Something really interesting about Sam and Dean is the element of arrested development in their relationship. Like they have all these holdovers from when they were kids, and people laugh and go “classic siblings!”, but it’s… really not typical for adults?
Like the bit I just reblogged about Dean barging in on Sam in the bathroom. Sure, my brother thought that sort of thing was hilarious when he was like… eight. Them wrestling on a bed or Dean putting “kick me” signs on Sam’s back or Sam rolling his eyes and childishly mimicking the dumb thing Dean just said. Or even tiny things, like Sam clinging to Dean’s shirt when Dean grabs him or tucking himself against Dean’s side in public like you know he’s been doing since he was a toddler. Let’s not even get into how normal they perceive sharing a room to be (and how apparently disconcerting it is for Sam if they’re hunting and don’t share).
Like there’s a level where Dean perpetually views Sam as “baby” until literally the day he dies. But there are these other weird things where they’ve somehow never outgrown certain childish ways of being with each other. I remember reading a Mary-POV fic where she feels like they act like these rambunctious boys with each other, but they’re in their 30s and she finds it disturbing more than heartwarming.
It’s just an interesting layer in their very multilayered relationship, this aspect where they still act so… little with each other.
Matt & Nicholas. (Left) Supply beanie, model’s own top, Grand Scheme shirt and pants, Nike shoes / (Right) New Era Japan hat and Fucking Awesome t-shirt from Supply, model’s own jeans and shoes
