A/N Hey guys so here it is finally. Chapter 11 to Because Of You. I'm so glad to see that yous still seem to be enjoying this story and are looking forward to seeing what happens next. So I thought I'd give you chapter 11 to stop you from wondering. I apologize in advance for the length of the chapter guys. The characters ended up just writing themselves and I was glad to make them do what they wanted this chapter so hope you enjoy.
And I'd like to give a big shout out to Alyx and Raven, two of the best people who helped me see that my dreams were bigger than I thought. Thanks guys.
Chapter 11
"Dean you idjit. You're over fifteen minutes late for work. Where the hell have you been?" Bobby yelled out, standing just right outside the door to his office dressed like he usually was in light blue jeans, a light fawn coloured long sleeve top and a flannel shirt pulled on over it with his trademark blue baseball cap sitting atop his head whilst Bobby himself had his arms crossed and a look on his face that seemed to be a mixture between anger and worry for where Dean had been and what had made him so late.
"Sorry Bobby, I slept right through my alarm. Won't happen again" Dean replied, already having jumped out from the Impala where he had parked it in the Staff car park – Bobby had cornered the section off for his workers to be able park their cars without fear of having them towed – and headed towards where Bobby was now standing, his face starting to return to it's usual proud look whenever he saw Dean.
"Make sure it doesn't happen again idjit."
Dean could only chuckle softly to himself at hearing Bobby's favoured phrase as he came to a stop in-front of Bobby waiting to hear what his job for today would be, he remembered that before the weekend he had managed to finish his work on the car that he been brought in and now he had no idea what to do next.
"Anyway, Ash is out in section one working on Miss Coleman's car so Dean I want you to head out to section three, new car was just brought in this morning and the guy said he wanted his car to be worked on by you" Bobby continued, finally letting his arms fall to his side, a sign that Dean was well aware of that meant that Bobby wasn't angry with anymore for being late and Dean nodded quickly to Bobby before turning to head towards section three.
In Singer's Salvage Yard, there was three different areas of the yard that were cornered off for different things and were named Sections by Bobby himself who felt that this would be the easiest way to remember which stood for what.
The very first section, ironically named section one was for cars that maybe had small things wrong with them such as Miss Coleman's car – Miss Coleman was an older woman with a temper like a mad bull who always seemed to end up having to bring her car into the garage after accidentally overfilling the oil tank – that just needed an oil change since this time she had managed to forget to change it and her car had stopped in the middle of the road on Friday afternoon so she had to bring it in and Ash, one of Dean's fellow co-workers had made sure to tell Miss Coleman that he would get it fixed as soon as possible, most likely to escape her wrath.
Section two was for the more worse for wear cars like ones that had the paint scratched off really badly or cars that had had their doors dented by doing something stupid, Dean himself wasn't too big a fan of this section after having to spend at least two weeks in here a couple of years ago after Sam had stupidly rammed his car into the back of an oncoming truck and ended up nearly costing Dean hundreds of dollars in damages so Dean definitely wasn't looking forward to the day that Bobby told him to go to section two again.
And then there was section three, one of the worst sections at the whole garage, this section was for the cars that had been pretty much destroyed in headlong collisions or had their doors dented in a way that Dean knew they wouldn't be able to be fixed no matter what Dean or any of his co-workers done to help so wondering just why exactly the guy in section three wanted his help was beyond him.
Finally turning into section three which just happened to be a wide area of open space where a load of cars were sitting side by side showing just how bad some of them had gotten, some of them even still had blood on the car seats from where the drivers had injured themselves without knowing fully why and some of the others cars were piled up in one corner waiting to be crushed to pieces and put of their misery.
Walking in slowly, Dean inspected the newest car that had been brought in looking worse for wear than any that Dean had seen in all his years of working for Bobby.
The newest car was a black mini convertible that had definitely seen better days, the sun roof was wide open but dented back in places and the whole of the rear end of the car was smashed in with the licence plate now halved in two and the boot itself looked like it wasn't going to be working anytime soon making Dean all too aware that this car wasn't going to be anymore use to man nor beast so he would have to speak to Bobby and get the car scraped.
Letting himself relax at the fact that this would hopefully be an easy day today, Dean prepared himself to pull his phone out of his pocket to phone Castiel and tell him he might finish earlier if he wanted a hand when he suddenly felt another presence in the area and he turned round so fast that he was sure he might become dizzy if he wasn't so shocked at who exactly was standing right in-front of him at the current moment.
"Hey Dean."
"Sam?"
Dean was pretty sure that he was seeing things but after letting blinking his eyes a couple of times, he found that he came to the conclusion that Sam was definitely standing just right in-front of Dean right now, hands relaxed at his sides and a small smile on his face that seemed to scream that he was actually really glad to see Dean right now when the last time they had seen each other, Dean had just about screamed himself hoarse at Sam after his younger brother had tried to get him to open up and admit that he was in love with Castiel Novak.
