Daycare flew by way too quickly for Dean and his new friend, Castiel. Before and after naptime, they spent the entire day playing Batman and Robin, (and even during naptime where Dean and Cas insisted on using their capes as blankets!)

But unfortunately the day rolled to a close and one child after another, the daycare was slowly emptying, until all who was left were Dean, Castiel and Gabriel.

Miss Jo had told the boys to clean up their toys and Dean and Castiel reluctantly gave up their costumes. "There's always tomorrow," she had told them.

So Dean and Castiel hung out at the book corner looking at Chicka Chicka Boom Boom while Gabriel sat at one of the tables angrily drawing a picture of an older Dean getting squashed by a piano.

"Dean-o?" a low voice said, bringing the three year old out of the world of uppercase and lowercase letters.

His green eyes widened at the man before him. "Daddy!" Dean launched himself at his father who easily caught him.

"Hey, buddy," John laughed. "Did you have a good first day at daycare?"

Dean nodded quickly. "I played Batman allllllll day with Cas!"

John's eyebrows rose. "And who is this Cas who played Batman with you allll day, hmmm?"

Dean pointed at his friend who was shyly standing in a pile of books. "That's Cas. He's my friend."

John set Dean down on the ground and knelt before the two year old. "Well hello, Cas. I'm Dean's dad." He took Cas' hand and shook it, making the child giggle.

"Hi. I was Dean's Robin today," grinned Cas.

"Castiel."

Cas' smile faded as he turned from Dean's dad to his own father who was impatiently waiting by the door with Gabriel. "It is time to go. Now."

Cas nodded his head. "Bye, Dean," he said quietly before quickly putting the books back on the shelves. "More Batman tomorrow?"

"Castiel, now," Mr. Novak ordered again.

The two year old scurried over to his father.

Before they left, Dean called, "I'll see you later, friend!" earning a small smile from Castiel.

"Well," John said, standing to his feet. He wasn't liking Castiel's father, especially not after the scene they had witnessed that morning. "What do you say to going home, getting Mommy and then heading over to Uncle Bobby's for dinner? Does that sound good?"

Dean hopped up and down. "And then can we have Cas over?"

John picked his son up and swung him over his shoulder. "Not tonight, bud. But maybe soon."


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I was going to be mean and end the story here, maybe adding on an epilogue, but I'm not going to! I'm going to keep going! YAY!

Thanks again everybody!

Kisses, Rachel

(oh, and yes. Gabriel's drawing is from "Mystery Spot"! It's one of the many deaths our favorite bow-legged Winchester endured in that classic episode)