By the time Kara had returned home, Dean and Kaityln had been fast asleep, even completing the final hour of their REM cycle just as she laid her head upon her pillow. The unusually short futon had never felt so welcoming to her aching body as it seemed to hold her with the caress she needed to fall asleep almost immediately. Unfortunately, she would awaken that next morning with only a handful of hours of slumber behind her as she made her way towards the shower. Having rushed, she forgot to scan the area around her as Dean unintentionally caught a glimpse of her just before getting into the shower. The pure shock of the moment had made him still as he usually would have turned otherwise. His eyes scanned her silhouette in the shower, having imagined joining her but ceasing the thought as