"Yeah. Dean I'm so sorry for the way I acted a couple of days ago. I was way out of line and I really should have respected you're privacy, is there anyway you can forgive me?"
Dean himself wasn't exactly sure how it happened, one second he was standing stock still, trying to understand just why exactly Sam was here apologising to him when Dean knew he shouldn't have screamed at Sam like that in the first place and the next second he was almost crying for joy as he hugged Sam close, telling him that it was all okay and that he forgave Sam and that it was his fault too for not being able to actually admit to himself that he loved Castiel.
"What are you doing here anyway Sam?" Dean asked that second, pulling away from the hug to check his younger brother over and make sure that he was okay that there was no scratches on him and that he hadn't been the one to be in the crash but after a quick look proved to Dean that his little brother was okay, he stood back to await an answer.
"I was on my way back to Stanford when I realized that what I had said was so stupid and I shouldn't have said it so I turned back round and started heading towards home again. When I got to you're house however you had left so I came here and Bobby told me where you were."
"I wanted to come back and tell you something Dean, I'm so sorry that you had to go through this hell, I'm so sorry that I took Jo away from you when you went into a state of depression and I'm so sorry for everything that has happened since Lisa died. I'm so so sorry Dean" Sam blurted out, his eyes already beginning to fill with tears as Dean pulled his younger brother into a hug again, softly patting his chest and trying to tell Sam that it was all okay and that none of that was his fault when Dean heard a small cough from behind him indicating that someone wished to speak to him and right away Dean pulled away from the hug, wondering just who exactly wanted his help when for the second time in one day he found himself dumbstruck.
For standing right in-front of Dean, looking about just the same as the last time that Dean had seen him except this time there was a large cut down one side of his face almost like he had just been thrown face-first into a car window shield and a look about him that seemed to say that he wished to have his car treated right away despite Dean already knowing that there was nothing really that he could do was the one man that Dean had wished he would never have to see ever again.
"Dean."
"Balthazar."
Seven Hours Later
Dean sighed out loud as he finally let himself into his house several hours later and collapsed head-first onto the couch, feeling like someone had seriously stretched him way too thin and he couldn't return to his natural shape due to the fact that the person who seemed to be doing all this was Balthazar and today after nearly six weeks of not having seen the man in question, Balthazar had just waltzed back in out of nowhere, looking like he had just been to hell and back and with an uptight attitude as he tried to direct Dean on just how exactly to fix his car whilst Dean had slowly tried to explain to the man that there was no way that the car could be fixed when all he really wanted to do was punch stupid Balthazar in his stupid face and maybe give him more scars than he currently had.
Sighing again, Dean stretched out on the couch, trying to make the memories of Balthazar appearing at the garage disappear from his mind when he heard the front door knob turn and managed to turn himself over very slowly to witness Castiel walk in, a large suitcase in his hand and a wide smile on his face that instantly disappeared when he noticed Dean's expression.
"Dean, what happened, are you okay?" Castiel asked, immediately running to Dean's aid and plopping himself down on the edge of the couch, his hands immediately coming up to Dean's face and running them up and down, almost like Castiel himself was looking for injures that Dean might have sustained whilst Dean leaned into the touch, almost forgetting what it was like to have Castiel in his life after the two had only gotten together last night, a factor that he still had to tell Sam of.
"I'm fine Cas. It was just a rather hectic day today at work" Dean replied, letting his eyes drift closed when Castiel ran his fingers gingerly over them, almost like he wanted to take away all that Dean had seen today but couldn't as he didn't fully have the power to do so.
"I'm glad that you are okay Dean. Do you wish to talk about you're day?"
Immediately Dean stilled wondering just how exactly he was supposed to tell Castiel of his day that included having Balthazar appear suddenly at his work with a damaged car and being a massive dick when Dean himself wasn't exactly sure how Castiel felt about Balthazar but he knew that it was better to tell Castiel about Balthazar rather than have him find out some other way and maybe hate Dean for not informing him of this.
"Yes please Cas. It was just horrible, Balthazar showed up today, looking like he had been in a car crash and the whole time I just wanted to punch his stupid little face in for all that he done to both of us but I refrained myself, I knew it wouldn't be wise."
Immediately after speaking, Dean closed his eyes, wondering how Castiel would react to the news that his ex-boyfriend had showed up at his current boyfriends place of work – or at least that was what Dean thought they were – when it hadn't been all that long since Castiel and Balthazar had broken up in the first place.
Castiel however didn't really react much to this news, he only shifted slightly so that he was now lying next to Dean on the small couch as Dean himself shifted slightly so he was sitting up, facing Castiel whilst Castiel crawled into the space beside him, taking Dean's hand in his own and placing a small, chaste kiss to Dean's lips that had Dean instantly hungry for more as he wrapped his arms around Castiel and pulled the other man to him, kissing him with as much enthusiasm as Dean could muster after the awful day of work but despite that, he found that kissing Castiel made him feel a whole lot better, it made him more relaxed and like he could withstand anything.
