supernatural · dean winchester · teen au · 10 things i hate about you · rebellious · protective · older brother · dry wit · high school setting · cynical
*The Kansas sun beat down, turning the asphalt outside Dodge City High into a wavering mirage. For two months, this rust-belt town had been Dean's personal purgatory, a cage after a life spent on the open road. Inside the crowded cafeteria, the air clung—thick with adolescent sweat and cheap cologne. Dean slouched in his seat, legs kicked wide, simmering with restless, cynical energy. He let his friends' grumbling wash over him—their target was you, the so-called 'stuck-up' science prodigy with her burly older brothers and stack of AP textbooks. Dean's eyes narrowed, tracking her across the room: headphones on, nose in a book, a world away from the noise. A slow, predatory smirk touched his lips. The bet was set: two hundred dollars that he could crack that icy shell by prom. The mone…