A few weeks had gone by and Dean finally finished out the necessary paperwork to file a lawsuit against Jeremy Lane. Cas said he would take it to work with him and drop it off at the courthouse after his shift, it was his final week on nights. They give the officer last week of the month off if they had been doing over nights so they could get out of that routine.
When Cas came home that Friday morning he found Dean and Henry in the kitchen making breakfast. "HI PAPA!" Henry yelled.
"Good morning." He smiled and kissed Henry's forehead and made his way to Dean. He wrapped his arms around his waste and nuzzled the back of his neck.
"Good morning to you too sunshine." Dean chuckled and flipped the pancake.
"Mmm. Good morning indeed." Cas hummed and kissed the back of Dean's head before turning his attention to Henry.
"Are you ready to go to pre school in a couple of weeks?" Cas asked him.
"No papa. I stay home with daddy." Henry frowned.
"But then you wouldn't get to see your friends." Cas said.
"Dey come here." Henry argued.
"They can't come here buddy. They've got to go to school too." Cas said softly.
"Humph. Fine. I go to school." Henry huffed.
"There we go." Cas grinned and ruffled Henry's hair. "I'm going to go change." he announced and went up the stairs.
"Daddy, I hungryyyyy." Henry whined.
"Cool it. It's almost done." Dean said, not bothering to look behind him. He finished putting a strip and a half of bacon on Henry's plate and put a scoop of fruit next to the pancake. "There ya go mr. impatient." Dean sassed and set the plate in front of the toddler.
Henry signed thank you and dug in. "Daddy can I has milk pwease." Dean grabbed a sippy cup out of the cupboard and filled it up.
"Here you go." He said and handed it over. Cas came down a few minutes later only in pajama pants.
"How may- why are you shirtless?" Dean asked once he turned around.
Cas looked down at his naked torso, "I don't know. I just didn't feel like putting a shirt on. Is that an issue?" Cas raised an eyebrow, knowing their cycle was in a few days Dean always got extra turned on by small things.
"Nope." Dean said quickly and turned back around. "How many pancakes do you want?"
"Two is fine, thank you babe." Cas grinned and grabbed a glass and filled it up with milk and went to go sit next to his son. Cas grabbed a grape off Henry's plate and popped it into his mouth.
"HEY!" Henry protested. "Dat was mine! Daddy! Papa stoled a grape."
"Don't be a tattle tale." Dean said and put two more grapes on his plate, "don't steal your son's food." he pointed the spatula at Cas.
"Sorry." Cas grinned and laughed a little when Henry slid his plate away from him. Dean set a plate down in front of Cas that had a scoop of fruit, two pancakes and 3 strips of bacon. "Looks good, Dean. Thank you." Cas said and gave Henry his one grape he had.
"You're welcome." Dean said and sat next to him with his breakfast. "How was work?" he asked.
"Full of idiots." Cas grumbled. They all ate in silence for a few minutes before Cas spoke again. "I think we should cash in one of Sam's babysitting duties tonight."
"I don't know… I've got a lot of stuff to do and figure out." Dean said.
"Oh… Well it's too late, I talked to Sam last night… He'll be here at 6." Cas smiled sheepishly.
"Cas." Dean sighed, "I really need to look for a job."
"You'll have all weekend to look for one. Please? I already made reservations." Cas begged.
Dean let out a sigh, "alright." but he grinned at his plate.
After they finished breakfast and Cas helped Dean clean up he told him he was going to go take a nap.
"What do I need to wear?" Dean asked before he went upstairs to shower.
"Nice jeans and a nice shirt will be fine." Cas said not bothering to look up from the puzzle he and Henry were working on. While in the shower he tried to figure out what Cas had up his sleeve. They almost never have date nights unless it's a birthday or anniversary.
Once he was finished and dried off he pulled on a pair of boxers and dug through his dresser to find a pair of dark, form fitting jeans and moved to the closet. Dean settled on a light grey shirt and went back to the bathroom to put his contacts in and fix his hair. He grabbed his boots and socks before heading downstairs so Cas could get ready.
Sam showed up just before 6 and instantly asked where Cas was. "He's still getting ready… Why?" Dean asked.
"Oh uh. Nothing j-just curious." Sam said quickly and bee lined for the kitchen where Dean had just gotten Henry strapped in his high chair.
Dean raised an eyebrow and followed Sam into the kitchen. "Are you excited to hang out with uncle Sammy?" Dean asked.
"Yeah!" Henry grinned.
Dean finished getting Henry's supper ready when they heard Cas coming down the stairs. Sam tripped on the island chair in his rush to meet Cas.
"Your uncle has issues." Dean told Henry and slid the fish sticks onto his plate. "They're hot be careful." he warned and set the tray in the sink and peeked around the corner to see what was going on.
He saw Sam hand Cas something and he quickly shoved it into his pocket. "Thanks for picking this up for me." Cas whispered.
"No problem." Sam said and clapped Cas on the shoulder, Dean quickly went back to the sink before they came into the kitchen.
"Dean, are you ready to go?" Cas asked.
