"What can I do?" Sam asked, dreading the answer.

"Every pain Castiel is to feel through labor, I will be feeling on his behalf, and so I am in need of your assistance moving the child into the proper possession." Eclipse explained before slowly heading over to Castiel's room.

Sam's stomach dropped at those words. He didn't know what he was doing and he didn't know if he'd be able to do everything properly, but he would do it if that's what Eclipse needed him to do.

Walking behind Eclipse he stopped and braced Eclipse against the pain that assaulted his body. Through this contraction Eclipse held his breath and looked at Sam before grabbing the hunter's face and kissing him fiercely.

"No other would have stood beside me so." Eclipse said, kissing Sam one more time before making his way into Castiel's room.

"I need you to expose your stomach to me dearest." Eclipse instructed and watched as Castiel lifted his shirt and exposing his rounded stomach.

Sam walked in behind Eclipse and smiled at the look of horror on Castiel's face.

"I won't make fun of you Cas." Castiel immediately calmed and looked at Eclipse expectantly.

"What do I do now Father?" Castiel sounded worried, and who wouldn't under the same circumstances.

"You do not have to do much besides lay comfortably. Sam could you please lubricate your hands for me and come forward?" Eclipse asked and Sam and Castiel looked hesitant but both did as they were asked.

Sam used the baby oil that Gabriel handed him and used it to oil up his hands and looked at the angel gratefully. He had no idea where the angel had come from but he was always there when he was needed which was a quality Sam was happy Gabriel possessed.

"Now what?" Sam asked, walking over to Castiel and looking at the angel hesitantly.

Eclipse took a seat on the sofa next to the bed and writhing in pain, answered Sam as steadily as he was able.

"Stand to Castiel's right side, place your left hand on the top left of his stomach and your right hand on the bottom right. Firm yet gently you must move your hands counter clock wise in order to persuade the child to move."

Sam nodded and put his hands where he'd been indicated to do so and as firmly as he could, without hurting the angel, he started moving and guiding the child into position.

Castiel didn't seem to be feeling anything and lay there watching Sam's hands on his stomach, but Eclipse was a different matter. The demon looked to be in complete agony as sweat poured down his brow. He was biting his arm to prevent himself from crying out in pain and alerting Castiel to his distress.

"Gabriel, can you and Eclipse please go find Dean while I continue trying to move the baby?" Sam asked and Gabriel nodded, knowing the true reasons behind Sam's words.

Gabriel walked over and helped Eclipse to his feet, which made Castiel a bit worried.

"Father, is everything alright?" Castiel asked, involuntarily moving, causing the baby to shift back into his original position.

"Don't move Castiel, you need to stay completely still for Sam to be successful." Castiel nodded and stopped moving but his question still stood and the look he directed to his father said so.

"Everything is alright dearest. Today is a joyous day, relax." Castiel nodded but the nagging feeling that something was wrong wouldn't leave his mind.

Gabriel helped Eclipse out of the room and the demon immediately fell onto the floor gasping for breath.

The repositioning of the baby hurt worse than the contractions and Eclipse was more glad now than he had been in the start that he'd taken this pain from his son.

Gabriel helped Eclipse back on his feet and walked him into the guest bedroom before putting him on the bed.

"Are your real labors this bad?" Gabriel asked, having figured out what was happening.

"No, they are worse." Eclipse said sitting on the bed and grabbing his back, trying to sooth some of the ache away.

Gabriel sighed and walked behind the demon and with experienced hands started rubbing the ache from the others' back and with the sigh of relief that Eclipse gave, Gabriel was happy to know that it was working.

"Can you wait here for a minute while I let Dean know he's needed in the other room?" Gabriel asked and Eclipse nodded, watching the angel leave. He was in so much pain at this point there was barely a break between contractions and he was so tired, and the fact that the baby needed to be repositioned wasn't helping.

Eclipse closed his eyes and growled as a particularly nasty bit of pain ran through his abdomen, up his chest and down his back, and was once again thankful to have done this for his son. He wouldn't let Castiel feel this.

"Any better?" Gabriel asked, walking in and seeing the huddled form of the demon.

