Just to disagree with you here, I do think that underage Dean would have allowed it, but as he got older he would have allowed it less and less as he grew to understand what they were doing. Which then would have brought discord between the brothers, esp if Sam wanted it to continue. At the very least, they would have had some strife to deal with.
So much WORD to all of this. I had this discussion in the car with my friend the other day, and I came to just about the same conclusion that you did. Especially if they started with just playing doctor and sparring in the backyard and then a sexual relationship grew out of that, I can totally see Dean growing reluctant as he became more and more aware of societal norms and expectations that maybe weren't as influential on them as socially-isolated children. I can also see Sam, stubborn as he is, not understanding why their relationship would have to change, and his anger over feeling rejected by Dean putting "artificial" limits on their relationship would create a totally new distance between them that could even have contributed in a round-about way to his leaving for Stanford.
Doesn't that sound like a story begging to be written? I know there's a couple like this out there, where they're fooling around and Dean puts the kibosh on it. I'm always open to read more, however. : D Although, I'd never thought, until you brought it up, that Dean's putting the kibosh on the sex was one of the reasons that Sam left. I've read a few stories that have Dean allowing the sex to happen to try to get Sam to stay, but I'm sure it could have gone either way...because regardless, Sammy left. I'm positive he cried as the bus pulled out. : (
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So much WORD to all of this. I had this discussion in the car with my friend the other day, and I came to just about the same conclusion that you did. Especially if they started with just playing doctor and sparring in the backyard and then a sexual relationship grew out of that, I can totally see Dean growing reluctant as he became more and more aware of societal norms and expectations that maybe weren't as influential on them as socially-isolated children. I can also see Sam, stubborn as he is, not understanding why their relationship would have to change, and his anger over feeling rejected by Dean putting "artificial" limits on their relationship would create a totally new distance between them that could even have contributed in a round-about way to his leaving for Stanford.
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Although, I'd never thought, until you brought it up, that Dean's putting the kibosh on the sex was one of the reasons that Sam left. I've read a few stories that have Dean allowing the sex to happen to try to get Sam to stay, but I'm sure it could have gone either way...because regardless, Sammy left. I'm positive he cried as the bus pulled out. : (