*Haha I'm so sorry guys! Life just got a little crazy... School and work just took most of my time... But I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the end of this chapter and for all of next chapter... Next chapter is going to be a very dark chapter, I'll put warnings in the beginning of it.
A couple of weeks went by since Dean's break down and he was slowly getting back to his normal self. The only plus side of his little 'funk' was he had a new painting to take to the museum and Mr. Murray loved it. The painting was a giant maple tree with the leaves changing colors, "Dean, this is wonderful! It's down right beautiful." Mr. Murray awed at the painting, "thank you sir. It's one of my favorites as well." Dean said blushing a little at the praise.
"Oh and before I go hang this up in the gallery, someone has contacted me and they are wondering if you would to a painting for them, they've seen your work and they're amazed." Mr. Murray said, "wh-what? Who?" Dean asked, "Her name is Myrtle Parks, she's 76 and she loves Cherry Blossoms. She would very much appreciate if you would paint some for her, she's willing to pay your $500 for it." he explained and Dean had to sit down "$500 dollars for a painting. Oh my god, of course I'd love to! N-not just because of the money but…" Dean trailed off.
"Great, I'll let her know and when do you think you'd be able to get it done?" Mr. Murray asked, "uh, maybe by middle of next month if I sit down and concentrate on it." Dean said already thinking of ways to paint it. "Great. I'll give her a call now." Mr. Murray said and Dean nodded before getting to work. The rest of the day went by quickly and by time Dean got home he was practically vibrating with happiness.
Dean had swung by the mall real quick to get the canvases he needed and the right paint for the painting. When Dean pulled into the driveway he noticed Bobby's truck was in the driveway, he walked inside and was met by the smell of burgers, "oh man it smells amazing in here." Dean moaned, making his way to the kitchen.
"There you are. You're usually home by now." Cas said taking the bag of paint and brushes from Dean, "yeah I know, I shoulda called, I needed to get these things for a new painting." Dean smiled setting the canvases down. "For the museum?" Ellen asked putting together a salad, "no. Uh, Mr. Murray told me today that an older lady wants me to paint her something and she'd pay me $500 for it!" Dean said grinning, "$500?! Dean that's amazing!" Cas yelled and pulled Dean in for a hug and quick kiss, "I know, I'm excited, she wan't Cherry Blossoms so I've got an idea already rattling around in my brain." Dean said, "I'll help you carry these down." Cas said gesturing to the art supplies.
When they came back upstairs, Dean picked Henry up from the his swing that Cas must of brought up from the basement. "Where's mom?" he asked, "she ran to the store to get some more things for the salad, she should be home soon." Ellen said, already setting the table. Sure enough a few minutes later the front door opened and Mary came in with a couple of bags. "Hey mom." Dean greeted and kissed her cheek as she walked by. "Hi sweetie. How was work?" She asked while setting the bags on the island. "Good, I've got some good news." Dean smiled "oh really?" Mary grinned. "Yeah, Mr. Murray told me today that some older lady liked one of my paintings and wants me to paint her some Cherry Blossoms for her home, she said she'd pay me $500 when it's finished!" Dean said. "Oh Dean! That's wonderful!" Mary said and gave her son a hug, minding the baby in his arms.
Once the burgers were done, everyone sat down at the table and started to eat, Dean with one hand so he could continue holding Henry. "Dean, you can put him in his swing you know." Cas said after a slice of tomato fell out of Dean's burger, "yeah I know but I don't want to. I haven't seen him all day." Dean pouted but sighed after another piece of tomato fell. He got up and strapped Henry in, making sure he was content before sitting back down.
"Bobby, those burgers were amazing." Dean said when he and Ellen were getting ready to leave, "didn't make 'em any different than usual." he chuckled but gave his nephew a hug and tickled Henry's tummy before walking out, "let me know how that painting's going honey." Ellen smiled and gave Dean a kiss on the cheek before giving Cas a hug and kiss to Sam and Henry. "I will." Dean smiled and waved at his aunt and uncle before taking the pup downstairs to nurse him.
"Have any ideas about the painting yet?" Cas asked, settling in next to Dean and watched his son nurse, "yeah, that's why I bought the three canvases." Dean said, leaning into Cas' side. "How bout when we put Henry down we take a nice hot bath and I'll rub your back after." Cas said softly and Dean hummed in agreement.
They gave Henry a quick bath and got him ready for bed, "goodnight big guy. Love you." Dean whispered and kissed his forehead before laying him in the crib. "I'll go start the bath." Cas whispered after kissing his son's forehead and Dean nodded and sat in the rocker to wait for Henry to fall asleep. Dean quietly got up from the rocker a few minutes later and closed the door.
Cas just finished butting some Lavender bath salts in the hot water when Dean came up and wrapped his arms around his waist. "He asleep?" Cas asked, "mmhmm." Dean hummed and kissed the back of Cas' neck. "Off." Dean mumbled, tugging on Cas' shirt. They quickly removed their clothing and settled in the hot water, "oh my god." Dean moaned and relaxed into Cas. "It feels good doesn't it." Cas sighed and wrapped his arm around Dean's waist.
