Our Home
Last chapter. I hope you all enjoy it.
As everyone knows Supernatural ended a little while ago and it's a bit surreal. This show has been such a huge part of my life since middle school. I'd love to hear about your own Supernatural journey and how this show has made your life better, even if it just something like you really like the show. Let me know.
I own nothing. Thank you Eric Kripke for creating such a beautiful story.
Please enjoy.
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"Mother." Cas gritted as Naomi and Chuck stepped out of their car. "You shouldn't be here."
"It's time for you to come home." Naomi snarled, ignoring him as she came to stand at the bottom of the porch steps.
"I'm not going anywhere with you." Castiel snarled back. "I'm no longer part of your pack. I'm part of the Winchester pack. I'm staying here."
"Son," Chuck shook his head, furrowing his brow at his son like he was mentally challenged. "You never got permission to leave in the first place. By law you're still ours."
"Bullshit." Cas spat. "You were gonna let that alpha kill me because I was pregnant and pissed him off. I'd say that qualifies as you kicking me out of the pack. And you're not even the alphas anymore, Micheal is. Does he even know you're here?"
"You are still our pup." Naomi hissed. "Our omega. You are ours to do with what we will. And now that you've delivered your bastard to his alpha you will come home with us and mate with the alpha we've picked out for you. You owe us that."
"Excuse me?" Cas gawked at them, absolutely dumbstruck by her words. "Are you fucking insane? First of all, don't ever call my pup a bastard again. And second, what the hell makes you think I would ever come back and let you sell me off like a whore when I'm perfectly happy here with the father to my pup, and his pack?"
"You have no right to deny us." Naomi growled.
A deep alpha growl that demanded obedience.
But Cas stood his ground.
"I have every fucking right!" Castiel roared. "You would have killed me back in Pontiac! You would have killed my pup. You never respected my decisions and saw me only as a cash-out once I was old enough to be mated off. I left your pack six years ago, and have been accepted into a new one. I am not leaving no matter what you say. And if you don't leave now, my alpha has every right to take whatever action he deems necessary since you are trespassing."
"Don't you dare threaten us." Chuck gritted. "We will not tell you again. Get your ass in the car right now. Your alpha is waiting for you."
"My alpha is here!"
"You're not even mated." Naomi scoffed.
"He respects that I'm not ready." Cas hissed back. "But let me assure you, I have every intention of becoming his mate when the time is right."
"Not without our permission." Chuck snarled.
"I don't need your permission!" Cas exclaimed. "I'm not part of your pack anymore! Now leave before my alpha rips your throats out!"
"You really believe that." Chuck roared. "That alpha doesn't need you anymore. He got what he wanted out of you. He has an heir to his pack."
"You're wrong." Cas laughed, gesturing to the land and cabins around them. "He did all this for me and our future pups. He went off to make a strong pack for me. He loves me and our pup more than anything, and if you threaten me or Jack again he will end you. If I don't do it first."
"Castiel James Novack!"
"I am not a Novack!" Castiel roared, squaring up his shoulders. "I am a Winchester. I have been since Dean placed his seed in my womb. You have no claim to me."
"WE WON'T TELL YOU AGAIN!" Chuck was practically screaming, his face red, his eyes blazing with fury. "GET YOUR ASS IN THE CAR NOW, OR SO HELP ME I WILL KILL YOUR BASTARD!"
"You must be the dumbest prick ever to think you could get away with threatening my pup and his mother, on my land, right in front of me and most of my pack."
Cas spun around, a smile spreading across his face as he heard Dean's snarl.
He stood there just outside the front door, all ruthless rage and righteous fury with half the pack at his back, snarling and baring their teeth. Dean's hands balled into fists at his side and were shaking while he breathed deeply to keep himself from going off the deep end and just straight-up murdering them.
"This is none of your business." Chuck sighed pinching the bridge of his nose. "We appreciate that you have been looking after our son, but now we will be taking him back home. The alpha we tried to set him up with before was not a good fit, but we found another one that will forgive his past sins and is willing to pay a hefty amount for him. After he offended that last alpha this is the least he could do for us to make up for all the trouble he's caused us."
"That is not happening." Dean snarled, stepping next to Cas. "I formally offered him and our pup a place in our pack and they accepted. He won't be going anywhere."
"We don't want the pup." Naomi rolled her eyes like Dean was taking too long to understand all this. "You can keep it, it's yours anyway. We've only come to take our son back so he can get the money he owes us."
"He isn't going anywhere." Dean snapped, seeing red. "I believe he told you that repeatedly. His place is here. He has school to attend and a pup to look after. He will not be going anywhere with you."
"This has nothing to do with you-" but Dean cut Chuck off with another snap of his teeth.
"It has everything to do with me. He is one of my packmates, the mother to my pup and my future mate. He doesn't want to go with you, I don't want him to go with you, he is not going with you. Now get the hell off my land before I tear you apart."
"He isn't yours," Naomi screamed, losing her cool now. "He is our son-"
"He left your pack six years ago." Dean cut her off. "He is part of my pack and I'm courting him. Whatever claim you think you have is null and void."
