August 2026 (Castiel is 37, Dean is 38, Eden is 13, Adrian is 9 (almost 10), the twins are 5 (6 in a few months), Noah is 16 weeks old).
A month had passed and they had slowly grown accustomed to Crowley's presence. The demon kept his distance – likely because he didn't want to risk getting more stains on his criminal records, which Dean was pleased about. He had, however, showed up in front of their house a few times – especially when Castiel alone – and stared at it intensely before walking away again. Castiel didn't like it one bit. He suspected it was after Gabriel had made the dog poop in front of Crowley's house, and when he had thrown rolls of toilet paper over the gate, the trees, and the porch. It had been a mess with toilet paper folded out all over the place, and it had taken Crowley a week to get rid of it all. Castiel had strongly advised his brother not to do it, but Gabriel was never really one to pass an opportunity like this once he got the idea into his head. Crowley seemed to have gotten pretty pissed about it, and of course he knew it was them, he just couldn't prove it. He also didn't seem pleased that Dean had managed to turn Brad against him, so he often sent Dean a dark glare if they spotted each other outside. Those were probably the reasons why he had started going closer to the house sometimes and to scare Castiel. The angel almost didn't dare to take Noah out for a walk in the carriage lately, even though he knew that Crowley was at work during the day and didn't pose any threat to him.
Castiel had just turned 37, and Eden had turned 13 a week later. She was a teenager now, and her body was starting to look more and more mature. Her wings reached to the mid of her calves but were growing faster now that she had almost reached her final height. She had just started in the eighth grade while Adrian was in the fourth grade and the twins were in kindergarten.
It was the 31st of August and a Monday. Everyone got up to get ready to leave for work and school, while Castiel would stay home and be with Noah.
It was a chaos downstairs as the children got ready to go, and Castiel put their lunchboxes into their bags. Eden was taking care of Noah while the parents were busy, and she sat with him on the couch and soothed him when all the noise and stress around him seemed to upset him a little. The twins were running around, chasing each other and screaming, which did nothing to calm the baby.
"Hey!" Dean snapped when he had enough. He grabbed a hold of the twins arms as they ran past him outside the bathroom and glared down at them. "What did I tell you? Stop running! You're upsetting your little brother and turning this house into a chaotic battlefield."
"But we was bored," Lily pouted and looked up at him with her bright green eyes from under her lashes. Her blonde bangs which reached her eyes added to her innocent look. Her shoulder-length, thin hair was still very blonde but was slowly turning a bit darker, and Isaac's hair was a little bit darker than hers.
"Yeah, we was bored, daddy!" Isaac agreed and gave Dean the same innocent eyes.
"Puppy eyes don't work on me, kids, so drop it," Dean told them and let go of their arms. He hadn't been holding them tightly but just enough to stop them from running. "Now, go get dressed because it always takes you ages to get done." The twins went into the entrance hall with displeased looks on their faces.
Castiel looked over at Dean when the demon came into the kitchen area. He put Eden's lunchbox into her bag. It was the last one, so now all the bags were ready. "Have you seen Adrian?"
"Yeah, he's washing his forehead like mad because Isaac sneaked into his room this morning and drew doodles on his forehead to wake him up. He wasn't very happy," Dean spoke, and held back his amusement.
Castiel rolled his eyes. "That boy… Gabriel has a very bad influence on the twins," he muttered. "Now Adrian is going to miss his breakfast unless he hurries."
Dean laughed softly. "Yeah. I should get Adrian a key for this room so that Isaac leaves him alone. He can't resist annoying the hell out of Adrian." He smirked and embraced his mate from behind, who leaned back into him.
"Yes, I think he would appreciate it," Castiel smiled. He turned his head in Dean's hold to look at the demon, and Dean grinned and rubbed the angel's flat belly before meeting his lips in a loving kiss.
Eden scooted over to the edge of the couch and looked towards the kitchen when she heard moaning coming from there, and smiled when she saw her parents kissing. She liked when they were being loving to each other. "Get a room!" she yelled at them and grinned.
Dean pulled away from the kiss and looked over at her. "Hey, this house is ours, so we can kiss all we want."
