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The twins stood just staring at each other. To them, it seemed like eternity. Jimmy's wife put a hand on his shoulder, whispering something that Dean assumed was, "you should go talk to him." Dean nudged Castiel but still, the staring contest did not break between them.
"Hey, Gabe?" Dean asked.
"Yeah?" Gabriel asked, raising an eyebrow at the older Winchester.
"What did you say about Jimmy and the big brother speech?" Dean asked.
"I didn't say anything about Jimmy," Gabriel said after thinking for a minute.
"Why not? What's wrong with him and Cas?" Dean frowned.
"Dunno. It's a twin thing," Gabriel said.
"Uncle Castiel!" Jimmy's daughter said, running to hug Castiel. "I missed you." She wrapped her arms tight around his waist. Castiel looked startled, his attention being torn from his twin for a moment. His hands hung loosely at his sides and he looked back up at his twin, eyes wide like he was unsure of what to do. Jimmy made a motion of his hands wrapping around a pretend child and mouthed something to Castiel. Castiel copied the motion, albeit hesitantly.
"I… missed you too, Claire," Castiel said.
"Claire, let go of your uncle. You know how he is with people," Jimmy said, laying a hand on his daughter's shoulder. Claire released her uncle's waist, pouting slightly.
"Hey, kiddo. What about your uncle Gabriel?" Gabriel asked, saving the moment by holding his arms out. "What about me? Did you miss me?" Claire smiled and hugged her other uncle.
"Hey, Cas," Jimmy said.
"Hello, Jimmy," Castiel said. "Amelia." he added as an almost afterthought.
"Hi, Castiel," Amelia smiled. "So you're back." Castiel nodded and they stood there in awkward silence.
"Hi, I'm Dean, the mailman. This is my brother Sam," Dean said, shaking their hands.
"I'm Jimmy. This is my wife, Amelia, and our daughter Claire," Jimmy said.
"Castiel, Jimmy, it's like seeing two final pieces of the puzzle being put together,"
"Michael," Jimmy said. Castiel stepped closer to his brother and niece, standing almost completely in front of Dean.
"Now don't be like that, Castiel," a new man came up.
"Great, it's Zachariah," Gabriel said. "Yay, isn't this a great family reunion? Where Anna, Lucifer, Uriel, and Raphael? We can throw a party. You know, family get together. It's been God-knows-how-long since we've had one of those. Well, I'm going to go get one of those delicious chocolate marshmallows before it starts to get ugly. Sam, why don't you join me?" He didn't give Sam a chance to say no as he grabbed his wrist, pulling him along.
"So, Castiel, who is this?" Michael asked.
"Obviously, it's Dean, Michael. Haven't you heard Cupid going around or the news circulating around the family? I honestly thought that Uriel might have been joking but…" Zachariah sighed and did some fancy flourish with his hand. "As you can see…"
"Brother," Castiel said, his voce sharp. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't use Uriel's choice of words." Zachariah and Michael examined their younger brother.
"Trying to preserve the peace, Castiel?" a redhead came up, kissing Castiel on the cheek bodily before kissing Jimmy's and slinging an arm around Castiel. "Hi, you must be Dean. I'm Anna, their sister."
"Anna. I didn't expect to see you here," Zachariah said, his voice tense.
"It's always good to see family," Michael said.
"Oh, drop the peace crap, Michael," Anna said. "You'd better not be giving Cas crap."
"They're not, Anna," Castiel said.
"Meow," Dean whispered to both twins. Jimmy smiled at him and he never would have known Castiel acknowledged that he heard him if he hadn't seen the roll of his eyes.
"Why wasn't I invited to the party?" Lucifer asked, walking up to his brothers and sister. "My feelings are hurt." There was something weird about this family that Dean couldn't quite put his finger on. They were openly hostile with each other but they weren't. It was something else that they weren't saying and it was causing tension between them.
"What are you doing here?" Raphael asked, looking pointedly at Dean.
"I invited him," Castiel said.
"How's the seven year search going for father?" Raphael asked. "Or have you finally given up? You've stayed with Dean this long but how much longer are you going to be in town-" And Jimmy lunged forward to grab Raphael's tie and pull him into a punch.
"Jimmy!" Amelia shouted.
"Daddy!" Anna pulled her sister n' law and Claire back, pushing them behind her. Dean could instantly tell that Jimmy was not that strong. Could you say 'tax accountant'? His suspicions were confirmed when Raphael easily caught Jimmy's wrist and bent it painfully. In that split second, Castiel lunged forward, punching Raphael's face with one hand and tearing Jimmy's hand out of Raphael's grip. Dean moved forward to grab Castiel and pull him away from Raphael to stop them from causing each other more bodily harm but someone laid a firm hand on Dean's shoulder, stopping him.
"Chuckles?" Dean asked.
"Let Michael and Lucifer handle this," Uriel said. Jimmy was pulled into the arms of his wife and daughter although he was still on the floor, one hand around Claire's waist and the other was holding his wife's hand. Dean turned his attention to the fighting brothers. Raphael had long since recovered from the punch and Castiel had taken a few punches of his own and had definitely dealt Raphael more. They shoved at each other, falling to the floor and then getting back up. Michael stepped forward then, literally in between the range of the two punches, looking completely calm, as if the punches weren't about to hit him.