"Hello, Mr. Lightwood. This is Dean. He's a... Friend of mine visiting town. I didn't want to leave him by himself, so I thought I'd have him help me watch Bianca..."
Mr. Lightwood straightened his crucifix tie pin. "Do I have to pay him, too?" He said jokingly, pointing at Dean. Cas shook his head. Mr. Lightwood winked. "Then it's fine." He headed for the door. "Bianca!" He called. "Cas is here! And he brought a friend!"
A little girl around the age of five with dark hair skipped into the living room, and hugged her dad's leg. "Bye, Dad!" Mr. Lightwood scooped his daughter up. "Bye, Bianca." He said. She kissed him on the cheek and turned around, reaching for Cas. Mr. Lightwood passed her off to Cas and walked out the door.
Bianca wrapped her arms around Cas's neck. "Cas!" Cas smiled. "Bianca!" She giggled and looked at Dean. "Who's that?" Cas grinned. "That is Dean." Dean waved. "Dean is one of the bravest, most loyal men I know. And my best friend..."
Dean smiled back. He felt a warm feeling from Cas's compliments. But it wasn't like he was going to blush or anything. He was a grown man, after all. Even though he felt like it. He had to admit, Cas looked adorable with the little girl. He also felt a pang of guilt for kicking him out of the bunker. Maybe...
Bianca gasped. "Cas! You wanna "Sonic Rainboom" again?" She said. Cas let her down. "Okay, you go turn it on." Dean raised an eyebrow at Cas. "What's "Sonic Rainboom"?" "It's an episode of My Little Pony!" Bianca explained. "You watch that show!?" Dean asked Cas, incredulous. "Apparently I'm what Charlie calls a "brony"..." Cas stated. "There's more of you?" "Charlie admires them for, quote, "sticking it to gender roles"..." "C'mon, Cas! It's loading!" Cas scurried to the living room, dragging Dean along, much to his chagrin.
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Cas looked at Dean, who sat there wide-eyed and slack-jawed at what he just saw. "What is it, Dean?" "D-did that little horse just pull off a sonic boom?" "Sonic RAINboom..." Bianca corrected. "Okay... That was actually kind of awesome..." Cas smiled. "Rainbow Dash is my favorite pony!" Bianca said gleefully. Dean smirked. "Really? And Cas, who's your favorite?"
"I have found Princess Luna to be my favorite. I empathize with her. She wants to make up for the mistakes she made in her past and move on from them. Plus, she is awkward at social things..." Dean looked at Cas with concern. He put his hand on Cas's shoulder. "For the love of...! He's describing a cartoon horse! WHY AM I GETTING ALL MISTY-EYED ABOUT HIM DESCRIBING A CARTOON HORSE!?" Dean thought.
Bianca spun around. "Are you guys boyfriends?" Dean's eyes widened. "Whoa! Where'd you get that idea?" Bianca stood up. "You act like my Uncle Alex. He has a boyfriend..." She stated, and skipped off. Dean was dumbstruck at the what the little girl said.
Cas started snickering. "And what's so funny, Cas?" Dean asked.
"Your face is very amusing right now..." Cas said, and started laughing.
Dean started laughing, too. He couldn't recall ever really hearing Cas genuinely laugh before.
He liked it.
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Charlie walked out of her room at about noon. Diana was sitting upside down on the couch, watching Netflix. "No, mate! Don't you dare not tell her... Spit it out... She needs to hear it..." She swore and threw the remote at the TV. "DOCTOR, YA BLOODY WOMBAT! This is why I prefer real life: my ships happen there..."
"Dude, careful! That's my TV..." Charlie protested. "Aw, relax, Chars. You're gonna be off to see the wizard soon, you won't need your TV..." Charlie looked around. "Where's Dean and Cas?"
"Brokeback Futon went to watch Bianca. You're welcome. They're probably, I dunno, imagining how awesome starting a family together will be..."
~0~
The smoke alarm was going off. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE WATCHING THE SPAGHETTI-OS, DEAN! YOU VOLUNTEERED TO COOK THEM!"
"I JUST SAID "I HAVEN'T HAD THESE SINCE I WAS A KID!" I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER!"
"You might want to hold off on having kids..." Bianca stated.
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About half an hour later, Charlie peered out the window and saw Mr. Lightwood walking down on the sidewalk. "Hey, Cas and Dean should be home soon..." Diana went up to the window. "Oh, if they're a couple when they get back, I'm so hooking him up with that nurse from 5B..." A beam of light suddenly appeared above Mr. Lightwood. His arms reached out and he looked up. Suddenly, the light was gone. Mr. Lightwood continued walking, only a little differently.
"That's... Not good, right?"
"No, Chars. No it isn't..."
"Should we go get...?"
"Heck no! I'm just a cupid and you have no angel blade. The boys can handle it. Besides," Diana added gleefully, "this might push them further together!" She clapped.
"...Okay, NOW you're starting to scare me..."