October 2041 (Castiel is 52, Dean is 53, Eden is 28, Adrian is 24 (almost 25), the twins are 20 (almost 21), Noah is 15, Daniel is 2, Jason is 29, Natalie is 24).
Two months had passed and things at Noah's school were going slightly better. Jayden was pretty good at keeping the bullies off him and also off a few other victims who had been harassed in the corridors. Many of Jayden's friends seemed to have trouble understanding why he was defending the school's outcasts but the demon didn't seem to let their opinions influence him. Since he didn't really hang out with the outcasts other than snapping at the bullies when he caught them harassing them, his popularity hadn't really been affected. It would have been different if he was actually friends with one of the outcasts, since friendship between those in the top of the school hierarchy and those at the bottom of it was unheard of, and it would cost him his popularity. He did however send Noah small, friendly smiles when they met each other in the corridors or when meeting each other in class, but Noah made no attempts to sit too close to him – he didn't fully trust him yet.
The fact that he was getting bullied less had Noah in a much better mood. He was no longer as depressed or moody when leaving for school in the mornings or when he came home as he used to be, and Dean and Castiel could both feel the change on him. Of course there were times when Noah was less happy, since Max did still throw comments at him whenever the teachers or Jayden weren't around, and he was still not very liked by most of the people at his school, but it wasn't as bad as it used to be anymore. Just the fact that someone cared and stood up for him was enough to make him feel better.
It was Friday and Noah was looking forward to the weekend. Adrian had a birthday on Sunday so all his siblings would be coming over to celebrate it at Dean and Castiel's house.
This week had been a little different for Noah. He had been teamed up with two girls named Amy and Maria (Amy being a demon and Maria being a human and quarter part demon) for a group assignment in English class, and Jayden had also been put in their group by the teacher. Sometimes the teachers would group certain students together to create better skill match between them, which was often a relief for Noah since he didn't really have any friends in his English class and had no idea who to team up with for a group assignment. When he was teamed up with Jayden, Noah had felt very nervous. Although Jayden didn't seem to be a bad guy, he was still an alpha – a teenage alpha full of sex hormones – and Noah wasn't the type to trust someone like that too fast. Amy and Maria had scrunched their noses a bit when they were teamed up with Noah, but a sharp glare from Jayden immediately changed their attitude, probably because they respected him since he was a popular jock.
"So, which part of the assignment would you like to present, Noah?" Jayden asked as they were gathered in English class and finishing the rest of their assignment with Amy and Maria. They were sitting at the table that Noah had seated himself at – Jayden sat next to him and Amy and Maria sat on the opposite side. Everyone was gathered in clusters of four to five people around the classroom, preparing the final bits of their assignments to present it to the class.
Noah was awfully aware of how close he was sitting to Jayden, but the demon had moved his chair a bit to the side so that he wouldn't invade Noah's personal space too much or accidentally brush their feathers together, which Noah was very grateful for.
"Um…" Noah started, but Amy and Maria's giggling interrupted him.
"Just give him the smallest part. I think he's too shy to present much anyway," Amy said, chuckling almost mockingly and Maria joined her.
"Yeah, he'll just slow us down if he has too much to say," Maria agreed.
"Well, Noah actually wrote twice as much on this assignment as you did, so I think he deserves to pick for himself what he likes to present. That's only fair," Jayden said, leaning back in his chair with crossed arms and gave the two girls a rather cold stare.
Noah stared into his laptop keyboard and felt a small, smug smile tug on his lips when he noticed how baffled Amy and Maria were at Jayden's words. They didn't protest at his words of course since they adored him as the popular, attractive jock that he was, and they weren't going to make him dislike them by arguing with him.
When the girls seemed to be done being sassy, Jayden turned his attention back to Noah again. "So… what would you like to present? I don't care which part I'm presenting, so it doesn't matter to me what you pick."
Their assignment was about some short story they had read in class (each group had been given a different short story to work with), and they were supposed to present the hidden interpretations in it and analyze the story's meaning, etc. It had been an interesting short story for Noah, but it had taken two classes plus a bit of homework to finish the assignment and get it ready for presentation.
"Um, I think I'd like to take part three about the main character's relationship with his brother," Noah said and turned his head to look back at Jayden. "I'm no good with introductions, so I would rather not pick that…"
Jayden chuckled. "Same here, but I'll pick the introduction anyway since Amy and Maria probably have no idea how to do it." He glanced at the girls who squirmed a bit, confirming that he was right.
Amy and Maria bickered about which part they wanted to take, and Noah listened quietly to the two friends trying to decide who should say what. He sighed and leaned back in his chair a bit while waiting for them to decide, but he didn't get to dwell much in his thoughts before an eraser collided with the back of his head. He slowly turned his head and saw a demon/human hybrid named Jim smirking at him from the other table behind him. The guy's friends were snickering like mad and sent Noah hateful smirks along with Jim.
"Stop that," Jayden growled at the boys when he had noticed what was going on.
Jim's friends swallowed nervously when Jayden growled at them, but Jim seemed less scared by Jayden's threat.
"You're defending that freak awfully often. Are you two fuck-buddies or something?" Jim asked. His comment made a few others in class giggle and snicker, and Jayden's friends immediately looked over at Jayden for confirmation.
