Courting for Dummies Chapter 3
Courting Gift (Part 2)
Their first night at the cabin went rather well. They'd ordered pizza, Sam going to collect it from the shop, and the rest of them had started to unpack. There wasn't much that needed to be done, they'd all only packed for the weekend. If Dean hadn't been the one to pack for Gabriel, he was sure they'd have a lot more to do.
There were two rooms that joined; the second only accessible by the first. This was usually for parent's who didn't want their Alpha child to catch wind of their Omega child in heat, though they would not try and mate, the scent would cling to the Alpha, and bring unwanted attention to the Omega from the outside world.
It worked perfectly for the group.
Jo was in the first room, she was chaperone after all and had to make sure Gabriel's virginity stayed intact until the pair were officially bonded. As Dean and Castiel had already taken that step, she wasn't too worried about Dean sneaking out in the middle of the night from his and Gabriel's shared room.
If Dean had been single, or been on a trip without Castiel, he would have been the chaperone, but due to their relationship he couldn't be trusted to guard Gabriel's virtue, if he were to be distracted by his lover, then it would be easy for someone to sneak in and have their way with the young Omega.
Not that Dean would actually ever allow that to happen, but they had to follow the rules, and the rules stated Gabriel needed a chaperone when spending time with Sam, to ensure that nothing untowards should happen between them.
While Sam would be in no trouble, Gabriel would be torn apart, by his family, his doctors, the school. Even if Omega's were no longer viewed as having to stay barefoot and pregnant, they were still easily judged if the rules were not followed. It protected them as well, if an Alpha made it all the way through Courting, and you both still wanted to be together, then they were suitable, and the chaperone was to ensure that every rule was met.
Sam had gone through the same process when Dean and Castiel had started Courting, following his brother around like a lost puppy, to protect him. Thankfully the pair were past that stage now.
While the chaperone had bothered Dean, Gabriel didn't seem phased in the slightest.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Tryin' to figure you out." Gabriel's golden eyes slowly blinked, and he turned to gaze at Dean, curious, but waiting. "You've been trying to get Sam to notice you romantically for ages, right? Hence the leaflet? And now he us, but Jo is the buffer, and you don't even seem upset." Dean's eyes narrowed. "What's the deal, man?"
The shorter Omega's shoulders dropped, and a soft barely there sigh left his lips. "I don't mind Jo. She's a friend, y'know? 'sides, if Michael was the buffer, I wouldn't even get to sit next to Sam. You know what he's like."
Dean huffed out a breath and nodded his head. Gabriel had been courted once before, a couple of years ago. Though Dean didn't know the full story, he'd heard enough. Gabriel was being pressured by the Alpha, manipulated, and the only reason he was still a virgin was thanks to Michael chasing Abaddon out of the house in utter fury. Since then, Gabriel hadn't the guts to court, and Michael's hold on him had been tight. Dean suspected the only reason they were allowed to come out together was because Michael had watched them all grow up together, and perhaps a few words from Ellen had calmed him too.
"Sam's great." Gabriel continued. "He is, really and he'd never hurt me, but-" the past was left unmentioned, and Dean pulled Gabriel into his arms, rubbing comfortingly at his friends shaking back.
"Hey. It's okay. You know, I'm here for you, you're family, okay?"
"Thanks." Gabriel sniffled, pulling back from Dean and pawing the tears from his face, an unimpressed sound falling from his lips. "You made me ugly cry."
With a snort and a roll of his eyes, Dean pushed Gabriel playfully. "Re-do your make-up, pretty boy, Sam'll be back with pizza any minute."
That seemed to perk Gabriel's mood, though if it was due to the food or Sams return, Dean really didn't know. Leaving Gabriel to wash his face, Dean shuffled into the living room of Rufus' cabin.
The TV was smaller than Dean was used to, but he was honestly just glad this place had running water. Pissing in the woods was not his idea of fun.
"Dean." Though Castiel's lips had hardly twitched, Dean could easily recognise the affectionate gaze. The pair were so in-tuned, Dean didn't even need to see Castiel to know his reaction most of the time. Castiel's pale hand cupped Dean's tanned cheek, and the Omega let a soft sigh escape. "You look troubles." The thumb was comforting as it stroked his face, and Dean closed his eyes, giving a small grunt of acknowledgement.
