This is a high school AU. It will get angsty and mention self-harm. If that is not for you step away from the fic. Chapters will be short but frequent.


Upon meeting he doesn't think much of Dean.

Dean with green eyes so bright he has to roll his own a couple of times just so he doesn't scream at the top of his lungs.

Not that he ever would.

Dean's just like them.

Perfect and the opposite of Castiel.

Castiel who's all pale skin and purple lidded blue eyes that feel raw in their sockets.

Probably because he doesn't sleep much. Hasn't for a while now.

And so on the day that Dean, Dean who's been in his chem class for 2 years now, finally notices him, he doesn't really give the situation all he's got.

It's the old cliché; they're paired up for some shitty assignment Castiel can't really give a fuck about.

So when Dean slumps down next to him, sticks his hand out in some sort of bored greeting, Castiel doesn't take offence.

In fact he doesn't do anything other than stare Dean dead bolt in the eyes as if to say 'Fuck off'.

Dean squares slightly at that. He's not used to this kind of reception and Castiel can tell.

But he doesn't respond with any remark, which disappoints Castiel to say the least.

Then again, Dean doesn't seem like the shiniest jewel with regards to intelligence.

Or at least that's how he makes it seem in chemistry class.

Their assignment sounds pretty simple, long but simple.

Castiel can feel himself counting down the seconds before class is over and he can just get the fuck out of here.

He's tapping his pen insistently against the table watching the minutes pass by when Dean finally snaps.

His fingers grasp Castiel's pen and he hisses "Stop that,"

Castiel twists the pen from his reach defiantly.

"Jesus," Dean mutters turning his attention back to the front of the class.

"Dick," Castiel murmurs, but Dean doesn't pay it any notice.

And for some reason Castiel's all of a sudden glad.

Glad that the prefect Dean Winchester is his chem partner.

Because maybe just maybe he's not the one whose pulled the short straw.

This time it seems he's left that one up to Dean.