Timeline: August 2017 (Dean is 29, Castiel is 27 (almost 28), Eden is 3 (almost 4), Adrian is 10 months old).
A few months later, Jo had informed them that she was pregnant again and was expecting a little girl. Everyone had been very excited for her, and on July 10th the following year she gave birth to a healthy girl whom they named Emma. Jason had been disappointed that it wasn't a boy, but he soon learned to be proud and quite protective of his little sister.
In August, Eden and Jason were to start in pre-kindergarten. Jason had to wait until he was almost 5 years old before he could start, because his birthday was in October and the pre-kindergarten started in August, and the children needed to be at least 4 years old. Eden could start two weeks before she turned 4.
Adrian was ten months old now, and he was mostly a quiet baby like Eden had been. At least until he started growing teeth where he began being noisy at night, feeling uncomfortable, and chewed on everything he could go get a hold of. His eyes were green now and his hair was dark, and he had started crawling all over the apartment which meant that they had to constantly keep an eye on him.
Eden had grown a bit taller, and she was no longer using diapers or pacifiers. It had been a struggle to make her stop using pacifiers – especially at night – but it was John who had finally managed to teach her not to. A simple lecture of how Santa Claus collected pacifiers for the world's many babies was enough to make her hand them over so that they could give them to Adrian instead (without her knowing that).
Eden was about to start in pre-kindergarten and Castiel prepared their daughter for her first day there. The angel was getting her dressed and doing her hair, while Dean packed a bag for her. Adrian was crawling around on the floor, keeping himself entertained, but looked up at his sister every now and then.
"Are you excited to start in pre-kindergarten, sweetie?" Dean asked and grinned at Eden.
"Yes, I can't wait!" Eden cheered happily. She was sitting on a chair by the dining table while Castiel put hairclips in her sandy blonde hair.
"Please sit still, Eden, we're in a hurry," Castiel told her, and held her still when she practically jumped from excitement.
"Sorry, papa, but I'm excited," Eden pouted.
"I know you are, but you do want your hair to look nice, don't you?"
"Of course!"
Dean chuckled. "Since when did you learn how to set a girl's hair, Cas? Did you practice on dolls or something?"
"No, Jo taught me a bit. She said a proper girl should wear hairclips and ponytails and all that, so she started teaching me how," Castiel muttered while he fumbled with the hairclip and tried to make his daughter's hair look nice. Her hair reached her shoulders now and she had said she wanted to let it grow long and pretty.
Eden sat patiently while her papa worked on her hair, while Dean put her lunchbox into the bag, got ready for his work, and kept an eye on Adrian. The little boy had almost gotten his fingers squeezed in a door a few days ago because he got curious, so Dean had started baby-proofing everything even more to make the apartment secure. He didn't want his children losing their fingers or other limbs by accident.
Dean saw Adrian crawling out towards the entrance hall to investigate their shoes (and possibly tearing out the shoelaces again), so he quickly dropped what was in his hands and went over and swept his son off the floor and up into his arms. "No, no, no – I don't wanna spend another hour putting shoelaces back into place, young man."
Adrian cried and tried to squirm free, but Dean held him and shushed him, and carried him back into the living room. The boy was still complaining that he didn't get to play with the shoelaces, and his tail and wings trashed stubbornly while his father held him.
"You can squirm all you want, you're not going near those shoes," Dean said, firmly, and kissed the top of the baby's head.
Adrian calmed down a bit, but he kept glancing back at the entrance hall where he knew the shoes were.
"Jeez, he sure has a thing for shoes. Wonder where he got that from," Dean muttered, and put Adrian down on the floor behind the couch, where he couldn't see the entrance hall. The boy picked up a toy and started playing and chewing on it, while Dean went back to packing the bag.
"I don't know. Children have many strange fascinations," Castiel smiled. He sat back and looked at Eden's hair. When he was satisfied, he gave her a pat on the back to tell her he was done, and she jumped down from the chair happily.
"Thank you, papa," she smiled. She eagerly went to her room to look at her hair in the mirror, and Castiel and Dean watched her go.
"Do you think she'll be alright? I'm a bit worried about what the other children will do or say…" Castiel spoke, and looked towards Eden's bedroom in concern. He got up from the chair and approached Dean.
Dean gave him a small smile and pulled his mate into a hug. "Hey, don't worry about her, Cas. Our little girl is strong and caring. I'm sure she'll manage to find some good friends there." He kissed the angel's forehead and heard him sigh contently.
"I know, but I can't stop being worried," the angel sighed and flared his wings nervously.
Dean pulled him against his chest and wrapped his half-sharp wings around them, protectively. His tail curled around the angel's leg and rubbed it soothingly. "She'll be okay, Cas. We can watch her from the other side of the fence for a while and see how it goes, if that comforts you? I'm sure our workplaces won't mind us being a bit late; we're rarely late, after all."
