16 Unicorn Street, Saturday evening

[bigdamnprincipal]

With Grace safely tucked away in bed, Zoe was taking the opportunity to spend an evening relaxing and cleaning her guns.

Yes, those two things went together, in this house at least. Someday, she might even let Grace help.

[for the husband!]

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[demons-death.livejournal.com]

John had spent the last couple of days immersed in research, trying to confirm or deny the stuff the angel had told him.

Taking a break now, he wandered out of his study, smiling when he saw what Zoe was doing. "Need a hand?"

[bigdamnprincipal]

"If it'll keep you out here with me, sure," she said. "I wasn't sure if you'd be pulling your head out of your reading tonight."

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't really finding anything new now and going over the same information wasn't making it change, so..." he shrugged, "Break." He came over and sat beside her.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe leaned over and gave him a kiss. "Is everything all right?" she asked. It was a ridiculous question - he wouldn't be working so hard if things were fine - but she wanted to ask nonetheless.

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," John said, meaning it. All the stuff he'd found out, it didn't change that they were all probably better than they had been in a long time. "I just... I found out some stuff and it's making me look at things that happened in a different light."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Does this have to do with Gordon?" Zoe asked, getting a little stronger with her cleaning at the mention of him.

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"No," John said, then clarifying, "well only in the most distant way. You heard we have a new angel at the church?"

[bigdamnprincipal]

"I heard there was someone claiming to be an angel at the church," Zoe said. "I wasn't sure if he was to be believed or not."

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"You remember that one kid of Dean's that showed up last kid invasion? Cas -- the one who said he was half angel? This would be the angel in question."

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe smirked and laughed in surprise. "Well, at least now we know the other father. That's something."

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"I don't think he -- Castiel -- knows about that," John said wryly. "Though maybe he does, he seems to know a lot about a lot."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Does he know anything useful?" Zoe asked. "That's the important part."

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"That he does." John picked up a revolver and absently began dismantling it.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe waited a few moments to see if he'd offer anything else up, before she gave him a little nudge. "Like what? You know you can tell me," she said.

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

John shifted and took a deep breath, letting it out in a sigh. "The demon -- Azazel -- fed Sammy some of his blood when he was in the nursery that night."

[bigdamnprincipal]

Of all the things he could have said, that wasn't even on the list. "What? That's disgusting," she said. "What in the world...why?"

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"That's the 64,000 dollar question," John said.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"You've been trying to figure it out," Zoe said. No wonder he'd been researching so much. "That doesn't sound like something that will have a good answer."