Hello my sweetlings. So here it is the last chapter excluding the epilogue. I would just like to take this time to thank all you wonderful people who have taken the time to review this story. You are all awesome and motivate me to write more, challenge me to think of the next step on my story's journey, and for that I am forever grateful.
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Anyway enough from me. Time to see what happens between Dean and Castiel this time. Enjoy.
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Castiel was working in the cockpit when he heard the door to the hanger open. Looking up, he saw Dean's silhouette before the man entered and looked round the hanger. Castiel didn't say a word. He just took in vision that this man presented. He truly was the most beautiful man Castiel had ever seen. And he could be his, if he wanted him.
"Cas?" Dean called out into what seemed to be an empty hanger, was this some kind of joke?
"Hello Dean." Came a voice from the area of the plane, which thinking about Dean guessed he shouldn't have been surprised about. Then he watched the man who had filled his every waking (and sleeping) thoughts for a while now. He watched as Cas climbed out of the cockpit and wiped his hands on a rag. He watched how his shirt tightened as he moved his arms, and how his jeans hugged his lower body, and all of Dean's carefully planed out words deserted him as his mouth went dry. But he knew he had to speak, he had to convince Castiel to give him his second chance.
"I'm sorry Cas. I mean it. For everything. I know I shouldn't have gone along with Gabriel's plan. I should have been straight with you. But I couldn't. I mean look at you. You're amazing, you're sexy and funny and clever, and why would a guy like that be interested in me? So truthfully I thought I had no change, and Gabriel well he's really good at getting people to go along with him. I didn't really think. I know that none of that's an excuse, I'm not trying to use it as one. I just... I need you to understand. I am so, so sorry." Dean rushed to say. At the end of his verbal diarrhoea he was out of breath and just staring at the man who had come to mean so much to him in such a short amount of time.
"Well that was unexpected." Castiel replied raising his eyebrow at Dean. He certainly hadn't expected Dean to be so upfront with all that, he had thought he would have to take Dean in the air to get anything from him, seemed he was wrong. Maybe Sam was right and Dean really did like him. The question was how much did Castiel like Dean back? And was he willing to give a relationship with the guy a go?
"Was it?" Dean asked confused as to why Cas wasn't expecting that. Surely he had expected an apology right?
"Yes." Castiel replied with a smile at Dean's confusion. He really was like no other man that Castiel had ever known. He liked that, it was refreshing.
"Was it also unwelcome?" Dean asked nervously. He really hoped not. Seeing Cas again just made him realise how much he really liked the guy.
"That I don't know. But how about after your lesson we go for a coffee and talk about it more?" Castiel suggested in an offhand manor, even if he had taken a deep breath before he spoke. This was him taking a chance on something, he just hoped he was doing the right thing.
"Coffee?" Dean asked his eyebrows raising, did that mean what he thought it meant? I mean was that like coffee, or was it coffee?
"Yes Dean. You know that caffeinated substance that people drink?" Castiel replied sarcastically with a smirk for the other man.
"Like as in a date, coffee?" Dean asked after taking a deep breath. Well you know, if you don't ask you don't get and all that.
At that Castiel tilted his head and looked at the hope in Deans eyes. Until this moment he hadn't known the answer to that question, but now he did. Because he had just realised there was something he really wanted to do right now. So with a smile he walked closer to Dean before he replied.
"Yes, Dean. As in a date." With that he took one more step and put his hands either side of Dean's face and pulled him down so that he could place his lips on top of the other man's. It had a surprising effect, as soon as there lips touched in that kiss Dean seemed to melt against him, wrapping his arms around Castiel.
As soon as Cas' lips met his Dean knew that he was home. He was happy, he could take on the world as long as he had this man at his side. As such he wrapped his arms around him, not wanting to let go, ever.
And Castiel, well, he moulded Dean's body to his and deepened the kiss. It was like nothing he had experienced before, and he had kissed quite a few men in his time, but this, this was different. This was warm and inviting, and had no agenda attached. This kiss was purely for the pleasure of feeling Dean against him. And he realised that that was exactly where he wanted him to be for the rest of his life. Yes, this was what he wanted, he wasn't going to run from this any more. He couldn't even if he wanted to. He had a feeling that his life was fast becoming to depend on the man in his arms.
Castiel finally pulled away and rested his forehead against Dean's, taking note of the slight flush on the other man's cheeks and the massive smile on his lips.
"You have a lesson Dean. Stop distracting me and get into the plane." he murmured, not that he moved away from the other man.
"I much prefer the distraction to flying." Dean responded cheekily making Castiel chuckle and pull away from him and turn and walk towards the pilots side of his angel.
"You know Dean, play your cards right and I might just end up agreeing with you. Now get you cute ass into my angel." He answered over his shoulder with a saucy wink for his man.
"Yes sir." Dean replied still smiling as he bounded towards the plane and climbed in without thought. If Cas was getting into the plane then Dean was going to follow him. Whether he survived his fear or not was another matter. But he would have Cas at his side, he could do this with him there.
They took off and Dean tried to keep his breathing as even as possible by looking only at his pilot.
"You know, staring at me like that is a distraction Dean." Castiel said once they were in the air and without turning to the man next to him.
"I thought you were the best. Surely you can mange to fly with a bit of distraction." Dean replied leaning back a smile still on his lips as he stared at Cas.
"Hmm, next time we're driving I'll try it on you. Hit that red button." Castiel responded pointing the red button situation between the two of them.
"Why?" Dean asked, he was pretty sure that hitting red buttons in planes when in the air was never a good idea.
"Hit it and you'll find out." Castiel responded with a smirk. He wasn't going to tell Dean his plan for helping Dean overcome his fear. Or at least a solution that was different to staring at him at any rate. Not that he minded Dean staring at him, except it gave him all sorts of ideas that he really couldn't act on while piloting a plane. He wasn't that good.
And so Dean hit the button. He trusted Cas, and if he told him to do it, he would. suddenly the cockpit of the plane was filled with the sound of the song Danger Zone.
"Really? Top Gun much?" Dean chuckled happily, he could cope with flying if he had his angel and his music.
"Want me to do some moves from the movie?" Castiel asked innocently gripping the stick as if to bank to the left.
"Hell no." Dean squeaked. Okay so he had accepted normal flying, but that shit was never happening while he was in the plane thank you very much.
With that they both slipped into silence, a smile on their lips, as the music filled the plane, switching from that one song to Metallica which Dean started humming along to. And Castiel looking over at him smiled even more. It seemed his plan of giving Dean music to take his mind of his fear was working, though if asked Dean would claim it was more to do with his pilot kissing him before they got into the plane that had relaxed him so much.