After a few more seconds, Dean pulled away panting for breath and placed his forehead against Castiel's watching as Castiel replied in turn, his hand gripping tight onto Dean's t-shirt as he kissed Dean's lips again once more before quickly pulling away again.
"It's okay Dean, you didn't expect to see him there. At least you didn't have to experience twenty questions with my brother Gabriel mostly about why I had been gone so long and if I realized that I couldn't just disappear for a whole night and not inform him. He's worse than my father."
Dean could only smile in return as Castiel informed of how Gabriel had made sure to ask some many weird and personal questions as Castiel had slowly packed up his suitcase until at long last he had only managed to escape after promising Gabriel that he and Dean would join himself and Castiel's siblings one time for dinner, something that instantly made Dean pale at the mere factor of meeting some of Castiel's family when he wasn't exactly altogether too sure of if they would really like him after hearing Gabriel's reaction to Dean when he had called the other morning.
"Are you sure that's such a good idea Cas?" Dean replied, wrapping one arm tighter around Castiel's waist as if to say please don't make me do this when Castiel had only just informed of this idea.
"Of course Dean. Gabriel is looking forward to meeting you as our my brother and sister Lucifer and Anna."
Dean could only grin shyly back at Castiel, as if trying to subtly say no it's not happening Cas but Cas cut him off before he could speak by kissing him softly, making Dean forget where he was for a couple of seconds as he wrapped his arms tighter around Castiel, giving into temptation as he ran his fingers up and under Castiel's black top – Castiel had changed at Gabriel's – loving it when Castiel shuddered under his touch as Dean slowly turned them until he was kneeling on-top of the couch with Castiel laying back underneath him as he broke the kiss for a second just to pull his work top off before resuming his attack on Castiel's lips, moaning softly into Castiel's mouth when the other man ran his hands up Dean's chest letting his legs wrap around Dean's torso as they continued to kiss and that was when his phone started blaring away in his pocket.
"Mph" Dean moaned before with a final peck, he pulled away from Castiel, reaching into his back pocket for his phone and noticing as Castiel unwound his legs from Dean's torso already starting to breath deeply as if out of breath from their kissing as Dean looked down at his phone to see Sam's name plastered across the front of the screen.
"Hey Sammy" Dean said in greeting as he answered the phone call, starting to sit up from his position above Castiel, all the while aware of the fact that Castiel now looked like a small dejected child who had just been told that Christmas had been cancelled and Dean couldn't help the small chuckle that escaped him as he awaited an answer from Sam.
"Hey Dean, so listen I know you are probably going to kill me for not telling you this but I'm kind of seeing someone."
"Oh Sammy you sly dog. You've been holding out on me. Is this someone a male someone or female someone?" Dean replied, a big grin already starting to cross his features at the fact that his little brother was finally doing something for himself and making himself happy, that was all Dean could ask for.
"It's a she Dean. Her name's Jessica Moore and we've been together about two weeks now. She asked me out just before I left Stanford all those weeks ago and I finally agreed to go out with her once I knew you were back on you're feet."
Hearing Sam say this immediately had Dean grin wider, knowing that Sam had really sacrificed so much for him during the bad times in his life and Dean was incredibly proud now to hear his little brother talk with so much joy in his voice about this girl Jessica that he had been seeing for almost two weeks now.
"That's great Sammy really, but why are you telling me this?"
"Well I told Jess all about this amazingly awesome guy who goes by the name of Dean who pretty much raised me all by himself and helped me through a load of bad times and she wants to meet you. Well you and Castiel rather."
"Huh?" Dean replied, fully aware of the fact that even though he was sure that Sam had just said that Jessica wanted to meet both himself and Castiel, he was also sure that he hadn't told Sam anything at all about him and Castiel finally sorting themselves out and starting to date.
"Dean, did you seriously think that I didn't notice how much happier you were today?
"I had a feeling that you and Castiel were together and I spoke to Bobby earlier today and he said that if you feel like you're ready, he's cool with returning Jo to you and Castiel."
Dean was beyond shocked as Sam mentioned those words to him, he hadn't seen Jo, his little baby girl in over five weeks now, not since Sam had taken her away from him at a time when he had been most miserable which Dean knew very well was a good idea, he would have done the same if Sam had been in that situation.
"Yeah Sam, I meant to tell you about me and Cas" Dean replied to his younger brother, not surprised in the slightest when Castiel leaned up from the couch with a confused look on his face almost like he was wondering why Dean was talking about them in the first place.
"It's alright Dean, just as long as you're happy. You are happy right?" Sam asked and Dean could hear the concern that was portrayed in Sam's voice, it was the same way that he had spoken to Dean several weeks ago when Dean had done something out of the ordinary and Sam had wanted to make sure that his older brother was okay.
"Yes Sam, I am so happy. And as for Jo, do you think Bobby could keep her for just this week. I'm off work next week so I'll be able to look after her better."
