September 2026 (Castiel is 37, Dean is 38, Eden is 13, Adrian is 9 (almost 10), the twins are 5 (almost 6), Noah is 4 months old).
Isaac's condition was slowly improving. They kept him at the hospital for a while because of his bad concussion and his complicated wing fracture. Sam, Jessica, and their children had dropped by in the weekend after the accident to see him. Jessica had been pretty freaked out, and Sam had seemed rather upset as well. But Isaac was getting better, although he already found it extremely boring to be in the hospital bed all day long. He wanted desperately to go outside and play with the hospital's other kids, but he was still a little unsteady on his legs and crutches for the first few days. He had also been a little irritated and tired at first because of his head injury, and he was still a bit more quiet than usual sometimes, but the doctors had told them that it was normal.
Dean and Castiel had already had a little talk with Isaac about being more careful and why following their rules was so important. The boy seemed pretty ashamed, because he knew very well that he had done something very wrong by running into the street. Dean could tell that Isaac had a lot more respect for streets and cars now, so he hoped the boy would be less reckless from now on.
The week after the accident they were still influenced by it. Lily was scared to go near the street, and the house felt strangely empty without Isaac at home to run around with Lily and always make noise. The others had started to miss it a lot.
Wednesday afternoon, nine days after the accident, Dean picked up Eden, Adrian, and Lily and drove to the hospital to visit Isaac who was being released that evening. Dean had taken the Impala to work, so Castiel had taken the Tahoe and driven to the hospital earlier that day with Noah to see Isaac and get him prepared to go home.
Isaac was excited to see everyone, and a doctor was assessing his wing one final time before he could go. The bandages around his head and hands had been removed, as had the stitches on his forehead and tail. His tail was still wrapped up in bandages, though.
"Hey buddy, ready to go home soon?" Dean smiled when he entered Isaac's room with Lily, Eden, and Adrian.
"Yay, I can't wait," Isaac exclaimed. He stared at the doctor in annoyance when he kept touching his right wing and feeling it. The doctor was around fifty years old and was a male human. It was complicated to properly put a broken wing in a cast, so two pieces of wood or metal was often strapped to each side of the wing to hold it still and steady, and bandages were wrapped around it.
"Sit still," the doctor ordered when Isaac squirmed too much. "I'll be done very soon, so be patient."
"Patience is not in Isaac's vocabulary," Dean smirked.
The human doctor chuckled. "I noticed that, he's quite a firecracker sometimes, even with a concussion."
Castiel smiled fondly while he held Noah on his arm.
When the doctor was done with the wing, he turned to look at them. "Well, the healing goes as expected but it's still broken. So you have to keep a close eye on him and make sure that he doesn't injure his wing, leg or head any further. He should be do fine using crutches – he's already practiced here, and he was quite good at it after his dizziness went away. Isn't that right?" the doctor smiled and looked at Isaac.
"Yup, it was kinda fun," Isaac spoke.
Dean chuckled. "Can he go back to kindergarten yet?"
"Well, I'd probably wait with taking him back there until next week, or wait until he has fully recovered. And since, uh," the doctor looked into his papers to find Castiel's name, "Castiel is staying home on maternity leave, he can probably take care of Isaac until then."
Dean turned to look at his mate who nodded in agreement. "Yes, I can do that," Castiel spoke.
The doctor smiled. "Good. Just make sure he gets plenty of rest and isn't too wild, and that he doesn't attempt to do anything he cannot do in his condition. If luck is out and he should hit his head again, you must take him back here immediately since it can cause serious brain injuries to hit your head during a concussion. Give him plenty of fluids and make sure he sleeps regularly. His wing must not be squeezed anywhere, and it's best if he lies down on a firm surface with it every now and then – and don't let it rest up against a wall or a couch when he's lying down; it must be as straight and relaxed as possible."
Castiel nodded. "I will make sure to do so." Dean smiled and discretely rubbed his tail against the angel.
"So I can go home now?" Isaac asked and looked at the doctor with a hopeful expression.
"Yes, if you can avoid getting hurt again," the doctor smirked.
Lily cheered happily, and Eden and Adrian were also glad that their brother was finally coming home again.
"Thanks, doc," Dean grinned. The doctor smiled and nodded at him before leaving the room.