"You never got our pre-"
"I don't need your say-so to do anything." Dean shut them down again. "I don't need anything from your pack. Even if I did, I would ask Micheal, not either of you."
"That's not-"
"I will not repeat myself," Dean told him, putting an arm around Cas's waist. "He is not going anywhere. You need to leave now before I gut the both of you."
"You have no right to threaten us." Chuck hissed.
"Actually he has every right."
They all looked to the closest cabin, where Donna and Jody were standing on its porch, arms crossed and both in full uniform.
"This is pack land, and in between jurisdictions, meaning that law enforcement can do little to nothing when the alpha and packmates spill blood to protect their own or the land." Jody continued where Donna left off.
"Yeppers." Donna smiled. "Add that to the fact that both Jody-o and I are the sheriffs of the two towns on either side of the pack land and we just witnessed you try to take one of our packmates against their will to be mated off to what sounds like a real douche-cheese, and I don't think you have a snowballs chance in heck at making it out of this alive."
It seemed, with the presence of actual law enforcement there to back up the pack, the Novak's lost the wind in their sails to their boat names entitlement. They looked helplessly between the sheriff's and Dean completely at a loss.
"This isn't over." Chuck snarled before dragging his mate back to their car.
"Yes, it is." Dean called after them.
Cas watched them go, still seething.
Once the car was out of sight he turned on his heel and marched into the lodge.
"Cas." Dean called. "Cas."
"Mommy?" Jack came running to his mom as soon as Cas was through the door.
Cas scooped him up and continued his march up the stairs and to his room.
"Dean?" Jody called, coming through the front door. "What do you want us to do?"
Dean looked to her, then to the assembled pack members. They all stood ready for his orders. This was a direct attack on their pack. Intruders came and tried to take their packmate. For most packs, this was considered an act of war.
But did Dean really want to start a war?
"Call the others, let them know what's going on." He told them. "I don't want any of you to act yet. We don't know if they'll be back. We might have scared them off."
"And what if we didn't?" Bess asked, still holding Gertie close. "What if they come back? What if they take Cas?"
"They won't." Dean snarled, not at her and she knew it. "If they come back, we'll take care of it. Jody, Donna, would your officers be willing to help?"
"Most of them would be willing." Donna nodded. "We're like another pack at the station."
"Same." Jody nodded. "My officers will do whatever to help."
"Thank you." Dean nodded. "I'll try to get a hold of Micheal and see if he knows what's going on. Maybe he can pull them back if he's with us."
"And if he's not?" Jo asked. "I mean, I'll fight for Cas and Jack. I'll rip every last one of those bastards apart, but what if this Micheal guy is the one that sent them and he sends his whole pack after us? What then?"
Dean assessed her, before nodding.
"Then we tear every last one of those bastards apart. I'm not letting them take my mate."
He got a round of growls and hoots in agreement.
"Sam," he looked to his brother. "You may have to make arrangements with the school. If this gets to be too dangerous I want Cas to stay on pack lands as much as possible."
"Sure thing." Sam nodded, looking up the stairs. "You better go check on him."
"Should I?" Dean asked Charlie, the only omega in the room but also the only one he could ask without feeling like a dick.
She looked up to the stairs then back to him.
"Give him a moment." She told him. "Let him be in his nest with his pup. Go call Micheal then go check on him."
Nodding, Dean headed back up to his office to do just that.
Getting a hold of Micheal was a lot harder than he thought. So far he had called seven times and nothing. He was redirected to a couple of different numbers for emergencies but even then he didn't answer. Finally, on his ninth call, he got a voicemail.
"This is the emergency number of the Novak pack, if you've reached this number then it must be important, I'm a bit busy but as soon as I get your message I'll call you back. Please leave your name and number."
"Micheal, this is Dean Winchester, you probably don't remember me but I went to school with Cas and Anna. Listen… things are a bit complicated. You probably know about me and Cas or at least that Cas was pregnant six years ago. The pup is mine. I found Cas and the pup and brought them to my pack. They are here and safe. But your parents… they just showed up today demanded that I hand over Cas so they can mate him off. Cas and I aren't mated yet, but we plan to be. Cas is officially a part of my pack and I'm not going to let them take him. I don't know if you know anything about this. But if you do, Just know I'm willing to fight for Cas. If not, please call me so we can talk. My number is (xxx)-xxx-xxxx. Please call me back as soon as possible."
Hanging up he sighed, rubbing his face. He needed a drink. But that could wait. For now, he needed to check on his omega and pup.
Gently he knocked his knuckles on the door and waited for an invitation.
But it never came.
"Cas." he called. "Hey, is it okay if I come in?"
Still nothing.
Three choices.
One, go in and risk getting mauled by a distressed omega.
Two, go in and maybe he can help Cas and all will be well.
Three, go back to his office, giving Cas space and getting some paperwork done.
"Nah screw it, I had a good life." Dean sighed, turning the knob and pushing the door open.
Cas wasn't in the room, meaning he was most likely in the closet in his nest.
