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"Do you want to go over the list one more time?"

"Cas, I think three times is enough. We know what we're going to need. It's not that big of a party."

Cas nodded, setting the list down on the nightstand beside him. Cas watched from where he was sitting against the headboard as Dean got ready for work. Cas didn't have work or school today. Dean wanted to stay home with him, but he needed to help Rufus get a car finished. He smiled remembering Dean's latest display of manliness when he hit Adam. It had been a week since that afternoon and it still turned him on. He'd worried Adam was going to come back and press assault charges against Dean, but it never happened.

Then Sam and Jess announced that they were getting married. Sam immediately asked Dean to be his best man and Dean felt that since he accepted it was his job to throw them a party. Here. At their house. Which meant Cas was going to have to play host as well, and that's not something Cas was looking forward to doing. Not only were the Winchesters and the extended family going to be here, but the Moore's were going to be here as well. Just because Jess was sweet and open minded didn't mean the rest of her family was going to be.

"Oh, tables. We're probably going to need tables. I didn't think about seating," Dean told Cas as he trimmed his beard. "Bobby has some tables. Remind me to call him."

Cas grabbed the list and made a note: Dean, this is your reminder to call Bobby. Call Bobby…

"So, what do you think about marriage?" Cas asked Dean.

Dean hesitated for a second before going back to what he was doing. "What do you mean? Marriage is marriage. It's all about two people proclaiming their love for one another in front of their family and spending a bunch of money while doing it."

"Do you ever want to get married?"

Dean pulled his blade away from his face and smirked at Cas. "Are you asking me to marry you, Cas?"

Cas rolled his eyes. "No. Not yet at least," he told him, winking at him.

Dean chuckled. "I think I wouldn't mind it," he said, looking off into space. "Castiel Winchester. That has a ring to it."

"Whoa, what? Why am I changing my last name? Why not Dean Novak?"

Dean's nose scrunched at the name. "Because it's not as awesome as Dean Winchester? Come on, Cas. You have to admit my last name sounds cooler."

Cas shook his head. "What if I didn't want to change my last name?"

"Then don't. You'd still be my husband regardless of what your name was," he told him before rinsing off his face.

Cas got up and walked into the bathroom. Dean grabbed a towel and wiped off his face as he turned to lean against the sink so he could face Cas. Cas took the towel and moved it out of the way so he could kiss Dean. Dean smiled into the kiss, wrapping his arms around Cas and pulling him against him.

"I love you, Dean Winchester."

"I love you, too, Castiel Winchester." Cas smacked his arm. "Come on, Cas. You have to admit it has a ring to it."

Cas admitted nothing as he went back to kissing Dean. Dean groaned and pulled out of the kiss, resting his forehead against Cas'. "You're going to make it very difficult to leave if you don't stop."

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself."

"You should come to the shop for lunch."

"I should come to the shop for lunch."

"Great idea, right?"

Cas smiled. "Go. Get out of here or I won't be able to stop."

Cas tried to pull away, but Dean didn't let him. Dean kissed him one more time. "Never stop kissing me," he told Cas.

Cas relaxed against Dean, kissing Dean again. It didn't take long before their languid kisses heated up into something more, but the vibration of Dean's phone in his pocket caused the both of them to jump. Dean groaned as he pulled away from Cas. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and read the text from Charlie out loud. "A good boss would bring donuts to work." Dean chuckled and shook his head. "Fucking Charlie…"

Cas pecked Dean's lips once more. "Go to work, Dean. I'll see you at lunch."

"I could be a little late…"

"Go," Cas said resolutely.

"You are no fun," Dean said as he walked out of the bathroom.

Cas stopped him by grabbing a hold of his belt loops and pulling him back against him. He pressed his lips to the shell of Dean's ear. "The sooner you get home, the sooner the real fun can start."

Dean spun around. "Fuck you, Cas. Now I'm going to be thinking about fucking you all day – well, it's not nothing new, but this is different okay! It just is. That's mean!"

Cas smiled at him. "Maybe we can have some dessert in your office after lunch?"

Dean's head fell back. "You are killing me, Cas."

Cas laughed at him, watching him finish get ready for work and then walking him out to the Impala. Cas gave him a quick kiss before he left and waved at him once he was on the road. As Cas pulled the garage door down, he smirked to himself. Castiel Winchester does have a ring to it… Cas thought.