Castiel had started working again three weeks ago after they put Adrian in the daycare center.
"Yes, that would comfort me a bit," Castiel smiled, and leaned his head up to look at his demon mate. Dean grinned at him and their lips met in a passionate kiss, while Adrian looked up at them curiously, but not really understanding what they were doing.
"Ewww," Eden grimaced when she returned and saw them kiss.
Dean broke the kiss and glared over at her. "This is not 'ew', young lady, it's an adult thing and it's perfectly normal. Although you don't get to kiss anyone other than daddy and papa until you're an adult, you hear?"
"Why not?" Eden frowned, confused.
Dean opened his mouth to reply, but Castiel beat him to it.
"Because your daddy says so. Now, let's go get your shoes on so we can go, okay?" Castiel smiled and reached out his hand.
"Yay!" Eden cheered and ran over to take the angel's hand. Castiel led her to the entrance hall and helped her put on some shoes, while Dean picked up Adrian and put him in the carriage.
They grabbed all their bags and took the children down to the Impala, before driving off to put Adrian in the daycare center and then proceeding to the pre-kindergarten where Eden would be staying.
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The pre-kindergarten was a mixed one – one of the only mixed pre-kindergartens in town, because most parents still preferred to have them divided by species.
Eden was excited to start in the pre-k. All children were excited to go from one institution to another as they grew older, and she was no exception. She had wanted to be in the same one as Jason, but it wasn't possible because they lived in different cities.
Although she had been very excited for a long time, Eden started hiding slightly behind Castiel as they finally arrived inside and met the other children. She hid behind his leg under his protective wing, and looked around shyly at the other kids, who were all various species and looked different. She was used to that from the daycare center, but the new children and all the strangers suddenly made her feel shy and insecure for a moment.
Castiel peered down at her and unfolded his wing so she couldn't hide under it anymore. She made a sound of protest and grabbed the feathers, trying to make them shield her.
"Why are you so shy all of sudden, Eden? You were looking forward to it so much," Castiel frowned, and looked down at her in worry. Blue eyes looked up at him, nervous and innocent.
"There is nothing to be scared of, honey. Everyone is nice here," the female teacher said, and smiled down at her. She was half human and half angel.
Eden looked at her for a moment before looking up at Castiel and then at Dean. Her parents smiled at her reassuringly, and she slowly moved out from under Castiel's wing. She looked around curiously until an angel girl came over and looked at her.
"Wanna play? They have nice tricycles outside," the girl smiled.
Eden grinned. "Okay!"
The two girls giggled and ran outside in the yard to play. Eden turned around and waved at her parents briefly before disappearing out of their sight.
Dean grinned. "I think she'll be okay." He wrapped an arm around Castiel's waist and pulled him close. The angel looked up at him with a smile and the demon smiled back.
The female half-angel smiled at them, and took Eden's bag which Dean gave to her. Inside were her lunch and some extra clothes.
"So, are there a lot of problem with, uh, racism and discrimination among the kids here?" Dean asked her.
"Oh, well, not that much, actually. Children at this age don't really discriminate much, but when they start in school things may be different…" the teacher said, and looked between them. "Mostly when children here have an argument or get into fights it's for other reasons than racism."
"Alright, nice to know, thanks," Dean told her.
They said goodbye to the teacher and told her they would pick Eden up again at 5pm.
They went outside on the sidewalk to look in through the fence at the children playing in the pre-kindergarten's yard. It brought them both a bit of peace to see how Eden was doing before they went to work. The pre-kindergarten was rather big with a lot of bushes and trees in the garden, and many activities and playgrounds for the children.
After a few moments they spotted Eden playing with the angel girl from before. They were on tricycles and were riding around on the paths that were made for riding on, and the two girls seemed to get along pretty well so far.
Dean and Castiel were just about to leave when they saw a demon boy approach Eden from behind. He was taller than her and looked to be around 5 years old. He came up from behind and shoved Eden off the tricycle, making her fall to the ground, before taking the tricycle and sitting down on it himself.
Dean growled and was about to barge into the institution again, but Castiel's hand on his arm stopped him. He turned around and was about to complain to his mate, before the angel pointed in the direction of Eden. Dean frowned and followed the angel's gaze back to their daughter, who had gotten on her feet again. She glared at the demon boy and frowned at him angrily, before she harshly grabbed his tail and pulled, making the boy yelp in pain, and threw him off the tricycle. The boy landed on the ground, confused, before Eden sat back up on her tricycle. She glared down at him and muttered something at him, before driving off again like nothing had happened. The boy got up to his feet again, looking confused and humiliated, before turning around and walking away.
"That's my girl!" Dean grinned, and pulled an arm around Castiel's waist again. "She'll be fine."
Castiel smiled. "Yes, she will."