"S'just Gabe." He muttered, eyes flickering shut when soft lips pressed to his own.
"You worry too much."
Dean gave a rather unattractive snort as his fingers curled in the short hairs at the nape of Castiel's neck. Close. Intimate.
"You know I can't help it." Finally forest green eyes opened to gaze into ocean blue.
"Hey." Castiel's breath was ghosting over Dean's lips.
"Hey yourself."
Before they could kiss again a gagging sound had them pulling from each others grip, Jo making the offending noises.
"It's too sweet." She gasped. "Help!" Jo clutched at her chest, falling to her knees. "Diabetic... Coma..."
Gabriel cackled as he watched Dean's face light up, helping Jo back to her feet.
"Fuck you." Dean huffed, arms folding over his chest. If he were a cat, Gabriel was sure he'd seen the Winchesters hackles rising. Flopping onto the sofa with a huff, Dean directed his glare away from his friends to the black screened TV instead.
"Easy princess." Gabriel teased. "It was only a bit of fun." Sinking into the space next to Dean, Gabriel pressed closely to him, his head resting on Dean's shoulder. "Wanna smooch?"
Shoving Gabriel away from him with a laugh, Dean rolled his eyes, Castiel quickly slipping into the newly vacated seat next to his lover. Even on the floor Gabriel was laughing, and Dean could only smile, leaning into Castiel. He could never stay mad at his friends for very long.
Just as Jo and Gabriel settled together on the big sofa, Sam entered the room, boxes of pizza piling high. "Who's hungry?"
It turns out 8 pizzas between the five of them was a little too much, chorused by groans each time one of them shifted.
"I'm having a food baby." Gabriel grumbled, clutching his stomach with a grimace.
"That's one labour I don't want to be around for." the laughs quickly turned to more groans from the group.
"Stop, please." Dean begged. "Don't make me laugh."
Earlier on in the night Sam had declared them all light weights, causing each to eat until they were beyond stuffed, even Sam by finishing off the scraps from the others pizzas. Hey, he was a student, wasting food wasn't an option.
Now further on in the night, they were half way through their second film, all feeling a little more comfortable. Jo had moved to the reclining chair, leaning back to watch the TV, but still keeping an eye on the newly courting pair. Gabriel was pressed into Sams side, eyes glued to the TV, and Sams arm was resting across his shoulders, an almost hug for the pair. Castiel had shifted so he was laying down on his back, Dean sprawled across his chest, both their faces turned to the TV.
Fingers brushed against golden locks, and Gabriel glanced up to Sam, to find the Alpha staring down at him with a goofy smile on his face. Gabriel's eyebrows lifted in a silent question.
"You look happy." Sam had muttered, keeping his voice low to not distract the others from the film.
"What can I say, watching people get brutally murdered usually puts me in a good mood."
With a breathy chuck, Sam rolled his eyes. "Nothing to do with the company then?" His finger was twirling a longer lock of Gabriel's golden hair, and the Omega felt blood rushing his face, his gaze turning shy with lidded eyes and a coy smile.
"You're not too bad, I guess."
Sam was closer to him now, having leant down, and his mouth nudged against Gabriel's ear, his breath causing the Omega to shiver. "Well I think you're amazing."
Squeezing Sams thigh, Gabriel blinked to the Apha through lidded eyes, their foreheads now pressing together, breath ghosting between them.
"Oi!" Gabriel jerked back from Sam, startled, and Jo fixed the pair with a glare. "Hands off." Gabriel's hand left Sam's thigh as if scolded, and their was a snort of laughter from Dean, Castiel muttering 'Busted'.
"And you two." Castiel looked innocently over to Jo, but it was ruined by the squeak Dean let out as his ass was squeezed.
"Cas!"
"Alright, enough!" It was clear Jo was amused, despite her down turned lips. "It's late, time for bed little Omega's." Both Dean and Gabriel whined at this, but Jo wasn't giving up. "Neither of you are even watching this. Come on. Bed." Jo was pulling Dean to his feet, giving Gabriel the chance to untangle himself from Sams hold.