Intruding on that space was suicide, so instead, he leaned against the wall next to the closet door and slid down to the floor.
"Cas," he called through the door. "We're not gonna let them do anything. Okay, you and Jack are part of this pack. I won't let anything happen to you."
There was still no answer.
So Dean just leaned his head against the wall and waited.
"What are you going to do to stop them?" Cas finally asked.
"I called Micheal, left a voicemail. Hopefully, he'll call me back soon."
"What if he's in on it?"
"Then we'll fight."
"People will get hurt."
"I know. They know, but they won't let you go like this."
"... We could… there is a way that we could resolve this peacefully."
"Cas." Dean shook his head.
"If we were to mate-"
"Cas no," Dean growled. "I don't want to mate just because we have to avoid a fight. Are you even ready to take that step?"
"I don't want to trouble everyone here."
"You're not." Dean insisted. "Can I open the door?"
No answer.
Not at first.
"Yes." it was barely a whisper, but Dean still heard.
Slowly, he opened the door and peeked in. On the floor of the closet, Cas was curled up with a sleeping Jack while they were surrounded by scrapes of clothes and blankets. Some of the shirts, Dean noticed, were his. He wondered when Cas stole them, but he was so happy to see them in the nest he didn't bother asking.
"Listen," He told Cas now, just as hushed. "I won't let them take you. You're my omega, the mother to my pup and my pack. They will not have you."
Cas still didn't look as sure, but the words did touch his heart and lifted his spirits as much as was possible in this gloomy time.
"Do you trust me?" Dean asked.
"Of course." Cas answered, no hesitation.
"Then trust that you'll be okay. We'll be okay."
Cas nodded, pressing his face into his pup's hair and breathing in his scent to remain calm.
Dean's phone began to buzz and he put his hand on it to muffle the sound.
"I'll be right back." he told his omega who nodded.
Heading back for his office, Dean saw the number was one of Micheal's and fumbled as he tried to answer faster than was humanly or inhumanly possible.
"Hello," he answered.
"Is this Dean Winchester?" the voice on the other end sounded shaken and younger than Dean thought Micheal was.
"Yeah, is this Micheal?"
"Um, no… This is, I'm Adam, I'm his mate."
The world froze for just a moment.
Adam. Micheal's mate. Dean's possible half brother. Micheal's mate Adam who might also be Dean's half brother.
"Hi." Dean said, stupidly.
"Um, I don't know if you… I mean... John Winchester is your dad right?"
"Yeah." still dumbfounded.
"I don't know if he ever told you, but um… he's my dad too. You're my brother."
XXX
"He wanted to meet here?" Sam asked.
They were sitting in a diner, in a booth meant for ten at the most. Cas was sitting closest to the wall, then Dean with Sam being at the open end. They took the closest booth to the door so they could leave quickly should this meeting turn ugly.
"That's what he said." Dean nodded.
He had adopted his alpha, pack leader persona as soon as they entered the dinner. Basically, he just looked gruffer and meaner than normal. His eyes narrow, his shoulder squared, his whole upper body leaning and his scent wafting out in bold extra alpha pheromones. It made Cas roll his eyes and Sam snort. They knew what he was going for. No business, what he says goes, this is my turf, but it just looked so alpha it was ridiculous.
"It's public enough." Cas commented.
They had left Jack with Eileen- the pup had grown rather attached to her and liked learning sign language so it worked out well- still not trusting the omega and alpha just yet to have him around.
"They seem to be avoiding a fight," Sam noted. "What exactly did he say to you."
"Just that he was our brother, and that he didn't want to talk about the matter with his mate's parents just yet. He wanted to meet us first." Dean said tensely.
"So they drove nine hours to talk to us?" Sam hummed. "Is it just him?"
"No, Micheal is coming too," Dean assured. "But Adam wants to meet us first."
"So you don't think that, I don't know, maybe you'd want to dial back the alpha just a bit?" Sam motioned to him like he could sum up the word with Dean himself- which wasn't untrue.
As he said the last bit, the bell over the door rang getting their attention.
The man that entered was young, maybe eighteen, which matched up with the age gap between Sam and Adam. It didn't sit well with Dean when he realized that his half brother was barely legal and mated to someone older than him, a good seven years older than the omega himself. The man was tall and lanky, blue eyes and sandy blond hair like Dean's. He must have gotten his eyes from his mom since both Dean and Sam's eyes were more green though Sam's were considered hazel due to the gold and brown tones. He spotted them and must have recognized Cas from pictures or something since he nodded to them and made his way over.
"Sam, Dean, Castiel?" he asked just to be sure.
"Adam." Sam nodded, gesturing to the bench across from them. "Please sit."
Adam nodded, doing as he was offered and staring openly at the brothers, more so Dean's alpha stare.
"This is weird." Adam sighed. "Awkward."
This got a chuckle out of Sam and a skip in Dean's persona.
"Sorry," he said. "I just don't even know where to begin."
"How about with questions." Sam offered. "You have to have some."
"A few." Adam nodded.
"Go on." Sam encouraged.
