Dean's palms were sweaty as he stood outside the door of what was Castiel's apartment. He just couldn't shake the nerves that had been present ever since he'd left his own apartment. Dean took a deep breath and slowly released it as he raised his hand to knock on the door four times in quick succession. He heard the shuffle of feet behind the door before it was opened and Castiel stood before him. Dean caught his breath as he stared at the man before him. Damn he knew how to wash up.

"Looking good Cas. You ready to go?"

Dean tried not to smirk as Castiel eyed him up. Castiel finally locked his eyes with Dean before he smiled just that small smile that Dean had learned to love in the short time they had gotten to know each other the previous night.

"Yes I am. Let's go" Castiel replied as he stepped forward into the hallway.

Dean took a step back so he wasn't crowding the man before Castiel stood beside him and they made their way down the hall to the elevator. They stepped inside and Dean stepped forward and pressed the button before he glanced over to Castiel who was looking at him. Castiel blushed as Dean caught him and Dean couldn't help but find the colour in his cheeks absolutely adorable. Dean just smirked in reply not minding that Castiel obviously liked what he saw.

The elevator came to a halt and the two men stepped out into the lobby before Dean opened the door to the street for Castiel to step through. The shy man softly spoke a 'thank you' with an equally soft smile as he stepped passed Dean and onto the sidewalk.

Dean followed him out and stood next to him as headed in the direction of where he parked the Impala "Uh I couldn't find a park so I had to park down the block" Dean pointed in the direction with his right hand before dropping his hand down back to his side "It's not that far down"

Castiel just nodded in understanding as he matched Dean's strides down the street. They walked in silence for no longer than a minute before Dean couldn't handle it anymore. His nerves had taken over and it seemed just so awkward when they weren't talking. Why couldn't he just talk to this man? He was usually so smooth with his dates that he had them swooning over him before they'd even sat down for dinner. But with Castiel it was completely different. His confidence was shot to pieces by this blue eyed man who'd come to the bar he happened to be performing in and had taken a liking to him and when they had got to talking, Dean found that he actually liked this guy. Maybe that was it? He actually liked this person and not just for his looks. Finally Dean was snapped out of his thoughts as they approached the Impala.

"This is my baby" Dean said as he pointed to the Impala which was his most treasured possession followed closely by his guitar. Dean watched Castiel admire the car and could tell this man had absolutely no idea how great this car was. He would have to fix that but not tonight. Dean fished his keys out of his pocket as he stepped forward to unlock the passenger side door for Castiel. Being the gentleman that he is, he opened the door for Castiel to sit inside before he closed it carefully behind him. Dean ran round the front of the car to the driver's side and climbed inside. He glanced over at Castiel to see that he looked as nervous as Dean did. The man was glancing down at his hands in his lap as he fidgeted with the hem of his shirt. Dean decided enough was enough and decided to break the awkward tension before it ruined their date.

"Is it just me, or is it really awkward right now?" Dean began slightly louder than he had intended to and startled an unsuspecting Castiel. Castiel quickly glanced up to Dean with what Dean could only describe as the brightest smile he'd ever seen.

Castiel let out a breath before he spoke "God, it's not just me then?"

Dean let out a chuckle and shook his head "Definitely not just you. I don't even know why I'm so nervous. We got along fine at the bar last night I don't see why tonight should be any different."

Castiel nodded in agreement and Dean took the opportunity to expand further "Look let's just do what we did last night, have some fun and see where it goes. No pressure or anything. If it doesn't work it doesn't work but just so you know Cas, I like you and I really want to get to know you better."

Castiel smiled at Dean's confession "I feel the same way Dean" and Dean couldn't help but blush.

"Well then," Dean spoke as he tried to keep his excitement at bay "Let's enjoy tonight then"

Dean put the keys in the ignition and started the impala with a purr before he pulled away from the kerb with the sounds of Led Zeppelin softly sounding from the speakers. As he pulled out, a small smile spread across his lips as the nerves dissipated and all that was left was the excitement of Castiel's confession that he liked him back.

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Castiel sat in the impala with a smile on his face as Dean drove them both to their destination. His nerves were long since gone ever since they had talked it through as soon as they were in the Impala. Castiel was so grateful that Dean had said something about it being awkward because there was no way Castiel was going to bring it up. But all was well, they had both admitted to liking each other and Castiel couldn't wait to see where this was headed.

Right now, it was headed to an Italian restaurant. Dean had parked the Impala and they walked side by side towards the restaurant. Castiel had never been out for dinner since he had arrived in the town other than the night out last night. He was rather excited to be spending his first real outing with Dean.

