"You know," Jesse was sitting in the front lawn with his legs stretched. Castiel was sprawled across Jesse's legs like a dog meanwhile the other boy petted his wings. The two were watching as the sun set on the horizon. "Summer is ending and pretty soon I'm going to have to return to school" Castiel gripped Jesse's jeans and whimpered. Jesse looked down at him. "Hey, hey, what's wrong?" He soothed Castiel by sliding his hand along the angel's wings. The feathers were extremely long by now. "It's nothing we haven't done a million times before. Why should this time be any different?" But Castiel knew. This year Jesse would be a freshman at high school and that meant that he would be busier. Studying, hanging out with his friends, he would meet girls and go to parties… Castiel was not a jealous creature but he would be lying if he said he wasn't scared. He shook his wings and hug-tackled Jesse. The blond yelped in surprise "Yo! What's wrong with you today?" He asked, but hugged the angel back. Jesse chuckled and patted him on the back. "C'mon, get off me Cas" Castiel rolled to one side and helped Jesse sit up. "My apologies" he said with a half-smile. Jesse got up and dusted himself off. It was getting dark outside. "Let's go, buddy"
Things got complicated after that. Tension was palpable on the house. Jesse was frequently absent and when he was home, his parents and him fought constantly. Castiel tried many times to approach him but each time Jesse would turn him down so he focused on taking care of Jake instead. The brothers couldn't be more different. Jake was academically successful and held a good relationship with his parents. Meanwhile Castiel couldn't understand what had happened with Jesse; his grades had dropped, he seemed careless and uninterested, and he would go out and return until the late hours of the night. But the worst part was that he was as distant as ever. Castiel decided he would do something about it.
It was late at night, Castiel was curled up on his pet bed in the corner of Jesse's room, where he slept lately, when he heard the shuffling of feet. He looked up. "Jesse?" He heard a sigh and a low whisper.
"Shit. Go back to sleep Castiel."
Cas walked towards him and saw Jesse climbing out of the window.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Climbing out the window, yo! What's it look like I'm doing?" Jesse answered annoyed.
Castiel tilted his head to one side. "Why would you do that?" he asked, confused.
"It's none of your fucking business, is it?" Jesse hissed.
Castiel frowned. "No, it's not but-"
Jesse cut him off. "You're right. It's not. So stop meddling in my business, yo!"
Castiel backed off and laid on his bed again. Jesse sighed and climbed back inside. He sat next to Castiel and petted his hair.
"I'm sorry Cas. It's just, sometimes I gotta do personal stuff by myself, you understand?"
Castiel nodded and Jesse ruffled his hair. "Okay, see you later, then"
The last thing Castiel saw was Jesse jumping out the window before he closed his eyes.