July 2026 (Castiel is 36 (almost 37), Dean is 38, Eden is 12 (almost 13), Adrian is 9, the twins are 5, Noah is 2 months old).
"Hello, Castiel," spoke Crowley, and stared at him intensely.
Castiel stood rooted to the spot in fear and shock, while Crowley – the demon who had almost raped him once – stood in his door and smirked at him. When the angel snapped out it, he quickly tried to slam the door shut, but Crowley blocked it with his arm. Castiel flinched and took a step back, staring wide-eyed at the demon.
"Now, now, slamming the door in the face of your guest? Not very polite, is it?" Crowley spoke nonchalantly, and seemed mildly amused by Castiel's attempt at shutting the door in his face.
"What do you want? How did you find me?" Castiel croaked out, his voice trembling. His wings were drawn tightly against his back while he quivered slightly in fear. He tried to signal Dean through the bond that he needed his help right now, and hoped his mate would arrive soon.
"Just want to have a little chat with you. After all, it was your fault that I got kicked out of college and ended up in prison for a while. Do you know much my dad hated me after that? And how difficult it was to get into another college?" Crowley spoke, and his nonchalant tone didn't calm Castiel one bit. "And here I was, moving into a new neighborhood after my boss transferred me to a department in another city, and who do I see when I step out of my car? You and Dean, surrounded by those little abominations of yours – the two very people that I have loathed for years for making it so damned difficult for me to get into a proper college!" He snarled the last words before regaining his calm posture again, and Castiel continued staring at him in shock.
"Then you shouldn't have touched me," Castiel pointed out, still stiff with fear and panic. "And get out of my house."
Crowley laughed, coldly. "Well, technically I'm not even in your house, pretty angel. And you're not all that scary, you know." His eyes briefly flickered down to the demon mating pendant around the angel's neck, and his eyes darkened.
Suddenly Noah began crying in the living room and Castiel froze. His eyes darted in the direction of the living room but he didn't dare to move. He prayed that Crowley wouldn't come into the house to hurt his baby.
Crowley frowned and curiously peeked into the house. "Huh, is that baby? Oh my, you and Dean have sure been busy, huh?" He eyes roamed over the angel's smaller frame. "Well, I can't say I blame Dean, really. I still remember that sweet scent of yours… so ripe and fertile and just for the taking. I wonder when Dean gets tired of breeding you… When he does, you can always come over to my door – you seem to like demon dick anyway." His lips curled into a malicious smirk.
Castiel's face hardened. "Get. The. Hell. Out!" he growled and took a small step forward. His wings spread and flared behind him, and his body trembled in fear and disgust as he tried to glare Crowley down. He wouldn't stand a chance against the alpha demon and he knew it – he had felt Crowley's physical superiority before.
Noah continued to cry and sob, and Castiel felt the need to go to him but his eyes were glued to the threat in front of him, not daring to look away.
Crowley pulled his hands up in a mocking sign of surrender and seemed mildly amused by Castiel's aggression. "No need to get upset, it was just an offer. I am a business man, after all." He took a step back as he retreated from the door. "Tell Dean when you see him that I haven't forgotten what he put me through back then." He growled lightly before turning around and walking away from the house.
Castiel quickly shut the door and locked it. His whole body slumped in relief when Crowley was away from his door, and he quickly went into the living room to peer out the windows. He saw Crowley walking across the street back to his house, and the angel sighed heavily in relief.
Noah was crying and squirming in the carriage, and Castiel finally went over and picked him up. "Shh," he soothed him as he rested the baby against his shoulder and rocked him. "It's okay, Noah, the threat gone. For now."
He knew that Dean was on his way because the demon had signaled back to him that he had felt his distress call. The angel wandered back and forth, still trembling with anxiety, and waited impatiently for Dean to come home. Noah had calmed down after being picked up, but he could sense Castiel's distress which made him feel uncomfortable.
Castiel paced around the room until he finally heard the Tahoe pull up into the driveway and Dean slamming the car door shut as he rushed towards the house.
Dean quickly unlocked the door and ran into the living room. "Cas!" he yelled, and seemed relieved to see the angel unharmed.
"Dean!" Castiel cried, relieved, and ran over into Dean's arms while he still held Noah against him. Dean looked worried and confused, and wrapped his arms around him tightly when the angel began crying.
"Cas, what happened? Are you okay?" Dean asked, worried, and peered down at him.
