So Marie and Sam talking about… him and Cas -Destiel- got Dean curious as to what other couples his life has inspired people to write about. Jo and Dean - would that be Jean? Him and Bella? Yeah, there's gotta be something about him and Bella. What would that make them? Della? Bean? And Cas, he's gotta be getting it from somebody other than him, right? If these crazy kids can write about Dean and his brother they can surely write about some angel-on-angel action.
And then it happens. Written on the screen just for him: Sastiel. Considering the books discontinued around the almost-was Apocalypse and the hostile relationship his brother and Cas had up until then, those two being partners in cuddling seemed far-fetched, but so did all of these "pairings."
But Sammy was right: Sastiel did actually exist. He finally had ammunition to his taunts of "Deeeeeeestiel" and "I bet he did grip you tight." And Dean grinned.
Dean was prepared when the time came. That toothy smirk Sam let linger too long after he mention Cas to him was met back with "Nice try Sam, but I'm not the only one." Sam's expression turned quizzical. "Seems you're hot for the angel too. That Sastiel thing you laughed it up over a couple months back is a real fictional thing."
His brother was finally speechless. Felt good to be smug for a change. "I… um…
"I know."
"You know?"
"Yeah. For a couple years." Years? "The, the whole Sam/Dean thing got my curious about what else the fans of the Edlund books interpreted from us – the characters, so I checked it out. Well, who they had me paired up with anyway; the Destiel thing was news to me. Not to me, I've always known Cas liked you a little more than he thinks he does, but I didn't know if the books would pick up on that."
No no, this is about you and Cas and not me and Cas. Please get back on topic.
"So by chance I found out about Cas and myself… But that's it. I couldn't look any further. I was too embarrassed." And he certainly showed it. Sam couldn't meet Dean's eyes and his cheeks flushed redder than any flower. If Sam truly was embarrassed his normal reaction would be "Shut up" or a nonchalant laugh. This was a "You're treading into personal territory" reaction. Dean would be too bashful to click on any of those Destiel links, he had to agree with Sam on that.
"You weirded out about people writing about you like that?"
"Kinda. I don't know. It's Cas and, um…"
If Sam turned another shade of red he was going to melt.
It hit him in the face as hard and fast as a punch. He tried to pick his jaw off the floor before Sam noticed, which was far too late. That's a "boy with a crush, stop talking about the person I have a crush on with me, please" expression.
Oh. Well then.
His little brother was just full of surprises.