They gave Isaac his crutches and helped him off the bed. They put all his toys and things into a bag and helped him outside. Everyone was happy that they wouldn't have to visit him at the hospital anymore and that he could go home. The hospital was a gruesome reminder of what had happened and what could have happened the week before.
Isaac did pretty well on his crutches although he was pretty clumsy with them sometimes. Dean or Castiel walked by his side all the time to avoid him falling over.
They put Isaac into the Impala because the backseat had more space, and Adrian rode in it along with Dean and Isaac. The rest of the children went into the Tahoe which Castiel drove home.
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Isaac was excited to be home again, and he almost couldn't wait to get inside and watch cartoons. They had to be careful about what position he was sitting in because of his leg and wing, so he had to sit in a kitchen chair with his leg up and his broken wing having plenty of free space around it.
"I don't wanna sit like that, it looks stupid," Isaac pouted when they put the kitchen chair over to the TV.
"Well, you kinda have to, otherwise your wing is gonna hurt pretty bad," Dean told him.
Isaac continued staring at the chair skeptically before making his way over to it. Castiel helped him sit down properly and put a stool in front of him to rest his leg on. There was a soft blanket on the stool to make it more comfortable.
Lily giggled a little when she saw her brother's annoyed face.
"Glad it's not me," Adrian remarked casually.
"Shut up," Isaac muttered.
"Hey, be nice to each other," Dean told them, but couldn't help but smirk in amusement. "And remember you may only watch TV for twenty minutes, Isaac. The doctor said you should rest, which means not too much TV. So in twenty minutes you won't watch TV until tomorrow, got it?"
"Yes, daddy," came Isaac's annoyed reply. Castiel smiled at his son in sympathy and gently stroked his hand through the boy's hair before stepping away.
Noah began crying in the portable carriage, and Dean went over to pick him up and soothe him. "Shhh, what's wrong with you, little guy? Hungry?"
"I think he is, he hasn't eaten for three hours," Castiel smiled and came over to them. He looked fondly at Dean and Noah when the demon rocked the grumpy baby on his arm and made the crying sound pretty funny and shaky as Noah was bounced up and down. Dean grinned in amusement and flapped the baby's lips with his finger while he cried, and Noah laughed at the funny sound between his sobs.
Eden grinned. "You're silly, dad."
"What? He likes it," Dean said and continued it.
Castiel rolled his eyes and took Noah from Dean's arms. "He's not getting any food this way."
"I'm hungry too!" Isaac said from his chair and tried turning his head around to see them.
"Yeah, we're gonna make dinner now, so be patient," Dean told him and chuckled.
Eden went over to see if Isaac was comfortable and gave him the remote control from the table. Lily sat down in her beanbag and watched TV with her twin for the first time in nine days, while Dean and Castiel began making dinner and feeding Noah.
Eden went over to them with a cheerful look on her face. Adrian was already in the kitchen, helping setting the table which was one of his house chores. He frowned at his sister when he saw her happy face.
"Dad? Papa?" she asked and looked between them.
"Yes, sweetie?" Castiel replied while he put Noah into the baby seat at the table. Dean was busy cooking some pasta, which was a quick meal to prepare. Neither of them wanted to spend too much time cooking tonight, and everyone loved pasta anyway.
"Today I heard Garth say that we're getting a new student in my class next week. He told me in secret that this new boy is like me – an angel/demon hybrid," Eden grinned. "I think this Tobias guy that you said you met has a son my age then." She looked at Castiel with an excited smile, and the angel blinked at her before returning it. Castiel and Dean had told them about Tobias and Damian, and that their children might attend their school very soon. Eden and Adrian were both very excited to meet other children like them.
"Really?" Adrian said, eyes wide.
"That sounds nice," Castiel smiled and went over to her after having put Noah in the baby seat. Noah held his own bottle while he drank from it. "I thought he would be a grade below you, though. He was born around five months later than you, I think."
"Hmm, well, Garth said he skipped a grade," Eden explained. "He must be pretty clever then."
Dean chuckled from the stove and turned to look at her. "Well, in the fourth grade you were offered to skip a grade as well but you refused, remember?"
