Stillane? Yep.

God. Lovely.

and Dean makes a noise that he’d be glad no one heard, if he were thinking about it. He’s not.

Oh what this simple line reveals. Perfect.

The next time he comes awake, it’s to the memory of phantom lips on his forehead and a whispered goodbye. He remembers, now, and it pisses him off.

Fits perfectly in the back-and-forth flow of the story, and how we know Dean will eventually put all the pieces together.

Dean’s still adjusting to a world in which he has to protect Sam from protecting him, but he can do that quietly.
He’s got time.

And the ending is just perfect, and soft.

Like a small and silent river, this story now wends its way into my memories. Ahhh.