Here's the next request I got from tardis-imapala-221b-merlin, hope you like it, and I hope everyone else likes it too.
Title: Wheels and Feels.
Dean cut the engine in front of the roller skating place down town. The place was crowded, most likely due to a birthday party. He grabbed the paper bag lunch from the passenger seat of his baby and walked in.
"Welcome to Wheels with Kids! How can we roll some fun into your life?" he was greeted by an unnaturally gleeful staff worker.
Dean winced a little and shook his head, "I'm just here to see Cas, he forgot his lunch at home."
"Oh, he's on the rink right now, you can go grab him if you want."
Dean loped over to the rink without saying thank you. This place gave him the heebees. It was dark, you couldn't see, who knew what he could step in. He stepped over a group of kids putting their skates on and narrowly avoided some single moms.
He squinted his eyes, he could barely tell who was who under these disco balls. Finally he spotted his boyfriend on the opposite side helping a group of little girls learn to stop on their skates instead of just slamming into the railings.
Dean smiled, leaning his forearms over the railing, waiting for Cas to finish his task. Cas was the only reason he came in here otherwise he'd avoid the place like the plague. Cas worked here was because it was a family business and it was good money on the weekends.
When Cas was done helping those little girls he smiled after them and Dean waited for him to look his way. Dean stuck his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly and sharply, he held up the bagged lunch. Cas jumped at the noise but smiled when he saw Dean on the other side of the rink.
Cas skated effortlessly over to him and grabbed Dean's arms on the railing to stop himself.
"You got my message," he kissed Dean on the nose, "Thank you. I trust Gabriel didn't give you too much trouble?"
Dean shook his head, "I went in through the back and grabbed it from the counter. He didn't even know I was there."
"Even better," Cas took the lunch from him and looked inside, "Ugh, Gabe smooshed my sandwich."
Dean was trying not to laugh, "That was actually me. I sat on it by accident on the way over here."
Cas slapped him in the arm, "Dean!"
"It was an accident!"
"You're lucky I love you."
Dean grabbed Cas' hand and pulled him forward, kissing him quick on the lips, "You're damn right I'm lucky." He couldn't tell in this lighting but he was 100% sure Cas was blushing.
"My lunch break starts in a couple minutes, wanna skate with me?"
Dean tensed and shook his head, "You know it's not my thing."
Truthfully Dean had no idea how to skate, and was terrified to learn. Something with wheels should have a steering wheel, breaks, and an engine. Humans weren't meant to strap wheels to the bottom of their feet, that just how it's supposed to be.
Cas pouted. He'd been trying to convince Dean to roller skate with him since they met junior year of high school. It's been four years and they'd been dating for three and the man still refused to participate in Cas' favorite past time.
Dean sighed at Cas' pout. Dean hated disappointing him but he didn't want to embarrass himself. He took Cas' chin in his hand and turned his boyfriend's face back towards him.
"Hey, I need to get back to work, Bobby doesn't even know I left," Cas gave him a little smile, "I love you."
Cas' smile got wider, "I love you too. Gabe's gonna help me move in the rest of my things in tomorrow."
Dean smiled as he walked away, "Good, I'm sick of him holding you captive."
He could hear Cas' chuckle all the way out to the impala. Cas was finally moving in with him and Sam. He basically lived with them anyways. Cas spent four or five days out of the week with the Winchesters and two weeks ago Dean finally asked him to move in.
Gabriel on the other hand was still warming up to the idea that his little brother is moving out, despite the fact that his little brother is also of legal drinking age.
Later that day Dean picked Sam up from school.
"Hey Dean."
"Hiya Sammy." Dean gave Sam a quick glance before looking at the road, "So Cas' is moving the rest of his stuff in tomorrow."
Sam smiled, "Awesome. Does he need any help?"
Dean shook his head, "Gabe's helping him."
Sam frowned at his big brother, "Dean is everything okay?"
Dean sighed, turning the music off and putting his head on the steering well when they came to a red light.
"Cas asked me to skate with him again."
Sam rolled his eyes, "Why don't you just tell him you can't skate?"
"Because Sam, that's how we became friends in high school. And that lead to him saying yes when I asked him out; I told him I could skate."
Sam laughed, "How the hell have you managed to keep it from him for so long?"
Dean shrugged, "Luck, I guess."
-x-
A week later Dean woke up early on his day off. He opened his eyes to see Cas in front of him, curled into a ball against his chest. The warmth of Cas' body radiated through Dean right to the bone. Cas was so beautiful.