"Who says we want to look at it?"
"Then look away," Dean pointed out and smirked when Eden rolled her eyes.
Noah started sobbing a little and Eden soothed him. "Shhh, it's okay, you'll get food soon. Or a new diaper… Not sure what you want."
Adrian came down the stairs and entered the room with an annoyed look on his face. The skin on his forehead was red from all the washing and rubbing he had done, and looked up at Dean and Castiel grumpily. "Sometimes I really hate Isaac," he muttered and went over to the kitchen to have some quick breakfast before leaving.
Dean laughed. "I don't blame you, but at least you managed to scrub it off."
"It took me twenty minutes!" Adrian grumbled, and sat down at the table and poured up some cereal and milk.
Eden tried to hold back her amused giggle, and Castiel smiled at Adrian in sympathy.
"Don't worry, we will get you a room key," the angel told him.
"Kinda late for that…" Adrian muttered and quickly began eating.
"You have five minutes to eat, then we're leaving," Dean told him. "And don't worry, Isaac is grounded for drawing on you and he can't have snacks tonight, so he won't get away with it so easily."
Adrian seemed to cheer up a little, judging from how his wings and tail straightened up again. "That's nice to know."
Eden watched as Adrian ate as fast as a champion and she scrunched her face a little at the sight. It was like watching a starved pig, she thought. "Eat properly," she scolded him.
"Can't, we're leaving soon!" Adrian told her with his mouth full and kept eating.
"Papa, he has no table manners," Eden said and looked up at Castiel, who was standing behind her and watching Adrian.
Castiel smiled at her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know, but this time he's excused. Should I take Noah again?" he asked, and gestured to the baby that Eden was still holding. Eden nodded and Castiel reached down to pick up the baby. Noah made a happy squeal when Castiel lifted him up above his head, and the angel grinned as he pulled Noah down to brush their noises together. Eden grinned at the scene, and her tail curled happily next to her leg as she watched.
Dean had gone out to help the twins get dressed, and he smiled when he came back into the living room and saw Castiel interacting with Noah and pulling the baby down into his arms again. "Okay kids, get ready, we're leaving." He clapped his hands, and Eden and Adrian immediately got up and went to the entrance hall to get dressed.
Dean smiled as he approached Castiel, and leaned his forehead against the angel's after he reached him. They stared down at Noah who stared back up at them curiously. "He's like a mini you, Cas," Dean smiled, and caressed Noah's little hand. Castiel chuckled, and Dean looked up into his mate's eyes. "Take care of yourself today, okay?"
"Of course," Castiel spoke.
They kissed goodbye, and Dean rushed the children out to the car so they could drive off. They were already two minutes late so they had to hurry a bit. Castiel waved goodbye to them at the door as usual, and was relieved to see that Crowley's car wasn't there. After they were gone, he went back inside to have some breakfast.
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Later, Castiel went out to take a walk with Noah in the carriage. It was 3pm and Crowley would be at work now, so he went out the door and headed towards the nearby park which was fifteen minutes' walk away. It was sunny and warm, but Castiel had a bottle of water with him and some milk in case the baby should get hungry, and he had put some diapers in the carriage as well. Noah lay in the carriage and made small baby noises while playing with his rattle. He was always calm and playful when they took him for a walk.
The park was a nice size. There was lots of space for children playing in the playgrounds or on the lawn, place to play Frisbee with your dog, have family picnics, etc. Castiel kept to the path as he walked. He was pleased that he could walk through the park without any racist glances because he walked alone with a baby who could easily be mistaken for a pure blood angel, and people wouldn't know by looking at him that he was mated to a demon. He felt quite annoyed that people only accepted and left him alone if they thought he was 'normal'. Only the people who had seen him before with Dean or his other children would know about him.
Castiel stopped under a tree to get something to drink from his water bottle, when someone suddenly approached him.
"Um, excuse me? Aren't you… Castiel?"
Castiel turned his head and blinked at a demon who stood behind him. He stared at the demon for a few seconds before finally recognizing him – it was Tobias, the submissive demon that he and Dean had once met right after Eden was born. Tobias was mated with an alpha angel, and last time Castiel saw him Tobias was pregnant.
