Castiel watched as John went to every pen and fed the angels. The only ones that were in the same cage were ones that appeared to be twins. They spent a lot of time grooming each other or wrestling on the ground. Each of the angel's had a pet bed and ledges to climb on plus doors that led outside. Castiel on the other hand was stuck inside and he hated it. The only time he had been outside in the past three weeks was when Alistair tied a leash around his wings and let him play in the grass.
John finished with that last cage and came up to Castiel's and opened it allowing him to come out. He still glared hatefully at him. No one should mess with an angel's wings.
"You can't stay mad at us forever," John says with a sigh. "Come on your making Dean sad." John picked him up and carried him into the house. "Dean feed your angel."
Castiel watched from the corner as Dean made his bottle. His tongue subconsciously licked his lips. "Come here," Dean says sitting on the ground and pulled him onto his lap. Never mind hating the demon he was hungry. Eagerly he sucked on the bottle. "You going to supply me with a name or am I going to have to give you one?"
Dean started to pull the bottle away to give him a chance to speak but the angel reached out holding it in place. Finally after he finished the bottle, Dean looked at him expectantly.
"Castiel," the angel whispers.
"Castiel," Dean repeats with a smile. "It definitely suits you." He reached out his hand and gently ran it over his wings. Instantly the little angel looked up and watched his hand. "I'm not going to hurt you," he whispers.
Castiel jumped on him pinning him down with his hands to his chest. Dean froze as the angel leaned down and sniffed at his neck.
"Woah there Cas?"
The little angel cocked his head and turned leaving.
"Where are you going?"
For the first time since he had gotten there, the angel got up wobbly on all two before falling over. Castiel turned his head and glared at his wings. Angel's needed wings to balance like humans needed toes now that they were clipped it made everything different but still possible.
"You alright?" Dean got up and went to his side.
The angel responded with an angry flap of his wings before getting up again and wobbly making his way to where he wanted to go. Of course Dean was right behind him to catch him if he started to fall again.
When they got to the living room, Mary was sitting on the couch with Muriel curled up next to her, sleeping. "Having fun Dean?"
"I suppose you could say that?" The young demon reached forward steadying Castiel by his shoulder as he fell forward. "Are you having fun, Mother?" He asks trying to stop him from going in front of the TV.
"He's find Dean leave him, and I'm having fun watching you." Mary smiled and leaned forward. "Castiel right?" She looked up at Dean to see a confirming nod. "Come here Castiel," the female demon leaned forward and held out her arms to the little angel.
Castiel turned his head and looked at her tilting his head to the side. After a few seconds, he let out a little squeal and darted behind Dean.
"I'm sorry sweety, I didn't mean to scare you."
Dean looked back at Castiel and shook his head picking him up. "You don't have to be afraid of her. Mom is cool."
"Dean don't force him to come by me if he doesn't want to." Mary leaned back and gently brushed Muriel's golden feathers.
"You're not afraid of her are you Cas," Dean reset him on the ground facing toward Mary. Mary offered him a gentle smile. "Go on, it's alright."
Castiel looked up at Dean and then back at Mary before making a cautious step towards her. Dean stayed where he was which made the angel even more nervous. When he got to Mary and she picked him up he couldn't suppress the whimper that came from his mouth.
"It's alright hunny, I'm not going to hurt you." Mary stroked his hair as she held him against herself. Muriel shot awake and growled at Castiel. Of course the little angel shied away and tried to hide. "Muriel be nice." She reached up and gently stroke the girls golden hair. "This is Castiel. You have to be nice to him."
Dean was on edge seeming as Muriel got very protective of Mary.
She didn't disappoint as she jumped at the younger angel and knocked him off of Mary.
Castiel fell to the ground smacking his head on the floor and instantly started crying.
"Muriel," Mary scolds pushing her back.
"Cas," Dean ran to his side and picked him up. "Shh it's alright you're okay."
"Is he okay," Mary asks grabbing ahold of Muriel's collar and standing up.
"Yeah I think he's fine."
Mary started toward the outside and clipped the outdoor leash onto her collar, letting her outside and shutting the door.
"Mom, does he have to sleep out in the kennels?" Dean placed him on his hip once he stopped crying and relaxed.
"I don't know Dean."
"We don't know what he'd do while you're sleeping."
"Please Mom. He's going to be so scared out there."
"Dean," John says from behind him.
The young demon turned to look at him. "I'll go put him outside."
"There's a spare crate in closet just put him in there tonight. Just put some spare blankets in there to. He gives us any reasons to worry and he's going outside."
"Thank you Dad."
"Make sure he goes to the bathroom before bed, I don't want our house smelling like a farm."
Dean did as he was told and set up the kennel in his room next to his bed with plenty of blankets. "Night Cas," Dean curled up on the floor next to him with a pillow and fell into blissful sleep.
...
Castiel walked wobbly behind Dean his hand holding his shirt. They were in the angel shed feeding the rest of the angels. He was feeding the twins, Adam and Michael, when Castiel knelt down and stared at them. Adam was the first to come up and sniff through the bars at Castiel.
The sides of the cages had thick diamond shaped wire that went all the way to the ceiling and boards that kept the angel's from fighting. All the ledges were on the left sides of the cage so they couldn't climb up and then attempt to fight. The fronts of the cages were bars that ran from floor to ceiling with doors. As for the back it was just cement walls with holes in the wall that allowed to angel's to go outside but they could be closed by swinging doors. Outside it was built like a dog kennels with the tops of them covered in wood panels. There were also had doors with locks outside and wooden panels to keep them from fighting. One warm sunny day's most angels would sunbathe. Inside, the floors of the cages were cement but they also had pet beds, blankets, toys, potty pans, and pillows. Outside was half cement and the other half in some cages was grass and others were the angels weren't so OCD about their things were dirt.
"Watch him Dean, you know how Michael can get."
Dean looked down at Castiel and Adam, smiling slightly. "Careful Cas."
Michael raised up his wings and growled at the little angel causing him to fall to the ground and expose his belly. The older angel seemed pleased with it because he relaxed.
Michael and Adam had come to them after their old owner had lost his job and couldn't take care of them. Michael was a very dominant angel but Adam was submissive plus they were brother's so they got along well.
Dean ruffled Castiel's hair and went into the cage to change their pan. He didn't realize that Castiel had followed him until he heard the little angel whimpering. He turned seeing Michael pinning him down mouth to throat. "Michael no off," Dean yells rushing over and pushing the older angel off. "You alright Cas?" He picked up the terrified angel and held him against himself.
Castiel looked up at him frowning before starting to squirm like crazy.
"Castiel no you're not allowed in here," Dean tapped his nose and set him on the ground outside of the cage. When he was done filling the pan he noticed John standing on the outside of the cage watching something. When he followed his eyes he saw Adam and Castiel playing through the bars on the cage. "Shouldn't we stop them; Cas doesn't get his shots until tomorrow."
"Adam has all of his if anything happens," John replies leaving to go finish his chores.
Dean looked over to where Michael was sitting on his bed glaring at the two playing angels. Dean offered him a gentle unseen smile before he left the cage continuing on in the other pens.
The rest of the building also had cement flooring and there were cabinets filled with supplies, a few grooming/medical tables, and cages made so they can keep the angels more confined after vet trips or if one got injured.
He went into Anna's cage patting her head when she greeted him at the door. Anna had originally meant to have been an indoor angel but she became destructive in the house and had to be moved out here.
After finishing up with the last few kennels, Dean went back to Castiel and scooped him up.
