Yet another High School AU screaming to be written.
First chapter sets the story. The rest will follow. I promise.
Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak had met the day the latter was born. John and Mary Winchester and Michael and Anna Novak had been friends for years and when Mike and Anna announced the birth of their new baby boy the Winchesters arrived to congratulate them.
Of course, neither of the boys remember this meeting. Their earliest memory of each other is when they started Elementary School and Dean stuck by Castiel's side all day every day, not even giving him the chance to make any other friends. Not that Castiel wanted anyone else. He knew the only people he needed in his life were his parents and Deanie, a nickname that Dean pretended to hate but secretly loved. And Dean felt the same way about his Cas.
Dean and Cas lived for the enjoyable moments in life. They went to see their favourite bands in concert every time they were in town. They went to see every new movie when it was released. They spent every day with each other, just talking, listening to music and enjoying each others company.
Dean was close with his little brother, Sam, but there was an age gap that meant Dean always treated Sam as his little brother rather than as an equal. They were also very different in their outlooks on life. Sam was studious and had big dreams. He took his school work (and life) seriously. Dean had made the mistake of teasing Sammy when he got together with his girlfriend. No one made fun of Sam. Whereas Dean didn't much care about school and he had dreams, sure, but they weren't anything spectacular. He and Cas would finish school this year and they would move to the city, get a small apartment and they would start their own business. They were going to sell music. Good music. Sure it wouldn't make them much money, probably barely enough to live. But as long as they had each other it was okay.
Somewhere down the line Dean and Castiel had become more than friends. They showed each other a level of affection that even people who were the best of friends didn't show. Whenever the other was upset, they were comforted by an intimate embrace. When they stayed at each other's houses they cuddled while they slept. Neither could pinpoint a moment when their friendship had advanced to something more. To both of them, it simply felt like a natural progression.
They never showed their affection in public. But even so, they were still the butt of many jokes from their classmates. The comments on their relationship hit them hard at first. It was especially bad as they didn't have any other friends to stick up for them but they eventually grew to laugh off any jokes made in bad taste and it only made them grow closer.