Castiel found himself alone in the house the following day, Gabriel had a meeting to attend to and Dean was with his Uncle Bobby finding parts for the Impala, he lay on the sofa staring blankly his brain filled mostly with boredom and of how much he missed Dean. They practically spent the majority of their time together but it always seemed cut short due to Gabriel's curfew with of course Gabriel had no intention of lifting. Castiel sighed closing his eyes until a small sound caught his attention.
He sat up immediately as he listened out for the sound, a barely there meow pinpricked the air as Castiel followed it to the back door. He opened the door to find a small black ball of fluff lying on the floor. He kneeled down poking it gently, which in turn quivered, big blue eyes opened and stared up at him. "A kitten?" Castiel sat down crossing his legs staring into the eyes that were eerily familiar to his. For some reason Castiel continued to stare at the kitten unable to make much sense of why they seemed so curious as each other. He slowly moved a hand towards it stroking the fur to find it soft but worryingly skinny underneath the mat of fur.
"Cas! What are you doing? Close the door you're letting all the heat out." Gabriel's voice made him jump as well as the kitten that now had taken its place in Castiel's palm. "I found a kitten." Castiel cradled the ball of fluff close to his chest as he got up and turned, Gabriel stared at his Brother and than the kitten. "Well we'll take it to shelter, we can't keep it who's going to look after it?" instinctively Castiel shielded the kitten from his Brother gaze, while glaring at him for referring the kitten as 'it'. "I will look after him." Gabriel shook his head putting his paperwork on the table. "Cas, animals are expensive you can't afford the vet bills, toys, food heck the thing will need a bed too."
"Those are just the essentials for him, please Gabriel. We seem to have gotten very attached to each other."
Gabriel being Gabriel eventually gave into his Brother's pestering about keeping the kitten. "Gabriel it would be nice to have company when you are not here and Dean's away. Please, I swear I will look after him I promise!"
Gabriel sat down exhausted. "Okay but if he pees anywhere you'll be cleaning it up, that includes the litter tray. There's no way I'm going near that thing." A pure smile of happiness took its place on Castiel's face as he lifted the ball of fluff towards Gabriel. "Thank you! I promise, you won't have to do a single thing." He smiled just as the kitten let out a small sneeze. "Yeah except pay for the vet bills, food and other essentials."
"Well are you going to name him?" Castiel stood with Gabriel as the local vet checked the kitten over, taking his temperature as giving him all the necessary shots for his age. "Anything but Sir Fluffy Paws." Gabriel muttered under his breath and flinched as Castiel jabbed his elbow into his ribs. "No, he needs a better name." He stared for a moment stroking the small ears; the minuet purring could be heard if you listened carefully enough. "Jimmy. What do you think Gabriel?" Gabriel through the entire process tried to show lack of interest but even he could not resist Castiel's enthusiasm towards the small feline. "Jimmy Novak? Well it does have a ring to it." He reached out and rubbed the feline's ear between his thumb and index fingers. "Well, I guess it's official now. Welcome to the family Jimmy."
A/N: I mainly wrote this for tribute to my Brother's cat who was involved in a car related accident and for my cat also who I lost in the same manner a year or so ago.
Plus a cute little kitty will be perfect to make Dean jealous when Cas is ignoring him