A/N: So this chapter is about Castiel and his thoughts while he waits for Kailyn to go to sleep. Hope y'all like it. Reviews are always welcome. I do not own Supernatural.
Castiel sat in the chair in the corner of the room just listening to the girl's even breathing. How someone could have come to mean so much to him in such a short amount of time baffled him. When he had been charged with looking after Dean, he had never expected to also be entrusted with the younger sister of the man he had pulled from Hell. It was only after he had met her and told the leader of his garrison about her gift that he was charged to look after her as well.
Her enthusiasm for the hunt and her knowledge of the job that she had been born into proved that she was of Winchester blood. When she had first met him she had scoffed at his offered hand and had pulled him into a hug that had Dean and Sam laughing. After she had released him she had grinned up at him and said "You saved my brother from torturous damnation in the pit, therefore, you are alright in my book. I owe you for bringing my best friend back to me, so I will never shake your hand, Castiel."
She was a surprisingly joyous person, considering the harsh life that she had lived growing up. Her appearance served as a rouse for anyone who thought that she would be an easy target. At a small five foot two she had enough attitude to make her ten feet tall. Castiel wasn't supposed to feel but she radiated a strong positive energy that you were happy as well.
Over the months that Castiel had known her, he had been impressed by her tenacity but also by her humanity and spirituality. She had endeared herself to him by her faith that the celestial plan would be fulfilled, her belief that somehow Dean would accept his part in ending the war. When he had told Castiel to find someone else, she had looked at her big brother, who would have dwarfed her diminutive stature had he not been in a hospital bed, and said "Dean Winchester, don't… just don't" and then she had looked at Castiel and stated, very matter of factly, "If Dean here won't man up and take responsibility, I'll do all in my powers to help stop Lilith from raising Lucifer."
Castiel and Kailyn had been close after that moment, but he had denied that he had felt anything for the girl other that of friendly affection. He was an angel, he wasn't supposed to feel. But since he had known the Winchesters he was beginning to feel things that he hadn't felt in a long time, fear being one of the key ones but others as well.