"It was Crowley! Crowley was here!" Castiel cried into the demon's shirt and trembled against him.
"What?" Dean exclaimed in shock. He put his hands on Castiel's shoulders and gently pushed him back to look at him. "Crowley? What the fuck was he doing here?!"
"He just moved into the house across the street. He came here after he had seen that we live here, and he…" Castiel trailed off, and rocked Noah when the baby cried.
"And he what? Did you touch you?" Dean demanded with a low growl.
Castiel shook his head. "No, but he… he made comments about it," he muttered.
Dean let out an angry growl and his wings sharpened and spread out. He turned around and stalked towards the door in determination.
"Dean, don't!" Castiel yelled after him, but the demon didn't listen.
Dean stormed out of the door and stalked across the street towards the house that had until recently been for rent. He completely bypassed Kevin who was walking Maggie, and the boy frowned at Dean when he didn't respond to his greeting and just headed straight for the house on the other side of the road.
Dean yanked the front gate open and walked up to the door of the large, creamy white house before banging on it, hard.
After a few moments, Crowley opened the door. His eyebrows shot up in surprise as he stared at Dean before smirking. "Well, hello there, Winchester. Decided to drop by an old friend for a chat?" He barely got the words out before Dean growled aggressively and pinned him against the doorframe with his arm against his throat. Crowley peered down at Dean's arm with questioning eyes, before looking back up at Dean's face. "No chatting, then?"
Dean snarled and pushed Crowley back harder. "How dare you go near my mate?! He's mine, and you don't ever get to touch him! Didn't I make that clear enough for you the first time?!" His wings moved into their most aggressive pose with all the sharp feathers pointing towards Crowley.
Crowley stared back at Dean's wings with wide eyes before looking back at Dean's face. "Well, you actually did make it quite clear. So clear that I almost didn't get a career with that stain on my record, you filthy blood-traitor!" he growled back, and sharpened his own wings.
Dean gnarled. "Your own fucking fault for touching Cas in the first place!"
"Not my fault you let your pet angel walk around the school when he was fertile. One would have thought you wanted to share him," Crowley sneered.
Dean let out a growl of rage and bared his teeth as he pushed Crowley back so hard that the other demon almost couldn't breathe. Dean's aggression was so extreme it could almost be smelled in the air as he towered over the other demon.
"Whoa, what's going on over there?" one of the neighbors asked when he spotted Dean threatening Crowley by the door.
They both looked in the direction of the human man, who stared back at them with a frown. Dean and Crowley looked back at each other again, and Dean finally let go of the other demon. Crowley sighed and sucked in air while he straightened the collar of his shirt.
"Stay the fuck away from my family," Dean growled threateningly, before walking away from Crowley and back to his own house.
"Don't let the garden gate slam you in the ass!" Crowley yelled back at him, but Dean only growled and didn't look back as he walked back home.
When Dean came back inside the house, Castiel immediately came over to him. Noah was in the carriage again and he seemed calm for now.
"I told him to stay away, but I don't trust that guy," Dean told his mate after he came in.
Castiel looked frustrated and his wings flared. "I don't like this, Dean. I don't like him living across the street – a street that our children play in. And with me being home all the time to take care of Noah, I… I don't feel safe."
"I know, I don't like this either," Dean spoke, and grabbed the angel's arms to calm him down. "I'll talk to the police and see if they can do anything. I won't let Crowley hurt you again, Cas, I promise."
Castiel took a deep breath to calm down, and Dean pulled him into a tight hug and rubbed his back to soothe him. The angel buried his face in his mate's shirt as he tried not to cry again. "Dean, I'm scared…"
Dean closed his eyes and sighed in frustration when there was nothing he could do. "It's okay, I don't blame you. We'll figure this out," he told him, and continued rubbing soothing circles into the angel's back. Castiel let out a deep sigh and relaxed against him.
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Dean and Castiel went to the police station to see if the police could help them out in their situation. The angel held little Noah as they went into the station to find someone to talk to. A human officer behind the front desk asked if he could help them with anything, and Dean explained the situation to him.
"Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Winchester, but there is nothing we can do in this situation. This Crowley person has already served his time as far as I can see in his record, so it's not against the law for him to move into your neighborhood unless you have a restraining order against him. And in order to get a restraining order, he would need to have threatened or harmed you or your family several times, which he hasn't done," the officer explained.
"He made sexual advances on my mate!" Dean growled. "And he almost raped him once! What else do you fucking need?!"
