Chapter Summary: The conclusion could be made that the only thing Dean hates more than witches is tricksters, especially if said trickster actually happens to an angel, and not just any angel but one particular archangel by the name of Gabriel.
Author's Note: 1) If you want a particular timeline for this, I ain't got one for ya. Let's just say that Benny, Gabriel, and Crowley are alive, Jack is alive and has his soul, and Mary…well, let's just go with Amara didn't bring her back or she's off doing something with the British Men of Letters…or something. 2) The name of this particular one-shot comes from the Slipknot song Snuff.
Disclaimer: Supernatural and all characters wherein belong to their respective owners, I do not own them nor have I ever claimed to, I'm just playing around with them.
Other: And, a continuing thank you to my betas for this story, vrskaandrea and Wildfire's Flame - any remaining errors are solely my own.
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Snuff
Upon hearing the door to the bunker opening, Jack smiled and held up his right index, middle, and ring fingers, and mouthed 'Three, two…' folding down a finger as he counted down.
A pint-sized - half his normal size and looking to be about four - Dean takes off running out of the kitchen yelling happily, one long drawn out word 'Benny!'
'He's got to be doing that because he knows nobody is going to call him on it, right now.' Gabriel said, sitting on the table, kicking his legs back and forth, a bubblegum flavored sucker in his mouth.
'When are you going to turn him back, Gabriel?' Cas asked annoyed.
Gabriel shrugged. 'Oh, it'll wear off when the prerequisite is met.' He explained, disinterested.
'And, what is the prerequisite?' Cas asked glaringly.
Gabriel just smiled real big. 'Now that would be telling, little brother.' He said before chuckling.
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Benny glanced quickly behind him at Sam before holding the cooler with his new supply of blood bags above his head as he was tackled midway down the steps by the still pint-sized Winchester. 'Benny, why did you take Sammy with you? I'm supposed to be the one to help you on your supply runs!' Dean whined, clinging to Benny's waist.
'Dean, all Gabriel did was have your body rewind back to when you were four. Your mind is still the same beer and pie loving mind that you've had your entire adult life…and your later teen years,' Sam pointed out as he took the cooler from Benny.
Benny picked Dean up under his arms, and propped the pint sized figure on his hip. Dean wrapped his arms around Benny's neck, looked straight at Sam and stuck his tongue out.
Sam huffed and shook his head. 'I'll go put these in the refrigerator,' Sam told Benny as he proceeded to walk past Benny and his brother down the steps.
Benny looked at Dean and narrowed his eyes. Dean squirmed around until he could wedge his head under Benny's chin. 'Cher, if I didn't think I'd just end up back in Purgatory, I would've punched Gabriel by now for this…but, I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion you're actually enjoying being able to act like a little one without Sam throwing anymore of a fit then he has been,' Benny said suspiciously.
'My Bear!' Dean pouted indicating Benny.
'Gabriel!' Benny hollered.
'That's not my fault. Blame Crowley for starting it!' Gabriel hollered back. Benny didn't even question how Gabriel knew what he was being hollered at for. The archangel always seemed to know just what trouble he has caused.
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'How did Dean convince Benny to give him a bath?' Jack asked curiously as an oddly naked Dean ran past Jack further down the hallway.
Cas opened and closed his mouth several times before just shrugging. He had a few ideas but due to Jack's age - nephilim or not - he figured Jack was too young to know what they were.
Benny ran past Jack and Cas holding a light blue bath towel. 'Dean Winchester!' He hollered, followed by a several foul French expletives.
'Only Dean could get Benny cursing like a sailor so easily,' Jack said with a laugh.
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Gabriel thought one of the empty rooms of the Bunker would be the perfect spot for a swimming pool full of liquid chocolate. There were several possible kinky ideas that would come from that idea, including dunking a certain moose in the pool. However, he didn't think Sam would be very receptive if anyone else were awake which was why he was standing in it alone just trailing his fingers through the chocolate. What the trickster turned archangel…archangel turned trickster turned archangel…hadn't planned on was a very naked Dean running into the room and jumping into the pool. Gabriel's mouth just dropped open; for once he was actually speechless.