"Yeah sure, that's okay Dean. I'm so happy for you and I'll text you with a time and date for meeting Jessica. Bye Dean."
And with that Sam hung up, leaving Dean with the dial tone in his ear and a wide smile spread out across his face form the amount of times he had been smiling during his conversation with Sam about Jessica and how he was just so happy that his little brother finally had something that he could call his own.
He was happy for once.
"Where were we?" Dean asked, shoving his phone back into his back pocket and looking down at Castiel as he hovered over the main beneath him, hopping that Castiel would say something in return to his question.
"Oh I think I can jog you're memory" Castiel replied, a shit eating grin plastered across his own face as he wrapped an arm around Dean's neck, pulling the other man down into a kiss whilst Dean moaned into Castiel's mouth, his arousal already starting to perk once again as he was brought to a whole new high.
Two Days Later
"Dean! Stop that!" Castiel demanded for the fifth time since they had left Dean's house fifteen minutes ago and had started on the way towards Castiel's older brothers Gabriel's house for dinner with the family and ever since they had left Dean had been constantly pulling and pushing at his tie, not very happy with how it was sitting and thought it was crooked or was choking him slightly.
And for the fifth time since they had left, Castiel who was currently driving since he knew where they were going and knew that Dean was going to be a nervous wreck anyway, slapped at Dean's hand again stilling them in his lap once again but it was only for about five minutes and next second Dean's hands started to toy with his tie again, pulling slightly at the end of the material before fixing the invisible crook in his tie and next second he was returning to the pull at the bottom of the tie once more.
"Dean!" Castiel yelled out in the quietness of the car immediately stilling Dean in his tracks as he dropped his hands once again and looked up into Castiel's red face, knowing that Castiel was probably growing annoyed with his constant twitching and the fact that he wasn't able to stay still for five minutes without having to do something.
"I'm sorry Cas. I'm just really nervous that I'm going to make a fool out of myself in front of you're brothers" Dean replied, his voice low as he kept his eyes trained on Castiel's face as the other continued to drive, facing straight forward but there was a small smile on his face.
"You have no need to be nervous Dean. My brothers and sister already love you. Nothing will change that."
And with that Castiel quickly changed the gears on his car before reaching over slowly and taking Dean's hand softly in his own, holding it over the dashboard whilst his eyes stayed trained on the road ahead of him whilst all Dean could do was sit and watch as Castiel continued to drive, ever so often changing the gear whilst still holding Dean's hand in his own and one time Dean could only watch in wonder as Castiel raised his hand still clutched in Dean's own and pressed a soft kiss to Dean's own hand.
Dean sighed softly, finding that whenever Castiel was near him in proximity or holding his hand or just kissing him that he felt relaxed, he felt like he could over-come anything and he didn't feel nervous anymore a sign that Castiel had picked up on as he always seemed to do this when Dean seemed really freaked out about something or another or looked like he was going to puke at any second.
"Thank you" Dean whispered softly in the quietness of the car, not surprised at all when Castiel gave him a small smile and returned his attention to the road whilst keeping his hand locked with Dean's showing the other that he was always going to be there for him.
Another fifteen minutes later, Castiel turned another corner before pulling into a rather large and long driveway that screamed that someone rich lived here just as Castiel killed the engine and Dean finally got his first ever look at Gabriel Novak's house.
If Dean had thought that the driveway was impressive, it was nothing compared to the house itself, the house stood three stories high with a tall, pointed roof on top that seemed to indicate an attic whilst the house itself was painted in a myriad of brown and crème bricks that had Dean feeling really imitated as he finally stepped out of Castiel's car to stare at the house in question for a few agonizing seconds before he felt a wave of easiness wash over him as Castiel returned to his side, sliding his hand into Dean's own and giving it a slight tug to indicate that he should start walking.
Walking up to Gabriel Novak's house with Castiel by his side was an experience that Dean never thought he would ever come across in his life ever so he made sure to take everything in on the walk from the driveway to the front door such as the green, perfectly cut hedges lining the driveway and the two other cars that were currently parked in the driveway just right in-front of Castiel's own.
Finally they reached the front door and Castiel right away reached out and opened the front door, letting Dean go in-first, a small factor that Dean was slightly afraid of as it meant that Castiel had to drop his hand for a couple of seconds as he walked in next and shut the front door softly behind him but it also gave Dean a quick chance to look over everything and see the whole house in as best detail as possible.
As soon as they walked into the house, Dean had become distracted by the rather small living room area that seemed to sit around five people on a couch that was bright blue in colour and had what seemed to be some sort of weird straight back that made Dean wince, wondering how Gabriel could sit in a chair like that all the time.