That's when it hit Dean, like the time Gabe slapped him in the face with a slab of raw meat; he wanted to make up next to Cas every day for the rest of his little, unimportant life. Sure, he'd known that since he set his eyes on the kid but just then, in the warmth of their bed, with Cas in his arms? That's when Dean was flooded with the overwhelming feeling that he would never let Cas go—he simply couldn't.
He got up, and went to make some coffee.
Cas was enrolled at the university and unfortunately for him, he had a group meeting on this wonderful Sunday morning.
Sam beat Dean to the coffee maker. A pot was already made and the younger Winchester was sitting at the island reading the paper.
"Hey kiddo, thanks for making coffee. Cas needs to get up soon."
"I know, that's why I made it. I don't drink coffee, Dean," Sam said without looking up from his crossword puzzle.
"Yeah okay Mr. Vegan."
Sam had been into being healthy since he could make his own food. The kid had been a vegan since his freshman year of high school and he was now a junior. Sam rolled his eyes and smiled because coffee was perfectly okay for vegans to drink. He didn't feel like explaining the health defects that caffeine had on the human body to his brother. Either way, he made the coffee for Cas anyways. Sam really loved Cas like family and wanted to show Dean that.
Dean couldn't be more grateful for ow his little brother felt about the man he loved.
Leaning on the counter Dean waved a hand over the newspaper Sam was focused on.
"Dean," Sam whined.
"Sammy, hey, eyes on me." Dean snapped his fingers.
"What?" Sam looked up at his brother through his floppy bangs.
"I wanna talk to you about something before Cas gets up."
"What'd you do?"
Dean huffed, looking slightly offended, "Why would you ask that?"
Sam deadpanned, "Dean, last time you wanted to talk to me about something without Cas you threw out that sweater he bought you."
Dean shrugged, "Okay true, but this is serious, Sammy."
Sam watched his brother curiously. Dean's fingertips turned white as he squeezed the edge of the counter. His neck flushed red.
"I wanna propose."
Dean's words came out in a whisper and he was afraid that Sam didn't hear him and he'd have to say it again.
Sam did hear him and the boy's face lit up; it was like the sun had just filtered into the kitchen and infected the air with happiness.
"Dean, that's amazing!"
Dean's grin split his face in half, "Quiet down would yah?"
Sam giggled but nodded.
"Okay, so I'm gonna need you and Gabe's help."
-x-
It had been almost a month since Cas had moved in with Dean and Sam and he was trying not to freak out.
Dean was acting weird; he was working late so much more than normal—which is saying something because Dean worked like he was a machine. Cas could always tell when Dean was lying, and every time he asked Dean how work went or why Dean had to work late, the green eyed man would brush him off.
Not in an angry way either, but in a nervous, shifty-eyed kind of way.
It really got odd when Cas decided to ask Sam about it and the kid scampered away like a scared baby deer. A nervousness had settled inside him and he didn't know what to do.
Normally he would talk to Gabriel about it but he had been acting strange as well, so, he decided to call his most rational brother; Michael.
Cas removed his skates and went into his office in Wheels for Kids.
When Gabe was given ownership of the place Cas moved up to manager. Like his two oldest brothers, Michael and Lucifer, Cas wasn't planning on staying within the family business. Gabriel planned on running the roller skating joint for as long as he could.
Cas massaged his forehead with his fingers as he waited for Michael to answer. The ringing filled his head and swirled around with his nervous thoughts. It was like a typhoon of emotions and he couldn't find shelter.
"Castiel? Castiel?! ….Cassie!" Michael was asking, he had been trying to get his brother's attention and was about to hang up when Cas was startled out of his thoughts.
"Oh! Sorry Michael, I was distracted."
Michael's calm chuckle instantly calmed him, "I'm guessing that's why you called?"
Cas' sigh echoed through the receiver, "I'm concerned."
"About?"
"Dean, mostly."
Michael laughed, "Aren't you always worried about him?"
"Well yes, but Michael, this is different. He's keeping something from me."
"Have you tried confronted him about it?" Michael could practically feel Cas rolling his eyes.
"Yes Michael, several times. I've even tried to talk to Sam but he shut me out just as Dean did."
"What about Gabriel?"
Cas huffed frustrated, and the phone crackled, "Gabriel is of no help at all. It's almost like he'd in on it with Dean."
"Listen Castiel, I don't think you should worry. Dean wouldn't keep something from you unless it was necessary."
"I would like to think so but I can tell Michael. I'm afraid he miht be seeing someon—" Michael snorted, it vibrated Cas' eardrum.