There was a boy, around four years old, hiding behind Tobias and peering up at Castiel curiously. The boy had dark grey angel wings, a demon tail, dark brown hair, and grey eyes.
Castiel's eyes lit up and smiled at the demon. "Yes, that's me. And you are… Tobias, right?"
Tobias grinned. "Yeah, I am." He was older now, like Castiel was, but still had a small frame with short dark brown hair. Submissives always had a young look, and were short and small for pretty much all their life.
A few people that walked by them stared oddly when they saw a submissive angel and demon talking, but both Castiel and Tobias paid them no attention.
"I didn't think we would see you again," Castiel told him and smiled widely at him.
"Yeah, Damian and I moved away from this city for a few years, but we moved back just three days ago and are still getting settled into the new house," Tobias explained. He glanced down at the boy next to him who shyly hid under his wing.
Castiel smiled down at the boy before asking, "Is he yours?"
"Yeah, he's our third and youngest child, Josiah. He's a little shy," Tobias chuckled. He looked over at the carriage in front of Castiel and smiled. "I see you got more children too."
Castiel glanced down at Noah before looking back at Tobias. "Yes, our fifth child, Noah. He was born in May."
Tobias' eyes widened. "Five children?! Wow, I could never push that many out," he laughed.
Castiel laughed softly. "Noah wasn't planned, and number three and four were twins so I had no choice."
"Oh," Tobias said and blinked. "You should get yourself an intrauterine device to prevent pregnancy then. I have one, which is pretty useful. My mate likes when I, um, have my heat, but we don't want to have more children, so it's convenient to have a birth control beside the suppressants." He blushed like mad and shifted awkwardly, while the boy next to him seemed lost in the conversation and instead stared over at a few children playing nearby. The intrauterine device was designed to kill the sperm cells when they entered the uterus and was considered to be 99 percent safe.
Castiel blinked. "Oh. I've never heard of that device before."
"I think your mate would approve of it," Tobias told him with a suggestive smirk.
Now it was Castiel's turn to blush, and he averted the submissive demon's eyes slightly. "Um, I will think about it, thank you."
Josiah whined and pulled at Tobias' shirt. "We're gonna be late for dentist, pa."
Castiel chuckled and Tobias sighed.
"Well, it was nice to see you again. I hope we will meet sometime soon so I can see the rest of your kids, I think Damian would want to see them too. We haven't really met any other angel/demon mates and their children," Tobias spoke. He reached down to stroke his son's hair.
"Neither have we, but I hear that more people like us are getting registered."
Tobias's face lit up. "Yes, I heard that! And when I read that article in the newspapers once about angel/demon relationships, I immediately knew it was you and your family. Aren't I right?"
Castiel was taken aback that Tobias had known it was them, even though they had only ever met each other once. Their names had been altered in the story, which should have made it more difficult to recognize them. "Yes, that was us."
Tobias grinned. "I knew it! In the town we lived in, the whole neighborhood talked about it, although most of them were pretty offended about the article, and Damian got punched in the face when he stood up for the article's points, but it did have a good influence too."
"I'm sorry that Damian got hurt," Castiel cringed. "But I am pleased to hear something good came out of it. Dean and I were a little skeptic at first."
Josiah once again pulled Tobias' shirt and reminded him they were late. "Well, I gotta go," Tobias sighed. "We have a dentist appointment. I guess we'll see each other again at some point?" There was a hint of hopefulness in his voice that made Castiel smile.
"That would be nice."
They said goodbye, and Tobias smiled down at little Noah and caressed his hand before shaking Castiel's hand and finally going off to the dentist with his son.
Castiel watched them go with a warm smile. He looked down at Noah who seemed to be in a good mood too, and reached down to rub the baby's stomach. Noah squealed happily. "Let's go home now," Castiel told him and started pushing the carriage again.
He felt happy that he had met Tobias again. It made him feel less alone about his type of relationship with Dean. Feeling in a good mood now, Castiel hummed quietly to himself as he pushed the carriage back home. The hood of the carriage was up when he walked in the sun to prevent Noah from getting a sunburn.