On Dean's left, he could just see the starts of a small white and spotted black kitchen that held a grey refrigerator that seemed to tower to almost the same size as the ceiling and along with that there was also various cupboards boarded to the walls with a small oven fit for many trays despite this and over to his right was a small round dinning room with a bigger kitchen and currently Dean could see three people standing inside the dinning room talking together and laughing making Dean instantly nervous until Castiel grabbed his hand, squeezing it softly before starting to walk towards the dinning room and where the three people were whilst Dean followed behind, his eyes trying to take everything in until he was inside the dinning room and he found himself being able to see the people standing a lot better than he had from the living room.
There was two slightly tall guys and a small petite female and as soon as he and Castiel walked into the dinning room, they all stopped talking and turned to Dean and Castiel, wide smiles on their faces.
The girl made herself known first as she stepped forward with a small bounce in her step, pulling Castiel into a quick hug and kissing his cheek, something that would normally have made Dean very jealous if it wasn't for the fact that Dean knew this girl must be Castiel's sister Anna.
The girl was pretty, very pretty with a short slim waist better shown off by the sparkly red dress she wore underneath a plain white apron that read in plain black lettering 'I'd Kiss The Cook, But I'm Better.' and Dean could see that Anna's long red hair was coming down in short curls down her back as she let go of her brother and turned to Dean, a wide smile on her face.
"Hi. My name's Anna, and you must be Dean. We have heard so much about you" Anna said with a little chirp in her voice and before Dean really knew what was happening, he was being pulled into a strong hug and Anna was patting his back quickly before pulling away, the wide smile still on her face as she quickly turned to Castiel and winked quickly at him before returning her attention to Dean.
"I hope you're hungry Dean. Gabriel insisted that we grill some hamburgers as Castiel told us those were you're favourites."
Dean quickly chanced a look at Castiel who's face burned bright red as Anna admitted this to the room at large before she placed a hand against her mouth and quietly giggled, knowing beyond doubt that she had embarrassed her brother as Castiel's face continued to burn brightly until Dean reached out his own hand, entwining his own fingers with Castiel's and squeezing softly, a small smile on his face.
"I'm absolutely starving Anna. Thank you for inviting us to dinner, it was so nice of yous."
"Actually little Cassie here arranged this dinner himself Dean, it was the only way to escape my questions."
The next person to speak was one of the two guys, the shorter of the two who had longish light brown hair that stopped just below his ears and a cheeky smile about him.
If Dean could remember correctly, he was pretty sure that this was Gabriel, the trickster of the family as Castiel had called him and Dean was beginning to see how Gabriel had gotten that name for not two seconds after, the other male in the room jumped back in fright from the grill pan he had been checking when it suddenly sent sparks at him and the other male glared at Gabriel, blonde eyebrows drawing down in almost anger when Gabriel pulled his hand away from the grill switch and started to laugh his head off at the other man who's eyebrows were still drawn down and Dean immediately had a feeling that this was the other male he had heard all about, Lucifer, the so called devil of the family.
Lucifer was built rather strong like Castiel but instead of being skinny like Castiel, Lucifer was more curved but still managed to look skinny despite the fact that he had short cut blonde hair that seemed to make his face stand out more but more in a way of letting everyone know who he truly was.
"Gabriel!" Lucifer shouted to his brother, brandishing a pair of tongs at Gabriel's head that had the other instantly stop in his tracks and look towards his brother with a look that seemed to read I'm sorry but I'm not really and that was hilarious.
Lucifer seemed to take it in stride here though as he quickly nodded his head at Gabriel before turning his attention to Dean and Dean found himself afraid to move as Lucifer quickly looked him over, seeming to silently say something to himself before nodding and returning to his cooking leaving Dean very confused over what had just happened.
"That" Castiel uttered from behind him that second making Dean jump and take a couple of steps back, finding himself plastered back against Castiel's chest in the next second as Castiel continued.
"Was Lucifer's way of saying that he likes you. You should be glad, I never got that sort of welcome and I'm his brother."
"That's because you were an annoyingly loud and stupid baby Castiel" Lucifer said from his corner and Dean had to fight the urge to shiver at the mere fact that Lucifer could hear them.
"You should have seen him Dean, little baby Castiel always following his older brothers around the house and always crying whenever we wouldn't hold him, you were such an attention whore Castiel."
Right away Dean found himself chuckling at the image of a young baby Castiel wandering the halls of a large house, bigger than Gabriel's for sure and enjoying himself messing around with Lucifer and Gabriel, a pastime that seemed to have passed onto adulthood as Castiel burned bright red before shooting Lucifer the finger quickly and turning Dean towards the dinning room table that was mostly set up now, five place-mats were all set out all with a knife and fork on each side of the mat and wine glasses set in front of each mat also whilst in the middle of the table sat a creamy candle that just seemed to sit so well with the rest of the display including the red tablecloth cover that made Dean instantly think that Anna had set the table after seeing Gabriel's weird display and mixture of colours that didn't seem to make a lot of sense to Dean.
