October 2020 (Castiel is 31, Dean is 32, Eden is 7, Adrian is 4, Gabriel is 35).
Over the next few months Dean and Castiel worked hard to look through their finances and make sure everything was in order before they bought a new house and car. They had done some savings on their own beside Michael's money, and their job situation was as stable as it could be. Dean's colleague had been fired for stealing money from the garage after Dean exposed him, and the others only seemed to respect him more after that rather than to think of him as a snitch.
They had gotten into smaller arguments about the house and money, but they weren't as bad as their fight back in June. They had gone out and looked at a few houses in the suburbs, but so far none of them had seemed perfect.
They had bought a new car which would be big enough for their growing family. It was an 8-seater Chevrolet Tahoe in silver color. Dean didn't want to drive a soccer mom car so they had picked the large 8-seater instead. He still preferred his Impala, but he had come to like their new car.
By the end of October there were only two weeks left until Charlie would trigger the birth, which was to be three weeks before term. They had agreed to do it on the 7th of November, but it could take a few days before the birth started after injecting the medicine. They had already prepared for new babies' arrival and decided to temporarily use Castiel's workroom as a nursery until they moved to a new house. They had bought an extra crib, and Mary and John had given them a larger baby carriage designed for twins. Sam and Jess had given an extra portable carriage for Castiel's birthday.
Charlie said she was rather sure that the other twin was a girl, so it seemed that they were having both a boy and a girl. They still couldn't be sure before the babies were born.
Castiel was a bit larger than he had been during his previous pregnancies, his back hurt more, and his feet were slightly swollen. He hated the side effects that the pregnancy had on him, although he did enjoy being pregnant and being excited about the new babies. The pains ruined it for him, though. They had to stack a pack of books under the mattress of the bed and put pillows under him so that he could sleep in a reclining position, otherwise the babies would press against his lungs and make it hard for him to breathe. The frequent bathroom visits were also getting on the angel's nerves, and the stress and pain often made him grumpy.
Although Dean thought his mate was sexy while pregnant, it did affect their sex life negatively. Castiel's back hurt so much now that penetrative sex was nearly impossible without hurting him. The angel's desire for sex also decreased slightly as the term came closer. So the demon began jerking off in the shower again when his sexual frustrations became too much, although Cas was willing to give him a hand job every now and then. He'd rarely masturbated alone since he and Cas were mated.
Dean woke one morning when he felt Castiel shift on the bed next to him and attempt to get up. The angel struggled to sit up without hurting himself, and Dean immediately sat up and gave him a hand.
"What's wrong?" Dean frowned, after he helped his mate get up from the bed.
Castiel sighed and held his large belly when he was finally on his feet again. "I need the bathroom…" he muttered and blushed a bit, before making his way over to the door.
"Jeez, you went twice this night already," Dean commented and smirked a little.
"You try having two babies kick your bladder, Dean, let's see how you'll do," Castiel replied, dryly.
Dean laughed. "No thank you."
The angel gave him a tiny smirk before disappearing out the door.
Castiel was already on maternity leave, so he'd stay home all day while Dean was at work and Eden and Adrian were in school and daycare. Adrian would stay in the daycare until he was almost five because his birthday was long after pre-kindergarten started. It upset the boy a little because he wanted to be in the pre-k so he could soon start school.
The angel said goodbye to them when they left in the morning, and Dean pulled him in for a deep kiss before going, which made Eden and Adrian cover their eyes and look away in disgust.
Dean was very worried about leaving Castiel home alone in his condition. He was constantly concerned about his mate tripping and falling, hurting himself somehow, or that the birth would start prematurely all of sudden.
"Call me if anything happens, you hear me, Cas?" Dean spoke and looked into the angel's eyes.
Castiel smiled and rolled his eyes. "Yes, Dean, I have a cell phone in my pocket all the time, just like you told me to. You don't need to worry about me."
"Just taking precautions…"
"Daddy, we're gonna be late," Eden said from the corridor outside, where she and Adrian were waiting.
"I'm coming, sweetheart," Dean told her before looking back at Cas and giving him another quick kiss on the lips. "See ya, Cas," he smiled and joined the kids in the corridor.
