The first week of Castiel and Dean detention slowly closed to an end, giving them a weekend to catch-up on school work and sleep, although Castiel figured Dean was not that much interested in school work and just did enough work to pass. He had told Castiel about his dream of opening his own garage where he would renovate old school cars and sell them off, the Family Business which meant for Dean travelling like his Dad still did, they walked together Castiel listening with amazed interest about Dean's hopes and dreams. "Fixing up a car right now, '67 Chevrolet Impala. Dad managed to rescue her from the scrap heap." Castiel heard the passion in Dean's voice as he spoke about the car as if it was a real person leaving him in confusion. "I do not even know what that is." Dean faked outrage while wrapping his arm around Cas' shoulder, a warm sensation running across his shoulders and down his back and landing directly in his stomach. Dean leaned in. "Well I'll have to educate you sometime, come round if you're free on the weekend." Castiel's heart literally skipped a beat as Dean whispered the words into his ear. They stopped at a crossroads as always Dean went up one road and Castiel down the other, he had not realised how close they lived until the first day they walked home together after detention. "Look for the place with the Garage extension can't miss it."
He walked the rest of the way to his house in a slight daze the warmth in his stomach had yet to shift, he found it curious how whenever Dean touched him whether by choice or accident his body reacted with confusing signals, as soon as he pushed the door the open Gabriel greeted him. "Hey, Little Brother." He found Gabriel sitting in the Kitchen his paperwork littering the floor and table. "How was detention?" Castiel helped himself to the dinner Gabriel had left for him the oven and moving aside some of the paperwork into a neat pile, he chewed the food thoughtfully silently complimenting Gabriel for his cooking. "It was amusing." Gabriel smiled while scribbling something down. "I always remember detention as some form of torture." Castiel half-shrugged a small snort escaping his mouth. "Dean seems to find ways to make amusing. He is teaching me everything he knows about sport, I particularly like basketball." His Older Brother has the most peculiar expression on his face. "He seems like a good guy." There was slight tone change in Gabriel's voice that Castiel caught on to straight away. "Yes. He is. He is very caring and loyal." Gabriel only nodded for a reply, keeping his whole focus on the words in front of him; there was a moment silence where Castiel continued to eat his dinner and Gabriel riffled through papers. "Okay, I'm sorry but I have to ask. Cas do you like him?" he received a confused and shocked expression from Castiel. "Yeah, I've heard you've got yourself a nickname it suits you too. So do you like him?"
"Of course I like him he's a good friend." Gabriel placed his arms on the table and leaned forward. "No, I mean do you like like him?" it soon became apparent that Castiel had no understanding of what Gabriel was trying to say.
"Castiel, have you ever been with a girl?"
A small flush stained Castiel's cheeks and crawled up his neck at the bluntness of Gabriel question. "No Father forbid me from talking to the Neighbours, the only time they ever saw me was if I was on the roof. He never took it well when the Police arrived to enquire why I was sitting on the roof." Gabriel made a small whistling sound. "And you never had occasion if the opportunity arose?" Castiel shook his head while pushing his half finished plate aside. "Right. So what do you feel when you're with Dean? Describe it."
Again silence stretched between both the Brothers while Gabriel watched Castiel think about how to answer his question. "Warmth, whenever Dean touches me by choice or accident I feel this warmth, it can take over my entire body in seconds like a fire." His forehead furrowed as he tried to find the words to describe the complexity of the feelings. "My heart skips whenever I see him, I sometimes I have this urge to tell him everything but stop myself for some reason. And if he talks to me only, he would whisper so only I can hear it, his voice sends shivers done my spine like static electricity."
"Have you ever felt something like this towards any of your other classmates?" Castiel shook his head. "No it is just him." He looked into Gabriel's eyes seeking an explanation again his face had the peculiar expression. "Cas, what you're feeling is attraction. You're attracted to him sometimes your body and heart can make a connection to someone even before your brain realises it. Pretty remarkable though if you think about it." Attraction? The word itself filled Castiel with more confusion. "But is it not a sin to lay with man the same as a woman?" a dark look crossed Gabriel's face which only could be describe as frightening. "Castiel. Dad saw you as an Abomination since the moment Mom died and he blamed you for her death. He beat you to an inch of your life as a punishment, but let me tell you something if you have any Faith left in some God who didn't even bother to help you even when you prayed until you cried. I'd say don't listen to that cryptic bullshit which makes next to no sense. This God should be accepting you for your choices because in the end you're still His creation but instead of following His rules you're making up your own and following your heart."
Gabriel pushed back his chair and placed a hand on Castiel's shoulder squeezing it in comfort. "You have my acceptance just remember the heart is the strongest weapon you have then some Faith which has a bad habit of contradicting itself."
Castiel looked up at his Brother whose eyes filled with protective affection and warmth towards him. "You have had a lot of time to think about this?"
"I never real had much belief in God and it what was left of it disappeared the day Dad tried to exorcise demons from you the night Mom died. If there is a God He would have never let that happen."
N/A: All I can say is... Wow that's pretty deep for Gabriel, core blimey I'm even stunned
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