Castiel woke up with his arms wrapped tightly around Dean, he looked up into his peaceful face and groaned once the alarm started blaring only a few minutes later. He quickly unwraps himself from Dean's sleeping form and grab's the boys phone, turning off the alarm before it woke up the entire house. Stretching and moving to the edge of the bed, Castiel slowly pulls the covers back over Dean and tiptoes into Gabriel's room to grab his clothes.
"Stupid nightmare..." Cas mumbles as he leans against the cold tile wall. He sighed as the hot water pounded onto his back, relieving some of the tension there. He kept replaying the dream in his head and found himself starting to worry about their well-being. After spending another twenty minutes in the shower Castiel decided it was time to get out and cook a quick breakfast for the boys who were still asleep. After drying off and throwing on some clothes, he grabs his books and shoves them into his backpack while quietly making his way downstairs.
Castiel stretched and dropped his backpack onto the sofa before heading into the kitchen to rummage through the refrigerator.
"Cas?" Dean made his way quietly into the kitchen and smirked when he saw Castiel jump at his voice.
"Dean? What are you doing awake so early?" Dean shrugs and scratches his chest before walking up to Castiel and taking the items from his hands.
"I'll make breakfast today, you should go wake up Gabriel or else he'll be late for the test." Castiel pulled out his phone and looked at the time before nodding and ducking under Dean's arm. He smiled and ran towards his old room. He paused in front of the door for a second to take a deep breath before barging in as loud as possible.
"GABRIEL! TIME TO GET UP!" Castiel smiled when he saw both boys cuddled together on the bed and heard Sam groaning.
"Seriously Cas? You couldn't have been a little quieter? I don't have classes until 10:15, I was planning on sleeping in a bit longer and not wake up at..." Sam paused in his whining to look at the alarm clock on the nightstand. "6:45 in the morning?! UUUUGGGGGHHHHH" Castiel smiled as he leaned against the doorframe and watched Sam roll over and cover his head with a pillow. Gabriel on the other hand sat up and rubbed his tired eyes and it took all Castiel had to not laugh at the way his hair stood up in different directions.
"Gabriel, you need to get up. This is an important test and you were the one who decided to email our instructor to let him know you would be taking it a few hours earlier. The way I see it, either you get your lazy ass up and get ready or get kicked out of his class." Castiel smiled when he saw his brother toss the blankets off of his legs and get up.
"Remind me again why I emailed him that I would be taking the test during your hour?" Sam mumbled into the pillow and both boys had to lean in to hear better.
"What was that Sammich?" They heard him grumble and slowly turn onto his back before sitting up and yawning.
"I said, you did it because you have a job interview at 1:45. The same time the class starts." Castiel tilted his head a bit and furrowed his eyebrows.
"You have a job interview? Where? And how come I didn't know about this?" Gabriel shrugged and stood up and made his way towards the bathroom grabbing his clothes as he passed them.
"It's at the candy store in town, apparently one of Charlie's best friends inherited it from his parents and he's short a few hands. She told me about it during the wedding and when I agreed she immediately called him. She also managed to convince him that if I got the job, I would get all next week off because of our honeymoon trip." Castiel nodded and pondered this new piece of information before pushing off the wall and shrugging.
"Well good luck today then, you better hurry though because the test starts at exactly 7:30." Gabriel nods and runs into the bathroom and Sam chuckles slightly before falling back into bed and pulling the covers over himself. Castiel walks back out to where Dean was humming in the kitchen as he flipped another piece of toast.
"Did you know Gabriel had a job interview today?" Dean looks up from the French toast that he's cooking and nods, before setting a plate in front of Castiel.
"Yeah he told me about it at the wedding when I caught him on his phone. Said he was emailing his instructor or something to switch his schedule and instead take that class with you. Now eat up because I hardly see you eat anything at all." Castiel looked down at the plate in front of him before pulling out the stool and taking a seat.
"Oh, okay and thank you for breakfast... Just so you know, I do eat...just not as much as you three gluttonous beasts." Castiel was rewarded with a smirk from Dean and couldn't help as the smile appeared on his face.
"So uh...I'm gonna stop by Bobby's house today before I come home to help you move your things into Gabriel's room. Want me to pick anything up on the way home for lunch? Or maybe I could pick you up and we could go grab lunch together..." Castiel thought for a moment before shaking his head.
"Nah, it's okay thanks though. I'll probably get something at school with Gabriel before he goes to his interview...maybe you should ask Sam." Dean bit his lip and nodded, he had really wanted to eat lunch with Castiel so he could properly apologize about everything he had said in the car but his plan was instantly shot down.
"Cassandra we need to go before we're late!" Dean and Castiel both looked up to see Gabe speed walk towards the kitchen. He grabbed a piece of French toast that was on Dean's plate and smiled.
"Thanks Deaniella." Dean frowned at his plate as Gabe adjusted the backpack hanging on his shoulder. Sam walked in and pulled out the stool next to Castiel and sat down. Dean handed Sam his plate and took Castiel's now empty one.
"Get going, I'll see you later. If you change your mind about lunch text me." Dean ignored Sam's raised eyebrow as Castiel nodded and grabbed his things and headed towards the door. Gabriel walked over to Sam and kissed his cheek before following his brother out the door.
"So...lunch with Cas?" Dean looked over to Sam and shrugged while grabbing his plate and sitting where Castiel was moments ago.