"Um, I guess I'll start with dad, what was he like."
"What do you know about him?" Sam asked, wanting to get a good idea before he said anything too damning.
"Not much." Adam shrugged. "I know he was a bounty hunter, and he came to town when a pack of alphas were going around taking and attacking omegas and killing betas. He saved mom from them, but she was in heat, so he… helped her with it, and then ten months later I was born."
The brothers got a somber looked, almost ashamed.
"Adam-"
"Don't look like that." Adam shook his head. "I accepted the past a long time ago. I don't like him particularly but I don't hate him, he did come to visit now and then. Gave my mom some money and took me to a baseball game. But I don't really know much about him."
"Our dad, he wanted revenge on the alpha that killed our mom," Sam told him. "So he became a bounty hunter. Took us around the country while he hunted. He was surly and stubborn and didn't play well with others. But he did love his family."
Adam nodded, looking down at the table.
"Well, what about you guys?" he asked after a little while. "What are you guys like?"
"Um, well," Sam started. "I'm a law student, dating a fellow law student."
"So you're going to be a lawyer?"
"I hope." Sam smiled."
"And you?" Adam asked, glancing at Dean.
Dean kept up his appraising glare for a moment, before getting jabbed in the side by Cas.
"I own a bar, and volunteer for the firefighters." Dean acquiesced.
"And run a pack." Adam nodded.
"Lead, but running is a joint effort really." Dean snorted. "I have a lot of help."
Adam hummed, looking between Dean and Cas.
"And how do you treat your omegas?" he asked.
Cas and Sam stiffened, watching as Dean's eyes narrowed.
"If you're asking me whether I treat my omegas like breeding machines that can be sold off as soon as their first heat, no." Dean growled, low and warning. "Omegas are more than that. They are needed in a pack. They keep everyone calm when things get tense. They reminded alphas that being a muscle headed asshole is not the way, and they protect our pups. They are the balance that both alphas and betas need. That thing that keeps us peaceful and from ripping each other's heads off. Beta's are the level headed planners, alphas the pack protectors, and omega the peacekeepers. You need all three to keep a balance and if you miss treat any of them, you're not only upsetting the balance, you're the worst kind of ignorant asshole."
Cas smiled, proud, and amazed with Dean's speech. Sam nodded, knowing that if there was one thing Bobby slammed into their brains it was this. Their father lost sight of that. Most alphas, gone unchallenged or raised poorly forget this. But Dean, he took the words that Bobby told him to heart and believed them to be the absolute truth. Lived and died by those words.
They watched Adam to see what he made of them.
He eyed Dean for a moment, then nodded.
"Good." he sighed, it was a relieved sound. "Not most people think that way. Case in point, the Novaks."
"My family is from a long line of traditional alpha leaders who believe themselves above everyone else." Cas growled.
"I know." Adam nodded, with a look of 'no, really, I would never have guessed'. "When my first heat came, I was just out of high school. I was planning on going to college. My mom and I actually thought I was a beta, or we hopped. But then, one summer day…"
"Dad knew." Dean told him. "Knew you were an omega."
"Really?" Adam snorted. "Well, he never felt the need to share."
"What happened after that?" Sam asked. "How did you end up with the Novaks?"
"Well, the heat came on so fast, and I was at the library." Adam started again.
"Oh no." Cas groaned.
"Yup." Adam nodded.
"What?" Dean asked. "What does that mean?"
"Micheal was very fond of libraries and churches." Cas offered. "Old fashioned places if you will. He would often sit in either for hours on end just reading whatever theology or religious text he found interesting."
"Yeah." Adam nodded. "I was trying to find some paperbacks to kill a weekend, started to feel feverish, next thing I know, I'm curled up in a corner whining like a bitch."
"What did Micheal do?" Dean growled.
"Relax," Adam growled back. "You may be my brother, but I don't know you, so don't get protective."
"What did he do?" Dean asked again, reigning in his alpha.
"He picked me up and took me to the nearest hotel." Adam sighed. "We were mated that same night."
"That must have upset my mother." Cas snorted.
"Who cares." Adam chuckled. "She and Chuck are old nuts. At first, they freaked. You know, they didn't want to pay for me, I wasn't from an old and prestigious family. But Micheal… he just wanted this all to be behind us. At first, he didn't care what I did. But… Mom just wanted me to be safe. Naomi and Chuck worked out something they thought would work. I would be his mate, but not the mate. Micheal could still mate with an omega from another family for an heir."
"That's bullshit." Dean snarled.
"Yeah, well it only lasted for a week." Adam shrugged. "They wanted me to stay in the home and follow Naomi around and be her… secretary? Slave? I don't really know. School was going to start so I told them that's not gonna happen. I was going to school. We fought, Naomi slapped me, Micheal threw her against a wall." he smiled at that. "It was instinct, but still was great to watch. He told them right there that I would be going to school, I would have my own life, and that I was his one and only mate. He was the alpha of the pack so they couldn't say anything against him. They still growl and glare at me, but now they are often put in their place when they try to treat our packmates like shit."
