"Papa, could you tell me a bedtime story?"
Castiel paused at the door and turned back to his son who was all snuggled up in bed, his favorite moose stuffed animal wrapped tightly in his arms, giving Castiel his beat version of puppy dog eyes. Castiel glanced back into the hallway where he was about to enter into before coming back into the room.
"Alright, but a short one. Daddy won't be pleased if he finds out you're still awake."
Ben grinned happily and scooted over in his bed so his papa could sit with him to tell the story. "Thanks papa, you're the best!" Ben flung his small arms around Castiel's middle, making Castiel smile.
"Is there any particular story you want to hear?"
"Will you tell the one about the prince and the dragon again?"
Castiel chuckled quietly to himself as he rested his head against his wrist, laying behind Ben's head. "Alrighty, well here goes."
"Once upon a time, there lived a prince. All the prince ever dreamed about was to one day leave the castle and roam the earth, fighting evil and saving as many people as he could. The king was hardly ever at the castle, and yet, all the servants and the Prince's brothers lived in fear of the king one day returning; it was because of this reason that no one in the castle ever left."
"One day, the prince caught rumor that a dragon had been found lurking on the edge of the city and was causing trouble for all the country men; the prince had never met the dragon, and yet, he was intrigued and wanted to meet this dragon, to possibly see if he could calm the dragon down. So in the middle of the night, the prince snuck out of a castle window and made journey to the edge of the city, to meet this dragon and put a stop to all the madness."
"It was breaking into day when the prince finally made it to the dragons lair. The prince felt fear, but he was able to reach inside himself and pull up the courage and bravery to march right into the dragons lair.
'foul beast!' he called, 'come out and show yourself!'"
"The prince held his sword high in ready, completely prepared to attack if necessary. But the dragon came out, and the prince couldn't help but be disappointed, because the dragon was actually quite small, about as big as the prince was himself; this was the dragon that was causing so much trouble?
'What do you wish Prince? Do I not meet the expectations your highness was sure to have of me?'
'the village people claim that you have been causing trouble for the city. Such acts will not be tolerated in my kingdom!'"
"But the dragon merely snorted at the Prince's claim. 'Of course, you're here for the village people. I rescued them from a horrible monster, much more so than I, and they call out for my blood due to the damage that was caused. Do they not know that a war creates damage? One moment they cry for me, yelling for me to save them and the next they send their precious prince to come and vanquish me, despite all I have done for them.' The dragon fell quiet once more, his head hanging from sadness.
'If you wish to vanquish me, then vanquish me. But do me a kind favor and let my brother know of my demise; he lives not too far from here and he was injured in the battle. I have not seen him since, but I would like him to know of my demise.'"
"The prince lowered his sword and felt a pain of sadness in his chest; this dragon meant no harm, but believed he was going to die anyways, no, was ready to die anyways, knowing that he kept the people safe and his only request be that his brother knew of his death. The prince dropped his sword to the ground, the clattering of the metal hitting the stone floor causing the dragon to raise his head in shock.
'you shall not die today dragon. At least, not by my sword.'"
"The prince claimed, walking towards the dragon with a kind smile on his face. Tears welled in the dragons eyes as he took the Prince's hand in his claw.
'bless you princess, you blessing disguise.'"
"What happened then papa?" Ben asked, clutching his moose to his chest with excitement in his eyes.
"The prince went back to the kingdom, set the dragon free and then went off to live with the dragon, and they lived happily ever after."
A voice interrupted Castiel, just as Castiel opened his mouth to answer Ben's question. The two turned their heads to see Dean leaning against the doorframe to Ben's bedroom with a accusing look on his face; Ben and Castiel had been into the story so much that neither one noticed him standing there.
"Daddy!"
Ben yelled, scrambling out of his bed to hug his father. Dean scooped Ben into his arms, smiling down at the small child before putting him back into his bed. "I send papa to put you to bed and I come back here to find him telling you a bedtime story. It's way past your bedtime Ben." Ben gave a pout and took his moose back into his arms.
"I just wanted a bedtime story daddy. You always say there's time for a bedtime story!"
Castiel raised an eyebrow at this statement and turned to Dean, who held a guilty expression on his face. "Oh really? So that's why you always come to bed late after putting Ben to sleep." Dean smiled guiltily and kissed Ben's forehead. "Whatever the case, say good night Ben."
"Good night daddy, good night papa. I love you."
Castiel smiled and kissed Ben's nose. "I love you too Benny. And dont worry, we'll continue the story next time, when daddy isn't around." Castiel whispered, giving Ben a wink. Ben giggled and nodded his head in agreement. Dean and Castiel stood from the bed and walked to the door, shutting out the light, making Ben's ceiling glow from all the sticky glow in the dark stars and planets glued up there. Ben snuggled into the bed and closed his eyes slowly as Dean pulled the door to a shut.
Castiel took hold of Dean's hand and led him to their bedroom before shutting the door quietly and kissing the younger man passionately, holding him close. Dean kissed back just as passionate before pulling away, grinning at his husband.
"I don't see why you keep telling him the story of how we met and how we got together. He knows the whole thing by now."
"He requests it. I can't deny my only son his love for our story."
Dean smiled fondly and kissed Castiel's nose. "Well, he'll know the true story when he's older; how my father physically abused me everyday, and the massive beating I got when he found out I was gay, how you came and saved me from him, though we weren't able to get Sam at the time. He'll know about how I had to fight for custody over Sam and how I won, and how that night you kissed me and made me feel like I was high. He'll know that it took us two months before we got married, even though we had just started dating." Dean wrapped his arms around Castiel and held him so close that Castiel could feel Dean's breath on his lip.
"He'll know that I am so crazy in love with you and how that'll never change."
"Mm, I should hope he knows that now."
Dean laughed and kissed Castiel softly. "Come my prince; it's time for us to go to bed, so we can continue our fairy tale another day."
Hey everyone!
So I did upload a different story last night that actually had smut in it... but I removed it, because when entering back and read my other stories, I could practically feel the love that Dean and Castiel had, even tho I didn't necessarily write it that way. It made me realize that I was writing smut for the wrong reasons; if I ever do smut, it'll be because the story flows naturally into it, not because I wanted to have a smutty story. So I'm sorry if that disappoints you, but that's the way it is.
Overall, I think this is adorable and I actually really like it. What did you think? Let me know in the comments!
Finally, I want to ask you guys to check out my other work if you haven't already. I'm thinking about doing another kind of thing that I'm going here with Dean and Cas, but it'll be for Sam and Gaberil, because I ship those two like crazy. Would you be interested in seeing that? Let me know in the comments!
Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed this, please be sure to favorite, follow, and leave a comment :) y'all are the best!
Much love and stuff,
-ImmaSlytherout
PS, thank you to Snovolovac and for reviewing the last chapter. Y'all are awesome!