Eden had always been doing well in school and took her homework seriously, so when her results were above average for her age the teachers had offered she could skip the fifth grade. "Yeah, that's because I like my class and I don't want to be separated from Ariel. And the kids in the grade above mine are pretty… immature," Eden spoke and scrunched her nose a little. "Actually, all the boys in my class are acting immaturely also."
Dean laughed. "Doesn't surprise me, boys that age always behave like kindergarteners, even if they're trying to impress the girls."
"I won't become like that," Adrian stated.
"Yeah, right," Eden chuckled and ruffled his hair. Adrian whined and slapped her hand away and Eden laughed.
"Tobias had two other kids, didn't he?" Dean asked and looked over at Castiel. "You said he'd told you that they had three children, and one was around four years old. Maybe the middle kid is Adrian's age?"
Castiel blinked and briefly glanced at Adrian. "Hmm, I don't know, he didn't say how old the children were. We only chatted for a few minutes."
"Well, I hope this guy is nice," Eden spoke. "I'm quite excited to have someone else like me in my class. It'll teach the bullies that I am perfectly normal."
"Well said, my girl," Dean grinned and went back to stir in the pasta.
"I don't know, you're still pretty short. In a few years I'll be much taller than you. And you have boobs," Adrian pointed out.
Eden growled at him in annoyance and shoved his wing in embarrassment. "So what if I'm short! And I'm a girl; girls have boobs, you dummy!" She blushed furiously as she glared at her brother who was laughing at her.
"Be nice to each other," Castiel scowled and moved them further apart. "And you don't say such things to a girl, Adrian."
"Sorry, papa," Adrian giggled.
"Only when they get older," Dean remarked from the stove, and grinned when Castiel and Eden glared over at him.
Castiel glanced back at Noah before telling Eden, "Will you look after him for a moment, please?" When she nodded he went over to Isaac to check on him. The doctors had told him to keep an eye on him to see if he had any personality changes, was tired more than usual, etc. Isaac seemed to be doing fine. He was watching TV quietly with Lily, but was a bit quieter than usual which was what had concerned Castiel. He still wasn't used to seeing the more quiet side of Isaac when the boy had his moments of being tired and irritated as a result of the concussion. It felt wrong that he wasn't being hyper and tumbling around on the floor and couch with Lily. It kind of broke Castiel's heart, but he hoped that Isaac would go back to being his old self again soon.
When dinner was ready, Isaac had to sit at the table end to have more space. Dean and Castiel sat on either side of him and were careful to not hit his leg under the table. Isaac's appetite had improved now. At the beginning he didn't want to eat much, but now he ate much like usual and in the usual amounts. They had given him a few Tylenol pills to help the pains he sometimes got.
Isaac was annoyed that he couldn't watch more television that day, so instead they all played a small family game to keep him and the others entertained. Dean bragged when he won, and Castiel rolled his eyes at his mate. Isaac went to bed willingly afterwards. He was tired and sleepy, and they put one of the other baby monitors into his room so he could tell them through it if he was awake and needed help getting up from the bed. Castiel was worried that he would try to get up on his own, so he had to sit down with Isaac and make him swear that he wouldn't attempt to do that. Isaac only got even more annoyed when he was told he couldn't do something, but he promised Castiel that he wouldn't.
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Isaac stayed home for the rest of the week. Castiel helped him up in the morning and made him take a nap during the day and stay away from the television for the first two days until Isaac felt better in his head. The boy had been utterly bored without TV, video games, and so on, so Castiel had to play games with him and let him play with his toys on the couch table. Maggie had just given birth to eight puppies, so Castiel had taken Isaac over to Kevin's house to see them. It seemed to put the boy in a much better mood, and Kevin had lifted one of the still blind pups up for Isaac to hold. Later the rest of the children had gone over to see them too, and they were all excited to see the little Bernese mountain dog puppies. Lily and Isaac had both begged to get one of the pups when they were bigger, but Dean and Castiel weren't sure about that yet.
Monday morning was hectic like any other morning at the house. Adrian, Isaac, and Lily were having breakfast, and Eden already ate hers. She was packing her schoolbag and making sure she had all her finished homework with her. Castiel was putting lunchboxes into the kids' schoolbags when Dean came over.
"Do you think we should take Isaac to the kindergarten yet? I know we talked about waiting, but he seems pretty excited about going," Dean spoke.