"Why wasn't he like this with Cas?" Dean demanded.
"I wasn't there," Adam shrugged. "I don't know. This all happened after Cas left."
"And Micheal treats you well?" Sam asked, desperate for a good answer.
"Yeah." Adam nodded, a serine smile spreading across his face. "It was awkward at first, but I took him out for dinner, we got to know each other better and now we..." the smile became joyous. "We're good together."
"So you're happy?" Dean asked.
"As happy as I can be." Adam smiled. "I'm studying biology and medicine, and theology so I can talk with Micheal about it. He seems to want to spread the word of the gods more than lead a pack."
"That sounds like him." Cas smiled.
"I told him he should write a book about it. Maybe become a teacher and teach it." Micheal sighed. "But he still feels like he has an obligation to the family and his father. It's slow going, but I think I'll get him there."
"So why did Chuck and Naomi come after Cas?" Dean asked.
"I don't know." Adam shook his head. "I wasn't even aware they left. I try to avoid them."
"Understandable." Sam snorted.
"So where do we go from here?" Dean asked.
"I will go back to my hotel room and talk to Micheal." Adam told him. "And explain what is going on."
"So Micheal has no clue about Naomi and Chuck's visit?" Sam asked.
"Not to my knowledge." Adam shook his head. "But before we go back, how about some food. I'll buy."
So they ate, got to know each other better. Turns out, Dean and Adam were very similar. Both loved bacon cheeseburgers and anime. Though Cas and Adam hit it off really well. They talk the rest of the lunch about medicine and classes they were taking and how the teachers taught them differently. Adam even scouted in his seat so he was sitting across from Cas. Dean and Sam were kind of forgotten about after a while, which was fine with them. They were happy that the two omegas were getting along.
"I will go talk to Micheal," Adam started after they paid the bill. "And call you. He'll most likely want to talk about all this."
"You and he are welcomed at my bar, as long as he isn't trying to take my mate." Dean told him.
"I don't think he is." Adam assured. "But we'll see I guess."
"Hopefully we'll see you later." Sam smiled, shaking Adam's hand- they were not on hugging terms yet.
"Yeah." Adam nodded. "I'll call if Micheal wants to talk."
"Yeah." Dean shook his hand too.
"I hope we get the chance to talk more," Cas told him. "And thank you, for making my brother a better alpha. An alpha I always knew he could be."
"Didn't do much." Adam shrugged.
And with that, they parted ways.
"Mom!" Jack cried as Cas came through the door.
"Hey, little man." Cas smiled scooping the boy up. "Were you good for Ellen?"
"Yes." Jack chirped.
"He was." Ellen informed, smiling.
"Dad!" Jack cried, finally spotting the alpha, leaning out of Cas's arms so Dean had to catch him.
"Hey, there kid." Dean chuckled, holding him close. "Whatcha been up to."
"I was helping Ellen, I got to help her cut lemons at the Roadhouse." Jack smiled.
"You took him to the bar?" Cas asked, raising a brow.
He trusted Ellen more than most now, she was like the mother he always wanted, so he would let her explain before getting mad.
"Don't worry Cas." Ellen rolled her eyes. "He was in the back away from the drunks. And whenever he had a knife in his hand I made sure Jo or I were with him. Otherwise, he was reading his books."
"Thanks for watching him." Dean told her.
"So, what happened?" Ellen asked. "Are they coming after us?"
"We don't know." Sam told her. "We don't even know if Micheal knows yet. This was all about us meeting Adam."
"So when will we know?" she asked.
"Adam will call us." Cas offered.
On cue, Dean's phone rang.
"Speak of the devil." Dean snorted, putting the phone on speaker. "Adam, what's up."
"Dean, Micheal wants to talk." Adam said, skipping the pleasantries.
"Okay." Dean nodded, shrugging to Cas and the others. "We can meet at the Butch 'n' Sundance around six if you'd like."
"No, he wants to talk now," Adam told him. "He wants to see Cas. He wants to talk to you, at your packhouse."
"What?" Dean quaked.
"Please, he… It's just best if you talk, let him talk."
XXX
The whole pack was home, but out of sight and Micheal and Adam could feel it.
"I told you to wait at the hotel." Micheal sighed as they walked up the drive.
"Dean won't let anyone hurt me." Adam told him, watching the windows.
Dean was waiting for them on the front porch, waiting tensely.
"Micheal." He called, giving a stiff nod.
"Alpha Dean." Micheal nodded back respectively.
Dean clicked his tongue.
"We don't need to talk like that." he shook his head. "You're mated to my brother and I intend to mate yours. I think we passed the whole formal thing. Come in."
They followed the alpha into the lodge, then to the sitting room where Cas was waiting with Sam and Bobby. Eileen and Ellen were waiting in the library with Charlie and Dorothy watching Jack while he read his books.
"Micheal." Cas nodded.
His brother waited, but Cas did nothing else. Rolling his eyes, Adam elbowed Micheal, reminding him of where was.
"Sorry." Micheal coughed. "Old habits."