^O^

It took them two weeks to agree upon a date for the party. Cas sent out invitations as soon as he could. However, he wanted to deliver one personally, and he didn't want Dean to know. Mainly because Dean would've told Cas not to worry with it, but this was very important to Cas. Cas wanted this party to go as smoothly as possible for Sam and Jess and having family drama in the middle of it would not classify the party as having gone smoothly.

After Mary had calmed down enough, she let John move back in the house. It took her about two weeks to calm down, but she finally did. However, John hadn't extended the olive branch to Dean or Cas since the Horrendous Family Dinner of 2013. Cas knew that even if Dean said he didn't care, he really did. Cas wanted to make things right between them. He didn't care if John ever liked him, but he wanted Dean to have his father back.

"Do you really have to go to the library?" Dean asked, whining from where he was lying in bed. "I mean, I could take the day off work and we could just… you know…"

"Lie in bed all day and sleep and fuck and occasionally get up to eat?"

"Best plans ever, Cas. These plans are the plans that everyone measures the awesomeness of their plans against."

Cas shakes his head. "No, no. I don't think they do…"

"They do, Cas." Dean said matter-of-factly. "So you should forgo the research and stay and enjoy the best plans ever."

Cas smiled at Dean. It was very tempting. "No. I have to go to the library. I promise I won't be long though. So, lay here and I'll be back."

"What research could you do at the library that you can't do here?"

"Um, all the research? You made it very clear what would happen if I stayed and research wasn't listed."

"Dammit…" Dean realized he'd foiled his own plan.

Cas kissed Dean's forehead. "I'll be back."

"Hurry."

Cas chuckled as he left. Dean was insatiable sometimes. Okay, all the time. Cas got in his Prius and drove out to Singer Auto Salvage. He was nervous. John could get pissed off and hit him. Dean could get his need to punch things from both of his parents for all Cas knew. Cas felt like he should expect the worse. He wasn't going to let himself get his hopes up again.

Cas pulled into the Singer Auto Salvage and turned off his car. He sat there for a second. He took a deep breath and pulled out the invitations for the party. He figured he might as well drop off Benny's and Bobby's invites as well. Cas got out of his car slowly. He was beyond nervous. He still wasn't sure what to say to John. He was just going to open his mouth and speak from the heart.

He walked into the main entrance and found Benny standing by the water cooler and Andrea behind the service counter. Benny smiled at Cas. "Well, look who it is! Dean said he was sending someone to pick up the drive shaft, but I didn't realize he was going to send you!"

Cas smiled at Benny. "No, I'm not here for that. Dean doesn't know I'm here."

Benny's happy smile turned into some kind of proud papa bear smile. "You're here to talk to John."

Cas nodded. He handed Benny his invite. "And to give you and Bobby your invites to the engagement party."

"Oh!" Andrea said excitedly, hurrying around the counter to snatch up the invite before Benny could get his greasy hands on it. "John told us they were getting married. It's about time if you ask me. Prolonging the inevitable is just pointless," she said, winking at Cas.

"Andrea…" Benny chastised. "Don't go putting Cas on the spot. I'm pretty sure Cas and Dean are just waiting for Sam and Jess to tie the knot before they announce they're getting married too."

Cas chuckled, blushing furiously. "Anyway," Cas said, trying to change the subject. "Where's John?"

"He's out back stripping a car. Come on, I'll walk you out."

Cas agreed and said farewell to Andrea. She wished him luck as they walked out the back door. "I've got Bobby's invite, too."

Benny took it from Cas. "I'll give it to him." Benny said. "So, what exactly do you plan on saying?"

"I'm not sure yet."

"And Dean doesn't know you're here?"

"No, so don't tell him I was."

"And why are we keeping this a secret from him?"

"Because I know he'd tell me not to worry with it. He'd tell me that if he never comes around, then he never comes around, but I don't want that for Dean. I want Dean to have his father back. He might not be father of the year, but Dean misses him just the same."

Benny nodded. "Yeah, John misses him too. He was always the one to talk to Dean when Dean needed a part or advice on how to fix something. John's been… well, he's been kind of quiet ever since."

Cas sighed. "I just hope I don't mess things up worse."

"At least you can say you tried," Benny told him. "And that's better than nothing." They came to a stop in front of a large garage. "He's in the back. Good luck," Benny told him, tapping his arm with the envelope. Benny wanted to pat Cas on his back, commend him for growing the balls to stand up to John Winchester, but his hands were dirty and Cas' light green shirt wouldn't look as nice with a big greasy hand print on the back of it.

