11 (present day)
"No." Dean said pointing to the offending creature in Castiel's rain soaked trench coat.
"Dean…" Cas's voice was pleading but Dean just crossed his arms and shook his head.
"No, no animals in the bunker. Especially not that…thing!" he said looking at the cat who was struggling in Cas's arms. The little tabby was rough looking Snow had to admit that but Cas seemed to adore the little mess.
"Come on Dean, look at the poor thing." Sam said siding with Castiel.
"I did and I don't like it." Dean said. Cas finally lost grip on the cat and he jumped to the floor. He shook himself out, his tattered ears and matted coat dripping on to the floor but he sat and began to clean himself.
"See Dean, he likes it here already." Snow tried to help Cas.
"I don't care. We can't keep every stray…thing, that likes it here." Dean argued.
"You kept me." Cas pointed out. He was looking at Dean with the sappiest puppy dog eyes that Snow had ever seen and even Sam looked impressed with him.
"Dammit Cas!" Dean said throwing this hands in the air.
"I'll look after him Dean, you won't even know he's here. I'll make sure he never makes a mess, I'll keep him in my room so you won't have to deal with him. Please?" Cas pleaded but Dean was already turned and walking away shaking his head.
"Goddamned mangy cat will be shitting all over the place, yowling to go outside! I ain't dealing with it. You keep him out of my way Cas, I'm serious!" he shouted from the hall and Cas was beaming. He scooped up the little cat and tried to snuggle him but claws swiped at his face.
"Now Cat, thats not nice." he scolded the cat and the feline actually looked apologetic. Cas walked from the room, talking to Cat seriously and Sam began to chuckle.
"I knew he'd get something eventually, but I always hoped it'd be a dog." Sam said putting his arm around Snow and pulling her against him.
"I just hope Cas can keep him away from Dean." Snow shook her head and wound her arms around Sam's waist.
"CAS!" Dean's voice boomed from the kitchen and suddenly the little tabby cat was streaking across the floor with Castiel chasing him. Sam and Snow burst into laughter.
It was four days later when Castiel came searching into the kitchen where Snow as baking a pie. Apples were in season and Dean had brought her an entire bushel with pleas for pies, tarts, jellies, jams, anything and everything apple.
"What's wrong angel?" Snow asked the man as he began to look under the tables and behind doors.
"Cat is missing." he said obviously concerned.
"Have you asked Dean?" Snow asked him only half jokingly. Dean wasn't actively threatening the straggly creature any more but they still glared at each other at every chance.
"You don't think…" Cas looked at her and she shook her head.
"No, he wouldn't do that Castiel. Try looking in the dungeon, maybe he found a way in." she suggested and he trailed off in that direction. It was still so weird for her to think about the dungeon, with its demon warded chains and traps. Dean had shown it to her once and it still gave her shivers. The Men of Letters were onto some unsavoury shit.
"You what?!" Castiel's voice boomed from the hall and Snow rushed out to see what was happening.
"I was coming in from outside and he just ran past me Cas, I'm sorry." Dean was apologizing quickly and Cas looked on the verge of smiting him.
"What? Whats going on?" Snow asked quickly as Dean kept apologizing to the very angry angel.
"He let Cat go." Cas said. Snow looked at Dean and he was giving her a save me look.
"I had my hands full, I couldn't just drop everything to chase after a damned cat." Dean was explaining. Cas looked angrier and angrier at every word.
"It was my cat Dean, you could have at least tried to stop him." Cas was growling now.
"I'm sorry Cas, I really am." Dean apologized some more.
"I don't care." Cas said and with a flutter of wings he was gone. Dean looked at Snow and she shook her head.
"You better get to grovelling man." she sighed and went back to her pies.