"I'm not part of your pack." Cas narrowed his eyes. "There is no reason for me to present my neck to you even though I'm an omega."
"Your right." Micheal agreed. "I'm sorry, like I said old habits."
"So you agree that Cas is not one of your pack?" Sam asked, he and Dean flanking Cas as they stared Micheal down.
"Castiel hasn't been part of my pack since Amara announced that they were leaving." Micheal affirmed. "I had no wish to keep them against their will. My parents don't feel the same it seems."
"They want to sell Cas off to some asshole even though I'm currently courting him." Dean snarled. "They have insulted and threatened my pack. What I need to know is where you stand with all this. Are you going to side with them and bring your whole pack after us? Or are you going to sit on the sidelines?"
There was a tense silence, Micheal looking between his brother and the other alpha.
"Perhaps we can come up with a compromise." Micheal finally said.
XXX
Cas hadn't been to school in a few days. Sam managed to get a few students from his classes to record the lessons and email them to him. And he talked to his professors to send him his assignments which they did. So he wasn't falling behind. He spent most of his time in front of his laptop with earbuds plugged into his ears studying. Jack would come and read with him whenever he woke up before Dean came and took him out. His evenings were spent with the pack and his pup and his nights with Dean. Just talking. It wasn't bad, but there was this constant stress of his parents hanging over his head. Plus he had been feeling a bit off since last night. He wasn't sure what it was, but he couldn't really focus on it since he had school and insanely entitled parents worry about.
"The other shoe is going to drop soon." Cas sighed more than aware that he was quoting Dean.
"But we'll be ready."
Looking over his shoulder Cas smiled as Dean entered the library.
"Hello Dean." he sighed, leaning into the alpha as he stood behind him.
"You look flushed." Dean hummed, leaning down, pressing his nose into Cas's neck. "You feeling okay?"
"Warm," Cas mumbled, his head suddenly feeling fuzzy, a purr slipping from his lips.
Dean was actively nosing his scent gland now, humming and growling lowly at the scent his omega was admitting.
In the back of their minds they had a feeling of what was going on, but…
"Cas." Dean's voice was low and harsh, more a rumble than anything. "You're going into heat."
"Hmm." Cas hummed, leaning further into Dean.
"You need to go to your room." Dean gritted. "To your nest."
"Dean," Cas growled, suddenly up and backing Dean into the nearest bookcase. "I am not going to let you pull this righteous alpha crap right now."
"Cas-"
"No, listen." Cas hissed, getting Dean to snap his mouth shut. "I have been in love with you for years. I have waited for you to come back for years. Gone through so many heats on my own, always thinking of you the whole time. Now you are right here in front of me. Why the hell would you ever think I would let you get away from me now?"
"Cas." Dean gritted again, struggling to keep his cool. "With everything that's going on, I don't want us to mate just to fix it all."
"That is not what this is about!" Cas exclaimed, getting closer to the alpha. "You were so good, you waited for me and now I'm telling you that your wait is over. So why are you even fighting this."
"Because I love you." Dean snapped. "And I don't want to do this just because it'll fix everything. Our love means so much more than that."
"Your right." Cas smiled. "But I'm tired of waiting. I love you, and I want to be with you."
"Cas-"
"Don't make me mount you on this wall." Cas warned.
"Son of a bitch." Dean growled, lunging forward and latching his lips onto Cas's, holding him close.
The two of them stayed up in Dean's room for five days and rested for the last two.
Sam and Eileen kept Jack with them and told him that his mom and dad just needed some time together. They were relieved however when Dean emerged from the third floor, looking blissed out and glowing like a newly made man.
"Hey, little man." Dean smiled, scooping the boy up and holding him at eye level.
"Where's mom.?" Jack asked.
"Moms' upstairs, he'll be down in a bit." Dean assured. "He's just resting up."
"What were you doing?"
Dean nearly choked on his own spit at the question.
"We just needed some sleep." He told him. "Looks like your breakfast is getting cold, you better eat."
"Kay." Jack smiled, dropping down to rush for the table and digging into his pancakes.
"So?" Sam asked. "You two made it official."
"Yeah." Dean smirked.
"Dude." Sam groaned. "Be happy about it later, you got to tell Micheal about this so he knows that things changed a bit."
"Can't you let me have this?" Dean sighed. "I can't even have a proper vow ceremony because we're still waiting for psycho-rents to come knocking on the door. Just let me bask in the afterglow of finally connecting with my mate."
"You can do that after we're sure he's not in danger." Ellen told him, forcing a tray of food and coffee in his arms. "Take this to your mate. He's sure to be hungry after all that."
"Yes ma'am." Dean nodded, before looking at Jack. "Mom will be down in a minute. We'll take you to the park, kay."
"Yay." Jack cried.
Dean grinned, still feeling the glow of it all.
He went back upstairs, peeking into his room to make sure he wasn't imposing on his mate. But he was lying peacefully in his bed. This had an odd primal effect on Dean. His alpha preened at the sight of his omega in his bed, surrounded by his scent and protected. Like Dean had made this den just for his omega. Cas was curled up in the center of the bed, wrapped around Dean's pillow, his face pressed into it. Another primal reaction, his omega enjoyed being surrounded by his scent too.