"Goodbye, have a nice day," Castiel smiled and watched them leave.
After they were gone, Castiel locked the door and went back inside. He groaned when he felt the twins move and kick inside of him – they were kicking a lot more than Eden and Adrian had. He rubbed his stomach and smiled, before slowly moving over to the couch and sat down to watch some TV.
He spent the day relaxing, drawing, and napping, although it did get pretty boring sometimes to be all alone in the apartment.
It was around 2pm when the doorbell rang repeatedly, causing Castiel to wake up after he almost dozed off while sitting on the couch. He froze with fear when the doorbell kept ringing and someone was banging on the door. He was about to panic because he didn't know who was outside the door, until he heard the muffled sound of a familiar voice.
"Cassie! Are in you there? Please open up, bro!"
Castiel sighed with relief when he realized it was Gabriel who was banging on his door like mad. "I'm coming!" he yelled back, and slowly got up from the couch and moved over to the door. When he finally opened it, he was met by a distraught Gabriel.
"Cassie! Finally! Shit, Cas, I gotta talk to you; I really screwed up!" Gabriel whined.
Castiel frowned at his brother, whose hands were gripping his biceps tightly in his distress. "Gabriel, what's wrong? Come in." He moved aside and let Gabriel enter the apartment, before locking the door again.
Gabriel looked very out of it and shifted nervously while looking around.
Castiel stared at him in worry and led his brother over to the couch. Gabriel sat down by the edge of the 90 degree angle of the couch, and Castiel sat down next to him on the other side of the couch so they were almost facing each other. The pregnant angel held his stomach and winced in pain when his back hurt, before looking at his brother.
"What happened?"
Gabriel groaned. "I knocked up Kali."
Castiel blinked at him a few times before suddenly frowning. "I thought you two weren't together anymore?"
"We aren't, it's just…" Gabriel took a deep breath before continuing. "We met each other in September. I was having a concert with the band in some town and I went around on my own and then bam – there she was; dressed in a red dress and lipstick and all that shit, and just looked completely gorgeous. We hadn't seen each other for years and all of sudden that spark just ignited again, you know? So we went back to my hotel room and had the hottest reunion sex of my life!"
Castiel grimaced but kept listening.
"And then she calls me yesterday… saying that I forgot the damned condom and that she's pregnant. And that she's going to keep the baby." Gabriel laughed, brokenly. Castiel stared at him silently, waiting for him to continue. "So I drank myself to sleep last night and now I'm here; banging on your door and letting you listen to my crap."
"It's not 'crap', Gabriel…" Castiel spoke softly. He sighed. "Are you upset because she won't let you see the child?"
"No… Because this wasn't supposed to happen! I won't make a good father, Cassie – especially not to someone I'm only allowed to see every two weeks. Kali doesn't want me back in her life as a lover, and I don't blame her – we're not good relationship material for each other. But now all of sudden I gotta be a dad every two weeks, and I'm not good 'dad material' either; I mean I go to parties all the time and hold concerts with the band and am away for several weeks at the time. I can't raise a kid, even if it's just in the weekends!"
"I don't think you would make a bad father, Gabriel – you are doing great with my children," Castiel said. He put a comforting hand on his brother's knee and felt him relax a bit. "I understand that you are scared, but you simply need to get your priorities in order and put the child's needs before your own. Children need their parents around, and they need them to be there; I think we both know that from experience." Gabriel met his eye and Castiel smiled softly at him.
His brother seemed to ponder over his words a few minutes.
Suddenly Gabriel's face lightened up a bit. "Thanks, baby bro, maybe I can manage. Although, it still scares the holy candy hell outta me."
Castiel chuckled a little. "I know, I was also a bit scared before I had Eden."
"What have you got to be scared about? You're living an apple pie life with your big, bad demon mate who'll punch anyone daring to hurt you into a bleeding, unrecognizable pulp, and you've got two wonderful kids and another two on their way. Everything is sunshine and butterflies for you, bro," Gabriel grinned, and shoved his brother's arm playfully.
Castiel's cheeks reddened a bit and stared down at his hands which rested on his stomach. "It's not always as shiny as it sounds, though… And I don't know yet if this birth will have complications…" He rubbed his stomach absently, and Gabriel looked at it.