The two laid there quietly enjoying the silence until the water turned cold. "Come on, I think I promised someone a back rub." Cas said quietly helping his mate out of the tub. "That you did." Dean grinned and began drying off, he pulled on a pair of boxers and went to check on Henry real quick before going to the bedroom.
Cas was laying on the bed in his boxers scrolling through Facebook on his phone when Dean came back in. "He still asleep?" he asked setting his phone on the nightstand. "Yep, should hopefully stay asleep for another hour or so." Dean said while crawling up the bed and laid on his stomach. He felt Cas straddle his back and start rubbing, Dean let out a small moan, "jesus Cas, you're good at that." he mumbled and closed his eyes.
"Just relax." Cas whispered and rubbed a little harder near Dean's shoulders, earning a groan from the omega. A few minutes later, the scent of apples filled the air, Cas moaned a little and stopped the massage, "you're really enjoying this aren't you Dean?" he asked and leaned down to nibble on the mating mark made almost a year ago. "Fucking hell Cas." Dean moaned and pushed up into his mate.
Cas could feel the wetness through both their boxers and he could feel himself growing harder. He started grinding his erection on Dean's ass and they both moaned, "Cas, please." Dean whimpered, "I need you." "I've got you." Cas whispered and reached into the night stand to grab a condom before removing them of their boxers.
He rolled the condom on and slowly and worked Dean open. As soon as Dean was stretched, Cas pushed in slowly. "Oh god, you're so tight Dean." Cas moaned once he was in all the way, "shut up and fuck me." Dean groaned and pushed back against Cas. Listening to his mate, Cas pulled out almost all the way before slamming back in causing Dean to moan louder.
As Cas picked up the pace they both heard a whimper through the baby monitor causing them both to stop their movements and listen. Henry let out a few more whimpers before it was silent again, Dean let out the breath he didn't know he had been holding, "talk about a cock block." He chuckled but it was quickly turned into a gasp when Cas slammed into him again. "Jesus Cas a little warning next time." Dean panted but got a growl in response.
An hour later they cleaned themselves up a little and Dean went to go check on Henry, he pushed the door open slowly and quietly walked over to the crib where Henry was sleeping. Dean stood there for a few minutes watching his son sleep, still almost not believing that he was real and how it was possible to love someone so much. He let out a quiet sigh and retreated back to his room, "he still asleep?" Cas asked, now situated under the covers with a book, "yeah he's out. I think he was just having a weird dream earlier." Dean replied grabbing a t-shirt and slid into bed next to Cas.
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"Dean!" Mr. Murray called after Dean as he was getting ready to leave for the day, "yes Mr. Murray?" Dean asked stopping and turning around so he could face his boss. "Here's your invitation to the gala in a few weeks." Mr. Murray said handing Dean a fancy looking envelope. "I get to attend the gala?" Dean asked in shock, "well of course, we're auctioning off two of your paintings and 3 of your photos. It'd be nice if the artist was there." Mr. Murray said and winked. "Oh, uh of course." Dean blushed a little and looked down at his feet, "bring your mate too, I'd like to get to know him a little better." Mr. Murray said as he walked away.
Dean picked up Henry from Bobby and Ellen's since Cas and Mary also had to work and Sam was at Jess's. Dean knocked real quick before entering and walked to the living room. "Hey guys." Dean greeted, "hi." Bobby and Ellen both answered, "where's Jo?" Dean asked, "with Ash somewhere." Ellen said waving her hand in the air. "How was work sweetie?" she asked once Dean sat down after seeing that Henry was sleeping. "Fine, we're having a gala in a couple weeks so we've been trying to get some art and photos picked out to show and auction." Dean said holding in a sigh of relief when he finally got to sit down on something comfortable. "Oh, any of your work showing?" Bobby asked after muting the TV, "yeah, a couple of my pictures are on display then two of my paintings along with three of my pictures are up for auction." Dean grinned.
"That's great!" Ellen said rather loudly and made a face fearing she had woken up the baby. "Do you get to keep the money?" Bobby asked and Ellen smacked his arm, "some of it yes, but most of it goes to charity of the artist's choice." Dean said, "oh well that's not too bad." Ellen said and Dean agreed. They made small talk for about half an hour before Henry woke up and started crying. Dean got up and walked over to the portable crib and scooped up his son. "Hey there grumpy." Dean said gently and bounced Henry a little, he seemed to calm down a little when he realized his daddy was holding him, "someone needs a diaper change." Dean said wrinkling his nose a little bit, "his bag is the bathroom down here." Ellen said. "Okay thanks." Dean mumbled and walked out of the room and returned five minutes later.
"We should get going, Cas should be home soon and I promised Sammy I'd make homemade Macaroni and Cheese and chicken strips." Dean said, "okay, I'll help you take things to the car." Bobby said and hauled himself off the couch. "I'll take him while you load up." Ellen said reaching out to take Henry. A few minutes later Dean and Bobby came back in, "thanks for watching him today. I hope he wasn't too much trouble." Dean said taking Henry back after Ellen kissed his forehead. "No problem, we'll watch him when needed." Ellen smiled.