Smirking, he pushed the door open and called out to his mate- his mate, gods was he beyond happy to call Cas that.
"Cas, you awake?" he called gently.
"Hmmm." Cas hummed back, opening one eye. "Been awake since you left."
"Why didn't you come down with me?"
"I like it here," Cas mumbled, clutching at the pillow harder. "'M hungry though."
"Good thing Ellen is such a mom." Dean snorted, setting the tray of food down.
"Oh thank god." Cas smiled, sitting up and digging into the food.
"So I may have promised Jack that we are going to the park after you finish eating." Dean told him, sipping at his coffee.
"Really." Cas hummed. "I'm game."
"He was worried about us. Did you ever go into heat in the six years we were apart?"
"Yeah," Cas nodded. "But I always knew it was coming and would arrange for him to be taken care of by my boss."
"You didn't know it was coming this time?"
"We've been otherwise occupied." Cas groaned. "Have we heard anything from my parents?"
"No. It's slightly worrying."
"You think?"
Dean snorted.
"Anyway, finish eating and get dressed, before Jack comes and breaks down the door."
"Working on it." Cas said around a mouthful of sausage.
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Cas wasn't sure he would ever get over this.
Watching his alpha and pup playing and being happy together. It was more than he ever wanted. Waiting six years for this was completely worth it.
"Nice day, isn't it."
Looking up Cas says a man, alpha- judging by the smell he was putting off- greying hair and beard and casual clothes, sweater, and slacks. But what was odd about him were his eyes, they were an eery, almost glowing yellow.
"Yes, it is." Cas nodded, turning his attention back to his family, thinking it was a bit rude of this alpha to purposefully put off his scent like that. But a lot of alphas do that without thinking when meeting someone new, almost like an instinct to show the others they were top dog.
"That your pup?" the alpha asked, nodding to Jack and Dean.
"Yes." Cas nodded.
"And the alpha with him?"
"His father," Cas said, now getting a little agitated. "My mate."
"Is that right?" the alpha drawled looking back to Dean, staring him down. "Well, that wasn't what your parents told me Castiel."
Now completely on edge, Cas shot up and snarled at the alpha.
"Who are you?" He demanded.
"Calm down, little omega." the alpha purred. "I mean you no harm."
"You're with my parents, I find that unlikely." Cas spat. "Who are you?"
The alpha chuckled, sauntering a little closer to Cas who stood his ground.
"My name is Ramiel Prince." He said, slowly, almost like he was attempting to be seductive. "I'm your future mate."
"Like hell." Cas snarled. "I don't know what lies my parents fed you, but the father of my pup is my mate and I am not going anywhere with you."
"Calm down-"
"You end that sentence with little omega and I will rip your throat out." Cas snapped.
The alpha chuckled again.
"You sure are feisty," he smirked. "I love omegas like you, you would make the best bitch after a little training."
"The hell did you just say to my mate." Dean snarled, he had seen Cas shoot up from his bench and smelled the defensive scent he was putting off, so he scooped up Jack and marched up behind the omega. "Pal, I don't know who the hell you are, but you better apologize and walk the hell away, now."
"This doesn't concern you." Ramiel snorted.
"Like hell it doesn't!" Dean snapped.
"Dean, calm down." Cas hushed.
"Yeah Dean, calm down." Ramile jabbed.
"You shut the hell up." Cas growled. "I don't know who the hell you think you are, or what you thought you were going to accomplish coming here but let me make myself clear. I am mated to the pack alpha of the Winchester pack, Dean Winchester, I have no connection to the Novak pack other than they are blood. My parents have no say in my life and you are just some pathetic alpha who needs to get a head scan. Now, you are going to go back to my parents and tell them that Dean and I want to see them. This needs to end, so tell them to come to the pack lands around five and we'll be waiting. Do you understand?"
At first, both alphas just stared at the omega while Jack giggled at his mother's temper.
"Do you understand?" Cas repeated, growling low and threateningly.
Ramiel didn't answer, he just turned and walked back up the park path.
"Cas?" Dean queried.
"We better go home," Cas told him, taking Jack who was reaching for him. "We have to gather the pack. This ends today."
XXX
This time the pack didn't stare at the Novaks through windows or from their cabins. This time they were in the sitting room. The whole pack glaring at the unwanted visitors who were now stomping their way into their home.
"How dare you talk to Ramiel so disrespectfully." Naomi growled going to get directly in Cas's face.
But Cas cut her off, meeting her halfway.
"How dare you send an unknown alpha to a park where I was with my pup and mate." Cas shot back. "Are you insane?"
"Ramiel is your mate, we set up that meeting so he had a chance to approve of you." Chuck told him.
"Do you hear yourselves?" Cas cried, throwing his hands up in the air. "I'm not a part of your pack! You have no claim to me. How many times do I have to say this? I am part of the Winchester pack. I am the mate of the pack alpha. And this is done."
"Castiel-" Chuck started.