He walked along the sidewalk on the way back to the house, but completely stopped in his tracks when he passed by Crowley's residence across the street. He stared wide-eyed when he saw the demon's car parked in the house's driveway. Crowley wasn't even supposed to be home at 3:50pm on a Monday, so Castiel stared in shock at the car. He felt his knees shake with a sudden fear and his body go into a deadlock. It took him several moments to gather his strength again, and he quickly pushed the carriage back towards his house, praying that Crowley hadn't seen him. When he stood at the door, he kneeled down and fumbled with the bag that was under the baby carriage, looking desperately for the house key.
Noah made a few noises of discomfort, obviously feeling that something was wrong.
Castiel finally found the key and brought it to the lock with shaking hands. He glanced over his shoulder towards Crowley's house and saw the front door open, so he quickly opened the door in front of him and rushed the baby carriage inside before locking the door.
"Shhh," he soothed Noah when the baby cried, and pulled him up into his arms. He opened the door to the garage and pushed the baby carriage out there in its place, before double checking that the garage gate and door were locked as he went back into the house. He walked to the corridor and checked the door to the terrace as well, but it was locked like it had been before he left. He sighed in relief and rocked Noah on his arm as he walked into the living room. His wings were trembling with anxiety, and looked towards the window in the end of the living room to see if he could spot Crowley on the sidewalk but he couldn't.
"Pull yourself together, Castiel, you're becoming paranoid," he told himself and took a deep breath. He held Noah against his chest and murmured soothing words at the baby, who was slowly calming down as well.
He glanced up at the clock in the dining area and saw that it read 3:56pm. It would be over an hour before Dean was home with the children.
Castiel took Noah upstairs to put him to bed. The baby was getting a little sleepy, and Castiel stayed with his baby until he fell asleep in the crib. Afterwards, he slowly walked down the stairs and looked through the blurred glass on the right side of the front door. When he couldn't make out anything from the street, he padded into the living room to look out the window.
Castiel quickly flinched back when he saw Crowley standing on the sidewalk, studying the house. Panic rose inside of him, and he didn't know what to do. Should he call Dean? Hide in the house? A lot of thoughts went through his head, but when he looked through the window again Crowley was walking away from the house. When the demon disappeared from his sight, Castiel sighed heavily and could finally relax again.
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Dean came home at 5:20pm with the children, and the house was once again filled with noise as the twins shrieked and laughed as they ran around. Castiel was relieved that he was no longer alone, and he told Dean about his meeting with Tobias and how Crowley had come home earlier than usual.
"I'm glad Crowley didn't do anything besides staring at the house," Dean spoke, as he and Castiel stood on the terrace while the children played in the garden.
"Me too, but he really frightened me," Castiel admitted and stared at the ground.
Dean gave him a sympathetic look and rubbed his tail against the angel's leg to comfort him. He then put his fingers under Castiel's chin to raise his head up. Their eyes met and they smiled at each other. "I hope we run into Tobias and Damian again. I'm pretty sure the kids will be thrilled to meet other children like them. Maybe they'll go to the same school? It's the only public mixed school here, unless their children are in some kind of private school instead."
Castiel smiled at the idea. "It could be interesting if they went to the same school. I guess we will find out soon."
They shared a kiss and listened to Eden scolding the twins for having cheated in their game, before pulling apart again.
"So what did you and Tobias talk about?" Dean asked. He brushed his wing against Cas' as they stood next to each other and watched the children play.
Castiel's cheeks reddened. "Um, he kind of gave a suggestion that he thought you would be interested in." He stared down at his feet and shifted awkwardly.
Dean raised a brow. "Yeah?" he prompted.
"Um, he suggested that to avoid further unplanned children, I could use a, um, intrauterine device for birth control so that I won't be able to conceive during my heats."
Dean's face turned into one of surprise, before wide grin formed on it. "You mean we can have heat sex without babies coming out of it?"
"As far as I understood, yes, but I don't know much about such things, and neither do I want to go into heat every five weeks again – that doesn't work when we have children to care for, so I would still have to take my suppressants," Castiel spoke, and still averted Dean's eyes because of the embarrassing topic they were discussing.
