Title: year-round
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt: Dean/Castiel, outsider POV of how mismatched they seem and yet it all manages to work
Dean Winchester is loud, brash, and funny as hell. He always has some smartass comment that he just has to say, though Clara has noticed that sometimes, if his kid is nearby, he bites his lip to keep the words in. And he flirts. Wow, does Dean flirt. She not sure he knows how to stop.
Cas Solomon, on the other hand, is quiet and shy. He usually only comes in if Dean does, but he checks out movies or books on a dozen different topics at a time. His favorites seem to be Biblical, and she's only ever heard him argue about the historical accuracy of some History channel documentary on Noah's ark.
That was a fun argument to overhear. Dean and the kid spent most of it trying not to laugh.
The kid. Ben Braedon. He explained to Clara once that his mom couldn't take care of him anymore, but it wasn't her fault, and so his dad and his dad's boyfriend took him in and they're awesome, if a little weird. And it's no one's business but theirs if they like to kiss, so she'd better tell him now if that'll be a problem.
The first time she saw the kid she tutored and his parents walk into the library where she worked... that was an interesting day.
Cas and Dean both interviewed her to make sure before hiring her to help Ben. And the kid got the final say. And sometimes, watching Dean and Cas, she wonders how they ever got together because they are so different. Like the nerd and jock at school.
(And dangerous. They're both so dangerous. Dean reminds of her Grandpa sometimes, because soldiers don't always come back unchanged, and war leaves scars. Cas, though... there's a look in his eyes, only a couple of times, and she spent the next three hours shivering. But neither of them ever act like she or Ben are in danger, and Ben's such a good kid.)
And then sometimes, when Cas says something completely out there and Dean doubles over with laughter, and Cas smirks because he said whatever it was on purpose, Clara gets it.