"I'll see you in the morning." Sams wide grin was bright, and it made Gabriel's chest tighten with happiness.
"Sure. G'Night."
"Night Cas." Dean and Castiel shared a loud kiss just to annoy Jo; who then ushered Dean and Gabriel into their room.
"No sneaking out." Dean groaned at Jo's 'Ellen' voice, taking over as protective mother of the two Omegas.
"But Jo-"
"No, Dean. Just because you and Castiel are officially dating doesn't mean I'm going to let you go off while Gabriel has to stay locked away. That's not fair, and you know it." The scolding left Dean with a guilty frown on his face, shoulders slumped and gazing at the floor. Jo may not have been an Alpha, but she was a damned fierce Beta when she needed to be. Dean shuffled away from her and grabbed some clothes to change into.
"It's fine, Jo-"
"It really isn't, Gabriel. You know that."
"I don't mind-"
"-Jo's right, Gabe. It's not fair. 'Sides, been ages since we've had Omega time together." The way Gabriel's face brightened made leaving Cas alone for the night worth it. Though Gabriel and Dean were both sleepy, and wouldn't be able to talk much that night, scenting another Omega always calmed them down, and with someone so close it was the ultimate relaxation.
"Night guys."
"Night Jo." They chorused in unison, shutting their door after Jo left them.
"You seem pretty happy." Dean commented, shuffling out of his clothes. Gabriel followed suit, kicking his clothes to the side. "Yeah. Sam's great. I actually had a lot of fun today, considering we were stuck in a RV for a few hours."
"Yeah." Dean snorted in agreement.
"I'm pretty sure the window opens if you wanted to go see Castiel..."
"And leave you alone with an open window? I don't think so." Now bother in their sleep clothes, lights flicked off, the Omega's crawled into the Queen sized bed together, Dean wrapping his arms around Gabriel's small middle, playing the big spoon. "If Sammy ever hurts you." Dean had mumbled against Gabriel's golden hair. "I won't hesitate to kick his ass, okay? He might be my brother, but you're my best friend."
Instead of making a joke about Dean and chick-flick moments, Gabriel hummed. "Sam with Castiel. I don't care that he's family, because you mean more to me than some blood ties."
With a noise of acknowledgement Dean closed his eyes. "Night Gabe."
"Night Deano."
When Golden eyes blinked open, it was matched with a groan, Gabriels hand numb from where his head had been resting on it. Dean's arms were wrapped tightly around him still, and with a shift of his hips Gabriel confirmed that an erection was pressed against his rear.
It wasn't the first time he'd woken up with Dean like this, and it probably wouldn't be the last either.
"Dean." he mumbled, still half asleep. Turning his head to puff his breath against Dean's cheek, Gabriel tried once more. "Dean." his movements were limited, Dean really was a cuddle whore. "Fatty." Slapping at the hands holding onto him, Gabriel shifted again.
With a groan, Deans eyes finally blinked open, gazing into the Honey colours of Gabriel's gaze. "Mornin'"
"Is that a knife in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Dean snorted, pressing his face into Gabriel's neck, but shifting his hips back from Gabriel's, so they weren't so tightly pressed together any more. "Why is it always 'or'. Why can't I have a knife in my pocket, and be happy to see you?"
"Getting off on killing someone? You're starting to sound like me." The pair laughed, light and happy despite the fact that Dean was still hard. Hell, Gabriel had his first heat while sleeping over at Dean's, if you can get past that you're pretty much set with a friend for life. "You should sort yourself out. If you set off Castiel's rutt early we won't be leaving this cabin for 72 hours."
With a put upon sigh, Dean pulled back completely from Gabriel. "Guess I'll jerk off while you take a shower then."
"Thanks for the mental image." Gabriel crawled over Dean teasingly on his way to the shower, earning a slap to his ass. "Hands off the goods." Gabriel winked, slipping into their adjoining bathroom.
