November 2030 (Castiel is 41, Dean is 42, Eden is 17, Adrian is 14, the twins are 9-10, Noah is 4 and a half years old).
A year had passed and things were going fine in the family. Eden and Jason hung out more often again, and Dean had gotten used to his new job at the garage after Rufus had left. Now he was in charge of customer relations, ordering new parts for the cars, and making sure the business was running well, but he still got to get dirty with the cars which he loved more than anything at his work. His salary had increased by twenty-eight percent which was good for their finances at home.
The twins were turning ten years old in November. Isaac and Lily were always restless right up until their birthday because they were excited for presents and being the center of attention for a whole day. They had begged Dean and Castiel to take them to Disneyland for their birthday because they had never gone there before, even though it wasn't that far away. Dean had told them that they might get to go if they behaved well in the weeks up to their birthday – meaning no running around the house, help doing the dishes and other chores, and not say any cuss words. It had been a challenge, especially for Isaac, to not run around the house and to suddenly have to take part in doing chores, but it had actually gone pretty well so far. Adrian and Eden were also looking forward to the possibility of going to Disneyland because they too had never been there before.
In late October and early November there was an upcoming Hollywood movie that needed a lot of foam statues done as soon as possible, so Castiel had decided to say yes to making more statues than usual and thus earn some extra money. The Disneyland trip would cost them a lot of money and they also needed to put more money into the twins' college savings account. When Anna heard that he planned to make more statues and earn extra she decided to do the same – both because she and Castiel made a good team and because she herself could use some extra money.
The extra hours of work meant that Castiel worked from 8:15am to around 8:30-9pm for two whole weeks to finish all the statues on time. Dean wasn't very pleased about it since it meant that he had to take care of all five kids alone during that time, and because he missed having Cas around when he came home. Dean had gone to L.A. once a year over the past years to earn extra money repairing helicopters, so Castiel thought it was only fair that Dean got to look after the kids alone as well.
It was 9:12pm Tuesday night when Castiel finally came home from work. He drove the Impala these days because then Dean could use the Tahoe to drive the kids to school and pick them up again. Dean had been kind of reluctant to let Cas drive the Impala since he was very protective of his car, but he had let him do it anyway – he trusted his mate to drive safely, and it was the most practical option.
"Hey Cas," Dean greeted the angel when he finally came home and walked into the living room. Cas had been working extra for a little over a week and only had four days left before the statues were all finished, and the family could easily feel his absence at home.
"Hello Dean," the angel greeted him. He looked tired and exhausted when he came into the room, and the demon didn't like that look on him.
"Papa!" the twins cheered and jumped up from their beanbags in front of the TV to go hug Castiel.
"Hello children," Castiel chuckled and hugged them back. "Shouldn't you be in bed already?" he asked them. He looked over at the couch and saw Adrian and Eden being up as well.
"They wanted to wait until you got home," Adrian explained and came over to them. Adrian had grown over the past year and he was already a bit taller than Eden now and just as tall as Castiel was. His body had grown a bit more muscled, his voice was deeper and he was slowly starting to look like a real alpha, but he still had a lot of growing to do.
"Yeah, we missed you so much. It sucks that you come home so late," Lily told him. Her arms were still wrapped around Castiel's waist, clinging to him.
"I know, sweetie, but it can't be helped," Castiel told her and gave her a sad smile. He stroked his hand through her blonde and slightly sandy-colored hair which made her smile in return.
"You look like crap, papa," Isaac remarked after seeing the bags under the angel's eyes.
"Hey, language!" Dean scolded him.
"Sorry… but it's true."
Castiel smiled tiredly at Isaac. "I know, but my extra work is done on Saturday so then I can be more at home again." He looked around the living room with a small frown. "Is Noah in bed?"
"Yeah, we put him to bed at 7:45. He's really tough to put to bed when you're not around," Eden told him.
Noah didn't like Castiel's absence; he was used to seeing his papa every day and now he'd only briefly see him in the morning. Cas had also been working in the weekend which meant Noah didn't get to see him then either. He had abandonment issues so he had been really fussy to deal with in the past week and a half.
"But we managed to anyway. He's sleeping now," Dean cut in. He walked over to Cas and curled his tail around the angel's leg while rubbing his lower back with his hand.
Castiel sighed and briefly leaned into his mate's touch. "Good… I'll go check on him before bed. And you two really need to go to bed, right now," he spoke and looked firmly at Lily and Isaac.
"Nooo, we're not sleepy yet!" Isaac protested and pouted.
"But I feel sleepy…" Lily muttered. "Molly already went to sleep, and I wanna go too now that papa is back."
"Will you tuck us in?" Isaac asked and beamed up at Castiel with eyes full of hope.