As they approached the restaurant, Dean once again opened the door for Castiel. He'd been doing it all night and Castiel couldn't help but feel all warm inside at the gesture. Dean was being the perfect gentleman. They walked in to be greeted by the Matrie D who sent them a warm smile. Dean told him his name and they were soon guided to their table.

The establishment had a balcony out the back which overlooked the park and seeing it was still August, it was perfect. It wasn't quite dark enough yet to see the stars but if they were around long enough, they would have the most perfect view of it all. Dean pulled out Castiel's chair for him to sit in before he sat down in his own seat.

Castiel turned to see the waitress beaming at him and Castiel couldn't help but blush and duck his head to look at the menu. Castiel heard Dean chuckle from across the table and he glanced up to smile going even redder when he got a grin in return.

"Good evening gentleman, my name is Ava and I will be your waitress this evening. Can I get you gentleman anything to drink?" The waitress asked still smiling.

"Uh I'll take a Stella please" Dean said "Unless you want a bottle of wine Cas?"

Castiel shook his head in reply "No thank you, I'll take a Stella too" Castiel hated the taste of wine. He avoided it like the plaque. He could drink pretty much every other type of alcohol but wine just tasted absolutely disgusting to him unless of course he was drunk; then he didn't care what he drank. However, with his high alcohol tolerance, Castiel was seldom drunk therefore, wine hardly passed his lips.

"Two Stella. Would you like to order now or would you like me to take your order when I come back with your drinks?" she asked

"My date's never been here before so we'll place our order when you come back" Dean spoke for Castiel which he was grateful for as he was still a little embarrassed from earlier not knowing why he was actually embarrassed from being caught with Dean being a gentleman to him.

Castiel glanced over the menu to decide what to order before he landed on a smoked salmon dish that he wanted. He glanced up to Dean to catch him staring at him. Castiel blushed and ducked his head noticing Dean hadn't looked away from him.

"You're adorable when you blush. Did you know that?" Dean stated.

The comment made Castiel's cheeks a darker shade of scarlet before he looked up to see Dean still staring at him with a glint in his eye that wasn't lust. No it was admiration. Castiel gave a shy smile at Dean with a slow shake of his head to answer Dean's question.

"Well you are" Dean replied "So, have you decided what you want to order?"

Castiel nodded his head before he answered "Yes, I thought I'd try the salmon pasta dish. Yourself?"

"Sounds nice. I'm going traditional; spaghetti bolognaise for me" Dean grinned

As if she'd realised they were ready, their waitress showed with their drinks on a tray. She placed both glasses down in front of the two men before she placed the still partially full bottle next to each glass. She then turned to Dean as she spoke "Are you gentleman ready to order?" she asked

"Cas?" Dean said with a small smile as an invitation for Castiel to place his order

"Uh yes I'll have the smoked salmon pasta please" Castiel said with a smile. He'd since gotten over the slight embarrassment he experienced earlier knowing it was completely irrational.

"And I'll have the spaghetti bolognaise please" Dean added

"Great choices gentleman. I will be back with your order shortly. If you need anything, don't be afraid to call me over" she said with a smile and with that, she turned on her heel and left towards the kitchen to place their orders.

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The two men slipped into easy conversation over their meals talking about their brothers but that was as far as it went. Dean had no intention of talking about the issues with his real father or the death of his mother. Castiel seemed to be having the same intention only talking about his brother and no one else. Dean wondered if Castiel was in the same position as himself with a haunted past and didn't want to bring all his baggage to the first date.

Soon the conversation changed to Dean and his music. Dean loved to talk about it, it was his life and he was going places with it and he just couldn't hide his excitement of what would be coming in a few months from now. Dean couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt as he realised he would be leaving in three months for LA to work on their album. He still hadn't released that fact to Castiel but there was no point in doing so yet, right? They have only known each other 24 hours there's no point telling Castiel he was moving to LA in three months when he didn't even know if this was even going to go anywhere. So Dean sat tight on that little piece of information and instead told Castiel everything else about his music. What instruments he played, what music inspired him, what his favourite song to perform was. It was fun but Dean couldn't help but feel he was only talking about himself and instead tried to find out more about Castiel.

"So what about you, you thought anymore on what you want to do?" Dean asked after he took a mouthful of his bolognaise. He's damn happy he decided to go with the traditional dish because damn this was good.

