Chapter 2 is up. I won't always be this fast, I just had a spike of inspiration tonight. R&R
KD
Dean would never admit it, but he found himself attracted to the man in front of him, despite the fake wings the guy sported. Something about his permanent sex hair and shockingly blue eyes and cupid-bow lips made Dean's palms sweat a little. Then the guy spoke, and the sweaty palms were the least of his worries. The man's lips formed around each word like they were clouds, soft and round. Did he say is name was Castiel? Who names their kid that? And was that Balthazar? And Gabriel? Where are these people from, a Trekkie convention? But man, those lips. The word festival broke Dean out of his haze, long enough to reply. Why did he turn it down? Then he felt a firm grip on his wrist and something warm and solid pressed into his side, and the faint words of 'bride' echoed in his head before everything went very very dark.
Dean stumbled onto soft ground, vaguely aware of holding onto someone's hips while he vomited into the grass, he wasn't alone as two other sounds of vomiting chorused with his.
"The hell just happened?" Dean said hoarsely wiping at his mouth and chin and standing up.
"You just teleported for the first time, you took it better than most humans, who usually black out for several hours."
"Well there goes a perfectly good burg-wait… did you just say teleport?"
"Yes, you and your two friends as well."
Dean looked for Sam and Jo, Sam looked a little peaky but otherwise unharmed, Jo on the other hand, couldn't stand straight for more than a few seconds without doubling back over to offer up another sacrifice to the ground.
"Dude, what kind of drugs are you on? No one can teleport, where are we? Did you drug us?"
The questions continued and repeated until he felt a warm hand cover his mouth firmly.
"Hush, all your questions can easily be answered, Balthazar, health that poor girl before she slips in her own vomit.
Balthazar pressed a hand to Jo's stomach and she stopped vomiting, after righting themselves Castiel started walking towards a clutch of willow trees
"We are not on any inhibiting substances, yes, we can teleport, we are not human. No, we did not drug you in the 10 seconds that we were in that alleyway. We are Fae, this is our home, welcome to the Glen." Castiel said this as he waved his hand in front of Deans eyes, giving him the site to see the Fae world, Balthazar and Gabriel followed suit with their companions. "And you are here to celebrate the coming of the Summer Solstice and communion with us, as our companions."
Gasps were heard from the three humans as they laid eyes on their purple and pink lit surroundings, the lights, the tables piled high with food, and the other Fae who were dancing, singing, and talking with each other.
"We will celebrate the Midsummer's Even until sunrise, where we will watch it together, then take you to our homes." Balthazar offered, still grasping Jo's arm incase she was taken over by another bought of nausea.
"Wait, to your homes? Why wouldn't you just drop us back off where you picked us up?" Sam asked, being the first to take his eyes off the sights.
"Because it isn't part of our festivities. Tonight is a night for the Fae of age to find their brides and grooms, their mate."
Dean finally tore his eyes from the forest and started backing away, grabbing Sam and Jo.
"What do you mean mates? You can't just snatch people off the ground and expect them to go willingly into holy matrimony." Dean said, still backing away from the men. This time Gabriel spoke up.
"Look, you don't have to stay with us, you can party, eat some food, have a good time, see the sunrise, if you stay, you stay, if you want to go home, we'll drop you back home, no strings attached." Castiel gave Gabriel a flustered look, obviously not wanting to give up the man so easily.
The humans relaxed a little, then turned on each other, quietly whispering. The Fae stared at them in confusion but before they could ask what they were doing the trio turned around.
"We'll stay, until sunrise, then we go back to our homes. You want to court us, you'll have to do it the human way." Sam said, seemingly proud with the idea.
The Fae looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and turned to walk back towards the party. The human Trio quickly catching up, Jo clingy to Balthazar's arm.
"You don't even know our names."
"Well, what are they?"
"I'm Dean, this is my brother Sam, and that's our friend…"
"Joanna Beth Harvelle, hi.." Jo said mainly to Balthazar who was giving her his undivided attention.
"You don't seem surprised about what we are?" Gabriel said looking up at Sam.
"We worked a pretty long night at our club, and drank a few, so we're probably imagining it and this is just some frat party."
"You will be surprised in the morning."
They walked up to the tables pouring glasses of water and eating tidbits of food here and there, Sam and Gabriel wandered off to the gazebo, and Jo and Balthazar went over to the bench swing on one of the trees. Which left Dean and Castiel at the tables.
"So, a fairy huh?"
"Yes."
"So those wings are real?"
"Very real."
"Can I, can I maybe touch one of them?"
"I would prefer not so soon, touching a fairy's wings is much like getting to second base for a human
"Oh… they're uh.. They're nice to look at."
"Yes, many Fea wings are nice to look at. Mine are new, this is my first Eve as an adult."
"No offense, but you look like you've been an adult for a while."
"Yes, Fae age very slowly, we live for a long time, some say we may even be immortal from old age, it takes thousands of years for a fairy to earn his or her wings."
"So do all fairies go out on these festivals and snag a human?"
"No, some fairies take other fairies as mates, it's not uncommon, it's about the same rate as a fairy taking a human."
"Why didn't you take a fairy?"
"I've seen all the Glen has to offer and I'm not impressed, I've considered going to other clans, but I find myself intrigued by humans."
"Intrigued? Like a fetish?"
"No, I'm curious, but I haven't found many humans I've wanted to interact with."
"Why me then? I'm no one special."
"You're soul. It's very bright."
"You can see my soul?"
