Epilogue

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Dean woke up with the familiar feeling of a warm body in his arms. He smiled and lowered his head to kiss the mass of dark hair, not bothering to open his eyes until he heard a deep throaty chuckle. When he did open his eyes, they met with dark blue ones and he smiled lazily. Cas reached up and kissed Dean's lips softly. Their mouths opened and their tongues danced. Cas rolled them over so he was on top of his boyfriend and he kissed down his body. He licked at Dean's nipples and it drew out a soft whimper from his boyfriend's mouth, he moved his mouth to kiss and nip at every part of skin in sight. He got to Dean's arms and kissed slowly down the strong muscles until he neared the scars on Dean's wrists. His kisses to that part of Dean's skin were always softer and caring, the scars were a reminder of everything Dean had been through and everything he'd overcome. Cas sat up suddenly at sounds coming from downstairs which alerted them to the fact they were no-longer alone in the house.

Dean lifted himself up onto his elbows and looked over at his alarm clock. It was almost eleven o'clock, they'd slept later then they'd thought. The teenagers both groaned at the same time, got out of bed and got changed.

Dean and Cas wandered down the stairs towards the kitchen and the family in there turned to smile at them. It had been over three months since Dean had left the hospital and the time had flown by. Ellen stood at the hob with a frying pan and making pancakes while Bobby and Sam sat at the table, Jo was standing up against the counter on her phone.

"Hey boys" Ellen greeted them as she plated some pancakes and gave them to Bobby with a kiss. The two adults had met pretty much straight away and started dating after about a week. After a little while Bobby and Sam would start sleeping over at their house on a Friday night to give Dean and Cas some time by themselves.

"Dean!" Sam cried out happily after finishing off his plate of pancakes, "Bobby's our Dad now!" The boy said and Dean turned to look at his pseudo Father who smiled and lifted up a large brown envelope.

"Papers came through today"

Dean grinned from ear to ear as he sat down at the table. He didn't know what to say; Bobby had helped him so much over the past few months. He'd talked Dean into not only going to his psychiatrist, but also to the police. He'd stood with him during John's trial and been there for him when he confronted the man in jail. And it wasn't just himself who he'd taken in, but also Sam; both boys were equally as messed up, but Bobby love them anyway. For Dean, there was no question about the man being his Father, he had been for the past three months.

He tried desperately for a way to tell Bobby what he was thinking but the words didn't come. It was okay though because the older man already knew.

Cas sat down on the other side of Dean and they held hands under the table, saying thanks to Ellen as she plated their pancakes.

"What time are you heading out?" Ellen asked them as she sat down with her own breakfast.

"After breakfast. We're going over to Cas's so he can get ready then we're off to the concert" Dean replied excitedly. He'd been waiting for this Iron Maiden concert for months now and it was finally here. Jo huffed a laugh at her friend and, maybe, one day step brother and he turned to glare at her. But she wasn't really paying attention anymore. She was staring at her phone, waiting. Then two seconds later a very quiet text alert went off and she started typing a reply. Dean automatically took up the big brother role of embarrassing his, maybe, one day younger sibling. "Who you texting?" Dean asked Jo as she smiled down at her phone, but before she can answer with 'none of your business', or probably something similar involving rude language and swear words, her Mum answered for her.

"She has a boyfriend… though she wont tell me who it is." Dean, Sam and Cas shared a look.

"It's Ash" they answered in synchronicity.

"How do you know?" Jo asked at the same time her Mum muttered something about killing that damned boy.

"Well he's been in love with you since third grade" Cas answered around a mouthful of pancakes and Dean huffed a laugh at his boyfriend, kissing him on the cheek. Jo blushed slightly and then retreated into the living room. Several minutes later Dean and Cas were finished with their pancakes and so said goodbye to everyone and left Bobby's house. Which now, Dean supposed, was also his house. They walked over the drive towards the shiny black muscle car and Dean grinned. The Impala had been John's but was taken away from him once he was done for credit card scams on top of everything else. Then the car had been up for sale. And even though there were a lot of bad memories associated with the Impala, there were also a lot of very good ones. And so Dean had bought it, because he wanted to remember them all. He needed the car to remind him of how bad his life had been, so that he could see how far he'd come; they were as much a reminder as the scars on his wrists. That and it was beautiful. He loved this car more than most people.

Dean sat in his baby and ran his hands over the steering wheel as Cas sat in the passenger seat.

"You done fondling the car?" Cas said with a smirk and Dean shrugged.

"That depends… do I get to fondle you instead"

"If you're lucky" Cas replied and leaned in towards his boyfriend, capturing his lips for a split second. "I love you"

"I love you too"

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A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing. This is probably the last chapter but I have an idea for a second Epilogue that takes place in say ten to fifteen years time. I'm not sure whether to write it or not because it won't be very long at all.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed this fic. I really can't tell you how much I love to read them.