"Aren't you a bit too old for that?" Adrian muttered. Eden laughed.
Castiel chuckled and gently ruffled Isaac's hair which was a bit darker than Lily's. "Alright, get ready for bed then."
Lily and Isaac hurried to get ready for bed. They ran upstairs to brush their teeth and dress for bed, and Castiel came into their rooms and kissed them goodnight when they lay in their beds. Afterwards he dropped by Noah's room to check on the boy. Noah was fast asleep, hugging his favorite kitten plushie and didn't wake up when the angel kissed him on the forehead before leaving.
Adrian and Eden headed to bed soon after. They were too old to be tucked in, so Castiel kissed them both goodnight in the living room before they went upstairs to their rooms to sleep.
After all the kids were in bed, Castiel sighed heavily. Dean came over to him in the living room and pulled him into an embrace. The angel leaned into his touch and closed his eyes.
Dean rubbed Castiel's back around his wings, but when the angel tensed and hissed in pain Dean quickly pulled away. "What's wrong?" he asked with a worried frown.
Castiel sighed and twitched his shoulders and wings as if trying to get rid of the aching in his muscles. "Nothing… Just all that work has made my muscles feel sore and aching. And I cut myself again…" he mumbled and brought up his hands to inspect them. There were two small cuts on his right palm caused by one of the tools he used at his work to form the sculptures with.
"Jesus, Cas, you almost never cut yourself. I told you that taking all that extra work on you is bad," Dean said and took Castiel's injured hand in his own, gently rubbing over the cuts.
Castiel pulled his hand away and glared at Dean in annoyance. "I am doing this for our family, Dean. Once in a while it's good for our finances that one of us works extra, and it doesn't always have to be you."
"We aren't really in a desperate need of it, Cas, and none of us want you to overwork yourself. I can clearly tell that all this extra work is taking its toll on you and I don't like it."
The angel narrowed his eyes at his mate. "You're so selfish sometimes, you know that?"
Castiel's tone was started to get agitated, as was Dean's.
"Selfish?!" Dean exclaimed, growling. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that you think it's alright for you to work extra once in a while and leave me here alone with the children for a whole week, but when it's me who's working and you are left alone with the children for a while you suddenly have a problem with it. The old gender roles don't apply much anymore, Dean; I can work as much as you can and I don't have to be the one to look after the children all the time," Castiel snapped back. His wings flared out slightly in a sign of irritability.
Dean growled and spread out his own wings a bit, letting them turn a bit sharper to show how annoyed he was. "Who the fuck said that I've got a problem with taking care of the kids alone once in a while or that you work? I'm saying that you are working too much and that it's physically not good for you – what the hell does that have to do with gender roles?"
Castiel was about to snap back a reply when Eden suddenly stood in the door to the entrance hall, dressed in her pajamas, and cleared her throat at them. They both snapped their heads in her direction to look at her.
"Err, sorry to interrupt your fight, but Noah woke up and he wet his bed," Eden spoke. "And he's asking for you, papa…" She stared between her parents warily, feeling awkward about interrupting their fight. She didn't see her parents fight often but it did happen that they would snap at each other sometimes, usually when one or both of them were tired or got into a disagreement.
Castiel visibly relaxed and his wings folded back behind his back again. "Alright, I'll go to him," he said and gave Eden a forced smile. Eden nodded before heading upstairs again.
Dean's feathers went back to their medium state again as he sighed heavily. He watched Castiel linger a bit before the angel left the room to go upstairs and take care of Noah.
Noah let out a happy cry when Castiel came into his room, and he immediately went over to hug his papa. Castiel smiled at his son and hugged him back before taking care of the dirty sheets and mattress. Noah was out of his diapers now but he had wet his bed twice since, which was rather normal for children his age. Castiel quickly changed the sheets and Noah's clothes before putting the boy back to bed again, tucking him in.
"You stay?" Noah asked in a small voice, staring up at Cas with his big blue eyes as he lay in his bed. He pulled his blanket up under his chin, snuggling into its warmth and softness.
Castiel smiled and stroked Noah's cheek lovingly. "Yes, I will stay until you are asleep."
Noah seemed pleased with that answer and closed his eyes to sleep. Castiel continued to stroke Noah's cheek, soothing him. The angel looked up when the door to Noah's room was quietly opened, and he spotted Eden standing there.
"Is he okay?" Eden whispered.
"Yes, he's almost asleep," Castiel whispered back and turned his head to smile down at Noah who was almost asleep by now. Noah was holding on tightly to Castiel's right hand as if to make sure that he would stay until he was asleep, like he promised to.