"Cassie, if there is one thing that you needn't worry about it is that. There is no one in this world in love with anyone as much as Dean is with you. That boy lives for your happiness."
Cas smiled nervously, he stretched out his fingers on his free hand and watched them shake ever so slightly, "Thank you, Michael."
He hoped his brother was right.
-x-
Dean's ass stung as he hit the rink for the fifth time in a row. He gripped his head with his hands and growled into his palms. He was ready to rip his own hair out.
"Gabe my ass is so numb that you could stab me with a letter opener and I wouldn't even flinch."
Gabe cringed and skated over to him, "Deano, you've already learned to skate normal. It's okay if you can't skate backwards."
"No it's not okay, okay?" he grunted as he pulled himself up with the support of the wall behind him, "The proposal has to be perfect. I just can't figure out why the backward skating is throwing me for a loop."
Gabe crossed his arms and casualy skated around Dean, "You're scared."
Dean snorted, "Pfft, I am not."
Gabe rolled his eyes, "Shove your macho act where the sun don't shine. You are scared."
Dean glared at him but said nothing. Gabriel thought for a moment, "Who do you trust the most? What name popped into your head when I asked you that?"
"Cas," Dean replied immediately. He couldn't stop the smile that took over his face.
"Alright, now close your eyes."
Dean's smile instantly turned into a frown, and his eyebrows furrowed, "Gabe, whatever the fuck you're planning—"
Gabe interrupted him, "Will you just trust me?"
"Fine."
"Close your eyes."
Dean glared at him but did as he was told.
"Okay, now hold your arms out like you're going to do a trust fall."
"Gabe—"
"Ah, ah, Deano, shut up." Gabe skated over so that he was directly behind Dean, "Now, pretend that I'm Cassie. Feel him standing behind you instead of me and skate back towards him."
Dean took a deep breath and let his shoulders relax. Keeping his arms extended he pictured Cas smiling behind him, holding his hands out in case he might fall. Slowly he shifted backwards, just as Gabe had taught him to skate forwards and this time he didn't fall.
"Haha! Yeah Deano! Way to go buddy!" Gabriel says skating around him happily.
Dean peels his eyes open, smiling from ear to ear but his smile vanishes when he sees the clock on the opposite wall.
"Shit Gabe, I needa get home." They skate over to the rink's entrance and take their skates off.
"You only need a couple more times to practice for sure," Gabe assured him, "Then you'll be set."
"Yeah, thank god. Cas' been getting suspicious. I hate keeping things from him, it feels wrong."
Gabe shrugged as he picked up their skates and tossed them in his office. He was too lazy to put them away in their correct spots and honestly he owned the place so it didn't really matter.
"When he finds out what your secret it is I can assure you he won't be angry."
Dean grinned at his small friend as they made their way outside.
"I hope you're right."
The tiny man rolled his eyes, "Of course I'm right yah doof, now get home to my baby brother and make sweet love to him as an apology for getting home late."
Dean gagged, "Gabe come on, that's just weird."
Gabe cackled as he got into his car and Dean shook his head affectionately as he plopped himself into the impala and stuck the key into the ignition.
-x-
A week and a half later:
Cas was losing his mind with anxiety. He was absolutely sure that Dean had been seeing someone else but he had wanted to wait a little longer before he confronted his boyfriend about it.
Cas was also avoiding said confrontation because he was trying to pretend that the possibility wasn't really a possibility at all but just his over active imagination. Unfortunately he didn't really believe that was so.
For now Cas decided to focus on the children at Wheels for Kids. He loved his job, and seeing all of the little kids learning how to skate for the first time was something that would always cheer him up.
Currently one of the neighborhood children, Andy Gallagher, was having a birthday party; he was turning nine. It was dinosaur themed and the black light and disco balls had been going for a straight forty-five minutes when he spotted his older brother walk into the roller skating joint.
That wasn't weird, Gabriel was the owner. What was weird however, was that Gabriel was not alone. Following closely behind his older brother was Dean who looked nervous and jittery, and then Sam, who was hopping behind them as if they weren't walking fast enough.
Cas was going to skate over to them but he was with a group of children from Andy's party, plus, he was angry with Dean anyways.
It wasn't until the atmosphere of the entire rink changed that Castiel found something to be more than odd. The birthday music, the original Jurassic Park soundtrack was muted, the disco balls and black light were turned off, and the house lights stayed dimmed to almost complete darkness.