Dean's smile was impossibly wide, and Castiel yelped in surprise when the demon suddenly grabbed him and lifted him up.
"Dean!" Castiel exclaimed, and flapped his wings and kicked his feet and when he no longer felt the ground beneath him. Dean was grinning up at him, and suddenly Castiel was put down on the ground again and pulled into a tight embrace.
"Fuck, that would be awesome! Heat sex is the best kind of sex, Cas!" Dean grinned happily, and pulled back at look at the angel. "Well, any kind of sex with you if great, but your heat is extra special," he smirked and stroked his hand across his mate's cheek.
Castiel's cheeks were still red, but he couldn't help but curl his lips into an amused smile. "Yes, I know. But being in heat isn't exactly the most fun thing for me, Dean," he reminded him. "Although the sex is really good."
Dean just continued to grin and curled his tail around the angel's leg. "Let's talk to Charlie about it then, she must know about this stuff."
"I'd like that," the angel smiled.
"Nooooo!" Isaac suddenly exclaimed from the garden, making Dean and Castiel look towards the children.
"Adrian kicked da ball over the wall," Lily told them, and pointed at the wall that divided the garden from the front yard.
"Oops, I'm sorry," Adrian muttered and seemed a little embarrassed.
Dean sighed. "Well, let's go through the house and search for it in the front yard. I'm too lazy to get the key for the garden gate," he told them.
The children ran up to the terrace to follow Dean through the house and into the front yard outside.
"Ah, there it is!" Adrian said when he spotted the ball in the yard. He went through the fence gates to go and get it.
"Cool, bring it back to the garden then," Dean told him and went back inside to start making dinner with Cas.
Eden had stayed with Castiel on the terrace, and the three of them met each other in the kitchen again. Noah was still sleeping upstairs but would likely wake up soon. Castiel began preparing dinner, which would be spinach pasta with cheese sauce, and ordinary pasta because the twins were picky.
Meanwhile, Adrian and the twins were about to head back inside after having found the ball when Crowley suddenly showed up on the sidewalk on the other side of the fence. The fence in the front yard was low, only 3' 11'' tall (120 centimeters), so the demon could easily look at them.
Adrian flinched back and pushed the twins behind him as he stared at the alpha demon with wide eyes. The twins seemed very wary of the man they had been told to stay away from, and hid behind Adrian when their brother spread out his wings.
Crowley watched them in amusement when the children flinched back. "What's wrong? I haven't done anything, I'm just standing here," he told them while he looked at them with an amused smirk.
"Go away, you're not supposed to be near our house," Adrian told him while he eyed him warily.
Crowley laughed. "Well, the sidewalk is public so nothing stops me from being here. You should know that, you filthy little half-breeds."
Adrian stood his ground, but swallowed nervously as Crowley stared at him.
"I don't like this man," Lily whined behind him.
"Shh!" Adrian shushed her.
Crowley continued watching them with a smirk that Adrian did not like. When the demon walked a few steps towards the driveway, Adrian turned and kept his younger siblings behind him. He was only four feet tall (124cm) and still just a child, but he knew he had to keep his younger siblings away from the man. There was something about Crowley that unsettled Adrian a lot.
"Leave us alone and go home," Adrian hissed. He tried his best to stay tough, even if he could feel his knees shake slightly.
"Don't tell me what to do, you little freak," Crowley sneered at him. His pug dog barked next to him, which made the twins flinch.
When Crowley got closer to the fence and further into the driveway, Adrian's eyes widened and he yelled out, "Daaaad!"
Crowley seemed to panic. "Shut up, you filthy little—!"
The demon didn't manage to get out more words before Dean came running out of the door and snarled when he spotted Crowley near the driveway. He ran over and landed a solid punch in Crowley's face that sent the other demon stumbling back onto the sidewalk.
"Stay the fuck away from my children!" Dean growled aggressively and spread out his razor sharp wings.
Adrian and the twins sighed in relief, and went around the fence to stand in front of the garage gate behind Dean. Castiel and Eden appeared in the front door to see what was going on, and the angel froze in fear when he saw Crowley.