Dean leaned down to kiss him before they walked back to the car, hand-in-hand, and drove off to work.
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Castiel was glad to be back at work again. He enjoyed working together with Anna as his art partner, and to see Andy and Samandriel every now and then. Samandriel had started dating the angel alpha that Anna had told him about at his and Dean's wedding, and they had just bonded a month ago. Castiel had been very happy for him and hoped everything would go well for his colleague.
He and Anna were working on yet another sculpture project for a Hollywood movie, and they had to finish it before deadline. Luckily they were ahead of their schedule, so Castiel didn't need to work overtime. He was glad, because he couldn't wait to pick up Eden from the pre-k and see how the day had been for her. He was also looking forward to coming home, relaxing with Dean, putting the children to bed and cuddle with his mate on the couch or in the bed.
Dean picked him up at 4:45pm as agreed. He never went inside to pick the angel up, but instead parked the car outside. They both knew it was safer to not let Castiel's alpha angel colleagues see that his mate was an alpha demon, because it would make his day tougher at work with them snapping racist words at him, and looking at him as if he was impure and defiled (which many angels tended to do).
After Dean picked up Castiel, they drove to pick up Adrian and Eden before finally driving home. Eden was tired after a long day of playing and running around, but she seemed to be in a good mood, which made the two parents very happy.
"So, Eden, how was your first day in the pre-kindergarten? Made any new friends?" Dean asked her while they drove home. He looked up at her in the rearview mirror. She was in a baby seat on the backseat next to Adrian.
"Yes, I made a good friend. Her name is Ariel and she's an angel. Mike is a half demon, he's also nice, but he doesn't wanna play with dolls," Eden replied.
Dean and Castiel laughed softly.
"Of course not, he's a boy. Boys don't usually like playing with dolls," Dean grinned.
Eden frowned. "Adrian likes it." She looked at her little brother in the other seat, who was gurgling and waving his arms around.
"He's still too young to know what a doll really is," Castiel explained and smiled.
"Oh," Eden said and pondered for a moment.
When they arrived home, Castiel carried Adrian up to the apartment in the held-held baby carriage, while Eden followed after Dean who was carrying her bag for her.
It was already 5:15, and Castiel quickly started preparing them some dinner, while Dean fed some mashed bananas to Adrian, who was getting hungry. He had begun eating more solid food, although he still drank milk sometimes.
Eden sat next to Dean by the dining table and watched her father feed her little brother, while Castiel went to the bathroom while the food was cooking.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, sweetie?" Dean asked, and kept looking at Adrian who was eating the banana eagerly.
"Why did Jean at the pre-kindergarten think my wings are weird?" she asked, quietly. She was curled up on the chair and played absently with the spike at the tip of her tail. Her wings were slightly wrapped around her, although they were still too short and small to cover her body properly.
Dean tensed a bit and looked down at her with a frown. "He told you that?"
Eden nodded and kept staring at her tail. "He said they are not normal. Is that true, daddy?" she asked, and looked up at him with a confused frown.
Dean gritted his teeth as he tried to control his emotions. He gently put Adrian down on the floor and let the baby crawl over to the toys over by the couch – he was almost done with the food anyway. He turned his body to face Eden properly and looked down at her firmly.
"Your wings are not weird, Eden, you hear me? Your wings are not like the others' because you are something very special. The others don't have a demon daddy and an angel papa – not many do, but that doesn't mean that you are not normal, because you are, okay? Papa and I love you very much, and you are just as normal as anyone else, understood?"
Eden looked back into her father's eyes for a few seconds before nodding and jumping up into his lap. Dean wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head, while he rocked her gently.
"Good. Don't let anyone tell you different," Dean told her.
Castiel returned from the bathroom and saw Dean hugging Eden on the chair. The demon was rubbing her back soothingly, and it looked as though the girl was pretty upset about something.
"Is everything alright?" he asked, and looked between them with concern.
"Yeah, everything is fine now, right, sweetie?" Dean said and smiled down at Eden. She nodded and smiled, before jumping off of his lap and went down to play with Adrian on the floor. Dean stood up and went over to his mate. "I'll tell you about it later, okay?"
Castiel nodded and glanced down at Eden with a worried frown. Dean kissed his cheek to relax him, before he went to put plates on the table while the angel finished cooking.
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They went to bed early, around 9:10pm. They had bathed Adrian and Eden earlier, and also taken quick showers (separately), before finally heading to bed.
Castiel was already lying under the covers when Dean came in. They had dried their wings in the wing drier because it took a while for the feathers to get dry on their own, and sleeping with wet wings wasn't cool at all.
After Dean had gotten into bed and settled down, Castiel turned around to face him. The demon had told him earlier about what Eden had said, and it concerned him a little.
"She'll be okay, Cas, don't worry," Dean told him when he felt the angel's worry for their daughter.