Eden came over quietly. "And are you and dad okay? Sounded like your fight was pretty bad…"
Castiel sighed. "Yes, I think we will be alright. It was just a silly fight…"
Eden gave him a small smile and touched Castiel's shoulder as the angel sat on Noah's bed, waiting for him to fall completely asleep. "You need more sleep, papa. Sleep as long as you can tomorrow and then I'll help dad get the others ready for school. I will make your lunch for you as well so you don't have to spend time on that in the morning."
Castiel smiled up at her gratefully. "Thank you, Eden."
Eden gave him one last smile before quietly leaving the room. Noah fell asleep soon afterwards with his little hand still holding tightly onto Castiel's. The angel had to pry Noah's hand open after the boy fell asleep so that he could leave the room and prepare to go to bed as well.
It was almost 10:30pm when Castiel was finally ready to go to bed, and when he entered the bedroom Dean was already lying on the bed. Castiel sighed when he saw that the demon's back was facing his side of the bed, and the angel quietly undressed before sliding in behind his mate.
Castiel turned over on his side, facing Dean's back and stared at his mate's wings. The demon was lying on top of his left wing while the right one was resting down along his side, covering his body. The blanket only covered him from the waist down because the room was kind of warm, and his dark red wing was on top of the blanket.
The angel reached out his hand, running his fingers down his mate's rough and softened feathers, admiring their feel. He watched the feathers move when Dean twitched his wing in response to his touch, and he could see the demon's tail moving beneath the covers.
"I'm sorry about what I said earlier… I don't know what got into me," Castiel mumbled quietly and kept touching his mate's feathers absently.
Dean shifted and finally rolled over to face him. Castiel scooted back a little, giving him space.
"That was a really low blow, you know," Dean muttered as he turned around to look at the angel. "When did I ever make you think that you are below me?"
A small, teasing smile tugged on Castiel's lips. "When we first met?"
Dean couldn't help but laugh at that one. "Yeah, but after we became mated. Well, fully mated…"
"Never," Castiel replied honestly and looked Dean in the eye. "You have never made me feel that I am below you in my rights or role even though I am a submissive and you are an alpha, although you have let me do all the cooking on several occasions…"
"Well, I sucked at cooking in the first few years after we met, and your cooking was way better, so…" Dean reasoned and gave his mate a small smirk.
Castiel chuckled softly. "I know, I didn't like your cooking much back then so I didn't have a problem with it."
"Then what pissed you off so much earlier?"
Castiel sighed and reached out his hand to trail his fingers over Dean's clothed chest as they faced each other on the bed. "I don't know. I'm just so tired lately, I guess I get annoyed very easily. And when you said that you didn't like me working that much I just got really irritated with you because I've been left home all by myself on several occasions where you were out to do extra work."
"Well, I didn't mean it like that when I said it…"
"I know. I'm sorry for what I said," the angel mumbled quietly.
Dean sighed and reached out a hand to cup the angel's cheek. He caressed the angel's smooth skin there with his thumb and made him look him in the eye again. "It's alright, let's just forget about it. But I still don't like seeing you so tired with bags under your eyes or that you're clumsily cutting yourself at work because you need more sleep," he muttered.
Castiel moved his hand up, resting it on top of Dean's on his cheek. "I'll try to be more careful, but I get clumsy when I have to hurry to keep the deadline. You don't need to worry about me, though, they are just small cuts; they will heal."
"They better – would be a shame to get scars on those pretty hands of yours," Dean smiled.
Castiel chortled in reply and shifted closer to the demon as they prepared to sleep. Dean wrapped his arms around Cas, holding him close as they closed their eyes to sleep.
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The twins' birthday was on a Thursday so they would first go to Disneyland in the following weekend a couple of days later. Lily and Isaac had behaved nicely and had helped doing chores to earn their trip to the amusement park. Isaac had had some trouble with stop pulling pranks on his siblings at home but he had managed to control himself.
Saturday morning they left for the amusement park. The children were all eager to go, even Eden and Adrian who were teenagers already. Noah didn't fully understand what Disneyland was exactly, but he knew it was a fun place with Disney characters so he was excited as well.
They had left Molly with Kevin and his mother while they were gone so that they wouldn't have to drag her around the amusement park along with the kids. Molly got along well with her mother, Maggie, who was becoming a bit old but she was still a very hyper dog. Kevin still lived at home while he was studying, even though he was twenty years old already.
The weather was sunny and warm that day, and the amusement park was filled with people when they arrived. They had to wait in line for an hour before being able to enter.
Once they were inside, Dean and Castiel had to constantly make sure that the twins didn't get separated from them because they were so eager to run around and try everything right away. Castiel held Noah's hand to make sure he didn't get lost in the crowds. Noah seemed a little scared of the many people and the big crowds but he still stared around the big place in amazement and curiosity.