"No, though it will be over soon." Eclipse said with confidence. Having had his share of children he knew when labor was at its end.

"Soon isn't good enough." Gabriel said, sounding angry at the pain Eclipse was in.

"I will be fine Gabriel." Eclipse assured before groaning in agony once more.

Gabriel did what he could to ease Eclipse through the contraction but before the pain could ebb away Eclipse let out a pained scream.

"What's the matter?" Gabriel sounded panicked.

"Castiel's child is in distress. It needs to be removed immediately." Eclipse said and Gabriel looked pale as a ghost as he heard this.

"None of us can do this. The only one able to is you and there's no way you can with the condition you're in." Eclipse shook his head and let out a stifled growl that eventually turned into another scream.

"You are c-capable of do-doing this. I trust in you." And Gabriel nodded before running from the room.

Not long after Gabriel had left Sam ran into the room and sat next to the huddled form of his lover. Eclipse immediately clung to Sam's arm and groaned in agony as his stomach felt like it was being ripped open.

"I've got you." Sam said, holding onto Eclipse tightly as the demon screamed, knowing that by now it was a moot point to stay quiet. Castiel wasn't stupid and by now had probably figured out what Eclipse had done for him.

"And you're willing to do this again and again just to have kids?" Sam asked disbelievingly and he could hear Eclipse chuckling.

"They-" Eclipse began only to stop and scream. The pain was worse than any he'd felt in his life, which was saying something as the demon had at one point been tortured to near death.

"Almost done baby. I'm here." Sam assured, holding the demon and keeping him grounded through the pain.

Eclipse lay on his back as tears fell from his eyes. The pain was near unbearable and Sam could see the hurt on the demon's face. Lying next to Eclipse, Sam wrapped his legs around the convulsing demon and held him steady as the pain slowly ebbed away to a dull throb and the shrill cries of a newborn could be heard.

"FUCK!" Eclipse said when his throat wasn't quite as raw from the screaming.

"Indeed!" Sam said, kissing the demon's head and holding him close as Eclipse's eyes drifted shut and he fell into a fitful rest.

Not long after Eclipse had fallen asleep, Dean came running in with a smile on his face.

"I have a son Sammy." He yelled, officially waking up the demon who groaned in pain and tried to sit up.

"Go back to sleep baby." Sam said, petting the demon's hair until he'd fallen back to sleep before glaring at his brother.

"How's Castiel?" Sam opted to ask, instead of beating the shit out of his brother.

Dean indicated with a thumbs up that the angel was doing great and left the room, knowing Sam would join them when the demon was completely asleep and not likely to wake any time soon.

Half an hour after the demon had fallen asleep, Sam wriggled his way out from the bed without waking his lover, and made his way towards Castiel and the new baby, wanting desperately to see his nephew.

Walking in, he was amazed at the sight he saw. There was Castiel, right as rain if with a little bump for a stomach still, holding the baby and walking him back and forth. The angel showed no signs that not long ago he'd had his stomach ripped open to remove his distressed son.

"Hello Sam, would you like to hold him?" Castiel asked, turning to face the hunter.

Sam nodded and walked forward to grab the little bundle from the angel, who willingly handed the child to Sam.

Sam looked down at the baby and his heart melted at the sight. He had Castiel's black hair and Dean's nose and mouth. He was a beautiful baby and Sam was hard pressed to let him go.

"Where are Dean and Gabriel?" Sam asked, petting the baby's soft cheek,

"In the kitchen. They're getting me a snack it seems." Castiel explained as he kept a vigilant eye on Sam and his son.

"What's his name?" Sam was curious now.

"His name is Asher John Winchester." Castiel said smiling at the look on Sam's face.

"Hello Asher, I'm your uncle." Sam said placing a kiss on the little baby's head, watching Asher's face scrunch up in annoyance.

"Please call me when my father wakes up. I cannot thank him enough for what he has done for me today." Sam nodded and handed Asher back to his father.

"I'll make sure to let you know." Sam said turning to leave when

"Sam?" Castiel called and Sam turned to look at the angel curiously.

"Since you are my father's mate and my mate's brother, are you my brother-in-law or my step father?"