Castiel hesitated for a moment he swallowed his mouthful before he answered "I'm not too sure yet. All I know is I do not want to be an accountant. It is incredibly boring and I have no passion to do it anymore"

"Oh, so that's what you were doing before you moved here?" Dean asked

Castiel nodded in agreement "Yes, I was working for my father's company but my Uncle was my boss and I just couldn't take it anymore so I left. I'm not sure what I want to do just yet but I'm sure it will come to me"

Dean could tell there was more to that story from the way Castiel closed up but he didn't want to pry so he left it. If Castiel wanted Dean to know he would tell him.

"I'm sure it will" Dean replied with a warm smile earning a smile in return.

He took the last mouthful of his dish before he placed his fork on the plate and leant back in his chair. He watched as Castiel wrapped his chapped lips around his fork to take a mouthful of the pasta in what Dean would assume was a teasing motion if it weren't for Castiel's eyes being downcast and not looking at Dean but as it was, Dean still couldn't help but feel a little turned on as he watched Castiel eat. Before he was caught, he dragged his eyes away and instead looked out towards the park, the sun was about to set and the park was picture perfect.

"Hey Cas, when you're finished do you want to go for a walk in the park?" Dean asked with a smile

Dean watched as Castiel placed his fork down on the plate in front of him and looked up to Dean with a smile "I'd love to" Castiel replied

"Great, are you finished? I call for the check" at Castiel's nod Dean waved their waitress over and asked for the check before he paid for the meal and left a generous tip for their kind waitress.

As they walked out of the restaurant, Castiel spoke up "Thank you for the meal Dean. It was wonderful"

Dean beamed at his date relieved that he liked the restaurant "You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it"

They walked in direction of the park entrance and took the path that was lidded with street lamps that started to glow with the sunlight fading. They walked in comfortable silence before Dean had the urge to hold hands with his date. Dean sucked in a breath and sought out Castiel's hand next to his and entwined their fingers together. Dean felt Castiel tense as their hands linked before he felt the man relax again and squeeze his hand. Dean took the light squeeze as a sign that it was okay and turned to look at Castiel to see him staring at Dean with a smile on his face that had his eyes crinkling and Dean couldn't help but smile back.

-
They hadn't said a word to each other the whole walk through the park but it hadn't been awkward as it was at the start of their evening. No, to Castiel this was companionable silence. The type of silence that you experience with friends or loved ones and it's just right. There's no need to ruin the moment with talking because the silence is perfect. You can just bask in the moment that is you and the person you're with and for some reason that's what that moment was with Dean. It was perfect.

When Dean's hand entwined with Castiel's, he froze, not because he didn't want to hold hands with Dean, but because he realised that he wanted to be with Dean. To experience moments just like they were now as often as they could where they could just spend time with one another and not have to worry about the outside world. When Castiel relaxed himself again he knew Dean would be thinking he was freaking out on him so he gave a squeeze to the hand in his and smiled at the man beside him who he couldn't wait to spend more moments with.

They walked hand in hand in silence all the way to the middle of the park where a band rotunda was located. Dean caught Castiel's eye before he pulled Castiel towards the rotunda.

"Dean, what are you doing?" Castiel asked with a chuckle

Dean didn't answer as he pulled Castiel up the steps into the rotunda. Dean finally stopped once they were stood in the middle of the floor and turned to face Castiel with a grin.

"Dance with me?" Dean asked with a softness to his voice that Castiel couldn't say no to.

Castiel bit his lip and nodded at Dean before he found the words to speak "But there's no music"

And as if Dean had read his mind, he started to sing. Dean pulled Castiel into his arms and wrapped his hands around Castiel's waist which left Castiel to put his arms around Dean's neck. Dean's perfect voice filled the air around them as Castiel followed Dean's lead while they danced around the rotunda.

"I want to teach you
How to stand on your feet
As I'm here right beside you
With this heart on your sleeve
So come won't you tell me
All your deepest desires
As a world that is lonely
There's a child in need

And it's here in your eyes
It's here in your eyes, tonight
And I'm lost in desire
I'm caught in your fire, tonight
And it's here in your eyes

It's here in your eyes"

The moment was perfect. Dean was perfect and for the first time in a while, Castiel was happy. He had forgotten everything else that was going on in his mess of a life for those few moments as Dean sang to him and his forest green eyes stared in to his as if Castiel was the only person in the world and nothing else mattered. Before Castiel could register what was going on, Dean's lips were locked with his and the night reached perfection.

A/N The song is 'Here In Your Eyes' by New Empire