Castiel fumbled to find space for Adrian's lunchbox in his bag. "No, I think we should wait until his leg has healed. You know Isaac – once he sees the other children running around, he will want to join them no matter what. We can't risk him getting injured further. I'm home all day so I can take care of him." He looked over his shoulder at Dean who silently nodded.
"Yeah, he's not gonna be happy, though."
"Who won't be happy about what?" Eden asked when she came over.
"Isaac won't be happy," Dean told her with a small smile and went over to the dining table where the other kids were eating. Isaac looked up when he felt his father looking at him. "You won't be going to kindergarten yet, Isaac, you'll stay home with papa until you can walk again."
"Whaaat? But I wanna go!" Isaac whined. His concussion was much better now, so he could finally watch TV for longer time again. Castiel, however, didn't allow him to watch it for more than three hours a day which Isaac certainly didn't approve of. "I have no one to play with here, and papa is busy with cleaning and laundry, and looking after Noah…"
"I know, but the other kids will only make you more wild and reckless, and then you could break your leg all over again. So you stay home for another three to four weeks, got it?"
Isaac pouted and crossed his arms in defiance. Lily stared at him and felt bad for her brother.
"Hey, cheer up, buddy," Dean told him and touched Isaac's shoulder. Isaac shook his hand off and continued looking away and acting offended. "Well, suit yourself," Dean spoke and went back to the kitchen.
Eden stared over at her brother with a concerned frown, as did Adrian.
Castiel sighed and was finally done with the lunchboxes. He went out into the entrance hall to place all the schoolbags there so they were ready. Noah was still sleeping upstairs.
"Excited for today, Eden?" Dean smiled at her.
"Yeah, I hope the new hybrid boy is nice," she spoke and smiled excitedly. "I wonder what he looks like. If his wings are like mine or more like an angel's… and if he has a tail."
Dean chuckled. "Yeah, let me know about it tonight when we come home." Eden nodded and grinned, and Dean brushed his tail against hers and entwined them briefly. "Can't believe my little girl is in the eighth grade already… Another year and then you're in high school."
Eden chuckled and gave his tail and playful nudge with her own. Dean smiled at that.
They all got ready to leave, and Isaac continued to be annoyed that he couldn't join. Castiel said goodbye to them at the door while Isaac stayed inside, and the kids waved back at him as they disappeared down the street in the car. Crowley's car was already gone, meaning that Cas wouldn't have to worry about him for a while now.
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Eden was rather excited when she entered the school. Adrian could feel it easily. He kind of envied her that she would have someone in her class who was like them. Eden noticed her brother's jealousy and ruffled his hair with affection, making him slap her hand away and scowl at her for doing it in public. Eden merely laughed at him and they parted ways inside the school. She found Ariel whom she always went to classes with. They often arrived at the school at the same time, and one would wait for the other under the clock by the staircase.
"You seem excited," Ariel smiled when Eden came over.
"Yep, and you know why," Eden grinned.
"Yes, the new student. I'm quite excited as well to see what he looks like, considering how different you and your siblings all look." They started walking up the stairs towards their classroom on the third floor, and hundreds of other kids passed by. They kept to the right side of the stairs to avoid walking into the ones heading downstairs, and a few other students ran past them in a hurry.
Eden laughed. "Yeah, but I like that we're different."
Ariel smiled. "How is Isaac doing?"
"Good, but he's annoyed that he has to stay home to avoid injury at the kindergarten. He always comes home with scrapes and bruises from playing rough there, so I get why my parents want him to stay home," Eden explained.
"Yeah, I've never seen a boy play that rough before," Ariel chuckled. They finally reached the third floor and went towards their classroom.
Their classroom was almost filled with students by now since classes began in four minutes. Everyone found their seats, and Eden and Ariel sat together in the middle of the classroom by the window. The class' bullies sat in the back, two rows behind them.
Everyone was excited to see the new student, but only Eden and Ariel knew that he was an angel/demon hybrid. Their first class was with Garth who was still teaching them math. They had gotten a new music teacher, though. He shushed everyone as he entered.
"Find your seats and look nice for the student, will ya," he said, and looked firmly at the five boys in the back row. Everyone sat down quietly and peered up towards Garth when he invited the new student inside.
Eden watched as the boy entered the classroom.