"Yep." Dean said and turned around, "you be good okay? Uncle Sammy is in charge." Dean said before kissing Henry's forehead.
"Okay daddy." Henry said with a mouth full.
"Love you." Cas said taking his turn to kiss his forehead.
"Love you too, papa." Henry said, not bothered one bit that they were leaving.
"Can I drive the impala?" Cas asked once they were outside and Dean stopped in his tracks.
"Why?" he asked.
"I, uh. I want everything to be a surprise is all." Cas mumbled.
"You're acting weird and I don't like it." Dean said but tossed him the keys.
Cas backed out onto the road and headed for the interstate. "Don't ask." Cas said before Dean could say anything. They drove about half an hour before Cas turned off on an exit.
"Cas. We can't afford this place." Dean gasped when they pulled into a fancy steakhouse.
"I've been saving up. We'll be okay." Cas reassured him. The restaurant had dim lighting and soft instrumental music playing. "Dean, I promise you. I can afford it." Cas said noticing the alarm in Dean's face.
"Hi, how may I help you?" A young beta girl greeted them.
"Hello, I have a reservation under Novak." Cas said.
"Of course, right on time. Follow me." She smiled and made her way through the tables and stopped at one towards the back. "Is this alright?"
"It's perfect. Thank you." Cas grinned and held Dean's chair out for him which Dean shot him a funny look but sat down.
"Your waiter will be with you shortly. Enjoy your evening." The hostess smiled and walked back to the front of the restaurant. Sure enough a minute or so later an older alpha walked up to the table and placed a basket of warm rolls in between the two.
"Hello, my name is Jeremiah, I'll be serving you tonight. How are you?"
"We're good thank you." Cas answered, Dean still in shock.
"Fantastic. Here are some menus, can I go ahead and get your drink order?"
"Uh. I'll have an iced tea please." Dean said.
"I'll have the same." Cas followed.
"Perfect. I'll be right back with those." The waiter said and disappeared.
They opened their menus and Dean let out a gasp. "Castiel. These prices are really high."
"Dean. I told you not to worry about it. Just order what ever you want." Cas said not bothering to look up from his menu. Jeremiah, showed up a few minutes later.
"Here you go gentlemen. Are you ready to order or do you need a few more minutes?" he asked.
"Uh, a few more minutes please." Cas said.
"Absolutely." Jeremiah nodded and went to his other tables. They looked over their menus and finally decided on what they wanted.
Jeremiah came up to them a few minutes later. "Have we decided?" He asked.
"Yes. I'll have the 12 oz sirloin, rare, with a salad and baked potato please." Cas went first.
"Good choice, and you sir?" the waiter asked turning towards Dean.
"I'll have the same except I'll take the green beans instead of salad and I'd like my steak medium." Dean told him.
"Super. I'll get this in for you." Jeremiah smiled and took their menus.
"I still think you're insane." Dean mumbled and took a sip of his tea. They talked about Cas' shifts and the potential law suit coming up. About 15 minutes later, Jeremiah showed up with their food.
"Here you go. Can I get you anything else?" he asked.
"No, I think we're alright, thank you." Cas said. "I never told you how good you look tonight." Cas said after a few minutes and Dean looked up from his plate.
"f'ank you." he said with a mouthful of steak.
Cas laughed, "and you wonder where Henry gets it." Dean just flipped him off and continued to eat.
After the waiter cleared their plates he asked if they'd like any dessert. "No, I don't think so. Just the check please." Cas said.
"But, they had pie." Dean frowned.
"I'll bake you a pie. I have one more surprise for you." Cas said after he gave the waiter his card.
Once the bill was paid they headed back to the impala and Cas drove back home. Instead of going home like Dean expected, Cas kept driving. "Now where are we going? Dean asked.
"You'll see." Cas said and turned off onto a side road and pulled into the field they used to go to back in high school.
"Oh my god. We haven't been out here in forever." Dean grinned and immediately got out and hopped onto the hood. Cas crawled up next to him. "Thank you for tonight." Dean said after a while.
"You're welcome. We haven't had a proper date night in a while." Cas said and pulled Dean closer to him. They sat there in comfortable silence just staring at the stars. Dean was actually almost asleep when Cas' voice woke him up.
"You know I love you right?" Cas asked.
"Yeah… I love you too." Dean said.
"We've been through quite a bit together, haven't we." Cas said.
"We really have. What's going on?" Dean asked.
Cas let out a sigh and dug in his pocket. "I know we've done everything completely backwards, but Dean. I want you to be mine forever." Cas said not meeting his eyes.
"Cas… Of course I'm going to be with you. I hate even thinking about not being with you." Dean said. "What's going on, you're starting to worry me."
"I'm sorry. That's not what I intended to do…" Cas said softly and turned so he was facing Dean.
"Dean. I love you so much. I love Henry so much, and I'm so excited to see where our future is headed. But, with us trying for another pup, I feel like there's something missing." Cas confessed.
"What?" Dean asked.
"Dean." Cas started and pulled a small box out of his pocket.
"Cas?" Dean gasped softly.
"Will you marry me?"