"Well, it's not quite enough for a restraining order, and as I said; he already did time for the attempted rape. But we'll send an officer out to fine this Crowley for trespassing and to have a talk with him, alright?"
Dean growled in frustration before leading Castiel out of the station. They went out to the parking lot behind the police station to get into their car. Several other cars were parked there, and people walked back and forth between the cars and the station.
"So we have to put up with him being there? On our street?" Castiel murmured. He looked down at the baby in his arms who was blissfully unaware of the new danger that had just come into their lives.
"Seems like it," Dean groaned. He unlocked the Tahoe so they could drive off to pick up the children from summer camp and summer daycare. "I'll call Sam and hear his opinion on this," he muttered.
"I think that would be wise," Castiel told him, and put Noah into the baby seat and strapped him in. The baby gurgled and stared up at the necklace around the angel's neck – the mating pendant that Dean once gave him. Noah was fascinated with shiny stuff, and he reached his little hands up to grab it but it was too far away. Castiel chuckled fondly and kissed the baby's forehead lovingly, before leaning back up and closing the car door.
"Swear to me that if he ever shows up at the house again, you'll call for help. Mrs. Tran is always home at 2:30pm, and she's the closest help you've got. It'll take me 20-35 minutes to get home, depending on the traffic," Dean spoke and looked firmly at his mate.
"I promise I will find help. I'm too scared not to," Castiel admitted and stared down at his feet. Dean smiled a little and pulled the angel in for a kiss. They ignored the people in the parking lot who stared oddly at them.
"Now, let's go get the kids," Dean said and went around the car to the driver's seat. Castiel got into the passenger seat and they drove off to pick up the children.
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The twins were making a lot of noise in the car on the way home, and Eden constantly told them to quiet down to not make Noah cry.
Dean sneered when they drove past Crowley's house before pulling up into their driveway. The children got out of the car fast, and the twins squealed and laughed in joy over finally being home. Dean helped the kids get their bags from the trunk while Castiel took Noah out of the baby seat.
Dean cast a glance down the street towards Crowley's house. There was a low rumble in his chest when he spotted Crowley walking out with the trash. There were already a lot of trash bags outside the house, so Dean assumed that the other demon was cleaning up the entire house and throwing stuff away. Their eyes met and they glared at each other for a few seconds before they both walked into their homes.
When Dean came inside the twins were running around, chasing each other while shrieking and laughing, and Castiel scolded them and told them to calm them down. Noah made a few grumpy noises because of all the noise, and Adrian finally managed to grab a hold of Isaac to make him stop running.
Dean sighed. "Alright, children, gather up! We have something to discuss with you," he said in a raised voice to get their attention. The children stopped their doing and blinked up at him.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Eden frowned when she felt something bothering her father.
"You'll know in a minute, sweetie, just gather around and sit on the couch, all of you – and stop pulling Adrian's tail, Isaac!"
Adrian glared down at Isaac who had pulled at his tail in offense over being stopped by his older brother when he had fun running around. Isaac pouted a little but obeyed his father.
They all sat down on the couch, facing Dean who stood in front of the couch table and looked at them. Castiel stood close to Dean with Noah.
"Alright, so… Remember that house down the street that was out for rent?" Dean asked. When the kids nodded, he continued, "Well, a very bad man has moved into it, and we don't know how long he'll be there. I don't want any of you going near that place or talking to that man, do you understand?" He looked between them firmly.
"Yes, daddy," the twins said at the same time, and looked mildly confused as they stared up at him.
Adrian frowned. "Why? Who is he?"
"He's a bad man who has hurt your papa once," Dean explained. The children gasped in shock and looked up at Castiel in worry. "But I won't let him hurt him again, so if you see him anywhere near our house, tell us, alright? And don't talk to or look at him; he's a racist – a bad one."
The children nodded silently.
"How do you know him?" Eden asked carefully, and looked between her parents.
Dean glanced over at Castiel who met his eyes briefly, before sighing. "Well, he was one of my buddies once, in college. Back when daddy was a racist, too." His tail curled in shame and he averted their eyes slightly.
The children went silent for a moment. They knew that Dean used to be like the racists once but that he had changed. The twins glanced between him and Cas, not knowing what to say.
Adrian looked between his parents. "So now he wants to hurt you and papa, or…?"
"Well, we're not best friends anymore after I beat the living shit out of him once for hurting your papa – excuse my words," Dean said and chuckled. The children laughed and the mood in the room seemed to have lightened up a little.