Crowley rubbed his cheek and held out a hand to keep Dean back. "Now, I was just making conversation with them—"
"You don't make conversation with my children or my mate! Now get the fuck outta here!" Dean growled back. "Next time I'll report you to the police." He took a threatening step forward.
"And tell them what? That I stood on the sidewalk?" Crowley mocked.
"That you stood in my driveway and threatened my kids," Dean corrected him angrily.
Crowley's dog was barking and trying to attack Dean, but the demon kept it back. "Fine, I'm leaving. Your freak children aren't worth a stain on my record anyway."
Dean sneered at him and followed Crowley with his eyes as the other demon retreated and walked back to his house across the street. When Crowley was gone, he turned around to face his family again.
"Thanks, dad, that guy was really creepy," Adrian muttered.
"He was scary," Lily cried. Isaac nodded and looked at his sister in concern when she cried.
"It's okay, he's gone now," Dean told them softly.
"Are you alright?" Castiel asked and came over to his mate.
Dean chuckled. "Of course, he didn't touch me, Cas."
The angel nodded silently, and Dean smiled before leading everyone back into the house. He ruffled Eden's hair with affection when his daughter gave him a worried look. They went in to prepare dinner and eat together.
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After having eaten dinner, the twins watched some television. Dean was helping Eden and Adrian with some homework at the couch table, while Castiel fed Noah on the other side of the couch.
"Nooo! I wanna watch My Little Pony! Not that superhero stuff," Lily whined at Isaac and tried to get the remote control out of his hands.
"And I wanna watch Batman!" Isaac growled, and zapped the TV back to the other channel.
Lily cried and pushed Isaac to the ground, and Isaac kicked her back before fleeing with the remote control.
"Hey!" Dean scolded when Isaac went up on the couch and made his way across it behind Dean and the older children. "Get off the couch!"
Isaac made his way over to where Castiel was sitting, who looked at the boy with wide eyes. "Stop it, Isaac!" he told him, and wrapped his wings around him to protect Noah from getting hurt as Isaac crawled behind him.
Lily stood at the edge of the couch where Isaac got off, and immediately reached out for the remote. Isaac quickly yanked it away and hissed at her, and they both stood dangerously close to the big cabinet by the wall.
"Hey, get away from there!" Dean growled and stood up to go over to them.
The twins weren't listening. Isaac held onto the remote as Lily tried to get it, and when she let go Isaac stumbled back into the cabinet which shook at the impact. One of the candle holders from the upper shelves fell down and landed on Lily's head.
The girl cried out in pain, and Isaac stood frozen when his twin wailed.
Dean growled and finally managed to move over to them. Castiel had put Noah on the couch so Eden could look after him, while he immediately got up and comforted Lily when she ran over to him and buried her crying face in his shirt. The angel kneeled down to inspect her head but there was nothing to see. The candle holder hadn't hit her that hard, so Castiel knew she would be okay.
Dean glowered over Isaac who stared up at him guiltily with the remote control still in his hand.
"See what you did? Out! Now," Dean growled and pointed towards the door.
Isaac lowered his head in shame, and sent an apologetic glance at Lily when she looked over at him with teary eyes. He put the remote on the cabinet and padded out of the door, but instead of going upstairs he went out of the front door. He often went out to sit on the small stairs outside the door while cooling off. He didn't close it behind him, so Dean could see him from the living room doorway.
Eden comforted Noah when he cried. Lily's sobbing and wailing upset him as well, so now there were two crying children in the room.
Dean sighed. "Jeez, that boy never knows when to stop."
"He's always been like that," Adrian pointed out, and walked over to Lily in front of the cabinet to see how she was doing.
Castiel was still kneeling down, and Lily buried her face in his shoulder as she cried. The angel rubbed her back soothingly. "Shh, it's alright, Lily. The pain will go away soon. Isaac didn't mean for you to get hurt."
"I know," the girl sobbed into his shirt.
Castiel sighed and looked up at Dean. The demon gave him a weak smile before looking towards the front door where Isaac was sitting.