Nothing happened, none of the children screamed, and not a single parent complained. Cas squinted towards the large groups of people outside of the rink, were they smiling? Why were they smiling?
Then, the soft beginnings of Zeppelin's Ramble on wafted across his eardrums and two spot lights were turned on above him. One on himself and the other empty on the other side of the rink. Castiel watched silently and unmoving as Dean Winchester stepped into the second spotlight with an anxious smile on his lips.
Cas' breath hitched. On Dean's feet were not his usual clunky leather boots but a large pair of roller skates.
Dean gave him a small smirk and slowly skated towards him. Cas observed, Dean was a little clumsy at first but after a few sure movements he skated to Cas confidently. They were now only a couple of feet apart.
"Hey Cas."
"Dean wha—"
"Listen," Dean interrupted, "I'm sorry I never skated with you before now. I always said no because I didn't want to tell you that I didn't know how."
"But you said.."
Dean shook his head and waved a hand at him, "I know what I said. I lied because I wanted you to like me, but that's beside the point. I haven't really been staying late at work."
Cas' palms started sweating, "I thought as much, I wasn't sure wha—" Dean interrupted him again.
"Cas I'm not finished," Dean basically whispered. The taller man cleared his throat and skated closer so that he could take Cas' hands, "I've been coming here after hours with Gabriel, and sometimes Sam, so that they could teach me how to skate. I wanted to skate with you, but I wanted to know how before I did so."
Cas gasped without even thinking and his eyes began to tear up, but he took a deep breath and wouldn't let them spill over.
"You, you weren't," Cas swallowed, "You're not cheating on me?"
Dean's stomach lurched at his boyfriend's words and he almost lost his balance on his skates, "What?! Cas, no! I'd never do that, I love you."
Cas sighed in relief, "I'm so sorry, it's just you were being secretive and staying out late and Sam was also acting weird and I didn't want to think you'd do that but I couldn't think why else you'd be acting so strange."
Dean lifted on of Cas' hands to kiss it gently, "Well you don't need to worry now that you know I was conquering my fear of riding on wheels that aren't on a car."
Cas smiled up at him and Dean's throat dried. He tried to swallow but it was difficult. This was the big moment, and Dean's always constant thoughts of self-loathing and worry that he just wasn't good enough.
He looked over Cas' shoulder to see his little brother Sammy smiling so widely at him that he could light up the world and Dean mentally smacked himself; he could do this.
"May I have this dance?" Dean asked holding up Cas' hand and bowing slightly as Stairway to Heaven began to play.
Cas giggled, "Yes, of course."
And so they danced. Dean was a little nervous at first because it was the first time he was skating in front of anyone other than Gabe and Sammy. But soon enough tunnel vision ensued and it was only him and Cas.
They spun in graceful circles, back and forth, Dean spinning Cas and dipping Cas and pulling him backwards and forwards. They went on for the entirety of the song completely silent, just the moving of their feet on wheels and their arms keeping balance. They had forgotten about Andy's birthday party, of Sam and Gabriel, the onlookers were no longer there. They were so enthralled with one another that Cas didn't even see his two oldest brothers enter and stand beside Gabriel. Dean knew that Bobby, Ellen, and Jo had come inside but it wasn't what was on his mind.
What was on Dean's mind however, was the ending lyric to the song that was coming up. His cue.
And she's buying the stairway to heaven…
Dean pulled Cas into the center of the rink, both spotlights converged to become one large one around the both of them. He took Cas' hand and as graceful as he could, got down on one knee in his skates and pulled a tiny velvet box from his back pocket.
Cas covered his mouth with his free hand, afraid to speak.
"Cas, I know you only moved in a couple months ago, but I've been in love with you for four years, and over that time my love for you has blossomed into something that cannot be explained in words, so the best I can do is ask this; Will you, Castiel Novak, do me the pleasure of marrying me?"
Cas was crying, he couldn't say anything because his throat had tightened. He realized that Deanw as waiting for him with a nervous expression on his face so he nodded. Cas nodded as vigorously as he could, "Yes," he finally squeaked out, "Yes I would love to marry you. There isn't anything I would love more."
Dean slid the simple ring onto Cas' finger, and stood before being immediately being pulled into a kiss with his new fiancé.
Everyone cheered. They didn't even feel a little bad for interrupting Andy's birthday party. Andy didn't care either.
Alright! Here's this little drabble, I did my own thing with it. I hope you guys like it. Leave me requests in the comments or PM them to me, which ever you prefer. Read and Review? One Love. Liz.