Cas pulled into the driveway right after Dean. "You're just now getting home?" he asked and walked over to help Dean with a few things. "Yeah, I stayed at Bobby and Ellen's and talked for a while." Dean said slinging the diaper bag over his shoulder while Cas grabbed the portable crib. "Oh, was Henry good for them?" Cas asked, "yeah, Ellen said he only cried when he was hungry or needed changed." Dean said dodging Lucy who came sprinting to the front door. Cas took the crib downstairs and brought up Henry's swing while they both started on supper. "You're gonna go with me to the museum's gala in a couple weeks right?" Dean asked while they waited for the water to boil, "sure, at least it's the week after your heat and not the week of." Cas grinned, "yeah, no kidding."
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"Are you sure I don't smell like my heat?" Dean asked for the third time while he and Cas were in the bathroom after taking a quick shower. "Yes, Dean, I'm positive, I scrubbed you down twice already and it's been a week since your heat." Cas said squirting some toothpaste on his toothbrush. "I'm sorry I'm just nervous." Dean mumbled and took the toothpaste from his mate.
An hour later the two went up the stairs to leave. "Well don't you two look handsome." Mary smiled, they had tamed Cas' hair just a little and Dean wore his contacts. "Thanks." Dean mumbled and his cheeks turned a little red, "okay, have fun and good luck on selling your art honey." Mary said and gave both boys a hug before going to work. "You both do look really nice." Jess said while bouncing Henry in her arms.
They thanked her and Dean took Henry from her arms, "okay, I fed him before bringing him up here so he should be okay with formula food." Dean told the two, "we know Dean, just go and have a good time." Sam said and rolled his eyes. Dean sighed and held Henry up so they could see face to face, "okay big guy, we'll be back later. Be good." he said and kissed Henry's cheek. Cas came over and kissed Henry as well before Dean handed him back to Jess.
Dean pulled the Impala into an empty employee only spot and they re-adjusted their tuxes before going inside. "Ah, Dean! There you are!" Mr. Murray said walking towards them, the gala had been going for about an hour already, "yes, we made it." Dean smiled, "Cas, it's good to see you again." Mr. Murray said and shook Cas'
hand, "you too." Cas replied."
Dean and Cas walked around the museum to look at all the different paintings, drawings and photos there were, and to see what else was up for the auction. They talked with a few of Dean's co-workers before the auction started, when the two were alone again, Dean's phone rang. He pulled his phone out and noticed that it was Sam, "Sammy? What's up?" he asked and started walking towards the break room for some privacy but knew Cas would follow. "Dean. C-can you or Cas come home?" Sam asked, a little spooked, "why what's wrong?" Dean asked, "Henry started puking and now he wont stop crying a-and Jess said she saw someone staring in the window so we locked all the doors and now we're in the basement." Sam explained.
"Shit. Okay, Cas will be there soon, I have to stay till at least until the auction is done." Dean said and hung up when Sam said it was okay. "Henry got sick and Jess said there was someone staring through the window. They're both a little freaked and want you to come home." Dean said when he noticed Cas' confused look. "Alright, call me when you're ready to come home… Should I inform the police?" Cas asked, "nah, just be careful." Dean said and gave Cas a quick kiss before joining the party again.
Dean stayed towards the back of the crowd, but it felt like as soon as Cas left, someone was watching him. Dean looked around the crowded room but never saw anyone making direct eye contact with him, he shook off the feeling and made his way closer to the art. By time the auction started, Dean was getting a little paranoid, he constantly felt like there were eyes on him but every time he looked around, he didn't see anyone staring at him.
The auction went really well and Dean sold all of his paintings earning close to $1,000 which half would go to the St. Jude's foundation and half of it would go into his savings. Mr. Murray congratulated him on his work and quickly went to go mingle with other people. Still feeling freaked out, Dean stepped outside to call Cas, who picked up on the 4th ring. "Hello Dean." Cas answered, "hey Cas, come pick me up please. The auction is over and I'm ready to come home." Dean said, not hearing someone coming up behind him. "Alright, than-hey, the fuck are you doing?!" Dean yelled when someone grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. "Dean?… Dean?!" Cas yelled and jumped off the couch when he heard the dial tone, startling Sam and Jess. "Cas? What's going on?" Sam asked, "I don't know I think something happened to Dean." Cas said and sprinted up the stairs, "watch Henry!" he shouted.
Cas threw himself into the Impala and drove way too fast towards the museum and threw the car in park not caring about the odd stares he got. He got out of the Impala and started looking for his mate, "Dean?! Dean?!" Cas yelled and ran around the corner and stumbled a little when he stepped on something. When he looked down, it felt like someone had shot ice water through his veins, "oh god. No, no no!" Cas said and quickly picked up Dean's phone, which was now cracked. "Dean!?" Cas yelled one more time.