Gabriel just watched as Benny walked into the room, then over to the pool, before sniffing a few times at the chocolate smell. Benny shook his head as he leaned over the pool a bit, stuck his right arm into the pool of chocolate and pulled his arm back out - now covered in chocolate. Gabriel just tilted his head at the fact that Benny was holding Dean upside-down by his left ankle. 'I thought you wanted to go to bed, cher…but the longer you put off your bath, the longer it's going to be before you get to crawl into the memory foam,' Benny said to a completely-covered-in-chocolate form of Dean.
'I want my Bear to curl up around me!' Dean whined and crossed his arms in an obvious pout despite being covered in chocolate and upside-down.
Benny glared at Gabriel and Gabriel promptly disappeared as he threw his head back laughing.
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Benny had a specific diet that consisted of blood and making sure Dean had a health-ish diet so that in an emergency - last resort emergency - that he could feed from Dean without the taste of Dean's blood making him gag. But if he ever saw chocolate again, he was going to figure out a way to pull Gabriel's wings into the physical plane and set them on fire…because scrubbing Dean clean turned into a chore when Dean got the brilliant idea to start licking Benny's chocolate covered arm from when he had grabbed Dean in the chocolate pool. Mentally, Dean was obviously still an adult but physically he was four and while Benny knew what Dean obviously wanted; he wouldn't do that until Dean had his adult body back.
Dean didn't like the fact Benny wouldn't touch him the way he wanted and the way he'd gotten used too… Even back in Purgatory they had a relationship - of sorts - and now, after everything they have been thru, what finally got Benny to take a step back was Gabriel's prank causing Dean to physical regress to his four-year-old body. He was going to deep fry Gabriel's wings once he reverted back to his adult body!
Benny didn't say anything as Dean crawled up into his lap in the bunker's library. 'Read me a story,' Dean pleaded, giving his best puppy dog eyes look.
'How about The Frog Prince?' Benny suggested, knowing that out of the Grimm stories he'd read to Dean since the first night of Gabriel's prank that was Dean's favorite - only Heaven knew why…maybe.
'Yay!' Dean cheered happily, clapping his hands together.
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Gabriel walked into the library with a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows and smiled at the view he saw. Dean was asleep in Benny's lap. Benny's head was tilted to the right and asleep or not…he was obviously resting as he held an old copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales against Dean's left side. Gabriel snapped his fingers and Benny and Dean disappeared.
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Benny's eyes snapped open. He'd fallen asleep in one of the chairs in the library; why was he in Dean's room? His eyes drifted closed again as he thought that either Gabriel or Jack - probably Jack since Gabriel was more likely to pop in with New York's Philharmonic Orchestra to make sure the whole bunker was awake before he'd make sure Benny and Dean were actually comfortable in a bed. Benny rolled over onto his left side, throwing his right arm around Dean's smaller waist, and tugging him back against Benny…tucking Dean's head under his chin. 'Je t'aime, cher.' He whispered before kissing the top and Dean's head.
'Je t'aime, mon amour.' Dean mumbled.
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'Wa cha!' Gabriel cheered.
Benny and Dean both jumped. 'I swear to God Gabriel when I get my adult body back I'm going skin you down to your grace!' Dean snapped. Dean looked down at himself - after noticing the fact his voice was back to sounding like his adult voice again - and then at Benny. 'How does fried archangel sound?' He smiled wickedly.
'Delicious!' Benny smirked, showing his fangs.
'Jack! Oh Jackie boy! Help your Uncle Gabriel!' Gabriel hollered, running out of the room with Dean and Benny hot on his tail.
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Author's Note: 1) So, how did Dean get turned back into an adult? Simple, all it required was him saying 'I love you', Gabriel hadn't cared about it being in English or French when he turned Dean into a kid. 2) Um, I don't know…this seemed like a good idea at the time, I wanted to try humor and what's humor without everyone's favorite Trickster-Archangel?
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