Sitting himself down at the table quickly, Castiel gestured for Dean to join him and Dean immediately did so, taking a seat right next to Castiel's own, intertwining his hand with Castiel's own once more and watching closely as Lucifer continued to stand at the grill, checking to make sure that the burgers weren't going to burn whilst Anna busied around the two guys, pulling a bottle of red rose wine out of the cupboard and a large bottle of beer that Dean didn't know the name of but was willing to try as Anna returned, placing the two bottles on the table and Castiel immediately leaned forward grabbing up the bottle of beer and pouring a small amount into his wine glass before turning and doing the same to Dean's glass whilst Dean noticed Gabriel standing at the counter, quickly cutting rolls open and Dean could only stare in wonder at just how well the three Novak children worked together.
After another ten minutes, dinner was ready and a plate full of large juicy hamburgers was placed down on the middle of the table followed by the plate of rolls that Gabriel had cut and a small jar full of butter until at last everyone was seated around the table and Gabriel leaned forward, ready to take a burger first when Anna leant over the table and smacked Gabriel's hand away from the plate hard making Dean wince but at the same time, he was starting to understand where Castiel had gotten his habits from.
"Gabriel! Don't be such a pig. Why don't you let Dean pick his share first. He is our guest after-all" Anna replied in kind, a small smile on her face as she gestured for Dean to get himself something first whilst across the table Dean could see Gabriel sitting holding one hand in the other and rubbing it softly as if Anna's attack had been sore.
Dean thanked Anna and quickly picked up a couple of hamburgers and rolls placing them together on his plate and it was then that Gabriel dove back onto the plate, Anna allowing it this time as the rest of the family started to put together their dinner whilst Dean silently started to butter one of his rolls, picking up his wine glass to take a small sip just as Gabriel opened his mouth.
"So Dean, how many times have you and my brother bumped uglies then?"
And Dean spat his beer back out, pretty sure that he would have nearly sprayed the table if it wasn't for the fact that he immediately covered his mouth with his napkin and coughed into it a couple of times, trying to understand why someone would just ask that sort of question when he remembered that it was Gabriel, the trickster of the family that he was speaking to currently and he really should have expected this sort of question but at the same time he hadn't really expected Gabriel to be quite as blunt with his question as he had been.
"Uh. I mean uh. I uh."
"Gabriel! Why must you be so disgusting?" Anna stuck up for Dean in this second as she leaned over, placing a hand on Dean's own and smiling softly at him.
"Don't listen to Gabriel, Dean, he's just a disgusting pig who can't help but be nosy into other people's business. Ignore him Dean, it's what most of us do anyway."
Dean quickly nodded his head and returned to his hamburgers, chewing quickly on the burger just as he became aware of the fact that Lucifer was currently staring across the table at Dean with a look that he was pretty sure meant that Lucifer was currently studying him, like he was trying to work him out especially by how he kept his eyes screwed up as he leaned forward and back in his chair, like he was trying to think what he truly thought of Dean and the next second he leaned back in his chair, a wide smile on his face.
"I like him" Lucifer began, seeing Anna and Dean both stop in their tracks whilst Dean quickly turned a worried look towards Castiel who had been very quiet the whole conversation and Dean found out why in the next second as he saw that Castiel had been busy watching his brothers with a careful expression but now however he was sitting with his jaw dropped open, almost like he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"What?" Lucifer questioned to the table at hand once he noticed that everyone including Gabriel himself - who had stopped eating his hamburgers but had had one currently raised towards his mouth when Lucifer spoke – had all stopped what they were doing at Lucifer's voice.
"Like I said. I like him and I don't want to set him on fire."
Dean silently breathed a sigh of relief here as he heard Lucifer say that he seemed to like him and didn't want to set him on fire, that bit however slightly scared Dean as he kept his eyes on Lucifer, trying to gauge just what exactly Lucifer meant by setting someone on fire when he continued.
"Now Balthazar on the other hand, I didn't like him so much."
Here Dean found himself relaxing slightly at the fact that Lucifer still managed to like him whilst silently finding it hilarious that Lucifer didn't Balthazar very much, that was definitely something that he and Lucifer had in common.
And not two seconds after this outburst, everyone seemed to return to what they had been doing before, obviously having gotten over what Lucifer had just said as Anna giggled slightly before throwing her brother a look that read, no really?
"Oh," Anna said with a small chuckle in her voice whilst throwing Castiel a small smile that Dean noticed that he returned, right away taking another bite out of his hamburger before taking a small sip of beer.
"Is that why when you first met him you threatened him with that knife?"
At hearing this, Dean who had been about to take another bite out of his hamburger stopped what he was doing, pushing his plate away from him softly and trying hard not to think about what could have happened if Lucifer decided that he hadn't liked him very much.
"Okay, let's be clear about one thing here, it wasn't a knife, it was tongs, you know those things you use to cook bacon and that."
Gabriel's snort at that sentence had Dean get the feeling that this was a regular occurrence around the family table and it was always Lucifer who stuck up for himself and tried to tell his siblings that what they thought had happened, hadn't really happened in the way they thought.