"Hmm, well, Dean did knock you up pretty good this time…"
"Gabriel!" Castiel hissed and flushed heavily.
His brother barked out a laugh. "What? You can't say I'm wrong."
Castiel murmured something under his breath and glared at his brother, which made Gabriel chuckle fondly at him.
"Anyway, you're my little bro and I have faith that you'll pull through it just fine and have two gorgeous babies afterwards." Gabriel smiled and brushed his brown wing against his brother's white one in a reassuring gesture.
Castiel's lips curled into a smile. "And I'm sure you'll make a good father, even if you don't think so yourself."
Gabriel laughed a little. He seemed much more cheerful and less worried now than he was when he appeared outside the door, but Castiel could still feel the worry and doubt radiating off his brother. Suddenly Gabriel clapped his hands together, making Cas flinch a little. "So! Seems like we've got the rest of the afternoon to ourselves here," he grinned and looked at Cas. "Unless you want me to leave?"
"No, I don't want you to leave…"
"Good! Then I can teach you how to bake pies that will send your sweet Dean straight up to the clouds. 'Cause I know exactly how to bake pies far more delicious than your demon mate is used to." Gabriel grinned and helped his brother up from the couch.
Gabriel had always been very good at cooking and baking, and he had considered an education as a cook, but he had instead decided to study music which was his other passion.
Gabriel's sudden mood change concerned Castiel a little.
"Gabriel…"
"No 'Gabriel'! Just do as I say and watch the master when he's baking," the brown-winged angel smirked and moved over towards the kitchen to find out which ingredients his brother had in his home.
Castiel stood behind his brother and watched him go through the kitchen drawers and cupboards. Although he was slightly worried that Gabriel was doing this because he tried to find something that could take his mind off his problems and worries about being a father, he still enjoyed spending time together with his brother, alone. They hadn't really done anything together just the two of them for years.
They spent the rest of the afternoon baking, talking, and catching up on some brotherly time together. Gabriel's presence put Castiel in a good mood. The pregnant angel needed to sit down every now and then, but Gabriel didn't seem to mind and instead joined him and kept him company whenever he sat down. He was kind of overprotective of his little brother and was by his side immediately every time he as much as grunted in discomfort.
Gabriel seemed to use his brother's company to feel better by, and he avoided the subject of Kali and the baby for the rest of the day. Castiel didn't want to push him, and he knew that his brother needed a bit of time to process everything and deal with it in his own way – which was to act cool and not let his worry show.
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At 5pm, Dean came home with the children. He was surprised to see Gabriel there.
"Dean-o! About time you guys came home," Gabriel grinned when they arrived.
"Uncle Gabe!" Eden and Adrian cheered in union and ran over to him.
"Hey, kiddos!" Gabriel grinned and pulled them both in for hugs. "How are my favorite niece and nephew doing? Do you behave well around your parents?" He looked at them firmly, causing them both to giggle a little.
"Of course we do," Eden spoke. Adrian nodded his head and grinned at his uncle.
"Good, otherwise I'll have to—" the angel picked up them both and threw the kids over his shoulders "—punish both of you severely!" he roared, playfully, and swung around with both the children on his shoulders. The children shrieked and laughed, and all their limbs thrashed.
Castiel stood in the kitchen and chuckled at the scene while holding his stomach. Dean grinned and walked around them in a big circle to avoid getting hit in the face by their thrashing feet, wings, and tails, to get over to his mate. He pulled the angel in for a kiss and Castiel returned it.
Gabriel put the kids back down again and they both jumped and giggled and tried to make him do it again.
"No way, you guys are too fucking heavy to carry around. I'm gonna get back pains like your papa if I do that again anytime soon," Gabe groaned and leaned backwards to crack his back.
"Gabriel, don't curse in front of my children," Castiel scowled.
Gabriel snickered. "Sorry, bro."
Eden pulled her uncle's shirt and pouted at him. "Oh, 'cmon, uncle Gabe. Just one more time?"
"One more time?" Adrian begged and pulled at Gabriel's jeans.