Cas took a deep breath and walked inside. His eyes had to adjust thanks to the bright sunny day. He looked around and found John under the hood of a car. "Mr. Winchester?"

John's head snapped up, locking eyes with the blue eyed man standing in front of him. John slowly pulled himself out from under the hood. He didn't say anything. He just stood there and stared at Cas. Cas took that as a cue that John was at least listening.

"I, um, I came to bring you the official invite to the engagement party," Cas said, pausing as he waited for a response from John. "We thought that maybe Mary would want to keep it for sentimental reasons," he explained, pausing again so John could say something.

He realized then that John wasn't going to say anything to him. This made Cas irrationally angry. "Look, I know you don't like me, and I don't really care if you ever do. I'm going to be here as long as Dean wants me and pretty damn sure that's going to be forever. I just want everything to go smoothly for the party. You don't have to look at me, you don't have to talk to me, but for the love of God, make amends with Dean. He's still Dean. He still loves pie and his family and fixing cars and driving around the back roads of Lawrence. Just because he's in love with a man doesn't make him any less of one, it doesn't make him any less of your son. Don't shun him because of what his heart wants. You should be proud of him for being brave enough to go after it. You're missing out on your son's life because of me. I am really worth that?"

Cas tossed the invite on John's work bench and left. Cas felt a rush of adrenaline as he walked back to the main office. Andrea, Bobby, and Benny were standing in there waiting for him. Andrea was the first to ask him, "How did it go?"

Cas took a deep breath and let it out slowly before speaking. He was trying to calm his rapid heartbeat. He could hear the blood pumping in his ears. "I don't know. He didn't respond. I've got to get back. Dean's waiting for me."

Everyone tried to stop him from leaving, but Cas didn't listen to any of them. Bobby and Benny looked at one another and Benny could see the anger on Bobby's face. Bobby was his uncle and when his parents died when he was seven, Benny moved in with Bobby. So after 23 years, Benny knew Bobby's angry face. He'd been the cause of it more times than he'd like to admit.

"That stupid sonofabitch," Bobby mumbled before storming out the back door. He marched right into the garage John was working in. "Now, you lis – "

Bobby saw that John was on the phone. John looked up as he continued to talk. "I think I'm ready to talk to him, Mary. I think I'm ready to apologize."

Bobby sighed. He didn't have to kill his best friend after all, and that made Bobby happy. Bobby walked back into the office calmly. He smiled at Benny and Andrea. "What happened? You didn't… you didn't beat the shit out of him, did you?" Benny asked, worried why his uncle looked so… relaxed.

"I walked in on John talking to Mary. Apparently, Cas' talk sparked something. He's going to apologize to Dean."

Andrea sighed happily. "This is great. Everything is going to be how it should be," she said, smiling at her husband.

^O^

When Cas got home, he found Dean standing in the kitchen, tapping his cellphone against his chin. Dean looked up at Cas, locking his eyes with his boyfriend's. Cas stopped in his tracks as Dean narrowed his eyes at him. He knows, Cas thought, panicking.

"What's up?"

"Mom wants us to come over for dinner."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. She said Dad wanted to talk to us," he said, tossing his phone down on the counter.

Cas was shocked. He didn't think anything he said even reached John Winchester's ears. "Oh?"

"Look, I'm not sure I'm ready to listen to what he's got to say, so it's up to you if we go. I don't want to put you through all that shit again," Dean said as he walked around the counter, placing his hands on Cas' hips. "So, you make the call. Do we go or not?"

"We go," Cas said.

Dean frowned, confused and a little shocked. "Are you sure?"

"I honestly doubt your mother would put us in a situation where John was going to disrespect us again. I think we should go hear what he has to say."

Dean sighed. He wanted his father back in his life, but he wasn't sure his father deserved to be a part of it after what he did. Yet, here Cas was ready to let him back in. "Why?" Dean found himself asking.

"Dean, my parents didn't take it easily when I told them I was gay, but when they came back and apologized, I forgave them. They might not have deserved my forgiveness so easily, but they're still my parents. I still love them even if for a minute they found it hard to love me."