"They're staring at us," Adrian commented as they walked through the park. People were giving them odd glances when they saw a demon and angel walk together surrounded by children who were obviously not the usual kind of hybrids. Adrian glared back at those who glared at them with hostility, often making the people back down and look the other way.
"I know…" Eden muttered and looked around at the people staring at them. She folded her wings closer against her body when a couple of demons frowned at them in disgust and curiosity.
"Let them stare, maybe they just think we're pretty!" Isaac grinned.
"Yeah, that's probably what they're thinking," Dean chuckled and ruffled Isaac's hair. His son grinned up at him and beamed.
"I wonder if we'll see other people like us here?" Lily spoke and stared around at the many people walking up and down the paths in the park.
Most of the population was human so the park was mostly filled with humans, but there were also a lot of different hybrids as well as several angels and demon families. Some attractions had a demon and an angel line to avoid the two species getting into a fight with each other while waiting for their turn. The demon hybrids would go to the demon line, and the angel hybrids would go to the angel line, keeping the species as well separated as possible even though the hybrids often got along much better with each other than their demon or angel parents did.
"That could be awesome!" Isaac exclaimed at Lily's comment.
"I wouldn't put my hopes too high…" Dean told them.
Noah held on tight to Castiel's hand. He wasn't used to having so many people around him, and all the noise and screaming at the place made him a little jumpy. He shifted closer to Castiel when people stared at them.
Dean grinned when they walked closer to a roller coaster with people screaming on it. He leaned closer to Cas and grinned, "I am so gonna make you ride one of those with me."
Castiel frowned at him before staring over at the roller coaster. "I don't think that thing is suited for angels or demons, though…"
"Not that cart you're looking at the moment, no, but if you look at the cart that comes next you will see that it looks different."
Castiel looked up again and spotted the other cart that was currently making its way up the big drop. It was very different than the carts used to transport humans with; it was designed for angels and demons to ride and to accommodate their big wings. They couldn't ride a human roller coaster because there wasn't space for their wings, so someone had invented a cart where the passengers would lean over forwards on it, almost like on a motorbike, and there would be straps and other security measures to keep them in place. Their wings had totally free space behind them although they were secured with seatbelts to avoid them folding out their wings and hitting the person next to them during the ride. There were four carts on the roller coaster – two for humans and two for the winged beings.
"Wow, that looks really cool. I wanna try that at some point," Adrian spoke with excitement. He turned to look at Eden. "Wanna try it too or are you a chicken?" he teased.
Eden gave her brother a small shove. "I'm not a chicken! And yeah, I'll try it."
"Me too! Me too!" Isaac sang and jumped up and down. "I can ride it, right? I'm not too small?"
"Hmm, well, I think you need to be around 4 feet tall (122cm) for most roller coasters, so I think both you and Lily are good," Dean told him.
"Yay!" the twins cheered in unison and grinned at each other.
"I'll stay here with Noah then…" Castiel muttered.
"No way, you're joining me, Cas!" Dean told him. "We'll take turns looking after Noah. I'm not leaving this place until I drag you with me on that thing."
Castiel made a displeased face and stared up at the roller coaster skeptically.
"But let's start with the smaller attractions first," Dean suggested and began guiding them over to the attractions for children instead. The others agreed and eagerly followed.
They walked around to the different attractions, starting with the slow ride ones that Noah could also join them in, and went around to look and explore the different sections in the park. It was Dean's idea for them to try out some of the water attractions which later made Castiel glare at him when they ended up getting wet. The children didn't seem to mind getting wet though, except for Eden whose bra became a bit more visible under her light green shirt, and Noah who was a little scared of the water.
At noon they went to have some food in one of the food places in the park. The young angel girl behind the desk was very kind to them – she smiled friendly at all of them and made Noah blush shyly when she called him the cutest thing she had ever seen.
In the early afternoon they finally went back to the roller coaster they had looked at previously to go on a ride. They had already ridden a smaller roller coaster earlier which was for smaller children, but this one was targeted at teens and adults. Lily and Isaac could get to ride as well because they were just tall enough to ride on it. Noah couldn't ride, so two of them always stayed behind to look after him while the others went to take a ride.
Eden and Adrian were the first ones to stay behind with Noah to look after him while Dean and Castiel walked with Lily and Isaac up to the roller coaster.
The ride was divided into a demon and angel line, but Dean led Cas and the kids over to the angel line because he didn't want Cas to ride with a stranger and he didn't want him standing in line with other male demons.
"Hey, this line is for angels," the staff boy at the attraction said and tried to push Dean back when he and the others went for the angel line. He was a young human teenager, around sixteen years old.
"I'm aware of that, but I ain't letting my mate ride alone with some stranger, so I'm joining in this line to make sure we ride together," Dean explained and tried not to let his agitation show.