Gabriel stepped back a little. "Whoa, you're surrounding me like starving kittens in Africa's desert! And no 'one more time' right now, maybe later. We can do other fun things instead, ya know." He grinned and started a new game with them instead.
Dean and Castiel watched as their children tried to push Gabriel, who tried to stand his ground as much as possible. Their goal was to push him all the way over to the wall, but the angel barely budged and both kids laughed and groaned as they attempted to make him move by pushing and shoving him. They got even more determined to make him move when he mocked them by yawning and appearing bored, and they managed to catch him off guard and make him take a few steps backwards.
Dean chuckled at the scene. "Gabe gets along well the kids." His hands rested on the angel's hips and their foreheads touched.
Castiel hummed. "Yes, he does." He looked at his brother fondly while leaning into his mate. "He came today to tell me that he got Kali pregnant… He was pretty out of if it and panicked, saying that he wouldn't be a good father."
Dean's eyes widened and he leaned back a little to look at his mate. "Really? He's having a kid? Are he and Kali back together or what?"
"No, he told me they met during his concert in September and that they—" Castiel trailed off, blushing. "You know…." He blushed some more and ignored Dean smirking at him. "I'm sure things will be alright for him, but I do worry that he'll think that the task is too much for him, even if Kali will only let him see the child in the weekends once it's born."
"I see." Dean pondered over the new information and glanced at his brother-in-law, who had only moved a few tiny steps since the kids started pushing him.
The demon sudden sniffed the air before glancing down at Cas with a frown. "Do I smell pie?"
Castiel laughed. "Your senses are good, Dean. And yes, we did make pie today – a lot of it. Gabriel was teaching me how to make different kinds. He said you'd like them."
Dean grinned widely. "You didn't eat them yet, did you?"
"Of course not."
"God, I love you, Cas," Dean beamed and claimed the angel's lips in a possessive, deep kiss, while he touched his mate's large stomach. Castiel moaned into the kiss and cupped the demon's cheek tenderly.
"Cover your eyes, kids…" Gabriel commented when he saw them kissing. The children looked over at the scene before grimacing and saying 'ewww' and turned away from the sight. The brown-winged angel laughed at them.
"It's not 'ew'!" Dean protested and glared at them.
"Is so!" Eden retorted.
"Is not."
Castiel chuckled and brushed his wing against Dean's. The demon stopped acting like a child and turned to smile at his mate instead.
They enjoyed the evening together with Gabriel, who went home after the children were put to sleep. The children were extra hyper and active when their uncle was around because he was always willing to play rough with them for hours, and although Castiel enjoyed watching his children play happily with his brother it also stressed him to have to look after them and tell them to calm down every now and then before it got out of hand.
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Two days later, Dean and Castiel went to look at a new house together with the real estate agent they had hired. The agent was a 37-year-old human female with blonde hair. She had shown them several houses already, but when she called Dean about this particular house she seemed more enthusiastic than usual.
They met up with her in front of the house, and Dean helped Castiel exit the Impala. The children were being looked after by Missouri while they were gone.
As soon as they lay eyes on the house, they immediately had a good feeling about it. It was a light grey painted brick house with two stories, and even from the street the residence looked nice and big. There was a small front yard protected by a low, white fence, and the big garden was hidden behind a wall so people from the street couldn't look into it. It was in a nice suburb not that far away from their current home.
The agent led them inside and began showing them around. On the first floor were the entrance hall, living room plus dining room and kitchen in one open space, a bathroom, laundry room, and the garage. Upstairs were seven bedrooms, a deposit room, one big bathroom, and one smaller bathroom connected to the master bedroom. The place was in good condition and unfurnished, and it didn't look like it needed renovations. There was a terrace outside and a big garden with a wall, bushes, fences and tall trees to protect privacy from neighbors. The garden was equipped with a fairly new set of swings, a nice big sandbox, and a playhouse for children.
Castiel was almost in awe when he followed the agent from room to room while she gave them a tour around the place. The angel held his stomach and felt the twins kick against his hand every now and then. Dean followed him around closely and smiled.
"What do you think, Cas? Do you like the place?" Dean asked.
"Yes, I like it very much, actually," Castiel smiled. He turned to look at the real estate agent. "How much is it…?"
