Into your arms
Authors note: Here it is! The second to last chapter before it's all over. Thank you to those who took the time to review. It meant a lot to me. Let me know if you want a shout out in the final chapter! And I'm always open for PMs to talk
"Cas!," Dean screamed into the crowd of fans that awaited outside E! News studio in Los Angeles. He lifted his neck to see over the onlookers. He watched as a dark mop of hair walked out of the side door.
"Cas!" Dean screamed while cupping his hands around his mouth to echo his desperate calls. Cas couldn't hear him and continued to walk with his head down to the black SUV a few feet away.
"Dammit!," he groaned and backed up quickly out of the growing crowd. He took off running to the car screaming Cas's name every second. He realized that he probably sounded like the rest of the hundreds of people that were also screaming his name.
He saw the car come closer and closer into view. His lungs were screaming from all the exertion he was putting on them but he couldn't care more about it.
He was getting so close to the car where so many memories were made. He cheered himself on mentally as he dodged people left and right. Dean doesn't think he's had this much exercise since the police academy.
He was almost there when a large arm pushed his chest and he was thrown onto his ass. He looked up to see a mountain of a man standing over him with his arms crossed. "I don't think so, pal," he muttered.
Dean jumped to his feet quickly and saw Cas a few feet from him with his head still down low. His eyes darted back to his new assigned security, "Look, Castiel Novak is my boyfriend. I need to talk to him!"
The large man laughed and shook his head. "Do you know how many times I've heard that?"
Dean rolled his eyes and inwardly groaned. "I'm serious! Cas! Castiel! It's Dean!," he screamed as Cas walked very close near him.
He reached out bravely and gripped Cas's upper arm with his hand. Cas's head shot up and he made eye contact with Dean. Dean was taken back but not by the eye contact. He was taken back by the large man gripping his arm and twisting his arm behind his back painfully.
Dean let out a pained cry and looked down at his feet. He looked back up and saw Cas still staring at him. He pleaded with his eyes to let him talk to him.
Cas grabbed the security guards arms and pushed him off of Dean. "It's okay. I know him," he nodded at Dean.
The man looked between Cas and Dean and nodded before using his outstretched arms as a barricade for the fans that migrated their way over from he door.
Cas turned to Dean and gave him his best icy glare. Dean felt chills run through his spine. If only looks could kill. "What are you doing here, Dean?," he asked coldly.
"I quit the police force," he stated simply.
Cas crossed his arms and raised and eyebrow but still managed to look distant and unamused. "And?," he asked with no interest.
Dean shoved his hands inside his Jean pockets and felt the small black box between his index and thumb. He rubbed it gently to build his confidence. "And after that I bought a plane ticket to Illinois."
Cas raised both his eyebrows in surprise, "I don't know what you're trying to tell me."
Dean sighed nervously and ran a shaking hand through his hair. It was now or never. "I'm trying to tell you that I am head over fucking heels in love with you. I have been since I looked into those blue eyes of yours two weeks ago. I was a goner since the moment we met and I know I screwed everything up. I tried to conform into this image that my father wanted me to be. But I couldn't. And you taught me that it's okay to be yourself and it's okay to be different. When you were finding yourself, I felt like I was living for the first time. And I can't imagine losing you. These last five days have been the worst days of my entire life," he said as he looked Cas in the eyes.
Cas's face gave away no emotion that he was feeling but he hasn't told Dean to go to hell yet either so that was a good sign. He felt a raindrop hit his head and he looked up quickly to see the rain begin to fall.
He let out a laugh and Cas laughed along with him, breaking out into the smile that Dean had ached to see. His clothes were damp and sticking to his skin but seeing the smile on Cas's face was worth it. Let's see if it can get bigger.
"I love you, you idiot!," he yelled over the loud noise of the steady downpour. "I want to have children with you and grow old together and eat all the damn spaghetti that we can!"
Cas's eyes crinkled as he threw his head back with laughter. "You're an idiot, Dean Winchester."
Dean laughed and nodded. "So what do you say, Cas?"
He dropped to one knee and pulled out the small velvet box and opened it to reveal a classic gold wedding band. Cas's eyes grew to the size of saucers as he brought his hands up to cover his mouth. "Oh my God!," he cried.
Dean smiled even wider. This was it. "Will you marry me, Cas?"
The crowd of people were still standing there in anticipation of his answer. They all were soaked to the core and the rain showed no signs of slowing down.
Cas said nothing as he continued to stare at the ring in Deans hand. Its only been ten seconds but it felt like an eternity to Dean.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!," the crowd chanted over and over as they moved their fists up and down in sync.
Cas dropped onto his knees in front of Dean. "Yes!," he screamed and wrapped his arms around Dean.
The crowd exploded into cheers and cries while Cas found Deans lips. It felt like time stopped as they were reunited.
It was as if the rain itself even paused for a brief moment. They kissed each other like the world depended on it or as if this was goodbye. But it was so much more than that. This was hello. It was hello to new beginnings and the new chapter in their lives and Dean was all in for this crazy ride as long as Cas was by his side.
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"God. I still can't believe we're engaged," Dean said blissfully as he laid peacefully next to Cas in their bed. Their bed. It still felt odd on his tongue but he liked it.
Cas smiled, "And I can't believe that you proposed to me in the rain. You're such a sap."
"And I can't believe I live in fucking Pontiac, Illinois now," he groaned sarcastically.
"Oh, you love it here! You get up at five every morning just to go to the farmers market," Cas pointed out.
"You're right. I do," Dean smiled cheesily
Cas laid on his pillow next to Deans and intertwined their hands together in between them. "I love you," Cas smiled.
Dean kissed his hand. "I love you, too."
They stared at each other for the rest of the night. Neither one of them wanting to fall asleep first. The only sounds were their steady breaths and 'I love you's. Cas felt like he had a sense of purpose and for the first time in his life, he knew everything was going to be okay.