He was a male beta with dark brown hair, bluish grey eyes, and his wings were dark grey with some lighter grey and brownish feathers here and there. Eden could easily tell that the feathers were rough like hers, and possibly even rougher. He was around her height, had a friendly look, and he was dressed in jeans and a button down shirt. Eden smiled when she saw the boy's tail curl nervously next to his leg, but he kept smiling over the classroom. His eyes briefly met with Eden's and he looked a little surprised to see her wings which were definitely not ordinary demon wings.
Everyone gasped silently when they saw what kind of hybrid he was, and started whispering.
Garth clapped his hands twice to make everyone quiet down. "This is Carter Jefferson, who is our new transfer student. You will welcome him nicely, even if you're already staring funnily at him." He glared over the class and everyone immediately straightened up and tried to look neutral.
One of the angel boys from the back row suddenly stood up and shouted, "This class is turning into a freak show!" He burst out laughing and his four friends laughed with him. Some of the others laughed a bit as well although they tried to hold it back, while others glared over their shoulders at him and called him a 'childish asshole'. Eden looked towards the back row over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes at the boy. The boy – Alex – looked back at her with a hateful smirk.
"Alex! Principal's office, now," Garth growled and pointed at the door.
Alex got up with a nonchalant smirk and glared at Eden as he walked past her, and she glared right back at him. They continued glaring at each other until Alex reached the teacher and Carter. He sneered at Carter before walking out of the class, and Garth scowled at him until he was gone. Carter seemed pretty unaffected by it, although Eden could tell he was nervous.
Garth looked over the class again. "Any more students who want to talk to the principal?" He was met by silence and lowered gazes. "Good. Now, find a seat, Carter," he told the new boy.
Carter nodded and went through the past the rows of tables until he found an available spot on Eden's right side on the row next to the window row. He sat down carefully and glanced at Eden who gave him a friendly smile.
"I'm Eden," she whispered. Ariel, who was sitting closest to the window on Eden's other side, leaned forward and glanced at Carter curiously. "And that's Ariel," Eden added and chuckled.
"I'm Carter, but you already know that," Carter told her and smiled.
Eden chuckled again and turned her attention back to Garth as he began teaching them math. Math wasn't Eden's best subject but she liked Garth. He was good at helping her understand the equations better, and he kept the bullies from the back row away from her most of the time.
Carter looked away and found a block of paper from his bag to write down Garth's notes from the blackboard.
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There was a lunch break at the school at 12:10pm, and Carter approached Eden when she and Ariel were preparing to go somewhere.
"Um, excuse me?"
Eden blinked and looked at Carter. Most of the others had left class to eat, while others stayed behind to eat in the classroom. "Yes?" she asked.
"Is there vending machine to buy water from? I forgot to bring a bottle…" he muttered.
"Sure, follow me," Eden offered. Ariel grinned a bit and followed after them as well.
Carter looked a little out of place as they walked down the third floor corridor. Kids were screaming and running by all the time, and he didn't look used to that.
"You look a little uncomfortable," Ariel pointed out.
Carter turned his head to look at them. "Yeah, my previous school was very small. We didn't have kids running around like this…"
Eden was texting someone on her cell phone before putting it away. She smiled up at Carter and told him, "My little brother really wants to meet you, so I told him to meet us by the vending machine. If you don't mind?" She and Adrian had cell phones already. Adrian had just gotten his a few months ago because Dean and Castiel wanted to be able to reach him in case something was wrong. And pretty much all kids his age had one. They had bought him a pay plan that didn't include internet access, and the phone had several child-safe restrictions.
"Oh right, my pa said that your parents have five children. That's a lot…" Carter said.
Eden laughed softly. "Yes, but I like my big family."
When they reached the vending machine, they chatted a bit while Carter got himself a bottle of water. They waited for Adrian to show up.
Four minutes later Adrian came running and was panting when he reached them.
"Took your time," Eden joked and smirked at him.
Adrian glared and caught his breath. "You try running between all those kids," he muttered. Eden chuckled, and Adrian turned his attention to Carter who was watching him just as curiously as Adrian was watching him. "Wow…"
Carter blinked. "Yeah, I never thought I would meet other kids like me, beside my siblings."