Castiel's lips curled into a small smile at Dean's words and their children's laughter. He felt better now that the children were warned. Noah waved his hands and finally managed to grab a hold of the pendant while Castiel wasn't paying attention. "Noah!" he scolded and tried to pry the baby's hand open to make him let go.
Dean laughed when he saw the scene and came over to his mate. He helped Castiel make the baby let go of the pendant again, before he took it into his hand and rubbed his thumb over it. "You still wear it sometimes, I see," he smiled.
Castiel blushed a little bit. "Of course, although I don't wear it every day."
Dean smiled and let go of the pendant. He leaned in and captured his mate's lips in a loving kiss. Noah looked up at them curiously while they kissed and grabbed Dean's shirt while he gurgled. The demon chuckled into the kiss.
"Ewww," the twins grimaced in unison and put their hands in front of their eyes.
Eden chuckled at them before looking over at Dean. "Is the family meeting over now?"
Dean pulled away from the kiss and looked over at Eden. "Yeah it's over; you can play now, all of you."
"Finally, no more kiss-watching," Adrian grimaced and walked past them to go outside into the garden. The twins squealed and followed after him, and Eden chuckled fondly at her younger siblings.
"Can't be police do something about that man?" Eden asked after her siblings had gone outside.
"We went to the police station before we picked you up, and they can't do anything because Crowley already served some time in prison for what he did to your papa. So now I'm gonna call Sam and see if there is anything he can do or if the police missed something, but I don't put my hopes too high," Dean explained. He sighed in defeat over the frustrating situation, and his wings slumped a little behind his shoulders.
Castiel looked at him and reached out his hand to touch Dean's while Noah was sitting on his other arm. "It isn't your fault, Dean."
"I know, but I wish I could do something that doesn't involve me going to jail for it," Dean growled in frustration.
"Maybe he won't do anything to us or papa," Eden spoke. "Maybe he doesn't want to go to prison again."
"Well, his presence still doesn't calm me," Dean told her with a weak smile. "But that house was only out for rent, so he'll probably only stay there for max five months before the Jacksons come back home from their trip." The young couple that lived in the house had gone out to travel the world for five months, and had put the house out for rent in the meanwhile to cover the costs of the house while they were gone. Their most private things were being taken care of by family members.
"Five months is a long time, and I'll still be home alone with the baby," Castiel murmured. He let Noah grab his index finger, and the baby gurgled and held on tight to it.
Dean put his hand on Castiel's hips and brushed his tail against the angel's leg. "My holidays start in two weeks and then I'll be home with you for three weeks, but I think I can take tomorrow off to be with you. Crowley probably has a job to go to for most of the day, so let's keep an eye out for his car this week and see when he leaves and comes back, okay?"
Castiel nodded, and Eden smiled when her papa seemed a bit more relieved. Dean smiled as well before looking down at Eden. "Hey, shouldn't you go outside in this nice weather and play with your siblings?"
Eden grinned. "Sure, I'll do that." She ran outside into the garden, and Dean chuckled went she went off.
"Now, I'll go call Sam," Dean said and took his phone out of his pocket to call his brother.
"Alright, say hi to him from me," Castiel smiled, and rocked Noah in his arms when he seemed to have gotten sleepy.
Castiel went to put the baby to sleep in the nursery, and Dean called Sam to hear about his opinion on the Crowley matter. Sam agreed with the police – there was nothing stopping Crowley from renting a house close to their residence unless they had a restraining order against him. But because Crowley hadn't fully raped Castiel it was a bit more difficult to get a restraining order based on his previous crime.
So it seemed they were stuck with their old enemy living on their street unless Crowley did something stupid that could get the police involved.
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Author's notes: Sorry for the shortness of the chapter, the next one will likely be longer. So now the tension has begun… Crowley has moved into the neighborhood but likely doesn't want to go to prison so he has to stay within the law, while Dean feels the same (even though he wants to kill Crowley sometimes XD). It isn't going to be easy. Crowley is rather short on the show, but in my story he's probably taller than Cas or around his height at least since he's an alpha. It also makes him more intimidating to Cas.
Also, I'm not into law and that stuff, so the legal things I mention are just things I know from movies etc. So don't be sure that that's how it is in real life, because I can't know.
Sorry for the cliffhanger in the last chapter, but I can't promise that there won't be another one.
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