The boy blinked at him. "And where is your mate?"
Dean wrapped his arm around Castiel's waist, pulling him closer. "This is my mate."
The boy looked completely stunned and didn't know what to say. "Uh, but he's, uh, he's an angel…" he said dumbly.
"Yeah, no shit!" Isaac said and giggled.
"Isaac," Castiel scolded his son for cursing.
The teenage boy looked a little hesitant until he finally gave in. "Uh, okay, just go on – but it's on your own risk, sir!"
Dean smiled in triumph. "Yeah, thanks for the warning," he told the kid and moved into the angel line together with Cas and the twins. Lily and Isaac seemed both nervous and excited for the ride, and their tails were moving restlessly behind them while they waited.
The angel family standing in front of them stared over their shoulders at them. The female immediately flinched away when she spotted Dean.
"What are you doing here?! This is the angel line!" she gasped, looking horrified that a demon was waiting in line with the angels.
"Yeah, I got that, but I'm just looking after my mate," Dean replied in slight annoyance and tightened his arm around Cas' waist.
The female angel completely lost her words when she saw Dean holding Cas around the waist, and her two children stared at them with wide, confused eyes. "Mommy, there is a demon touching an angel behind us…" the girl said. She looked like she was around 11 years old while her brother was around 15. The female just nodded and pulled at her mate's shirt to get his attention. The beta angel turned around to see what his mate wanted, and he followed her gaze over to Dean.
"The fuck?" the guy exclaimed. Dean just growled in response and spread his wings slightly, hoping it would make the guy back down.
"They're mates," the female whispered to him.
Castiel shifted when he saw the beta angel stare at him, Dean and at the twins with calculating eyes. The guy gave them a disgusted snort and made his family move further away from them in the line.
"I don't like racists," Lily murmured uncomfortably from behind Dean and Castiel.
Dean looked back at her and moved his arm away from Cas' waist to put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I know, just ignore them."
"Well, I'm not letting them spoil my ride," Isaac said and crossed his arms.
Dean chuckled at him. "Well said."
When it was their turn to jump on the ride, Lily and Isaac rode together in the seats in front of Dean and Castiel. They seemed excited and eager for the ride, and one of the staff members adjusted the cart to their height. Their hands and feet were placed on something they could hold onto and it had to be adjusted according to the person's height. Humans thought that the carts designed for the winged beings looked a little weird, but they were actually quite exciting to ride because the body was lying down and leaning over forwards in the cart instead of sitting up like in the human carts, so it wasn't unusual for humans to want to try them too.
Dean couldn't help but smile when he saw Castiel's wary and frightened expression when they placed themselves in the cart. He knew the angel had never ridden a big roller coaster before so he understood that it must be scary for him. John and Mary had taken Dean and Sam to amusement parks on several occasions when Dean was young, so it wasn't the first time he had tried a roller coaster.
"Relax, Cas, it'll be fine," Dean told him and helped Cas get into position and fold his wings down so that they could automatically be strapped in.
"I'm not sure if I like the restriction…" Castiel muttered and trembled slightly as he lay on the cart.
"It only lasts for about two minutes. And there is a barrier behind you so the people behind you can't stare at your ass, so don't worry," Dean smirked.
Castiel rolled his eyes. "That's not what I'm worried about the most…"
Dean just grinned and got into position as well. There was a soft layer under them making it more comfortable to lie on, and Dean was quite grateful for that because he didn't want his balls to get pressed into a hard surface during the ride.
Lily and Isaac were giggling in excitement in the seats in front of them, and Castiel closed his eyes tightly when the ride began, but his eyes flew open in fear when the cart started going up the first drop. "Dean, I don't… I don't want to do this," Castiel whined, regretting that he let himself be talked into this.
"Too late, Cas," Dean grinned at him. He moved his tail over to touch Cas' leg with it to comfort him, but the angel still looked scared and whined slightly when they reached the top.
They all screamed when the cart went down, sending thrills through their bodies. Dean grinned when he could hear Isaac cheering loudly, and he glanced at Cas who was screaming in horror but also excitement during the ride.
The ride was thrilling and definitely worth the wait, but like with all roller coaster rides it was over way too soon.
Dean and the twins were laughing when they got out of the carts again, and Lily and Isaac both begged for another ride.
"We have to go and get Eden and Adrian first; it's their turn to ride now," Dean told them and guided them towards the attraction's exit. He glanced over his shoulder at Castiel who was busy correcting his messy feathers. Roller coaster rides made a mess of feathers even though the wings were strapped in, and it made them look ruffled and unkempt. "C'mon, Cas, your messy feathers don't look that bad, you can correct them later," Dean told him.