Gabriel took his time in the shower, waking up with Dean was on thing, he didn't actually need to witness how the Omega pleasured himself. The scent of Strawberries and Cream filled the bathroom, and Gabriel hummed in delight. At home he wasn't able to use his scented soaps, no matter how much he wanted to, thanks to his brothers mates allergies. The sooner that the pair moved out of that house and into their own (still being renovated) place, the better. Rinsing off, Gabriel turned off the shower, just standing for a moment and taking a breath. A whole weekend Sam gave him as a courting gift, and yeah, today was already Sunday; making the weekend practically over, but he was still nervous he'd mess this up. On the plus side non of them had classes until Monday afternoon, so they would most likely stay for one more night, leaving early in the morning.
Making his way over to the mirror hanging above the sink, Gabriel scrubbed his teeth clean pulling a few cheesy grins at himself. Jumping at the knock on the door, Gabriel wrapped a towel around his waist quickly, throwing it open to reveal Dean looking sheepish. "Just need t'shower."
Wrinkling his nose, Gabriel gave Dean a pointed look "Damn right you do, you stink like sex."
Huffing, Dean pushed his way into the bathroom. "Don't let me ruin your beauty routine." Rolling his eyes, Gabriel closed the door after Dean, re-locking it. Moving back to the mirror, Gabriel pushed at his cheeks, making his face appear thinner, arching his neck to get rid of his small double chin. He was short, and he liked to eat cakes, he knew it was his own fault, that he should take better care of his diet, but at the same time, eating salad didn't make him happy, having a big slice of cake did.
Gabriel's hands slid down his neck, his chest, to rest on his hips, pinching his love handles. Thankfully all of his running around kept his belly slim, but he still wasn't happy with his body, with how it was filling out. "Maybe I should go on a diet?" Gabriel called out over the sound of the shower, causing Dean to curse and slap the water off, his head poking around the shower curtain, hair spiked into a mohawk with some scentless shampoo.
"What?"
"Maybe I should go on a diet." Gabriel repeated, pulling at his love handles with a disgusted face.
"Why the hell are you thinking about dieting?"
"Do you have soap in your eyes or something?"
"Dude."
"This!" Gabriel motioned down his body once more, his eyes wide as he stared at Dean. "Sam isn't going to like this!"
"Fuck that." Dean stepped out of the shower, careless about his naked body, frown etched on his face "Gabriel you're fucking gorgeous, okay? Who the fuck cares that you got a little more to cuddle? Sam should be fucking honoured that you're even given him the time of day, you hear me? Because you're God-damn perfect, and your ass is like-" Dean made a lewd hand gesture. "I would kill to have an ass like yours. So fuck this self hate thing you have going on, because it doesn't suit you. You're confident, you're sexy, start acting like it."
Now flushing, Gabriel offered Dean a shy smile, his eyes fluttering at the praise from his friend. "Thanks."
"Just stop being stupid, okay?"
"Got it."
Dean stepped back into the shower, slapping the handle so the water rushed back on, cursing at the cold that covered him for a moment before it was blissfully warm once more. By the time Dean had finished in the shower, Gabriel was fully dressed, adding the final touches to his make-up. Dean wriggled his nose in dislike, but moved to get dressed himself. He'd never been a fan of make-up, wearing it, or seeing it on others, though Gabriel was pretty talented at the whole application thing.
Pulling on some boxers, and then Jeans, Dean searched around for his favourite t-shirt, the one Cas had given him a few weeks ago.
"This is meant to be a relaxing weekend." Gabriel announced, walking behind Dean and holding out the shirt he'd been searching for. "No worrying allowed."
Snatching the top, Dean rolled his eyes. "Got it. No worrying. That means you too, okay?"
"Yeah yeah, now come on." Pulling on the top, Dean was tugged out of the room and past Jo by an eager Gabriel. Jo called after them, but Dean waved her off. He could look after Gabriel for a little while by himself after all.
Just as the pair walked into the living room, Sam came in through the front door, his hair pushed back, still in his running gear. The elder Winchester rolled his eyes. Perfect timing. Sam was still sweating, muscle shirt clinging to his body, ear phones hanging from the front of his shirt where he'd pull them out. Gabriel couldn't pull his eyes from those strong arms, it was making his mouth water and something stir low in his belly.
