{"id":245558,"date":"2013-11-12T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/11\/12\/hythe-jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand\/"},"modified":"2018-10-02T07:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T07:33:48","slug":"hythe-jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/11\/12\/hythe-jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-245558 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/11\/12\/hythe-jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand\/attachment\/245559\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_lmpfqthZfo1qbe9hqo1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_lmpfqthZfo1qbe9hqo1_500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_lmpfqthZfo1qbe9hqo1_500-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hythe.tumblr.com\/post\/6492219097\/jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand-through-his\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">hythe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>(Jack sighs heavily and runs a hand through his hair.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK<\/strong>: It\u2019s Sam, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAN<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>(He winces but his jaw tightens defensively.)\u00a0<\/em>You ever had to watch your little brother murder in cold blood? You can\u2019t imagine what it\u2019s like, man.<\/p>\n<p><em>(There\u2019s a tense pause. At first, it doesn\u2019t seem like Jack is going to respond, but then he\u2019s speaking, words wrenching themselves from his lips and leaving a bitter taste in the air between them.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK<\/strong>: You\u2019re right, I can\u2019t. But I don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Dean looks up sharply at that, but Jack doesn\u2019t meet his eyes.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK<\/strong>: I watched my brother destroy Cardiff in a day. He killed hundreds &#8211; including me and two of my friends. The only reason I was able to stop him was because I got\u00a0<em>lucky<\/em>. But you know what? I can\u2019t blame him, Dean. He acted like a monster but I can\u2019t hate him for it, because he\u2019s my brother. And if I\u2019d been there, if I hadn\u2019t let go of his hand, if I\u2019d kept\u00a0<em>looking\u00a0<\/em>for him instead of just giving up\u2026 Maybe none of it would\u2019ve happened.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Jack finally lifts his head to see Dean staring at him, expression decidedly more wretched than before, issues of betrayal and trust and forgiveness warring with each other. The Captain\u2019s gaze softens, and he steps closer until he can reach out and rest his hands on Dean\u2019s shoulders. Dean flinches slightly, because damn, he\u2019ll never get used to how affectionate Jack is with all of them, but he can\u2019t bring himself to protest the other\u2019s touch right now.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAN<\/strong>: The hell am I supposed to do, then?<\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK<\/strong>: Be there for him. No matter what.\u00a0<em>(He gives Dean\u2019s shoulders a squeeze before brushing past him. It isn\u2019t until he\u2019s halfway out the door that he glances back, the smile on his lips sad but still reassuring.)\u00a0<\/em>Also, Dean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAN<\/strong>: Yeah?<\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK<\/strong>: Whatever you do, don\u2019t let go of his hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hythe: (Jack sighs heavily and runs a hand through his hair.) JACK: It\u2019s Sam, isn\u2019t it? DEAN:\u00a0(He winces but his jaw tightens defensively.)\u00a0You ever had to watch your little brother murder in cold blood? You can\u2019t imagine what it\u2019s like, man. (There\u2019s a tense pause. At first, it doesn\u2019t seem like Jack is going to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/11\/12\/hythe-jack-sighs-heavily-and-runs-a-hand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1108,3174,6174,4736,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245560,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245558\/revisions\/245560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}