charloft drabbles: Intoxicated!Ben

[mini_dean]

"Shh..." Ben held his finger to his lip, looking at the offensive lamp that had dared to trip him. No, someone had decided to rearrange all the furniture on him while he had been away at the bonfire party at the river.

The soon-to-be Senior Class had gathered for a night of music, swimming, grilling and beer. However, Ben hadn't exactly mentioned that last piece to his parents.

Now did he warn them that he would be stumbling in at two in the morning.

The lights flipped on and blinded him a moment, and then he was able to make out his father on the stairs, shotgun aimed at home. His mother was only a few feet behind him, scowling.

"Awww shit..."

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[mini_dean]

"Hopefully all of this will teach Sammy not to repeat her big brother's mistakes." She took Dean's hand and got up, walking with him back to bed.


The next morning, Ben decided that sleeping in was the best idea ever as all the fun from last night caught up to him. The Cincinnati zoo had lost all it's animals and the elephants had decided to hide in his head. It was either that, or his father had found some kind of voodoo curse to make him feel miserable.

[hasperkynipples]

Dean was downstairs in the kitchen, cooking up some bacon, eggs and anything else he could think of. He knew the hell that fried food was on a hangover, and he wasn't about to do his son any favors.

He hadn't been able to sleep much the night before, so he spent the time doing what he needed to do to clean out the garage and fit Ben's car inside. He wasn't moving it in until he informed Ben that that was his punishment, and he knew his son wasn't going to be pleased with the turn of events. So instead he just kept cooking, waiting for Ben to join him downstairs.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec had heard the entire thing the night before. The car in the driveway, the lamp, the pissed dad with the shotgun. The disapointed mom. He hadn't heard much of Dean and Lisa's conversation after. They had learned to keep private conversations low years ago in deference to Alec's cat ears.

It didn't bother him that Ben had been drinking. He and Ben had both done it once or twice in the last year or so. Ben wasn't a stupid drinker. Alec just did it to fit in, because it wasn't like he would ever feel the alcohol.

No, he wasn't pissed at Ben for drinking. But he was pissed at his brother for driving. Even carefully. His own imagination pulling up multiple was Ben could have been wrapped around a tree.

He sighed and banged his head back into his pillow. He knew he wasn't being fair. He did stupid things one his bike sometimes. X5 reflexes letting him pull off stunts that would get a normal person killed.

But still, he didn't like worrying. So he read in bed until it was time to get up for the day and to his revenge in the form of kindness. He appeared next to his brothers bed with three advil and a large glass of water. "Up before Dad comes and hauls you down stairs."

[mini_dean]

Ben sighed and cracked open his bloodshot eyes to look at his brother from the edge of the pillow. Alec had a point - Dad was going to make his life hell and he would be better off just facing it.

The sunlight, however, was killing him and his eyes shut almost immediately. "Too early," he muttered, his fumbled for the pills and glass of water anyway.

[hasperkynipples]

Dean was quiet, just waiting for people to join him downstairs. Sammy was at the table, drawing by herself, occasionally distracting his attention from the stove so that she could show him what she had drawn.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

"It's 9:30 dude." After a long minute. "Why didn't you call me? I would have picked you up." Getting in trouble for drinking was way less scary than for driving that way.

[mini_dean]

Ben drank the entire glass of water, then sat up and held his head. "Because I wasn't that drunk. I got home just fine. I don't see why everyone's making such a big fucken deal about this."

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec thought about that. "Because if you ever did it again and I hadn't said anything I'd feel like a douche wad."

[mini_dean]

Ben pulled himself to his feet and grumbled to himself. "This rate, next time I'll just stay out all night and sleep it off on the side of the road," he stated, heading towards the bathroom.

That was when the smells from the kitchen hit him and his stomach decided to flop and he stumbled his way straight to the toilet.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec got out more advil on standby and left it on Ben's night table and then went to his own room to change out of his PJs.

[mini_dean]

After the contents of Ben's stomach was gone - which wasn't much really beyond some pills - he managed to wash his face and get back to his bedroom. The smells in the hallway threatened to send him running back to the bathroom, but he fought against it and managed to even get dressed in something that managed to pass as clean.