"I can see every bit of you, Dean. You're a beautiful man."
"Uhh, thanks, you're not too bad yourself." Dean said, leaning against the table and looking up at the tea-light filled trees.
Cas smiled to himself a little, noting the flicker in Dean's soul. He took a sip of his water and looked around for his brothers. Gabriel and Sam were awkwardly dancing, more like swaying, with each other on the Gazebo, and Jo and Balthazar were no where to be found.
"So, Cas, tell me about yourself."
"Cas?"
"It's a nickname."
"Oh. Okay.."
"If you don't like it I'll just call you Castiel."
"No, no, I like it… you gave it to me."
Dean shuffled a little swirling the glass of water.
"I grew up here, we all did."
"Parents?"
"From a different clan, my bothers and I set out from there to come here, the other clan was very oppressive, and controlling."
"Is it just Gabe and Balthazar?"
"And Michael, he is our King's right hand, he came here before us."
"You have a king?"
"Yes, King Carver. He's a good fairy, good to his people."
"Is there a queen?"
"Not anymore, the Queen died in childbirth, along with the child, that was before my time, the King made Michael his right hand, he promised never to love another woman as much as he loved his wife."
"Self-proclaimed celibate, must me tough."
"Oh, he's not celibate. Farthest thing from it. But just because he takes Fae to bed doesn't mean he goes back on his promise."
"So Michael will be king, if the current one dies?"
"Yes, if he dies, but like I said some say we are immortal. There hasn't been a fatal hand to strike upon King Carver in thousands of years, too many people like him"
"So are either of your parents human?"
"Michael and Gabriel's mother was a fairy, but mine and Balthazar's was a human."
"Different mothers?"
"It's not uncommon."
"Wouldn't that make you half a fairy?"
"No, as long as the mother stays with the clan, and is always with the Fae she will be strong and immortal much like the Fae, which makes the child full fairy. Some of the elders say if the human lives long enough they become Fae, but there is no proof."
"That's kind of confusing."
"It makes sense when you're one of us."
"So what are the perks to being a fairies mate?"
"Immortality, strength, knowledge, and depending on the clan, good people. In our case, a good King, a beautiful place to live filled with all the resources to live."
"Do you ever go back to humanity?"
"Some do, I myself visit from time to time just to make sure nothing has changed too much."
At this point the two had moved closer to the gazebo, lured in by the sway of the music, the sent of the trees, and the semi lit atmosphere.
"It is nice here." Dean said, not sure what to do with himself besides put his hands in his pockets.
"I'm partial to it."
"How often do you guys do these festivals?"
"This type of festival? Once a year. But we do have other celebrations sometimes, if a baby is born, it's very among our clan. May Eve, and November Eve. On May Eve we fight, friendly scuffles, it's sort of a tournament. On November Eve it's not so much a celebration, but a goodbye, for it means the first night of winter, that's when we dance with the ghosts."
"Dance with the ghosts?"
"Yes, any and all spirits in the area come and visit and dancing with us."
"Seems kind of sad."
"It is, but that's what November Eve is all about."
At this point they were leaning in close to each other, it was getting darker, the lights were dimming, but they didn't want to break eye contact.
"So, what happens after sunrise if I stay?"
"You come home with me, and to my bed…"
"Like sex?" Dean interrupted
"If you want, but we could also just lay and talk, or sleep. I know you will be tired, you said yourself you had a long night."
"And what of my brother and Jo?"
"Well Jo already plans to stay…"
"How do you know that?" Dean interrupted again.
"Fae siblings have a psychic type of connection."
"You guys can talk to each other?"
"Not words, but we can share images, emotions, and sensations. Balthazar already showed me the image of Jo saying she wanted to stay."
"What about my brother."
"Gabriel is being secretive, he's blocked me off from his mind completely."
"Can you all do that?"
"No, he's a much stronger fairy than I am, I can repress my link, but I can't completely hide it."
The Glen started to brighten a little, signifying the rising of the sun.
"We should go topside for this."
"Topside?" Dean said uncertain
That's when Cas stepped forward, wrapped an arm around Dean's waist, spread his wings, and slowly flapped his wings towards the tops of the trees, Dean clinging to him in a way that would make a spider monkey proud. When Cas found a good branch facing East he set the other man down, and sat next to him, other Fae and their partners soon joining them.
"Hey, look Cas, I'm not a huge fan of heights, especially you know, this high up."
"Don't worry, Dean. I've got you. I won't let you go." Castiel said, wrapping his arm tighter around the other mans waist. They sat in silence as the sun slowly rose higher, Cas laid his head on Dean's shoulder.
When the sun wasn't hidden by any mountains or trees anymore all the Fae stretched out their wings to be warmed by the summer sun. All the trees in the Glen were dotted by all sorts of colors, as the wings took in every drop of sunlight.
Cas lifted his head, but never took his eyes off Dean's, he lifted his hand the other man's chin, pulled it down, and brought their lips together, slowly, searching for any kind of doubt in the human's eyes. When Cas felt the small smile from the other man's lips his wings grew puffier and brighter, as if welling with joy. It was a small kiss, chaste almost, not too needy, with the slight trace of tongue, and then it was over, Dean moved back slowly, and Cas looked back to the sun, a comfortable silence between the two.
When they were back on the ground Gabriel and Sam came towards them holding hands, Jo and Balthazar soon followed, seemingly attached at the hip. The two humans looked at Dean as if waiting for something, who in turn, turned to Cas.
"Alright, take me to your home."
