I know. The lashings. But, they healed them afterward. I think they care more about the psychological toll it takes.

( Not that it made things any easier. For either of them. It still happened. Being another person, it didn't keep the torture from coming. He remembers it seamlessly. He's had worse. Dean will still worry. Dean loves him. And that dog who suddenly wanders back to them because they're not moving fast enough. )

Regret marrying me yet?