Isaac sulked on the stairs before getting up. He picked up the ball which was lying outside the garage gate. They had put it there earlier after having retrieved it from the front yard. He picked it up and started throwing it against the garage gate over and over.
"I'll go out and talk to him," Dean said after a few minutes. The others nodded, and Dean went outside to watch as Isaac threw the ball against the garage gate with a negative look on his face. "You know, when I tell you to stop something, there is usually a reason for it," Dean told him.
Isaac glanced up at him before throwing the ball again. "Yeah, I know. She just annoyed me so much… She always wanna watch girl cartoons."
Dean chuckled. "Of course, she's a girl after all."
Isaac scrunched his nose a little and kept playing by himself.
Adrian came out and looked between them. When Isaac threw the ball against the gate in a wrong angle, Adrian picked it up when it landed over by his feet. He swirled the ball in his hands and smiled at his younger brother. "Wanna play together?"
Isaac's face lit up a little. "Okay, but no cheating."
Dean grinned as the two brothers began playing. One would throw the ball against the gate, and the other would catch it, and so it switched all the time. They both ended up laughing when they had to run after the ball a few times, and eventually the others came outside to see what was going on.
"Whatcha doing?" Lily asked and wiped away the last tears from her eyes.
Isaac looked up and stopped the game for a second. "We're playing ball. Sorry I caused that thingie to hit you…"
Lily smiled. "It's okay, don't hurt much now." Isaac smiled back.
Castiel stood in the doorway with Noah, and Eden stood next to him. They both smiled when Lily seemed to have forgiven Isaac after the little accident.
"Wanna play, too?" Isaac asked her.
Lily nodded eagerly and came over to join them. Adrian didn't seem to mind, and the three siblings laughed and shrieked as they played and ran after the ball.
Eden didn't join the game but enjoyed watching her brothers and sister play.
"You don't wanna join?" Dean asked her.
"Nah, bad stomach," Eden told him and averted his eyes with a blush.
"Ah," Dean said in understanding.
Eden looked up at Castiel when Noah squirmed and sobbed a little. "Can I hold him?"
Castiel looked a little taken aback by her offer but smiled nonetheless. "Of course."
Eden took grumpy Noah into her arms and sat down on the stairs in front of the door. She cooed at the baby and poked his nose lovingly while making faces, and eventually Noah's grumpiness turned into laughter.
Castiel smiled and went over to Dean, who wrapped his arm around the angel's waist. The demon kissed Castiel on the head, and the angel smiled and closed his eyes for a brief moment.
Meanwhile, Isaac missed the ball when it came in his direction. It landed halfway down the driveway, so he ran after it to get it. When he reached the ball, he accidentally kicked it with his foot, causing it to roll down the driveway, over the sidewalk, and over to the other side of the street.
"Stupiiid," Adrian mocked and grinned at Isaac's clumsiness. Lily giggled next to him.
"Am not!" Isaac yelled back and ran towards the street.
Dean looked up, frowning when he didn't see Isaac anymore, and glanced down the driveway. He spotted Isaac running towards the street and he immediately yelled out, "ISAAC, NO!" Adrian cried out at the same time as him, watching in horror as Isaac ran into the street without looking for cars.
Everything went in slow motion then.
Isaac reached the street, only concentrating on the ball in front of him.
The sound of car wheels screeching as someone hit the brakes sent cold shivers down everyone's spines.
Dean and Castiel's panicked screams filled the neighborhood as they ran out into the driveway towards the street.
And the horrible sound of impact when the car collided with the little boy, who hadn't even seen it coming.
Isaac was thrown back after the impact and landed on the hard asphalt with a loud thud. Everyone screamed in horror and ran towards him fast.
"Isaac!" Castiel screamed, louder than ever, and ran towards his son with Dean right on his heels.
When they reached him, Isaac was lying on the ground. Bloody and unmoving.
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Author's notes: I wanted to put a warning about the accident since it might be a trigger for some, but I didn't to spoil the readers… And I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, please don't hate me XD I did promise that no one is going to die, so don't worry about that. I've planned Isaac's accident for quite some time – since he is a pretty wild and reckless boy, it was only a matter of time before he got himself hurt.
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