Castiel was physically shaking, as he stared at the door to his apartment. Dean rubbed his shoulders in a soothing way, whispering kind words to the brunet, but nothing went through and Cas had spent the entire day shaking and praying.

"If it goes fine, then great. If it doesn't I won't leave you, you can come and live with me. I love you Castiel, please don't change your mind about me." Dean whispered softly and slowly in his boyfriend's ear, making the other man spin around, which an element of shock on his face. "I know how much you've been struggling."

"I won't. I love you too Dean." Cas said, his voice wispy and his eyes scared. The model pulled him in for a hug, showering his head with kisses. "I love you Dean. So much. I thank God every day for bring you into my life."

"I know you do…. I thank him too." Cas smiled, resting his head on Dean's shoulder, as they embraced in silence for a few moments. "Come on, let's go."

"Wait, review; who are my blood siblings?"

"Lucifer, Michael, and Gabriel, Balthazar and Anna; Zachariah, Uriel and Raphael are adopted. Now get in there." Dean opened the door, pushing the brunet in.

The Novak family were all crouching in Gabriel's small living room, sipping tea. Dean noted them all; trying to remember everyone's names to their faces, as he'd only seen pictures. The oldest in the room, a man with a full beard and kind face stood up, looking at Castiel.

"H-hi…. Father. Dean, this is my father Chuck." Castiel stuttered out, shuffling his feet. Dean waved awkwardly.

"Hello Castiel. Your mother was busy as unable to attend, but she sends her regards, now." Chuck said, placing the tea cup down.

"Father I love Dean very much. I do not care if you or anyone else believes it to be wrong for me to love him, but I do. God made us in his own image, and he made it that we would one day meet and fall as deeply in love as we are. You may see it as wrong, and evil, it is such a beautiful thing we share. That is all I have to say."

"Cassie, I."

"And I don't care what you think. You can sentence me to hell, you can shun me and you can hate me, but nothing, nothing will ever take me away from Dean."

"Cas"

"Even if I have to serve my time in hell, whilst I walk this earth nothing will keep us apart."

"Castiel Tippens Novak, will you let me finish?" Chuck said, very sternly making Castiel jump then burst into tears.

"I don't want you to hate me." Dean put an arm around his weeping Angel, pulling him close. "Please forgive me…. And try to understand." Chuck walked over, lifting Cas's head. He smiled at his son, before pulling him into a hug, which Cas returned tightly.

"Castiel, you are my son. Your mother, your siblings and I talking it over when we first found out, before you knew yourself, and decided to let you discover it yourself. This was all when you were very young and told your mother you wanted to marry a boy in your class. Lucifer did not agree, and left." Cas looked at him, disbelief on his face. "We all love you very much Cas, gay, straight, zebra or whatever. God chose this path for you, and we are very happy you have found your soul mate."

"I'm not." Anna said, folding her arms. Castiel looked alarmed; he and Anna had always been close, being born two years apart and now she was turning on him. "You stole my future husband." The room erupted into laugher, as Cas jumped on his siblings to hug them all tightly.

The rest of the evening was full of cheerful chatter among the Novak family, with Dean respectfully sat in the corner, watching everyone with a content smile. He was, on occasion, asked questions, but the family were preoccupied with each other that he was soon forgotten.

"We've managed to leave Mr Winchester out of the conversation." Balthazar said, with a grin on his face as he looked over at the blond.

"I'm fine. You guys are having family time, I'm just here to take Cas home when we're all done."

"I'd like to know more about the man my son has fallen in love with." Chuck said, as the entire family turned to look at him.

"Not much to tell, my mother died in a house fire when I was 5, my dad was a drunkard who would leave me and my brother in motel's for weeks on end and I funded my brothers education with a steady job at a strip club. Then I became a model, which paid for my brother to attend Law school, met this beautiful angel who is your youngest son, and fell in love with him on sight, though he didn't pour water over my head. I deserved it for being a jerk. Wrote a song about my beautiful angel and got a record deal to tell the world about him. Whilst he was writing about us." Castiel smiled, entwining his fingers with Dean's.

"That is very noble of you, caring for you brother in such a way." Michael said quietly, which a small smile.

"Have you had any news on Lucifer?" Cas asked, hope in his voice, though it was scarce.

"He was spotted in Ohio two days ago, but we don't know where he has gone from there. And his necklace was found in the sewage in Vancouver." Balthazar added, smiling a little. Dean looked a little confused, but went back to burying his head in Castiel's shoulder, who was now sat on him.

"We won't rest until we know he is safe." Michael declared with determination.

"At least we know he is alive, and all we can do is pray that he will one day return to us." Chuck said, and Dean could see why this man was a preacher; he had a kind, delivery in his voice that made Dean believe everyone he said.

"I wish he was here…. He'll miss the wedding." Anna said, with a faint sigh.

"Wedding?" Cas asked, looking confused.

"Oh yeah, Anna is getting married but you were busy shagging Dean so I never got around to telling you…. Opps." Gabriel whispered, with a lopsided grin on his face. Castiel went bright red in the face, as his siblings giggled, hiding his face in Dean.

"Congrats." Dean said, with a little wave at her, and a smile.

"Thanks. You're invited as well." Anna replied.

"Looking forward to it."

"Well, I suggest everyone turning in for the night, as Gabe and Cassie are taking us to their local church tomorrow. Will Mr Winchester be joining us?" Chuck asked, a hopeful smile on his face.

"Dean isn't." Cas started but Dean butted in.

"Of course, I always go. Right, better get you home now or you'll fall asleep on me and I really don't feel like carrying you up 155 floors." Dean stood up, taking Castiel's hand. "I will see you all tomorrow." Cas was pulled out of the flat before he could correct Dean.

"Why did you lie?" Cas asked, as they drove back.

"I want you dad to like me. Besides, I've been meaning to come with you to church one day anyway." Cas smiled, sliding over to kiss Dean's neck softly, as he unbuttoned his trousers. "Cassie, what are you doing?"

"Keep your eyes on the road." Cas's hand slipped into Dean's trousers, palming his bulgy gently, as he kissed his neck. Dean was finding it very hard to watch the road, as Cas's fingers slowly crept into Dean's boxers, pulling out his dick. "Just keep looking at the road, don't want to crash now do we?"

"I'll die happy, getting a hand job from you." The brunet rubbed the tip, kissing Dean's neck who moaned, shutting his eyes for a few seconds, before remembering he was driving. As his boyfriend began to rub his throbbing dick, the model was finding it harder and harder to concentrate on the road. "Right, we're pulling over."

The couple pulled up at the church, with the press right behind. Castiel really wanted to scream at them, but Dean smiled at him, pulling him in for a kiss so they all got what they wanted and soon left.

The Novak family were welcomed into the tall, beautiful building, and for 93% of the service looking at the stain glass windows and smiling at Cas. Chuck gave a small service of his own, and Anna took photographs to show her fiancé the church she was desperate to get married in.

Castiel hadn't know true inner peace like this in a very long time.