Castiel scowled at Dean and continued to shake his wings behind him to try to shake his feathers back into order again. "Angel wings feel more annoying when they're messy than a demon's wings do, so don't say that to me."
Dean laughed. "Yeah, okay, but there is still no need for you to flash your wings here."
"I'm not 'flashing' them," Castiel grumbled and followed Dean and the twins outside. They were heading back to where they left Eden and Adrian with Noah, and the twins were hopscotching around in front of them as they walked. Dean chuckled at them. They were currently walking down a path behind the roller coaster, and it was surrounded by trees and bushes so other people couldn't really see them except for the people walking behind or in front of them.
"Did you enjoy the ride?" Dean asked Castiel as they walked behind the twins.
"Yes, it was quite fun actually, even though it did make me feel rather nervous." Castiel's lips curled into a smile as he looked at Dean, and the demon went over to him and started to help him correct his feathers again. He tried to be discrete and made sure that no one else would notice it because it wasn't appropriate to touch your mate's feathers in full public.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think the twins did too," Dean smiled.
"Yes, it was fun! Wanna do it again!" Isaac yelled from further down the exit path, and Lily seemed to agree. Dean and Castiel chuckled in response.
When they reached Eden, Adrian and Noah they allowed the four oldest children to head back up to the roller coaster by themselves to take more rides. Dean trusted that Eden and Adrian could handle a situation with racists if they encountered any, and it was the staff's job to avoid fights between the guests.
Dean and Castiel waited for them at a small table under a tree. They bought some drinks from a small shop nearby to drink while they waited for the kids to return. Noah smiled when figure of Pluto came over to them and started interacting with him. Dean was on guard in case the person dressed up as the Disney character would do anything to Noah, but the person under the suit didn't seem to mind Dean and Cas being together, and was very friendly with Noah. Castiel was glad to see that Noah wasn't hiding from the figure but instead went over to the Pluto character and touched the suit curiously. He even allowed Pluto to give him a brief hug before he ran back over to Castiel, laughing and squealing. Dean suspected that Noah wasn't completely aware that there was a person under the suit.
The children returned a little over an hour later after having had two rides and waited in line for a while. They all looked happy and pleased to have ridden a roller coaster for the first time. Dean and Castiel hadn't taken them to big amusement parks with roller coasters before even though they had talked about it for several years.
"That was awesome," Adrian grinned as he walked over to them with Eden and twins behind him. "I'm glad we finally went to an amusement park together."
"Yeah, we've been talking about it for years but something always came up," Dean spoke. "But we've taken you to other places instead, remember? Water worlds, zoos, aquariums and stuff."
"Yeah, but roller coasters rock," Adrian stated.
"I agree, but it's gonna be tough to make my feathers look nice again," Eden sighed and stared at her wings with a displeased look.
Dean laughed. "I think we all have that problem."
"It's too bad Noah couldn't join," Lily said and went over to Castiel and Noah. "Maybe when you get older you can try too?" she told him, smiling.
Noah looked up at the big roller coaster behind Lily and stared at it warily. "No, looks scary…" he muttered.
The others laughed and started walking around the park again. It was 3:30pm already and it was time to get a little snack since everyone was getting hungry. They went over to a shop and got waffles and ice cream which they ate at one of the benches in the shade, and afterwards Castiel poured more sun screen into Noah's skin to make sure he didn't get burned, and the others put some on as well.
They tried some more attractions, and by 5pm they decided to go over and try one of the water rides again before it was time to have dinner and leave. Dean pulled out the map of the park from his back pocket and started looking for the water ride.
"Can't find it?" Adrian asked when he saw Dean staring at the map with a concentrated look on his face. He came over and looked down at the map as well.
"Well, I forgot its name… Wasn't it in the south end of the park…?" Dean spoke and frowned down at the map. Eden came over to look at it too and the three of them searched the map intensely. "Cas, come over here, you're good with maps," Dean told him and waved him over.
Castiel rolled his eyes with a smile and went over to help the others locate the water ride. He left Noah with Lily and Isaac who were fooling around together while waiting for the others to finally spot the water ride on the map.
Castiel looked over the map for a few moments before saying, "There it is." He pointed at the bottom right corner of the map. "You all need glasses," he teased and smirked at them.
Dean rolled his eyes. "Har har."
"Whoever drew this map is bad at drawing – it doesn't even look like a water attraction," Adrian argued.
"Uhhuh, there is barely any blue to show that there is water," Eden agreed.
Castiel just rolled his eyes at them before looking around to find Noah. He frowned when he didn't see him with Lily and Isaac who were busy shoving each other for fun. "Noah?" he called out and looked around. The big, open path they stood on was filled with people and noise, and Castiel tried his best to spot little Noah among the many children in the park. "Noah!" he called out again, starting to panic.
The others became alerted and looked around as well.