Dean cupped Cas' face and kissed him. His boyfriend was beautiful inside and out and he didn't understand what he did to deserve such a magnificent human being, but he wasn't going to question the Powers That Be. He didn't want them to realize their fuck up. "Thank you, Cas."

"I'm not sure for what, but if it gets me kissed like that I might want to do it again."

^O^

This time, as Dean drove them over to John and Mary's house, Cas wasn't nervous. He'd faced the lion and he'd come out unscathed. He didn't care how tonight ended because regardless, he was going to go home with Dean and that's all that mattered to him. However, Dean was a little nervous. It was an irrational nervousness and he knew it, but he hadn't spoken to his father in over a month and he wasn't sure he was ready for John to apologize. He was done wasting time. Life had moved forward. They had to come together now for the sake of Sam and Jess.

Dean parked the car and held the door open for Cas as he got out of the driver's side behind him. He took his hand as he walked up to the front door. He took a relaxing breath before opening the door. "You better have made a pie," Dean called out as he walked in.

Cas chuckled and shook his head. Dean still wasn't over the fact that his mother threw away a perfectly good pie the last time he was here. Mary walked out of the kitchen rolling her eyes. "I made you a damn pie, would you shut up about it already?" Mary walked up to Cas and Dean and gave them each a hug. She stepped back from them and smiled. "I'm glad you accepted our dinner invite."

"Thank Cas," Dean told her. "He's the one that talked me into it."

Mary smiled at Cas, winking at him. She knew Cas had been by to see John. Cas deserved more than a thank you in her book. "Come on. John is grilling steaks. Grab something to carry outside."

Dean took Cas' hand back into his. Cas gave him a quick squeeze and smiled at him reassuringly. Dean wasn't sure he'd be able to do this without Cas here. They followed Mary into the kitchen. Dean went for the pie, but Cas stopped him. "You can't have any pie if you don't eat your meat."

"Listen here, Pink Floyd…"

"Dean, listen to Cas," Mary said as she grabbed the baked potatoes.

Dean narrowed his eyes at Cas as Cas stuck his tongue out at him. They each grabbed two dishes and followed Mary outside, setting everything down at the table. Dean had a mini flashback to the last time he was here. He hoped tonight would end better.

"You guys have perfect timing," John said in way of a greeting. "Steaks are done!" he announced, walking over to the table with a plate full of meat.

"Everything looks great," Mary said, happily. She'd been waiting for this moment for far too long, in her opinion.

John cleared his throat. "Before we sit down to eat, I want to say something. I owe the both of you more than an apology. I was an idiot. I was worse than an idiot. I kicked my son out of my life and it was the biggest mistake I've ever made. Dean, I know I don't say it enough, but you're the best son a dad could ask for. You're brilliant, talented, you're successful. And you came here to introduce us to the missing piece in your life and I… I blew it. What should've been the best family dinner any of us ever had turned into a disaster. I've wanted to do this for a while, but I was so ashamed that I'm not sure I would've ever had the guts to do it had it not been for Cas coming to the shop today."

"I'm sorry?" Dean asked, confused. He looked at Cas. "You said you were going to the library."

"I didn't want you to try to talk me out of it. I wanted to make things right between the two of you because I knew neither of you were going to make the first move," Cas said, taking Dean's hand into his.

Dean smiled at him. "Thanks."

"So, I hope that eventually you can forgive my stupidity. I really want to be a part of your lives," John said, fighting back the tears, trying not to let his voice crack.

Dean walked around the table and gave his dad a hug. "I forgive you, Dad," Dean said softly.

John's tears fell after that. He was certain he'd fucked everything to hell and back, but hearing his son tell him he forgave him took the weight of the world off his shoulders. He hugged Dean tight for a minute before letting his son go. They smiled at one another. John gave his son's face a loving slap. As Dean walked back around to the other side of the table, John stretched out his hand in front of Cas. "Cas, it's nice to meet you."

Cas grinned at John, shaking his hand. "It's nice to meet you, too, Mr. Winchester."

"Call me John," he told him, reaching up to pat the outside of Cas' hand.

Mary's sniffle caused all three men to look at her. "Oh, ignore me. I'm just happy. Come on, let's eat," she said, wiping her tears away. John leaned over and kissed her neck before taking his seat. As soon as everyone had food on their plate, Dean looked up at his dad. "So, how's your nose?"

John didn't look up at Dean, but stabbed the steamed asparagus on his plate instead. "Shut up, Dean."


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