The Thanksgiving Family Challenge

Main Characters: Castiel and Kevin Tran.

AU season 9. I so didn't expect Dean kicking Cas out. So its labeled as AU! This story is in 3 parts.

Prompt: Family Photo, Burnt Thanksgiving Dinner and Good/Bad Thanksgiving Memory.

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An Unexpected Thanksgiving.


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Castiel pushed the food around the plate with his fork. Eating have been very enjoyable for Castiel in the beginning in his human form. What followed and how the body disposes of the digested food was a disturbing process.

He needed nourishment and the food presented to him was good…

Spaghetti covered in tomato meat sauce.

It was just…

It was all so Human.

Being Human. Being so fragile and… all these feelings burning inside of him. It was just so new. A feeling he wouldn't share with anyone. A feeling of being..

Scared.

Though he shouldn't be scared. He was safe. He was with his family. He was with the Winchesters. Here in the bunker of the Men of Letters. He smiled to himself as he pictured himself as a Man of Letters. The Winchesters had it in their blood line and maybe if this was his true destiny, the Winchesters would welcome him into this new role he chosen for himself. At least he would feel worthy of being here and pulling his own weight.

"You're suppose to eat it Castiel." Kevin Tran interrupted the thoughts of the former angel in front of him.

"I was just thinking." Castiel answered and returned back to his thoughts.

Kevin had thought it was a good idea to have some company while Sam and Dean hunted but it was just awkward. Kevin was raising an Angel to be human. The mess in the bathroom had yet to be cleaned and the way Castiel got dressed was worse then a teenage girl not knowing what to wear.

He had given up on how to dress Cas when the agreement about pajama set escalated to a moody angel. Cas had argued that the pants felt soft against his skin and the white clouds on a blue sky print made him think of heaven. Kevin had bought Cas a pair of pink slippers as a gag but Castiel was now in a soft stage.

Kevin laughed softly to himself, picturing Castiel wearing a sock monkey beanie. It was something that his own mother would put one on his head when he was younger. God how he missed her. Being so close to the holidays he just hoped everyone was wrong. He hoped his mother was alive. Alive and looking for him because he knew his mother well. She would not give up until she found him.

And so the question was formed in his mind. Do Angels have mothers? No. He knew that. But… Does Castiel have a mother figure or something like a mother?

"Castiel. Um… Do you well… do you have a mother?"

"No. I was created by my father. Not birthed by anyone. I am… I was eternal. I watched the Earth be form and rejoiced when my father created you. Humans. But as you love your mother. I love my father in a similar way. And not because I am ordered to. Things were just so much better when he was around." Castiel tilted his head. "I am sorry about your mother. I was told she was dead. You were lucky to have one."

" It's just. Yeah. I miss her during this time of year."

"What about this year?"

"The holidays. Families getting together and having a huge dinner. Didn't your family have gatherings?."

"No. We were always busy with our orders. There was never any need."

"My mother use to say you are never busy for family. I would be exhausted with finals and she would always drag me to the dining table to eat…." Kevin mumbled the last part as the memory was relived in his head. He wished he didn't put such a fight when his mother would want his company for dinner.

"I see. What Holiday is coming?" Castiel asked.

"Thanksgiving."

"Ah. The day of slaughter and conquer."

"Ok?"

"And this is done for a family?" Kevin nodded and Castiel stood up. "Then we should do it. We are family."

"Castiel, … Sam and Dean are busy and.."

"Your mother wisdom applies here." Castiel watched the prophet sigh. A moment passed and Castiel had thought maybe that Kevin was against the idea. "I believe I came to the assumption that we were family. I am sorry."

Kevin watched Castiel sit back down and turn away from him. Was he pouting?! Kevin sighed again and rubbed the back of his neck. "You are family. We all are. Castiel, we are having a Thanksgiving dinner!"

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END OF PART 1

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