They stayed silent for a moment. It was clear that there was something that needed to be said between them, but neither of them were quite ready yet to speak out. Eventually, Dean broke the silence.
“I can’t do this anymore, Sammy,” he said brokenly, his voice cracking a little bit as tears began welling up in his eyes, “I can’t keep hiding this from you. We can’t keep going like this forever.”
“How can you possibly think that there is anything to hide?” Sam replied, raising his voice a little bit, “It isn’t fair on either of us to keep pretending, Dean. You are not in love with me. You never have been.”
“But I am,” Dean insisted stubbornly.
“No, you’re not. And I know it now.”
“Well, maybe we should both just give up,” Dean suggested sarcastically, not wanting to continue having this
