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Castiel had originally picked up this book because a name in the title had caught his eye. It reminded him of someone he had known quite some time ago. Well, it seemed long ago because so much had happened since then, but it was not a long time really, not in the way angels counted time in the many millennia since they first came into being.
Cas studied the cover thoughtfully. The book was entitled "We Need To Talk About Kevin." They had never talked about Kevin, not really. He had gotten a phone call from a very emotional Dean and a request to help expel the angel Gadreel from Sam. So much had happened immediately after Kevin, what with the fight to bring down Metatron and Dean being overtaken by the Mark of Cain and becoming a demon - Kevin had ceased to exist except in distant memory. Perhaps this book would revive some of the better memories they had shared with the young prophet...
20 minutes later, Cas set the book back on the shelf, certain there must be a more cheerful book somewhere on the shelf. This book was not about Kevin, not their Kevin at least! He would just pick something else... He scanned the book titles, searching for something about relaxation. Wasn't that what humans were supposed to do on vacations? Perhaps a DVD instead? He was sure he could work out how to operate the DVD player, it couldn't be that difficult, humans did it all the time!
He was startled when the door opened and Sam and Dean came upstairs - Cas hadn't heard the car pull up outside. The enticing smell of melting cheese and pepperoni wafted through the living room as a grinning Dean set a large pizza box on the dining table and swiped a beer from the fridge.
"You hungry Cas?" Dean asked, lifting the lid of the box so that the delicious smell filled the entire room.
"I don't get hungry." Castiel said, incredulous that Dean could have forgotten this small detail.
"You'll try some though, won't you Cas?" Sam said, turning those big hazel eyes on the angel.
"Uh... Of course." Castiel agreed.
"I'll get some plates." Sam volunteered. Dean immediately protested that they didn't need plates to eat pizza, not wanting to have to do the washing up on his vacation.
Sam ignored him and served the pizza on plates despite his brother. Dean rolled his eyes, but didn't argue, too keen for a delicious pizza to really be bothered about dishes.
The trio settled on the sofa to eat while Dean flicked through the channels on the flat screen TV, finally settling on "Walker - Texas Ranger." Dean seemed to find the show highly entertaining, laughing often and more freely than Castiel or Sam had seen him in a long time. It was a nice feeling, the angel thought, sitting there eating their way through a deluxe meat lovers pizza - the garlic bread had been forgotten on the table. It was rare to see Sam and Dean so relaxed, not covered in blood and bruises for once. If only moments like this could last forever, Castiel thought wistfully, savoring this rare moment of peace for the remainder of the TV episode which involved a thrilling gunfight and Walker saving the day again...