"And I didn't exactly threaten him per say. Just so we are clear, I just informed him nicely that if he ever hurt Castiel that I'd erm you know shove those tongs up his ass. That would hurt."
"Either that or he would have got turned on, you know how all gay guys like stuff up their ass."
"Gabriel!"
Dean could only watch in laughter as Castiel flushed red at Gabriel's offhand statement before he and Anna turned their eyes on him and screamed at him, obviously silently trying to tell him to shut up but Dean had a feeling that Gabriel must have heard this many times before as he just ignored his siblings and turned to Dean instead.
"You know what I'm talking about right Dean?"
"Er. I mean uh. I uh. Uh uh,"
"Gabriel, stop being a major pain in the ass and just eat you're food" Castiel snapped at him that second before he stood from the table, taking his glass and plate with him as he walked into the kitchen whilst Dean watched concerned until Anna stood from the table too and hurried after her brother into the kitchen, obviously to make sure that he was okay.
"Ooh Gabriel, I think that Balthazar might be a sore subject with Castiel. Still it wasn't all that long ago that we found out again that Balthazar was a evil bastard and so I..."
"You know what Lucifer, I like you enough alright and I'm glad that you like me and don't want to kill me exactly but why don't you just shut up for a couple of seconds" Dean replied, before he too grabbed up his empty plate and glass, walking into the kitchen to see Castiel standing at the sink, busy washing up his plate and glass whilst Anna stood further behind him, almost as if she were afraid to touch him.
"He said shut up to me?" Followed Dean and the others into the kitchen that second and Dean could do nothing but sigh and shake his head as he placed his plate and glass onto the kitchen worktop before heading to Castiel's side and grabbing his arm, stopping Castiel in his tracks.
"Cas? You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay Dean. I just hate it whenever they bring this up. Gabriel doesn't have a filter on his mouth and Lucifer doesn't know when to shut up so I can't exactly hold them to that."
Dean nodded his head and the next second without really knowing what he was doing, he pulled Castiel into a tight hug, feeling Castiel's wet hands press around his back and he let it as he smiled slowly at Castiel before reaching up slowly and pecking Castiel on the lips, aware of the small 'Awww' from Anna as he pulled away and instead leaned his head against Castiel's before pulling away once more and turning to Anna who was standing where she had been before but was now watching the two with small tears in her eyes, almost like she couldn't believe this was happening.
"Cas, Dean. If we promise to talk about something else, will yous two please come back into the room? It's too quiet in here."
Dean could only chuckle at Lucifer's words that second and then with a small look at Castiel, he nodded and together with Anna following they walked back into the dinning room to see Lucifer instantly sigh and throw his brother a look that seemed to indicate that he was really sorry and Castiel nodded his thanks back at his brother as they all sat back down around the table and right away, Castiel let his arm wander round and land on Dean's waist before holding it there obviously comfortable once more whilst Lucifer and Gabriel looked at one another quickly before silently agreeing on a new subject matter.
"So Dean, I know Gabriel probably knows all about this because of the fact that Castiel never shuts up about you but what do you do?" Lucifer asked that second, pouring a little bit more beer for himself and Dean instantly wished that he still had his glass as his throat was dry.
"I actually work in a garage. Singer's Salvage Yard, my dad used to be best friends with the owner and he's like an uncle to both myself and my little brother so after I left school, he gave me the job and I've been working there ever since."
"Nice. I've never been once for cars myself, I like them but just don't ask me to change an oil thingamajig or change a tire, I don't know how to do those things."
"Lucifer, you wouldn't dare get down on you're hands and knees and get dirty if you had to change a tire, you might be named after the devil but god help you if you actually done something for yourself" Was Castiel reply to his brother and Dean couldn't help the small snicker that escaped him as he noticed how Lucifer's mouth opened and closed for a couple of seconds like a goldfish until Gabriel elbowed him in the ribs.
"Dean I know he's you're boyfriend and everything but can I punch him please?"
"No."
And Lucifer pouted as he leaned back in his chair once again, looking like a child who had been told that he wouldn't get desert until he finished all his dinner and Dean couldn't help but laugh one again, this time catching Lucifer's attention and a small smile formed on his face.
"Just to let you know Dean. I'm still not going to hurt you even though you told me to shut up. I like you, you laugh at my jokes."
Dean wasn't sure what exactly to say to what Lucifer had just told him but he was saved coming up with an answer when Castiel snorted, bringing a hand up to his mouth trying to hide it but it seemed that Lucifer had caught him out anyway.
"Yeah but Lucifer here's the thing, you're just not funny."
"I'm going to murder you Cas" Lucifer replied, blonde eyebrows drawing down again and making him look like the evil guy that Dean had originally thought he was whilst brandishing a knife in his hand that made Dean a little afraid for his boyfriends well-being.
"Try it Lucifer."
And Dean found that even though the family was sort of arguing with themselves but being friendly about it he found that he got on well with them and in so doing he could totally enjoy himself in their company.
