Title: Not Forgotten
Prompt: Written for haruslex on livejournal: He took a day off to go to Claire Novak's flute recital.
It was just a stupid recital.
Claire didn't even really want to go, and she was in it, so she didn't know why her mom was rushing around, dressed like it was some really fancy event.
The bow tie itched. Claire tugged at it, irritably. The school uniforms were awful, but her mother had taken six pictures of Claire all dressed-up for this, posing with her flute.
Claire wondered just who's idea playing the flute had been originally. 'Cause it sure wasn't hers.
And that little surprise solo that Miss Sterburg foisted off on her last minute because Melissa got sick? It went just as horribly as Claire had expected.
But the whole event had been worth it, because as the audience stood up to clap enthusiastically (more for the imminent refreshments than any middle school talent displayed), Claire caught sight of the flapping tan fabric that signified a certain someone's presence.
Claire jumped on a chair, ignoring her horrified best friend yanking on her pant leg, and just caught sight of the familiar profile before it disappeared from the hall. By the time Leah had yanked her off the chair, Claire was smiling for the first time in months.
He had been leaning against the back wall of the gym, and who knows where he had vanished off to. She wasn't even sure if it was her father or Castiel watching, but it didn't matter to Claire.
Either way, it meant that she and her mother hadn't been forgotten. It meant that Daddy would be coming home soon.