"He shot me down, said he was going to get lunch with Gabe." Sam nodded and thought for a while as they ate in silence.
"Dean...can I ask you something without you getting mad?" Sam fidgeted in his seat a bit as Dean glanced up from his plate to fix his gaze on his brother.
"Depends on what it is Sammy..." Dean continued to eat as Sam stood up and took his empty plate to the sink.
"Well...Castiel is your best friend...so I was just wondering why it's so difficult to give him a chance..." Dean pushed his plate away and leaned back in the stool.
"I don't want to talk about this.." Sam pushed his hair back out of his face and sighed.
"No Dean, we need to talk about this because if you're this against you and Cas being together. What are you thinking about me and Gabriel? Dean I am willing to give him a chance because of the fact that he is my best friend and I don't want to see him hurt, so how is it that you can just say what you can to Castiel's face? Without so much as a twitch?" Dean rubbed his face and sighed meeting Sam's gaze.
"It's not right Sammy, you know that." Sam rolled his eyes and shrugged.
"Why can't it be right Dean? Why does it have to- never mind...I'll drop this conversation.." Dean nodded his thanks as Sam headed back towards the room. He turned and stopped to look back at Dean.
"You know Dean...in high school I fell for this boy...I wanted to ask you for advice but I was scared you would treat me the same way a couple of bullies treated me..." At the mention of bullies Dean sat up angry, Sam raised his hand and shook his head. "I went on a couple of dates with him but it never went past that. Dean I've known I was bi since middle school and I guess the reason I'm telling you this right now is because I want you to see that what you are putting Castiel through...It's no better than what Abbadon and her friends put me through." Sam sighed and ran his fingers through his hair before looking Dean in the eye.
"The one person I trust more than our parents in the world is you Dean...If the way you treat Castiel, is you showing you're a homophobe then...I don't think Gabe, Cas, and I should stay here...You have until we get back from the honeymoon trip to figure out where you stand on our marriages...and when that time comes...if you're not able to decide your feelings then...we'll find another place to live..." Before Dean could protest everything his brain just registered, Sam spun on his heal and walked into the room slamming the door behind him.
-Time skip-
Gabriel stretched and pat his older brothers back. They had both just gotten out of class.
"Hey at least whenever there are test we have to take, we can leave right when we finish and turn it in." Castiel nodded and looked at his watch.
"So I have about another two classes, want to meet at the pizza parlor next to that candy shop you have an interview for at around 12?" Gabe yawns and nods before heading off in a different direction. Not even five minutes later as Gabriel was sitting on a bench in the middle of the courtyard looking up at the birds flying around his phone started vibrating in his pocket.
Gabe smiled at the name on his screen and answered, "Well hello there Sammoose, to what do I owe the pleasure of hearing your lovely velvety voice?" Gabriel smirked when he looked up and saw Sam freeze in his walk towards the library which just so happened to be in front of Gabriel's view his face turned a bright red.
"Oh um well...I have nothing to do but study and I uh...spoke to Dean about wh- wait why does it sound so echoey?" Gabriel smiled as he watched Sam's face scrunch into a look of confusion.
"Look to your right you beautiful tall hunk of deliciousness" Gabe chuckled as Sam's face turned darker as their eyes met. Sam ended the call and walked over to Gabriel.
"Hello handsome." Sam blushed again and leaned down to kiss Gabriel's cheek.
"Hey Gabe..." Gabriel frowned and tilted his head a bit as Sam sat next to him.
"Rough morning Sammoose?" Sam nodded and told him the conversation that ensued with Dean that morning. When he was finished Gabriel had his head on Sam's shoulder and their fingers were intertwined.
"Where would we go if he doesn't wanna accept it?" Sam squeezed Gabriel's hand lightly and gave a small smile.
"I talked to Bobby and he said he would talk to Dean when he stops by, if things go south well, Bobby and Ellen said we could stay with them for awhile." Gabriel nodded and looked at his watch.
"It's almost time to meet Cas for lunch, wanna tag along?" Sam smiled and nodded, together they got up and walked towards the pizza parlor.
Sam wrapped his arm possessively around Gabriel when the male got long stares from females. Gabriel being completely oblivious to the staring leaned into Sam and smiled, Sam leaned down and whispered in his ear softly, "You know if all these girls keep staring, I'm going to have to lock you up in the basement so that I will be the only one who can look at you." Gabriel giggled like a high school girl and buried his face into Sam's chest as they walked through the door of the restaurant and chose a booth to wait for Castiel.
"So do you mind telling me what the hell is going through your head boy?" Bobby glared at Dean who shrunk farther into his seat.
"What do you mean Bobby?" Dean scratched the back of his neck and stared at the table.
"You know damn well what I mean! Castiel is in love with you and you treat him the way Sam was treated?" Dean bit the inside of his cheek as Bobby crossed his arms and shook his head.
"I just need time..." Bobby walked over to Dean and pat his shoulder lightly.
"Whatever time you need, you take...but don't put that boy through any more hell than you have already. Imagine how you would feel if your roles were reversed." Bobby squeezed Dean's shoulder lightly before going outside to work on his car.
Dean sat there for a while trying to figure out how to apologize for what he told Castiel and how to make it up to Sam and Gabriel. After a few minutes of pondering he finally gave up and walked out to help Bobby.