"Well, the final price has yet to be negotiated. It's a foreclosure property, meaning the owner went bankrupt and the property now belongs to the bank, which means it's cheaper than non-foreclosure houses. The price is around 460,000 dollars, but as I said; the final price has yet to be determined, but I doubt it will be over 495,000," the agent told them and smiled.
Dean and Castiel looked at each other.
"It sounds like a good deal to me," Dean said; voice lowered so the agent couldn't hear.
"Yes… Though, it is quite a lot of money. But the neighborhood is good and the kids' school and daycare are right on the way to our work from here. I like this place a lot, Dean, I have a good feeling about it. The twins seem to like it too," he grinned and rubbed his stomach when the babies kicked again.
Dean smiled and put his hand on his mate's belly and stroked it. "Yeah, me too. I don't think we'll get a much better price for a house like this. It fits all our needs. And the garage is nice and big, I like that."
Castiel rolled his eyes and chuckled.
Dean grinned and turned to look at the agent, who had been looking elsewhere in the meanwhile to let them discuss it privately. "I think we're both very much interested in this place. Can you give us a few days to think and then we'll call you about it?"
"Of course," the woman smiled. "I'm glad I could finally show you a place that you both really like. Call me when you've figured it out and we'll go from there."
Dean grinned. "Awesome. Thank you." He shook her hand and she shook Castiel's as well before they left the house and said goodbye to the agent.
They were both excited about the house and hoped that the price wouldn't increase too much.
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Three days later they had decided to say yes to the offer on the house. It was everything they had wanted in a house, and it was only 20-25 minutes' drive from their work through the traffic. They wouldn't have to make Eden transfer schools and they could still use the same daycare as well, which they felt comfortable with.
It would take a while before the deal was closed because it would take 20-35 days for the bank to approve of the loan and for the agent to determine the final price. They were already fairly certain that they could have the loan, because their bank advisor seemed very confident about it.
The children were both excited and sad about having to move. Excited because they would like to move into a bigger place with their own garden and more rooms so they wouldn't have to share, and sad because the apartment had always been their home and it was difficult for them to know that they wouldn't see it again. Eden especially felt sentimental about their apartment.
There was now only a week left until the twins' birth would be triggered, and Castiel was looking forward to getting rid of the back pains and bathroom visits.
"Papa, can I listen to the twins again?" Eden asked, when Castiel sat on the couch and watched TV while Dean took care of the dishes.
"Of course, but be gentle," Castiel smiled, and let Eden lie down beside him and rest her head against his stomach. She loved to put her ear against his belly and try to listen to her new siblings in there. She pulled back and giggled when she felt one of them kick against her cheek.
"I wanna try too!" Adrian said.
Castiel chuckled and let his son lie down on his other side. The children both rested their ears against his clothed stomach and tried to listen, and the angel smiled fondly at them.
"Hear anything interesting in there?" Dean asked when he came over and saw what they were doing.
Eden leaned back and looked up at him. "It sounds like I can hear heartbeats."
"Hmm, that's probably your papa's heartbeat you can hear. Maybe also the twins'," the demon smiled.
Adrian leaned back and stared at the angel's stomach in awe and wonder. He was still being very skeptic of there being babies inside because he didn't fully understand it yet.
"What are you gonna name them?" Eden asked, curiously.
"We actually don't know yet. We'll first give them names after they're born, although we have thought of a few already," Dean spoke and walked over to sit down next to Cas on the couch. He pulled Adrian up into his lap and the boy leaned into him, sleepily.
"What names?"
Dean chuckled. "We're not saying – you'll know their names once they are born."
Eden pouted a little and Castiel smiled and ran a hand through her hair lovingly. She smiled and sat down next to him and snuggled against his side. The angel wrapped his soft wing around her.
The little family sat together and looked forward to their new life in a new house and with two extra additions.
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Author's notes: The twins are gonna be born very soon now! :) As for the house, I will post a layout imagine in my profile when they finally move into it, so you can better imagine it in your heads. I don't really know how the whole buying and selling houses works exactly, so my beta iloveanime9251 helped me out – she has a relative who's a real estate agent, so that helped me a lot.
Thanks for reading, please review :)