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Jess took Cas to the dining room where they had set up the downstairs changing station. It had become rather apparent early on that they needed one and as such she had made Sam go out, buy it and put together. Once Cas had put her daughter down and got to work, making it look as if it was so easy she broached the subject she really wanted to know about, one she also knew her husband would want to know about as well. Namely her brother-in-law's relationship with this man.
"So you and Dean, hu? How long has that been going on?" She asked cheerfully, though she knew that it wasn't that long. Dean hadn't said anything about this development the last time they had seen him after all.
"Not long." Castiel replied with a small smile as he thought over the whirlwind that had been his relationship with Dean. It really hadn't been long, but if felt… right somehow. He didn't really want to go into thinking about the how right now. He would wait until he wasn't surrounded by his boyfriend and his family before he looked into what had happened over the last few days.
"But it's going well?" Jess asked hoping to get Cas to talk more about it. See if she could find out his exact feelings for Dean.
"Yes very. Dean is … an amazing human being." Castiel replied his eyes glazing over slightly as he remembered the conversation in the field. Not what he had talked about, but how Dean had responded. How he would go with whatever Cas wanted them to be. That was the actions of a selfless man if he ever met one.
"Yeah I agree with that. I know he has been a great brother to Sam." Jess responded getting the same misty eyed expression, though hers was more at the thought of her husband than his brother, which was good really.
"And vice versa from what I hear. It's good that they are so close. Brothers should be close I think." Castiel replied with a smile bringing them both back to the here and now.
"I agree. Are you close with yours?" Jess asked wondering more about Cas' family. She vaguely remembered the doctor Novak that had come to see her just after she had given birth, but to be honest she wasn't all there at that time.
"Gabriel? We live together." Castiel replied with a chuckle. He wasn't sure you could get any closer than that.
"Oh well, that could be too close." Jess answered with a chuckle of her own. It was bad enough when Dean came and stayed with them for holidays sometimes. Those two could bicker for the US if they put their minds to it. She sometimes liked to ask if they were the ones who were married rather than her and Sam.
"It could be, but it isn't too bad. I love him and he loves me. He is the best brother I could ever hope to have." Castiel replied with certainty. After everything Gabriel had done for him, he wasn't sure how he would ever replay that. Even if he did on occasion feel like killing the man.
"Do you have any other siblings?" Jess asked investigating further. The more she found out the more she could tell Sam when he asked. And he would ask, of that she was sure. He would want to know everything there was about the guy who was close to his brother.
"I have sister, but I haven't seen her for a long time." Castiel replied not really looking at her any more. That was something he didn't want to talk about. He hadn't reached out to any of his family since his return, though he guessed Gabriel would have informed him that he was living with him now. There had been no communication between him and the rest of the Novak's for a decade now.
"Why not?" Jess asked a frown on her face. What would cause someone not to keep in contact with his family? Because it was clear to her that family meant something to Cas.
"Things happened. There we are. One clean diaper for your little princess." Castiel said clanging the subject as he closed up Mary's baby grow. Making Jess realise there were some things that he did not want to discuss. She could understand that. They had only just met after all.
With that Castiel and Jess returned to the living room to find Dean and Sam sitting on the couch discussing some sport thing, Castiel didn't really know. But as soon as Dean saw him return he jumped up with a massive smile on his face. Though Castiel was unsure if it was because of him, or if because of the baby he had in his arms. Either way it was a smile he found he liked seeing on Dean's face. One of pure unadulterated happiness. It made him smile in return.
With that the four of them settled down for an afternoon of talking and a game of pass the baby. It was a good relaxing time, and when Dean and Cas left as evening started to draw in, Sam pulled his wife against his chest as they watched the impala roar off down the road.
"I think he's good for him don't you?" He asked into her hair with a smile at the fun time he had had in both Dean and Cas' company.
"I think they are good for each other." Jess replied before turning in his arms and kissing him gently. With that they went back to the livingroom and their sleeping daughter, both happy that Dean seemed to have found someone who cared for him as much as they did.