Eden smiled. "Neither did we." Ariel was smiling at them as she stood quietly next to Eden. She was a few inches taller than Eden.
They chatted a bit and talked about Carter and his family. He said he had two younger siblings, and that his sister had just started in the second grade at the school. His family had lived in a smaller town in southern California but had moved back to this city recently because his father Damian got a better job there. He told them he was twelve years old, but would be thirteen on the first of December. He was pretty curious to hear about their family as well, and they asked questions back and forth until the school bell rang.
"Oh, I didn't get to eat my lunch…" Adrian muttered.
"Me neither, but we can eat it in the small break in fifty minutes. I already ate some of mine earlier," Eden told him. "You better eat it all, or papa gets mad and will make you make your own lunch from now on."
Adrian rolled his eyes. "Yeah I know, I'll eat it, stop bossing me around." Eden slapped her tail against his thigh in a playful matter, and Adrian did the same to her before running off again.
Carter watched it with a smile before joining his two female classmates as they walked back to their class.
When they reached the classroom, Alex blocked the door. Eden scowled up at him as the slightly overweight boy blocked the way and watched her with a smug smirk. "What's wrong, Mixy Pops? Can't get past me?" he mocked, and his smirk turned even more smug and malicious. He'd been calling her 'Mixy Pops' ever since he saw her eat a bag of mixed flavored lollipops called 'Mixy-pops', and mocked her that she was just as mixed as those lollipops. Eden resented the nickname, and her glare turned darker after the words left his mouth.
"Jackass," Ariel snapped at him and glared as him as well. Carter stood behind the girls and seemed a little unsure of himself and of what was going on.
"Move away, Alex," Eden bit out. She tried moving past him, but he quickly blocked her.
"Ah-ah-ah," he told her and pushed her back. "This ain't a circus. Only students are allowed inside. Ariel can come in if she behaves nicely." He roamed his eyes over Ariel's body and smirked when he stared at her boobs.
Ariel covered herself with her arms and grimaced at him. She shook her head in rejection about going in without Eden.
Alex' four friends (who were angel/human hybrids) laughed behind him as he bullied Eden and her two friends. Their laughing only seemed to make Alex even smugger.
"Funny, I already see that the circus show has started. I see one donkey blocking the door and four monkeys laughing behind it," Eden quipped and kept glaring at Alex when she spoke the words.
The four boys immediately went silent, and Alex looked a little taken aback. He growled and stepped towards her threateningly. "Who are you calling a donkey, you filthy half-breed?!" he snapped.
"Hey!"
They all looked up when the teacher, Miss Morgan, came over. Alex shrunk back a little and stared at her with wide eyes. "You again, Alex?" the teacher asked with disapproval in her voice. "Principal's office, now."
"But I didn't do anything!" Alex immediately protested.
"Now," Miss Morgan growled and stared at him firmly.
Alex muttered a curse under his breath and gave Eden a hard glare before walking towards the stairs. Eden followed him with her eyes and smirked a little when she saw him go. Usually Eden was kind to others and always helpful, and she liked to stay out of trouble, but when she was angry she totally had Dean's spirit.
"Now, into class with you so we can begin," Miss Morgan said and guided the three of them inside.
Alex' friends had quickly found their seats, and they averted Eden's eyes when she entered the room. They were never very tough when Alex wasn't around. Eden, Ariel, and Carter sat back down and got their notes ready.
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Dean picked them up from school and Eden's gymnastics studio at around 4:50pm before picking up Lily as well and driving home. He was excited to hear about Eden's meeting with Carter, but he wanted to wait with the story until they were home and Castiel could hear it as well.
When they got inside, Eden and Adrian excitedly told them about Carter and what he was like.
"I'm glad that you get along well," Castiel smiled. They all sat on the couch and listened to the story, and Isaac sat on his kitchen chair as usual (which he still wasn't happy about).
"Yeah, he was pretty nice. And smart. He's good at math so I hope he can help me out a bit," Eden chuckled.
"How did the other kids react to him?" Dean asked.
Eden scrunched her nose a bit. "A few of them disapproved of him, like they do of me. The others seemed pretty surprised that there are other angel/demon hybrids out there and looked at him curiously all day. I think it made him a little uncomfortable. Alex was being a jackass as usual."