"I know. She's strong," he smiled.
Dean smiled back and kissed the angel. Their closed their eyes as their lips and mouths explored the other's, until Castiel rolled over on his back and pulled his mate on top of him. The demon growled and kissed him more intensely.
"I'll go lock the door," Dean breathed, after they pulled back from the heavy kiss to catch their breaths.
Castiel whined in protest, but let the demon go and lock the door to be sure that Eden wouldn't stumble into the room and catch them in the act. The door between the nursery and the entrance hall was also locked, so she couldn't enter from there either.
Dean threw himself on top of Cas again and continued to kiss him intensely. They managed to pull each other's clothes off during their kisses, until they lay completely bare and exposed to each other. Dean looked down the angel's slim and less muscled body, while he ran a hand over the pale skin, causing the angel to moan and lean into his touch. Castiel's beautiful white wings were spread out under him, and Dean was careful not to hurt them as he supported himself with a hand on the bed.
He leaned down and licked Castiel's nipples, hearing him gasp under him. He teased the sensitive nipple with his tongue, while his other hand rubbed the angel's wing bone.
"Dean, please, I want you," Castiel whined. His dick was leaking and his hole was wet and hot; begging for his mate's cock to fill him up.
"Always so impatient," Dean smiled against Cas' chest, before moving lower and licked his bellybutton. The angel bucked up violently and gasped, and his hands grasped the sheets tightly while his body was trembling with need. Dean loved teasing his mate and watch him squirm and writhe until he couldn't take it anymore and just wanted Dean's cock.
"Dean, I want to sleep at some point also, so please just stop teasing," Castiel begged and thrashed his wings in annoyance.
"Alright, alright," Dean grinned, amused, and finally reached down a hand to start fingering Cas' hole open and make him ready. His fingers slipped into his mate's tight, warm heat and felt how slick he was already. The scent of the angel's slick was so unlike the slick of any woman Dean had ever been with before – it was sweeter, stronger, even when he wasn't in heat. He scissored him open as fast as he could, and when he felt the angel was ready to take his cock, he pulled his fingers out and got into position above him.
Castiel looked up at him and spread his legs more to give him space. He wrapped his arms around Dean's neck as the demon got in position.
Dean grabbed his cock and guided it into Castiel's warm body, feeling it squeezing around him but still letting him inside. He moaned as he buried himself deep inside his mate, and he looked down into Castiel's deep blue eyes as he was finally all the way inside.
Castiel's mouth was open in a silent 'O' while he stared up into Dean's green eyes. They kept eye contact as the demon pulled out slowly before slamming back in; causing the angel's body to rock up the bed and for him to gasp out in surprise.
Dean leaned down and buried his face in the angel's neck while he finally set up a faster and harder pace. Castiel clung to him and touched his back and wings while Dean thrust into his body.
The room was full of quiet needy moans and gasps, and a heavy smell of sex and alpha musk. They were still careful not to be too loud, in case Eden should suddenly be standing outside their door. Adrian was still too young for it to matter much if he heard them, and the boy could sleep through almost any noise.
"C'mon, Cas, I know you're close. I can tell by the way you're squeezing around me even tighter. I want you to come, c'mon," Dean groaned into his neck, while he adjusted his hips and thrust into his mate even harder and nailing his prostate head-on.
"Dean – ah, yes, right there, oh! Please," Castiel whimpered, and bared his neck to Dean as the demon started marking it possessively. He writhed and moaned until he finally came, and felt Dean nail his prostate mercilessly through his orgasm, until the demon also came and spilled his seed inside of him.
They panted and caught their breaths together, and Castiel winced slightly when Dean slipped out of him and felt the demon's come leave his body. Dean got up and wiped up the mess and cleaned Castiel up, before pulling on some underwear and a t-shirt and unlocked the door. The angel quietly put on some clothes as well, in case Eden should come in during the night.
Dean lay back down on the bed and turned off the lights, and Castiel moved over and cuddled against him. The demon hummed and rubbed a hand over the angel's back; touching his slightly wet oil glands which made Cas moan and squirm.
"How long has it been? Three days?" Dean asked all of sudden.
Castiel rolled his eyes, although Dean couldn't see it. "You're actually keeping count of it…"
Dean grinned and pulled his mate closer. "Yeah, more or less."
"You are hopeless," Castiel muttered and closed his eyes.
"Yeah, I know, but you love me anyway," Dean smirked, smugly.
"Shut up and go to sleep, Dean," the angel muttered, although Dean could tell that he was smirking.
Dean just grinned and wrapped his wings around them as they settled down to sleep.
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Author's notes: That was the first time jump of the story, but they'll be quite frequent. Still a few chapters to go before you'll see any heat sex – Adrian needs to be a bit older :)
I hope you enjoyed this chapter :) Please review.