He looked at the pills, not sure if he should chance it, especially if he was going closed to the source of the disgusting smells from the kitchen, and instead pocketed them and started downstairs.

Lisa had managed to get dressed as well, having brewed some coffee and was sitting at the table with Sammy, coloring with her.

[hasperkynipples]

Dean was serving up the food at this point, placing plates of bacon and eggs down in front of each seat at the table. He figured whoever wanted to eat wound wind their way in eventually.

"Thank you, Daddy," Sammy said, looking up at him with a grin.

"You're welcome, sweetheart," Dean replied, kissing the top of her head, before sitting on the opposite side of her that Lisa was.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec waited for his turn in the bathroom and then bounced his way down the stairs after scooping up one of the cats on his way. He loved his brother, but he also loved being a carnivore and there was bacon. "Morning." He slid into his own seat and settled Ansel into his lap. That lasted for all of five senconds befor the cat slunk away.

[mini_dean]

Ben followed Alec down, wrinkling his nose at the food and moved past to get himself a cup of coffee - black.

"Not hungry," he said, moving to lean against the counter.

Lisa looked up at him. "Your father cooked you breakfast, and you're going to sit down and eat it."

"But I'm not hungry," Ben stated, sipping the coffee.

[hasperkynipples]

"Could at least sit?" Dean said with a dry look, letting him know that he still wasn't pleased with him and if he didn't sit, he was going to be in trouble.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec decided that maybe paying extra attention to his food was an excelllent idea.

[mini_dean]

He resisted rolling his eyes and slid into his seat, pushing the plate away towards the center of the table and rested his elbows on the table and held his cup to his lips.

"No elbows on the table," Sammy pointed out. Ben gave her a look, then leaned back in his chair, slouching as he scowled and took another sip of his drink, trying to ignore the smell of the food and what just watching them eat was doing to his stomach.

[hasperkynipples]

Dean started to lean into his food, working on clearing his plate like the rest of the family did. He occasionally start to sneak his fingers towards Sammy's plate as a game. She usually caught him before he got too far, but it was something amusing to attempt to lighten the mood.

And he was sure that his daughter's shrieking laugh was not kind to Ben's hangover.

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec thought that was a little harsh, but there were times, many times, when he didn't argue with his father. He snuck the bacon off Ben's plate when he thought no one was looking. it both gained him extra bacon and saved his brother from having to eat it.

[mini_dean]

No, it wasn't helping, and Ben was pretty sure that yelling at his sister to quiet down wasn't going to help matters. And he was grateful for Alec at least taking the bacon, but it was the sight of the eggs that just made him want to puke.

Finally he put his empty coffee cup down. "Can I be excused? I have plans."

Which he really didn't, but he wasn't going to sit around here of all that was going to happen was his folks making his life hell.

[hasperkynipples]

"No," Dean replied, finally turning his attention back to Ben. "Sammy, sweetie, why don't you go color in the living room for a little while?"

Sammy pouted a bit. "Do I have to?"

"Just for a little while. I'll be out in a little bit."

"Okay," she sighed, before climbing out of her chair, gathering her coloring books, and heading into the living room. He didn't ask Alec to leave, because while he was pretty sure that Alec couldn't get drunk as easily, he didn't want Alec thinking that if he happened to reach the point, either Dean or Lisa was going to go light on things like that. Dean took a breath before looking up and over at Ben again.

"Needless to say, you're grounded. For a good long time."

[smart-alec494.livejournal.com]

Alec looked up at his father when he sent Sammy out of the room, and understood pretty quick that he was supposed to stay and hear this. He looked back down at his plate.

[mini_dean]

"What? You can't do that! I'm not ten anymore. I have a job and things I have to do. You can't tell me just to go to my room and stay there."

Ben looked at his parents like they were crazy.

[hasperkynipples]

"You drove drunk. If you'd gotten caught by the cops you would have lost your license no matter where you were driving or how slow. You made a stupid move, and we're not just going to let it go."

Dean leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "In fact, you're lucky that all we're doing is grounding you and taking away your car."

[mini_dean]

"Fine, I made a stupid move. but I'm home. Safe. I didn't hurt anyone or get hurt, and I won't do it again."

He held the side of his head a moment, the yelling getting to him. Then he looked at them. "You can't take my car. It's mine."