"Ah, Alex, you told us he gives you trouble sometimes," Dean said.
"Wonder if he's related to Liam," Adrian muttered. Noah was on the couch between him and Castiel, and Adrian glanced down at the baby who eyed his wings curiously and tried to grab them. Lily giggled when Adrian scolded Noah and grabbed his curious hands.
"I wanna be in school, too," Lily spoke and pouted.
"Me too!" Isaac blurted.
Dean laughed. "You have to wait another year."
"That's unfair," Lily whined.
"You should be glad there aren't any bullies in kindergarten," Eden told them.
"But I wanna be a big girl," Lily murmured and leaned against Eden's arm. She rubbed her cheek against her older sister's bare arm and snuggled into her. Eden smiled and unfolded her wing to cover Lily with it.
"But you are a big girl," Eden told her and smiled proudly down at her. Lily giggled shyly up at her.
Dean and Castiel smiled as the two sisters bonded and leaned into each other. Sometimes Lily and Eden's relationship was a bit strained because Eden was strict towards the twins when they misbehaved, causing Lily to see her as 'the bad guy' sometimes. The loving moment between the two sisters made everyone smile, while Isaac tilted his head and watched them curiously.
Castiel suddenly yelped and flinched when Noah managed to grab some of his feathers while he was distracted, and the pain from the baby pulling at them surprised him. "Noah, stop it," he scowled, and tried to make his little son let go again. The others laughed.
"Noah likes wings!" Isaac exclaimed with a grin.
"Yeah, he really does. Especially your papa's" Dean grinned.
Castiel glared at Dean over his shoulder before picking up Noah and placing him in his lap.
They slowly began preparing dinner and getting ready to eat. Afterwards, the kids watched some TV while Dean and Castiel did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen a bit before joining them on the couch.
Isaac went to bed at 7:45pm and Lily did as well. Castiel helped Isaac into bed and tucked him in, making sure he was lying comfortable and wouldn't hurt his broken leg or wing. His kissed him goodnight before going downstairs again.
Downstairs, Adrian was playing a card game with Eden. She was teaching him a new game she had learned in school, and Adrian always liked learning new games even though playing with your older sister wasn't always that much fun. But he and Eden got along well.
Dean and Castiel watched some television with Noah in their arms while the kids played. When it was time for bed Adrian suddenly approached Dean while the demon was walking back to the couch after having been in the kitchen. He looked up at him and asked, "Dad? How are babies made?"
Dean chocked on the beer he was drinking and coughed like mad. He sometimes got himself a single can of beer in the evening because he enjoyed it, but he never drank more than one beer during the workdays. Adrian stood in front of him and stared up at him, waiting for an answer, while Eden tried not to giggle on the couch. Castiel was walking around, feeding Noah some milk and looked up when Adrian asked the awkward question.
"What? Oh, please don't start with that again! You're way too young!" Dean groaned.
"I'm almost 10," Adrian pointed out and seemed a little offended at being called 'too young'. "And most of my classmates already know, they just won't tell because they're afraid the teachers will hear it. I heard Liam talk about that it involves the boy sticking his manly parts into the girl. Is that true?" he asked with a disgusted grimace.
"Uh," Dean hesitated and glanced over at Cas for help.
The angel merely smirked at him and shook his head. "Don't look at me, Dean, it's your turn to explain it."
Dean groaned. "Jee, thanks, Cas." He sighed and looked down at Adrian who was still waiting for an answer. "Yeah, that's true. The guy sticks his penis into the girl's vagina and that's how they make a baby."
Adrian thought about his words for a moment and looked between Dean and Castiel. "But how does that work with you and papa, then? And how can babies come out of that?"
Dean ignored Eden's giggling from the couch, and groaned as he put his beer away on the semi-wall behind the couch. "Well, submissives like your papa have a different anatomy but still have the same girl parts inside. The penis just goes into the other, um, hole."
"Ew, you actually do that?!" Adrian blurted in disgust. Eden began laughing, and Castiel blushed furiously and tried to concentrate on feeding Noah instead.
"Yeah, we do that, and it actually feels very nice," Dean said and smirked when Adrian seemed unconvinced.
"But you still haven't told me how babies come out of that."