"No." Cas snapped, shaking his head. "You won't listen to me, but you might listen to your own pack alpha."
On cue, both Micheal and Adam came from the back of the group, both glaring at the alphas.
"Micheal?" Chuck asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Dean called us." Micheal gritted. "You two, what the hell are you thinking?"
"He is our pup." Naomi insisted.
"He is a grown man." Micheal roared. "And not part of our pack. And more than that, it is not your decision who he mates with, it's mine as pack alpha by our own traditions. What you have done is extremely disrespectful not only to Castiel and Dean, but to me as your pack alpha."
"Son, you can't-"
"Enough!" Micheal snapped, holding up his hand. "Adam."
Nodding Adam stepped forward.
"Charles and Naomi Novak, you have both committed an egregious treason to our pack and alpha by outreaching your rank and going behind Micheal's back to sell an unwilling omega, which already is against our laws, but also an omega that isn't even apart of our pack and already mated. You have shown a distinct lack of respect to our alpha and our laws, and for this, you both will be banished from our pack. You will not have our protection any longer."
"You can't do this." Naomi snorted. "We're your parents."
"You are ego-driven, power-hungry sub-humans." Micheal snarled. "And you are a threat to our new alliance."
"Alliance?" Chuck asked.
"Our packs are connected now." Dean started, coming forward. "Adam is mine and Sam's half brother, we have the same father. Then of course Cas and Micheal are brothers. With such bonds already established, we've decided to create an alliance."
"And right now you are threatening said alliance." Micheal said simply.
"With that all said," Castiel started again. "I would like to press charges against my parents and the alpha Ramiel for harassing, and threatening me, and endangering my pup."
"Sure thing." Jody nodded as she and Donna stepped forward.
"Don't worry, we'll get that alpha, alright." Donna assured patting Cas's shoulder.
"Thank you, Donna." Cas nods.
Chuck and Naomi are arrested and placed in Jody's cruiser, kicking and screaming, swearing to Cas and Micheal.
Cas watched them go, his pack close, his mate at his side, and his pup now on his hip.
"It's over." Dean sighed, wrapping an arm around Cas's shoulder.
"It is." Cas agreed, leaning into his alpha.
XXX
"Can't believe you talked me into this." Cas mumbled.
"If we didn't do this, Rowena would kill us." Dean warned, hushed.
It was weeks later and the packs were more than ready for the celebration of Dean and Cas's vow ceremony.
They were dressed in white tunics and slacks, and flower crowns on their heads. Peonies for a long happy relationship, forget-me-nots for true love, and violets for loyalty made for them by Rowena.
They walked around with Jack, getting congratulated by members of both the Winchester and Novak packs and part-taking in the dance of mates. They even danced under the maypole.
They ate the pies and foods prepared for them by their pack and accepted gifts all while keeping tiered smiles on their face. While planning all this they were still working and going to school. So even though they were enjoying the party, they were worn out.
"Castiel,"
Turning to look over his shoulder, Castiel smiled at his fellow omega brother.
"Gabriel." Cas smiled embracing the man tightly. "I'm so glad you came."
"Like I'd miss the day that you announced you're mated to Dean Winchester. I mean you never stopped talking about him in school." Gabe snorted. "And this must be the mini Dean."
Jack stared up at his uncle unsure of what to make of him.
"Jack," Cas smiled, gesturing to Gabriel. "This is your uncle Gabriel, I've told you about him."
"The trickster!" Jack suddenly cheered.
That got a laugh out of Gabriel.
"That's me kiddo." Gabe chuckled. "And I can show you all my tricks if you'd like."
"Don't turn my pup into a trouble maker." Dean groaned.
"Dean, Castiel."
Turning this time to their right, both men found Rowena beckoning them.
"Es time."
After handing Jack off to Eileen and Sam, they followed Rowena to the altar under a big oak tree on the edge of the property. There were more flowers, some crystals- mostly rose quartz, amethyst, and bloodstone- and herbs for passion and love, cinnamon, clove, and rosemary. There was also a purple and white sash and a chalice.
"Now 'en, let us begin." Rowena called, getting Dean and Cas to kneel before her. "Yoo ha'e made yur bond now it es time tae vow befur th' gods." she told them, taking the sash and tying it around their joined hands. "Swear only tae lo'e one another, tae cherish and support one another, an' tae always bae by each other's side in the name aye the gods."
"I swear." they both echoed.
"'En as high priestess aye th' Winchester pack, Ah recognize Dean an' Castiel as mates in th' eyes aye th' gods an' thaur fellow packmates. Yu weel bae bonded now an' fure'er more."
The pack applauded as Dean drank from the chalice- a herbal tea meant to represent the will of the gods, all the elements in one mixture- then turned to press his lips to Cas's and share the tea.
They drank then shared a kiss, standing and facing their back now as an official mated pair in body and soul.
"We did it Cas." Dean smiled at his omega, holding him close. "We made the pack we always wanted."
Castiel chuckled, looking around at everyone, at his new pack, at his new family.
"We made a home." He told Dean. "Our home."
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