The Park - Tuesday Afternoon

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Now that the weather was nicer, the afternoon seemed like a good time for Sam to take Peter on his picnic. While Sam would never turn down the chance to be with Peter, he was especially grateful for the distraction today as he spread out a blanket for them and sat down.

"I'm pretty sure the food I made isn't going to match the price you paid for this date," he admitted.

[Sam's here for Peter, but the park is open otherwise.]

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Peter stretched out and made himself comfortable. "I would've paid more."

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"You shouldn't have had to pay as much as you did," Sam said, pulling two bottles of water out of the basket he'd packed.

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"Are you kidding?" Peter asked. He took a bottle of water. "I got you for a serious bargain."

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"What, because I wasn't the most expensive cheerleader?" Sam asked. Going back into the basket, he pulled out the turkey sandwiches he'd made, along with chips and brownies he'd gotten from the bakery. He knew it wasn't the biggest spread, but packing for a picnic wasn't something Sam had a lot of experience with.

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"No, because you're priceless." Peter helped himself to a sandwich. "Dork."

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"After a line like that, you're calling me a dork?" Sam said, smiling nonetheless.

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"I never said I wasn't one too," Peter pointed out.

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"Just don't forget that you are," Sam said, taking a sandwich for himself. "I must have a dork magnet on me somewhere."

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Peter couldn't help but glance at where such a magnet might be found on Sam, but he didn't say anything.

"So how are you doing?" he asked instead. "Radio sounded a little tense."

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Sam sighed softly and shrugged. "I'm all right. I'm sorry you had to hear that. I didn't think Dean and I would get into an argument like that."

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Peter took a sip of his water. "Can't say I blame you."

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"It is a big deal, isn't it?" Sam asked. "I mean, of all the people in the entire school, Dean sleeps with Chuck? I think I have a right to be freaked out, don't you?"

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"You absolutely have a right to freak out," Peter said. "He's your brother."

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"Then why doesn't Dean understand that? If our places were reversed, he'd be flipping out. Why can't I be pissed off?"

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"I got nothing," Peter admitted. "Older brother double standard?"

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"At least you don't think I'm out of line," Sam said, picking at his sandwich. "That makes me feel better."

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Peter shifted over to try to rub Sam's back. "I don't. Last you heard Dean was pissed at the guy over how he treated you. Going from that to wondering where the condoms are is a big of a leap."

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"He said Chuck didn't blackmail him into sleeping with him, which was my first worry. He said it was angry sex, like that's supposed to make it okay," Sam said, leaning closer to Peter to encourage the back rub.

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Peter was more than happy to keep rubbing Sam's back. Trying for a joke, he said, "Well... at least now you know Dean really will sleep with anything that moves?"

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"Anything that stands still long enough, and he's on it. Literally," Sam said, snickering. "Obviously, I got all the good genes when it comes to sex."

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"You definitely did," Peter said. He kept massaging Sam's back one-handedly. "Think of the bar bets you'd win with Dean, though. You make money, he gets all the sex he wants - it's win/win."

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"I don't want him having sex with people like Chuck though," Sam said, scooting closer. "I've always tried to be accepting of the fact that he thinks monogamy is a joke and he likes to be with as many people as he can, but there's a point where my understanding ends, and he's reached it."

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Peter used broader strokes now that he could reach Sam more easily. "What point is that? Not saying I can't think of several, I just wanna know which aspect is important to you."

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"The point where he starts having sex with people for the sake of the physical act, and not because he actually has feelings for them," Sam said. "He likes Alec, he likes Meg, he likes Peyton...Chuck doesn't fit into that. He's the complete opposite of that. I can accept Dean having feelings for lots of people, but sex for the sake of sex--it's not right."

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"Well," Peter said, after thinking it over, "that could go two ways. Because in a way Dean not having any kind of feelings for Chuck does lessen a bit of the betrayal of him sleeping with Chuck while he thinks Chuck's messing with you. I mean it'd be worse if he found out he liked the guy while Chuck was blackmailing you, right?"