Dean rubbed his neck awkwardly and averted his eyes. "Uh, well, the girl – or the submissive male – has tiny little eggs inside her body. Like a chicken, except they're much smaller and they don't lay them like chickens either. And the boy has tiny little sperm cells inside his, uh, balls." He shifted awkwardly and continued. "And when a boy and a girl get together, the boy releases those tiny sperm cells into the girl or the submissive which then swim into her body and up to her eggs. Usually just one sperm cell touches the egg and joins with it, but sometimes it can be two or more, and then a baby is created. And then the baby begins to grow bigger and bigger until it's born." He shrugged and glanced down at Adrian who narrowed his eyes as he took in all the new information.
Eden was still giggling, and Castiel shifted awkwardly when Adrian glanced over at him and at Noah.
"I see…" Adrian muttered. "But why does it feel nice? It sounds pretty gross to me."
Dean groaned and Castiel almost felt sorry for him. "Well," he said, "when you put your penis inside a girl or a submissive, it feels very nice – for both parties. Both guys and girls are very, um, sensitive down there. And you just make a lot of movements to make it feel nicer and then eventually it feels really nice and it's over. And then the sperm cells go inside and do their job, but usually angels and demons can only become pregnant while in heat where an egg is released, but the girls can also conceive outside their heat, it's just a bit more difficult. Humans don't have heats and they can get a baby almost any time."
"So that's why we sometimes have to go to grandma and grandpa's house for a week? Because papa's egg got released?" Adrian asked.
Dean couldn't help but smirk when he saw Castiel blush harder than ever and try to hide. "Yeah, that's why. When a girl or submissive is in heat, it smells good – so good that guys, especially alphas, can't stop themselves, and it goes on for an entire week."
"Don't make me picture that!" Eden groaned from the couch and buried her face in her hands. Dean laughed at her.
"But why doesn't Eden go into heat then?" Adrian asked.
Dean laughed when Eden gasped in horror and threw a couch pillow directly in Adrian's face.
"That's because she doesn't have a mate. You need to be mated to go into heat," Dean chuckled. "And I don't think it really works before you're at least 15 years old or something…"
Adrian rubbed his face after he got hit by the pillow and glared at his sister. "Ah, okay, it makes sense. And you didn't have to throw that at me!" he snapped at Eden in annoyance.
"You were asking stupid questions!" Eden hissed back and blushed furiously.
Castiel chuckled at them.
"Hope you got your questions answered, 'cause I'm not talking about this anymore," Dean muttered as he looked down at Adrian. "And don't you dare mention it to your younger siblings; they're too young for that."
Adrian nodded. "Okay."
"And you first do this kind of stuff when you're an adult, got it? The law says to be at least fifteen years old before you have sex with anyone, but it's not uncommon to first do it much later when you find a mate. Understood?"
"Yeah, I get it, it sounds gross anyway," Adrian grimaced. Dean chuckled in response and was relieved that the subject was finally dropped. He went over to Cas and looked down at Noah who had almost finished his bottle by now.
Adrian still seemed to process the new information in his mind, and he stared between his parents with calculating eyes before looking elsewhere. Eden giggled when she saw his slightly disgusted face.
Adrian and Eden went to bed soon after that. Adrian had told them he would never barge into their bedroom without knocking ever again, which made Dean laugh. Castiel didn't like that Adrian had learned about this stuff while he was still so young, but it seemed he would have known it sooner or later from the other kids in school anyway.
At 9:30, Dean and Castiel prepared to head to bed as well. Dean locked the doors and turned off the lights downstairs while Castiel put Noah to bed upstairs. The baby hadn't gotten sleepy until now. Dean tidied up some of the twins' toys from the living room before walking over to the window and looking outside. The neighborhood was quiet at this time of the evening, but some people walked their dogs at this hour. He sneered when he spotted Crowley walking on the sidewalk across the street with his dog. Crowley was heading home, and as he passed by Dean's house on the other side of the street, he glared over at it and their eyes met. Dean growled and could see Crowley doing the same before the other demon looked away and walked back home.
Dean cleaned the rest up before going upstairs and getting into bed with Cas.
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Author's notes: So now Eden has a new classmate like her :) They'll likely meet Tobias and Damian again soon and establish a good friendship. And writing the sex conversation with Adrian was really awkward for me, but I hope it was entertaining XD
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