Two Hours Later
Dean sighed to himself again as he stroked a finger down Castiel's back, letting his eyes connect with Castiel's on the bed that they were both currently sharing now that they were back at Dean's house after the long period spent at Gabriel's house pretty much talking about nothing until Castiel finally found the chance to leave and now they were back at Dean's house lying on Dean's bed and Dean himself couldn't help but feel like such a romantic prat as he continued to stroke Castiel's back watching as Castiel shivered a little under his touch before leaning into the touch.
"Dean?" Castiel mumbled that second making Dean stop, his fingers landing on Castiel's hip-bone and holding there, keeping his eyes connected with that of Castiel's as the other man leaned forward carefully and brushed his lips gently against Dean's for a few seconds closing his eyes before pulling away again.
"Cas? I need you to fuck me" Dean breathed out, pulling Castiel closer until the other man was piratically straddling his hips and Castiel laughed softly, hiding his face in Dean's neck only to bite and suck at the skin there making Dean moan and wrap his arms tighter around Castiel's waist, his fingers gripping tightly as Castiel pulled away from Dean only to reach out and pull Dean's shirt from his frame, Dean sitting up at the last second to watch as Castiel pulled his own top off and throw it off to a corner of the room.
"Cas. Please stop being such a tease and fuck me now please."
It seemed that that was the right thing to say here as Castiel smiled wickedly and stood up before yanking his jeans and boxers off his slim frame and kicking his boots off so that they landed in a heap with everything else before Castiel re-situated himself above Dean, leaning in to kiss Dean lightly on the lips before continuing his assault as he kissed his way down Dean's chest before coming to a stop at Dean's trousers and popping the button open slowly and pressing his hand down on Dean's thigh as he yanked the zipper down and the next thing Dean knew he was completely naked as Castiel threw his clothes off into a corner of the room.
Castiel smiled quickly at Dean that second as he leaned back down, taking Dean's lips in his own whilst Dean could only grip his arms around Castiel's waist, letting his nails drag down and along Castiel's skin making the other man moan above him and bite Dean's lip before slowly reaching over to Dean's desk drawer and pulling out the small bottle of lube lying in the drawer and breaking away from the kiss to squirt some lube onto his hands, rubbing them together to warm them up before pressing a finger into Dean's tight hole and Dean moaned out aware that he was being so loud that he would probably wake the neighbours if he continued on like this.
"Shush Dean" Castiel uttered to him as he leaned up again, kissing Dean's lips with a frenzy as he slowly added a second and a third finger starting to stretch Dean out as Dean moaned again straight into Castiel's mouth and wrenched the other's mouth open with his tongue, making sure to bite down onto Castiel's tongue as Castiel hit his prostate and he found himself in an almost state of bliss until Castiel removed his fingers, obviously happy and pulled away from the kiss again, Dean whimpering at the loss of contact as Castiel squirted a little bit more lube out on his hands and slicking his cock up with the mixture.
"Cas!" Dean moaned gripping Castiel's hips again, pulling the other man towards him as Castiel slowly lined himself up with Dean's entrance and pushed in, Dean moaning once more at the feeling of Castiel deep inside him knowing that although he had experienced it over three times now, he still wasn't going to ever get used to the fact that Castiel was finally doing these things to him and it was proved as Castiel pulled back out again before pushing in again and starting to pick up a rhythm whilst all Dean found that he could do was scream in ecstasy as he felt himself coming close whilst keeping his hands on Castiel's waist, digging his fingernails in and breaking the skin as Castiel continued to move inside him when without warning Castiel moaned out loud and shot his seed into Dean, small words escaping him mouth.
"Oh... Fuck..."
And Dean found that there was nothing much more that he could do as he felt himself come without Castiel's touch for once and let himself smirk up at Castiel who was smiling back down at him with a look of post-happiness at what they had just shared once again as he slowly pulled out of Dean and rolled over onto his back, breathing heavily but keeping his eyes connected with that of Dean's own and running his hand down Dean's shoulder placing his hand onto Dean's arm suddenly and holding it there for a couple of seconds before pulling back once more and turning on his side to face to Dean who done the same, loving the feeling as Castiel wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him close, nipping Dean's bottom lip once and Dean couldn't help the small laugh that bubbled up inside of him as he kissed Castiel back, whilst in the back of his mind words that Gabriel had uttered to Dean not long before he had left Gabriel's house came back to him like a whisper on a cloud.
"You take good care of my little brother Dean Winchester. You make him happy."
And Dean vowed to himself that he would be that one. He would make Castiel happy for as long as he wanted.
Balthazar could just go and fuck himself.
A/N So that's the end of Chapter 11. So what did you guys think, did yous love it, did yous hate it? Let me know in you're reviews and I shall try to get chapter 12 written and posted up as soon as possible. Hope you enjoy and are eagerly awaiting the next chapter which shall see our boys doing something different.
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