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Cas wasn't okay, he was far from it actually. Gabriel had healed his wings the best he could but he could still feel the missing feather and that hurt worse than them being pulled out. Their wings were their very being, to have then mangled liked this was shameful.
They had Gabriel come and give him a bath and new clothes, the three in the other room arguing with each other about something.
"How ya holding up bucko?" Gabriel brought him out of his thoughts. Cas looks up at Gabriel and shrugs, folding his wings tightly against his back when his brother went to touch them.
"Alright, no touching, got it." Gabriel mumbles softly, and lifts Cas out of the tub. "Let's get you dried and in some nice warm clothes kiddo." He says and gently rubs a towel over the fledgling.
"I ant De." Cas says quietly after he was nice and dry. He steps into his underwear, then his pants, thankful Gabe was helping him.
"Without a shirt silly?" Gabriel asks softly, dropping the subject when Cas nods. "Alright, to Dean." He says and scoops the baby angel up.
"Where are you even going?" Dean hisses at Balthazar. They had been arguing mostly about why and where Balthazar was going, it wasn't going well.
"Someone has to bloody fix heaven, or have you forgotten all the crap that's happened you monkey." Balthazar replies hotly. Someone needed to pick up the broken pieces and everyone knew Gabriel wasn't leaving Cas' side.
The room fell silent when Gabriel walked out of the bathroom however, all eyes on Cas. "Hey Cas, how ya feeling?" Dean asks softly, mustering up a small smile.
"De, old me." Cas says quietly, making grabby hands at the hunter. While a little surprised Dean complied, taking the small angel from Gabriel's hold.
"...So Balth, you're going to heaven?" Gabriel asks breaking the silence, "That's good, uh Heaven needs that." He says quickly before the fighting started up.
Balthazar nods, "I'll visit, I can't just leave this lil tyke." He says walking over to Dean and fondly ruffling the fledgling hair, looking pleased when he was rewarded with a small giggle.
"I'll go now, try not to let my baby brother get kidnapped again. " Balthazar says and waves before flying off. Cas nuzzles close to Dean, rubbing his face against the slightly ruff fabric.
It was nice to have familiar smells around him. Dean smelled like leather, gun powder and faint of aftershave and pine, Sam had a more of an old book smell with coffee, blood and gunpowder, and Gabriel, well he smelled like sweets with ozone mixed in.
"Hey Cassie, how about some food?" Cas hears Gabriel question. He grasps tightly onto Dean's shirt and chews on his lip as he thinks.
"Lets not do that Cas, that'll make your lip all sore." Dean says pushing a pacifier into his mouth. Cas whines slightly and chews on that instead. Dean was right, chewing on his lip made it hurt.
"Sammy, go out and get something." Dean says waving his brother off. Sam sighs in response and rolls his eyes before grabbing the keys and heading out.
"So, Gabe, what's the verdict?" Cas hears Dean say as he slowly fought for conscious, "I'm actually not sure, I just think Cassie just needs some rest."
Cas agreed with his brother, gripping Dean's shirt tightly as he fell asleep.
"Are you sure this'll help?" Cas hears distantly as he slowly started waking up. "Oh sorry Deano I didn't realize you were an expert on fledglings." He hears an annoyed huff at the response.
"De?" Cas asks tiredly and rubs his eyes, liking the nice feeling of the softness around him. He felt relaxed, even more so when he felt a hand on his back, gently rubbing between his wings.
"Yeah buddy?" He hears Dean's slightly gruff tone reply. Cas smiles and nuzzles close to what he guessed was Dean, glad for the warmth.
"Mmm m' hungry." Cas murmurs quietly, nestling closer to the warmth. He smiles slightly when he feels Dean chuckle at him.
He feels that hand stop rubbing his Back, everything shifting as Dean moved, the crinkling of a bag prompting Cas to open his eyes.
"White Castle." Cas says excitedly, shifting up to get his hands on the burger. He loved burgers! Dean was so nice getting him one.
"I'll have you know Sammy got them." Cas turns to look at Gabriel and smiles slightly, "I ike Tammy too." He says shyly.
"Preaching to the choir honey." Gabriel says teasingly and moves something around him closer. Cas realized at that moment that Gabriel had made a sort of nest around them.
He saw various clothing sizes and pillows shaped around them like a nest, all of the things belonging to his family. He almost was lost in thought, but Dean pressing the burger against his lips brought him out of it.
"Come on kiddo, eat a little." Dean says with a small smile. Cas eagerly takes a bite of the burger, letting a small noise of approval out at the taste.
His family was the best! He happily munches on his food, leaning against Dean's side with a pleased look on his face.
"See I told ya, fledglings love nests." Gabriel says triumphantly as Cas ate. Dean rolls his eyes in response and rubs between Cas' wings, chuckling softly when the fledgling purrs at the touch.
"You know, you may be an asshole but you're a pretty good older brother." Dean says after silence passed between them.
"What can I say, family's more important." Gabriel says with a shrug, snapping candy into existence. After a moment's thought he offers a snickers bar to Dean who gladly takes the treats.
"Thanks." Dean says taking a bite of the chocolatey goodness. Gabriel wasn't that bad when you got over the whole 'made your brother watch you death more than a hundred times.' part of their history with the guy, maybe they could be family.
"So get this guys." Sam says from the table, he had been quiet the whole time, searching for houses. They had agreed to halt hunting until they either found a cure or until Cas was 10, so house hunting was a major play now.
"Let us hear it." Dean says tilting his head back to peek at his brother. They were becoming a slightly normal family because of this freaky accident but it wasn't all that bad.
Sam smiles and stretches slightly before reading the information back to Dean. "It says a nice house, a little ways from the town with a woods backyard. Looks like a small community and a little beach nearby."
Dean hums slightly as he thinks about it. They would have privacy when they wanted it, and a forest was pretty cool to have, and a beach.
"Pretty big house or kinda lame?" Dean asks, wiping Cas' mouth free of ketchup and grease. At least the kid wasn't like Sam when he was young, his brother got fries in his hair, on accident.
"It's decent." Sam says scrolling through the website, "Plenty of job options too, and it's pretty cheap." He adds on with a smile.
"I don't know why you two insist on doing this yourself, I mean heeeelllo Archangel." Gabriel grumbles and crosses his arms.
Sam rolls his eyes at said archangel's behaviour, he swore Gabriel was more childish than Cas at this point. "One, we're stubborn and two, I'd rather not have demons on our ass when a house randomly appears."
"Sammy! Language!." Gabriel mock gasps and covers Cas' ears. Sam rolls his eyes and ignores the archangel's antics. "Taking the offer." He comments before doing so.
"Hey Cas, we got a house now, what sorta dinner should we have?" Dean asks shifting the angel to his lap.
The fledgling instantly cuddles closer yo Dean and starts thinking of the celebratory meal they would have at their house.
"Dino titchen nuggets n' mac n' teese!" Cas declares excitedly. Dean chuckles slightly and ruffles Cas' hair fondly, "Great choice Cassie!" Gabriel says grinning.
Their family was stitching itself back together, slowly and in a weird way, but still it was coming together. Everyone was happy and slowly burying their traumas down with good memories.
They were getting a house and possibly a normal life, what could go wrong now?
If you have ideas, please, tell me, that's all!