"He was here a minute ago," Adrian frowned and snapped his head around to look in all directions for his missing brother.
Dean's tail poked up in alert. "Noah!" he called out across the crowds. A few people looked up in surprise but quickly moved on, minding their own business.
"No-no-no-no-no," Castiel said in a trembling voice, trying to hold back his tears.
Eden gasped and moved her hand up to her mouth. "Oh no… I didn't even see him go!"
"Neither did we," Isaac said and looked around. "He was right behind me a minute ago." Lily cried, horrified that her little brother had gone missing, and Eden came over to comfort her even though she was pretty upset as well.
Castiel went over to Dean, placing a hand on his chest while looking at him in distress. "Dean, we need find him! What if some pervert took him? It's not unusual for twisted people to grab submissive children off the street, and I don't want some perverted stranger touching our son! Please, we need to find him!" he sobbed.
Dean watched as tears formed in Castiel's eyes, and he could feel his mate's distress and fear through their bond. "Hey," Dean said, grabbing a gentle hold of both of Castiel's upper arms. "We'll find him, I promise. I'm not gonna stop looking until he's back with us, okay?" Castiel sniffled and nodded in reply, and Dean turned to look at the kids. "Let's split up and go look for him, he can't have gone that far yet. We'll meet back here in twenty minutes, got it?"
The children nodded, and Adrian took Isaac with him in one direction while Lily and Eden went in the other direction.
"You better stay close to this spot, Cas, in case Noah returns here while we're gone," Dean told him.
Castiel nodded. "Please find him, Dean…"
"I promise I'll find him," Dean said and rested their foreheads together before he left.
Dean moved through the crowds, searching every spot and looking at every child in order to spot Noah somewhere. He grew more and more desperate as the minutes passed, and his stomach felt heavy with dread and fear that something could have happened to his youngest son. It was a parent's worst nightmare to lose their child and not know where they were.
Dean kept his connection to Cas open so that the angel would be able to sense his emotions through their bond and know when he finally found their son.
He searched everywhere he could, even in the paths connecting to the one he was walking on. The crowds made it even more difficult to spot the little boy, but Dean didn't give up.
Ten minutes later he finally spotted Noah.
The boy was crying and trying to get away from a young angel female who held onto his hand and tried to pull him in the other direction. There was an alpha angel next to her who tried to help her make Noah go with them. Dean growled aggressively when he heard his son's scared cry, and he strode over to them fast.
"Hey!" Dean roared.
The young couple looked up, and the alpha angel immediately went into a defense mode when he saw Dean's sharpened feathers and the angry look on his face.
"What the hell do you think you're doing with my son?" Dean growled. He spread out his wings in anger and quickly grabbed a hold of Noah's hand, pulling him over to him.
"Daddy!" Noah exclaimed in relief and immediately went over to his father. Dean brushed his tail against Noah to comfort him, and he moved the boy behind him to shield him while he glared at the angel couple.
"Your son?" the alpha angel repeated, dumb folded. "That boy is clearly an angel, so there is no way he's your son! My mate and I were only going to bring him over to the staff so that they can look for his parents, and since you're clearly not his parent I think you should step the hell away from him!" The guy growled and spread his dark grey wings aggressively.
Some of the children walking by cried in fear and quickly ran away when they saw two alphas ready to fight. People walked around them in a big circle, not wanting to get involved.
Noah flinched back and clung to Dean's leg for protection, and didn't really understanding what was going on.
Dean gnarled in reply. "He is my son, you moron, why else would he hide behind me?"
The angel female peered down at Noah, stunned that the boy was hiding behind a demon that he obviously seemed to know. Dean could see she was trying to put the pieces together inside her head.
They all looked up when Castiel suddenly came running over to him. "Noah!" He sighed heavily in relief when he saw that Noah was safe and sound behind Dean.
"Papa!" Noah beamed and ran over to meet him. Castiel pulled him up into his arms and hugged him tightly.
The angel couple looked even more confused now, and Castiel quickly made his way over to stand next to Dean.
"What's going on?" Castiel asked, glancing between Dean and the alpha angel who were currently glaring each other down.
"This demon claims to be the father of that boy," the angel said. He watched Dean with skepticism.
"Oh," Castiel said, suddenly understanding the situation. "It's alright, Dean is the boy's father." Noah was still sitting on his arm with his face buried in Cas' neck, but he looked up when he heard his papa speaking to the two strangers.
The female's eyes went impossibly wide, and the alpha angel took a step back in surprise. Dean snorted at their reaction.
"Oh… We thought he was trying to kidnap the boy or something. We found him standing in the middle of the crowds, crying and clearly lost, so we tried to make him go with us to the park's information center so that the staff could help find his parents but he was a little reluctant to follow us. It never occurred to us that the boy is a hybrid; he looks so much like a full blood angel," the female explained. She stared at Noah in amazement.
