he has no steady, healthy baseline which to gauge from. he never has. ]
... I'll leave it up to you.
[ sam knows jack much better than him, and he trusts sam's judgement. ]
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( Appealing to rationality is probably his best bet here since sentimentally won't work. As much as Sam's heart breaks for Jack in this situation, if Sam were in Castiel's shoes, he'd also be wary. But he's also not going to abandon Jack. )
You don't have to deal with him if you don't want. He'll probably want to keep an eye on me, but we can talk separately for now.
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[ castiel won't belabor the point, because he knows sam is right. ]
He's said he intends to watch over me.
[ he says this with no inflection. jack won't leave him alone. and if all this is true, as sam has confirmed to him now, he can't blame him for that. he doesn't know if he resents it or not. he doesn't know how he feels half the time since he was freed from lucifer entirely by chance. ]
He's too young to have any sort of self-control. [ castiel does sigh. ] Youth is a dangerous thing for an angel. I imagine there's a reason why we weren't given that particular experience.
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( He means you, Cas. /lovingly, of course. )
He's young, but he's older than when I know him from. He's learned a lot already. But I can ask him to stand down a bit, if you want.
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[ castiel's first thought is: dean. and there's an almost-hopefulness in that. dean has always been intense in his protectiveness, especially toward sam. it's a feeling that's veered into possessive and controlling behaviors more than once, though of course castiel doesn't see it that way himself. he has no steady, healthy baseline which to gauge from. he never has. ]
... I'll leave it up to you.
[ sam knows jack much better than him, and he trusts sam's judgement. ]