Chuck meets Dean's glance with an apologetic look. He doesn't mean to burst out with painful memories that the brothers had lived through. But, honestly, for the longest time he'd thought they were fictional. And details like that - Dean going to Hell, Jessica dying - they're painful, yes, but sometimes he forgets.

He knows, logically, the Dean Winchester is sitting in front of him, and Dean Winchester has been through events that he doesn't like to speak about. But as an author, bringing up plot details - because that's what they were, for almost four years - isn't a big deal. And mixing the two together isn't as easy for him as it should be.

"But, uh, obviously you made it out." Suspense is good in storytelling and all, but with Dean sitting right across from him, telling him the story, the suspense is kind of... lost.