Dean had already relaxed his wings again, and they were folded behind his back once more. "Well, I saw Noah trying to get away from you when you pulled at his arm so I didn't really know what to think…"
The female angel chuckled. "Yes, he was very scared to go with us, saying he wasn't allowed to go with strangers, so I had to pull him a little and try to persuade him. We didn't want to just leave him behind all by himself…"
"Yeah, and I'm sorry for not believing that you were the kid's father," the male angel muttered and stared at Dean cautiously.
Dean chuckled a little at his words and softened up more. "No problem, I don't blame you for not believing me. Noah doesn't have much demon in him except that his wings are a little less soft than a normal submissive angel's would be, but you can't tell unless you touch them."
"Is that so?" the female said and stared at Noah in fascination.
"Papa, where are the others?" Noah asked and peered up at Castiel.
Castiel smiled. "They are probably waiting for us back at where you disappeared from us. We all went around looking for you."
"Oh," Noah replied and pondered over that.
They said goodbye to the young angel couple, thanking them for trying to bring Noah to the staff when they found him. When Dean asked Castiel about why he had walked away from the place he asked him to stay at, the angel told him that he has sensed Dean's relief through their bond when he found Noah and had quickly rushed down the path to meet them. Dean hadn't made it very far down the path because he had checked other paths in the area for Noah as well, so it hadn't taken long for Cas to catch up.
When they came back to their meeting point, the other children were already there and waiting for them.
"Noah!" Eden beamed when she spotted them. She ran over to meet them and grinned when she cupped Noah's cheeks while he sat on Castiel's arm. "We were so worried about you!" she smiled. Noah gave her guilty look and leaned into her touch.
"There he is! Where was he?" Isaac asked. Lily was cheering next to him and Adrian had a relieved expression on his face.
"I spotted him further down the path that we just came from. Some young angel couple was trying to take him to the park's information center so that the staff could take care of him. We had a little misunderstanding with each other but everything is good now," Dean smiled.
"I'm glad they were trying to help," Adrian spoke.
"Yeah! I was worried he got kidnapped," Lily said and sighed in relief.
"Where did you go, you little dummy?" Isaac asked Noah who was still seated on Cas' arm.
"I wanted to go greet Pluto again…" Noah mumbled innocently.
Dean couldn't help but laugh. "What? You saw Pluto walking by and wanted to go talk to him?"
Noah nodded. "Yeah, but he was fast… He suddenly was gone and I couldn't find you again…"
Castiel sighed and looked firmly at Noah. "I told you to never walk away from us, no matter what. Don't ever do that again, you hear? Do you have any idea how scared we all were?"
Noah's small wings drooped a little behind his back, and he peered up at Castiel from under his lashes. "I know… I'm sorry, papa…"
Castiel sighed again. "Just don't do it again, ever. Promise?"
Noah nodded and looked a little ashamed. "I promise…"
Dean smiled and ruffled Noah hair with his hand, making the boy squirm away and squeal in response.
"Cool, can we go eat now?" Isaac blurted.
Adrian shoved him for being rude. "We only just found Noah again and you're saying you're hungry?"
Isaac pouted at him. "But I am hungry!"
"Me too," Lily said innocently.
Eden chuckled at them. "I think we should go to that water ride first and then eat."
"Nooo, food first!" Isaac protested.
"No, Eden's right, we take the water ride first and then we eat, otherwise you're gonna feel sick if you ride on it after having eaten," Dean intervened. He chuckled when Isaac shot him a displeased look, even though it was obvious that he could see the logic.
They all started walking towards the water ride, and Castiel put Noah down again but kept an extra close eye on him to make sure he didn't get lost again. Noah still seemed to be a little ashamed that he had done something he wasn't supposed to do, but he quickly cheered up again when they met Mickey on the way.
They had had a great trip to the park, and when they drove home later that night the twins and Noah were asleep in the backseat, exhausted from a long and eventful day.
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Author's notes: I'm so sorry it took so long to update! Had to wait until my beta had time to proof-read, so it can't be helped. This was kind of a filler chapter but I really wanted to write an amusement park chapter and let Cas try a roller coaster for the first time XD
I should probably remind you once more that submissives in this story are not completely males (they are like half male, half female) and cannot mate with females, so an alpha/submissive relationship is not considered a gay relationship, but alpha/beta, alpha/alpha, and beta/beta relationships are. I had someone ask me about this so I thought I'd better clear it up once more. I also don't imagine the submissives to have much body hair, so in my mind Cas doesn't have stubble or hairy legs and neither will Noah.
Hope you enjoyed reading, please review :)