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_{[If you're travelling between the second and tenth floors of the mansion, you might find a great big lumbering mastiff has taken over the staircase today, ready to knock you over if you're not careful. Cooper enthusiastically thunders up and down the stairs with a frog toy clutched in his mouth, following his owner around, who's busy carrying armloads of stuff downstairs. It's an exciting day! Things are happening! Stuff is being moved!

His owner is Adam, and Adam is moving boxes, lots and lots of boxes. Unofficially, it's moving day. Goodbye, tenth floor. It's been real.

Adam leaves behind the furniture in his room, but otherwise everything else he wants to take ends up in packing boxes that he pulls from the closet. He hadn't announced he was changing rooms, or even really planned on it, but it's a long time in coming, something he should have done the moment he found out Michael had a room nearby. Locking himself up like Rapunzel in her tower had done him good for a while, but not anymore.]}

Are you excited? This is a lot closer to the front door, isn't it?

_{[When he brings down Cooper's dog bed and sets it the middle of the floor, Cooper jumps on it, wagging his tail. Then he barks. Must be a "yes."

Slowly, the rest of the floor starts to fill with unopened boxes. He'd changed the room to make it look like an exact duplicate of his old one, and the sound of classic rock drifts past the door as he props it open with a chair to keep working. Cooper helps the move along by chasing the odd item down the stairs, like a soccer ball or his favorite frisbee, getting in the way as much as he possibly can, reminding Adam that he's not the only one who needs a change.

It's not so much a birthday present to himself as a marker. A milestone. He's made it a year, and he's still here.]}

| blocked to any and all angels, and the Winchesters... and Becky |

_{[Adam's come a long way since last October. Castiel had described his soul as meat stripped down to the bone once, but that it had the potential to heal if given enough time. Maybe it has a little. In some ways, maybe it hasn't. Adam knows for sure that before, he wouldn't have even bothered to let people know about something like this; he wouldn't have told anybody, because he hadn't had anybody to tell.

Now he does. The people he's managed to befriend might be the surest sign of his progress. He has people now who'd come looking for him.]}

FYI: I moved. Don't bother checking the old place if you have to track me down.

I'll message you with the new room number if you need it.

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_{[House-warming gift? That's almost heart-warmingly normal. Been a while since he's been that domestic.]}

Cooper would sing your praises if you found an excuse to feed him.

_{[But he's not holding Quinn to a gift, that'd just be tacky when his apartment is kind of off limits for the most part.]}

I could probably come up with a lot of excuses to feed him.

( Most of them being 'let's go feed Cooper' )

Why don't I walk him while you unpack? Or just take him outside. It'll give you time to get sorted in your room.

_{[Hold up, has Quinn fallen for the dog and that's why she wants to dognap Cooper? Maybe the dopey eyes are charming.]}

Did he get you under his spell and now you can't get enough of him? He doesn't really listen to other people, but if you want to be a free dog walker you can take him for a spin.

_{[Adam doesn't mind having Cooper in the way, but he's not so neurotically attached that no one else can dare dog sit the mutt. He'd let her if she just wanted the furry company.]}

We'll see what a treat has to say about him listening.

( Kidding-ish. But she'd still enjoy walking him, or just the company and getting out even if he didn't listen. As long as she didn't have to chase him if he ran off )

He's a nice dog. It'd be nice.

_{[It probably says that Quinn's going to end up flat on her ass after a mastiff pushes her over to check her pockets for more food.

But honestly, he wouldn't consider it with just anyone--Cooper coming back in one piece is more important than having some "me" time without him around--but Quinn doesn't rank among the suspicious people hanging around the mansion.]}

I don't have a problem with it. If you're serious about it, knock yourself out.

I'll come pick him up in a bit. Enjoy unpacking.

Sure, text me when you're ready.

_{[Honestly, he'd rather go to Quinn than have Quinn come to him and possibly get a peek into his room or actually know where his room is (paranoia dies hard), but he knows it's more convenient for her to come downstairs than for him to insist on making the trip twice. He'll settle for what he gets.]}

( It's about half an hour later before Quinn texts Adam, giving her chance to finish up and get some dog treats out of the closet )

Your room or the foyer? Which is easier?

I can meet you downstairs. I grabbed his leash and he's already having a heart attack and knocking things over. You might have had a good plan about getting him out of here.

_{[But Adam also hopes Quinn's wearing her knee pads. Cooper's gotten a lot better about pulling people on the leash, but one good tug would probably take her down.]}

At least he can't mess up your room until you're finished with it now. I'll see you downstairs.

At least.

All right, see you there.

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