Author's note: Hi y'all!

Sorry you had to wait so long for this chapter. Guess who got jury duty and couldn't write for a while? That's right, me. Oh the joys of being an adult. Anyway, I'm sure y'all have been dying to know how Cas's family reacted to his little announcement, so I worked as fast as I could. Also, there are a few song lyrics at the end of this chapter from the song Earth Angel by The Penguins. I highly recommend you look it up because it's one of my favorite 50s songs.

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Enjoy!

"What did you say?" Cas's father asked in a dangerously quiet voice.

Cas took in a shaky breath and repeated himself. "I said the rumors about me are true."

"Son, let me get this straight. Are you telling me you're gay?" He was still using that dangerously quiet voice that reminded Cas of a dormant volcano about to blow.

"Yes, sir," Cas managed to say.

"Get out of my house, boy. You are a vile sinner. You are not my son."

Balthazar decided to cut in just then. "Don't you think that's a little harsh?"

That comment was what made the volcano blow. "Don't defend him, Balthazar! He is soiling our good family name!" their father roared. "Castiel, I said, GET OUT!"

Cas stood up quickly and took one last look at his family. His mother was crying, his father looked murderous, Anna was in shock, and Samandriel was looking at him with pity. Balthazar was the only one not looking at him because he was glaring at their father. Cas only stood there for a moment before bolting to the door while holding back tears. Once he was on the front porch, he stopped and broke down crying. They hadn't reacted any worse than he expected, but he couldn't help crying anyway.

After a moment he had a strong desire to go to Dean's house. He was an outcast at school and shunned by his own family, so where else could he go?

He heard some arguing coming form inside the house ending with his father shouting, "Then you can leave, too!" Balthazar came out the door moments later.

"Come on, Cas," he said. "Let's go." Cas took a few deep breaths and managed to calm down. He got in the car with Balthazar and they started driving back home.

"Thanks for sticking up for me, Balthazar."

"No need to thank me, Cassie. Our father was being completely unreasonable. What was I supposed to do?"

The rest of the ride was mostly spent in silence. Cas couldn't help crying most of the way, but they were silent tears. When they started getting close to town, Cas asked Balthazar if he could drop him off at Dean's instead of his dorm. When they got there, Cas made sure he wiped all his tears away before opening the door.

"Cas?" Dean asked, sitting up as quickly as he could without hurting himself.

"Cas is here?" Sam asked, coming out of the kitchen.

"Hello, Dean," Cas said. "Hello, Sam."

"Cas, have you been crying?" Dean asked. "Are you all right?"

Cas locked his jaw and blinked back tears. He did't want to cry in front of Dean, but he knew if he opened his mouth to answer he'd start sobbing. So he just shook his head. No, he was definitely not all right.

"Come sit down, Cas. tell us what happened," Dean said, patting the spot next to him on the couch. Cas came and sat down.

"I told my family that I'm gay, and my father called me a vile sinner and kicked me out. Balthazar was the only one who stood up for me. He's the one who drove me here." Dean gave Cas a hug, causing him to wince.

"Don't move too much, Dean," Sam scolded.

"Sorry, he told Sam. Then he said to Cas, "Who needs fathers anyway? I didn't need mine. And if God was real, I can't believe he'd call someone like you a vile sinner."

"Thank you, Dean." Cas leaned his head against Dean's shoulder and they were silent for a few moments.

"I'm gonna go hang with Jess," Sam said, getting up to leave.

"Okay, Cas said.

"Why don't we turn on the radio?" Dean suggested when he was gone. Cas agreed, so Dean reached over and turned it on. Cas snuggled up to Dean as they listened to the last few bars of a song. Then Earth Angel came on and Dean began to sing along softly in Cas's ear.

"Earth angel, earth angel
Will you be mine?
My darling dear,
Love you all the time.
I'm just a fool,
A fool in love with you.

Earth angel, earth angel
The one I adore.
Love you forever and ever more.
I'm just just a fool,
A fool in love with you..."