So intent is he on glaring compliance out of the masked fuck standing between him and saving lives that he almost doesn't realize there's another person approaching. It's the little coughcough that startles him, and his brow furrows incredulously at the intrusion.

Holy shit.

John's always been quiet- hell, after that failed mission, the kid's practically been mute. And yet there he is staring up at Dean with them big 'ole eyes, and Dean can't quite wrap his head around it. He doesn't even process, at first, the words John said.

"What?" He barks out, a little too aggressively.