The younger Winchester's face lit up with a smile. "Morning."
"H-Hey." Gabriel choked out.
"You look great." Sams breathy response made Gabriel flush from head to toe, and he resisted the urge to hide behind Dean; the hungry gaze making him quiver with delight.
"Yeah, uh, Make-up does wonders." Geeze, it was like now Sam knew Gabriel was trying to get in his pants the Omega was suddenly speechless all the time. Thankfully Dean was taking pity on him.
"Dude, you reak, go take a shower and stop bugging me with your musk."
"You love my musk." Sam huffed, pushing past Dean to head to his room, shooting a small smile Gabriel's way before he disappeared from their sight.
"What the hell man?!"
"I don't know!" Gabriel hissed back. "It's like my brain cut all connections to my mouth!"
Dean sighed, his lips pushing together in thought. "You never had this problem before."
"Yeah I know."
"It's because you're trying to impres him." Jo entered the room, hair curled and fresh faced.
"That makes no sense. I wasn't like this while trying to get him to notice me."
"No, because if he didn't notice you, there was nothing to loose. But now with him courting you, there is everything to loose."
"So I'm going to be flustered and idiotic forever?"
With a roll of her eyes, Jo gave Gabriel a pointed look. "You need to stop worrying about loosing him, and enjoy having him." It made sense, sure, but everything always sounded easier in theory. Thankfully the attention on Gabriel's love life stopped when Castiel stumbled into the room, hair mussed and Pyjama pants dragging along the floor, slung around his hips. Beside him Dean whimpered, and Gabriel had to hold in his laugh,
"G'mornin'." Castiel moved to kiss Dean, only to get a hand pushing his face away.
"Dude. Brush your teeth and get dressed, no-one wants to see you half naked in the morning." The dazed look hadn't left Castiel's face, but he nodded his head, stumbling back to his room. Deans face was flushed, and he folded his arms over his chest, looking put out that he didn't get to spend his morning with a half naked and affectionate Castiel.
Finally, Gabriel erupted into laughter, Jo joining him, the pair leaning against each other as their bodies shook. Gabriel was heaving in breaths when Sam rejoined him, and in that moment Gabriel realised that Sam had been just as tense as he was, Gabriel's now open laughter bringing an easy smile from Sam's face, dimples and all.
"Why are we laughing?"
Dean just grumbled in response, the flush not leaving his face. "Gabriel's being a dickwad."
"I'm sure that's not true." Sam defended, noticing that Gabriel and Jo had finally managed to get their laughs under control, calming down.
"I was kind of a dick, yeah." Gabriel admitted. "But Dean's grumpy embarrassed face is just too adorable."
"Fuck you, I'm manly as fuck, not adorable!"
"Yeah, you're the manliest Omega I know." Gabriel teased.
"Whatever."
"Please boys, don't start any prank wars, my hair is only just back to blonde." Both Omega's whined, but kept their grins. They hadn't meant for Jo to get caught between their bickering last time, and though they had all ended up laughing, it still wasn't worth the scolding they'd gotten from Ellen.
Castiel sauntered back into the room, hair still damp from his shower, but teeth brushed and clothes in place. Finally Dean allowed his Alpha a morning kiss.
"You two are sickening sweet, you know that right?" Jo groaned.
"We do it just to piss you off." Dean grinned. Rolling her eyes, Jo pushed past the pair, unable to take much more of their smooching.
"Come on, Mum said Rufus had a bunker around here somewhere, and if we find it he'll totally freak, it'll be awesome."
Together the five left the cabin, in search of the 'bunker'.
"I don't think it's real." Gabriel announced as he climbed on top of a rotting log, testing its balance. "He's just an old man, he makes stuff up."
"Maybe, but why make up having a secret bunker?"
Gabriel shot Sam his 'did you really just ask that question?' look, one eyebrow quirked and his lips pressed into a thin line.
"Okay, it does sound kinda cool. But maybe he just said it so we'd be out in the woods looking instead of snooping around his cabin."
"The lake stops us from snooping around his cabin, Sam. The bunker just makes us wander into the woods without weapons for protection."
"I'll protect you, Dean."