On The Mend

by lucifersgates

Pills don't make everything better, except they do. Maybe Castiel doesn't like social situations and maybe those pills make the pressure bareable. Maybe this new city isn't so bad, maybe his new school isn't all that bad either, and maybe, just maybe, his family might not fall apart. Except they do.

1. Hello, My Name Is

It's not that Castiel hates change. He just highly dislikes it. He didn't like it when Gabriel changed his shampoo for temporary hair dye, he didn't like it when Balthazar used his bed sheets instead of his own and then -accidentally- stained it with something that Castiel doesn't even want to know what it is, and especially he didn't like it when Lucifer and Michael fought and made their dad leave.

Their father left about 2 months ago, not only due to Michael and Lucifer's arguing habits. He had been distant, always at work so Castiel always figured it'd be a matter of time until his father reached the breaking point, leaving Raphael and Uriel in charge of the Novak house. The older brothers had jobs, but it still wasn't enough to feed and take care of 7 teenagers, 2 of which are about to graduate and will need financial help to get into college. And that's why Castiel dislikes change. He's now sitting in his bedroom, at 7am, staring at his unpacked boxes.

They moved to Kansas about a week before and the house has been a chaos ever since. This morning being no exception. Anna and Gabriel are arguing about who should use the shower first, Balthazar and Michael are in breakfast duty today, Lucifer's still asleep and apparently the older two have already left for

Before Castiel could finish his trail of thought, his door opened abruptly showing the tall figure of Lucifer. His brother still looked handsome, even with a still healing black eye from some fight he had gotten into a few days ago. "Good morning, little bro. Breakfast's set, get into the shower while those two kill each other." And with that, he left.

Castiel likes his brothers, he loves them really, he was just never particulary close to any of them. Gabriel and Balthazar are socially gifted, allowing them to have as many friends as it's humanly possible. For some people they might be considered "too much" with their cheery personalities, which don't go so well with Castiel's too quiet one. Anna, Michael and Lucifer are seniors, and even though Castiel's only a year younger than them, and one year older than Balthazar and Gabe, he feels like the age difference might also be one of the reasons why he has never actually been a part of anything. Raphael and Uriel, those two aren't even close to each other, let alone with the rest of the family.

"God dammit Gabe, I swear to God that if you go into that bathroom I will fucking break your neck!"

Castiel is way to sober for this.