"No, but that doesn't mean I approve of the way you treat him just because he's a little different," Jayden replied in a controlled but slightly agitated voice.
"You mean because he's a freak!" Jim blurted, making some of the others laugh out loud.
Noah stared into his lap and felt the familiar burn of humiliation rise inside him. The teacher had left the room so she wasn't there to help him out.
"'Freak' is a matter of perspective, and he still gets better grades than you; remember that," Jayden said coldly before turning his attention back to their presentation.
A few people whispered around the classroom and Noah dared a small glance at Jayden. The alpha demon didn't seem to let himself be bothered much by the whispering, but Noah could tell that he was annoyed when he saw how the alpha's tail was twisting down by the leg of the chair.
When it was time to present Noah was almost feeling too scared to go up in front of the class and present his part. Jayden presented first, followed by Maria, and when it was Noah's turn he completely froze when he saw the whole class watching him. It took a small push to his shoulder by Jayden before Noah stumbled forward and presented his part, but once he was past the first three lines his confidence grew, and he managed to look up at the class while speaking. His heart was pounding like mad and his hands were sweaty, but it helped to just focus on his words instead of the people who were watching him. When he finished he looked over and saw the teacher giving him a proud smile and nod, before Noah went back over to his group mates with a satisfied smile to let Amy present the rest. Jayden gave him a small grin, as if telling him he did well, and Noah couldn't help but grin back.
When class was over Noah quietly packed his laptop back into his bag and turned to leave the room to head for his last class of the day. He stopped at the door when he heard Jayden and his friends talking just outside it in the almost empty corridor, and Noah took a few steps back and hid in the room while listening to what they were saying. The three of them had stopped outside the door to let one of the guys pack his tablet properly into his bag. They probably thought that Noah had left already, but he was still inside the classroom after everyone else had gone.
"I don't get why you keep defending that freak," Jayden's friend Colin said, sounding frustrated. "I mean, I get that you hate bullies and help some of the victims out – it's weird, yeah, but I guess that's just some kind of code you have. But now you're practically defending that Noah freak every time someone harasses him just the slightest bit when we're in class, plus you're being creepily nice to him. People are starting to talk, Jay, and it isn't nice stuff they're saying."
"I honestly don't give a fuck what people think," Jayden grumbled, and Noah could tell by his voice that he was irritated at his friend.
Jayden's other friend Frank suddenly cut in. "Our classmates in English class are already starting to think that you're fucking Noah and that he's your sweet, little sub bitch whom you're trying to protect. The fact that you were grinning at him like a proud idiot after the presentation is just gonna make people talk more, and that's not good for your reputation… Or for your chances with the girls." There was a small pause before he said, "Tell me, are you actually fucking him?"
"No, I'm not sleeping with him," Jayden said in a firm voice. "And I'm talking to him because he was my group mate and he's actually a very nice person if you stop looking at him with racist eyes."
"You mean he's a very good cock slut, right?" Colin cut in with a snicker in his voice.
"Would you just shut up about that already? Such comments are disgusting," Jayden grumbled, sounding very annoyed now. "Let's just head to practice already before we're late."
Noah peeked out of the door when he heard the three of them beginning to walk down the corridor towards their football practice. He watched as Frank and Colin walked beside Jayden, and how Frank slapped his hand down on Jayden's shoulder.
"Oh right! 'Cause Sarah is gonna be there to watch you practice and you wanna bang her again afterwards, right?" Frank grinned, patting Jayden hard on the back of his shoulder.
Jayden shoved him away playfully. "Don't be silly; she was a one-night stand."
Frank and Colin didn't seem convinced and kept teasing Jayden about it, and Noah watched them round a corner and was no longer able to hear them.
Noah stood outside the classroom for a moment and contemplated what he had just heard. He hadn't thought about what others would think of Jayden if the alpha protected him the way he did. He suspected that Jayden would likely ignore him once his popularity was threatened – which shouldn't bother Noah since they weren't even friends and barely ever talked, but he was scared of what the bullies might do to him when Jayden started ignoring him. He hated how dependent he had gotten on Jayden standing up to his bullies for him and how much it scared him to lose that support.
The fact that people were starting to think that he and Jayden were sexually involved made Noah blush like mad, though.
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Dean and Castiel picked up Noah from school since they were off work around the same time that Noah's last class finished, and they picked up Isaac and Lily from college on the way. It had been only a month since the twins were last home for a visit but Noah was still very excited to see them and have them come home. The fact that Adrian and Natalie were arriving from Los Angeles tonight to spend the weekend with them excited Noah as well.
"Noah!" Lily exclaimed with a grin when she and Isaac headed over to the Tahoe in the college's parking lot and saw Noah come out to greet them along with Dean and Cas. She pulled her little brother into a tight hug and smiled when he hugged her back extra tightly as if he had missed her.
"I missed you so much, Lily," Noah smiled, hugging his sister as tightly as he could and felt her tail wrap around his lower leg.
"I missed you too," Lily chuckled, gently ruffling his hair.
"What? You didn't miss me?" Isaac asked, pouting at Noah after Lily gently pulled away from the hug.
Noah giggled. "Of course I did," he said, going over and wrapped his arms around Isaac who was mildly startled by that.
"Yeah? I missed you too, squirt!" Isaac grinned, keeping his arms locked around Noah's body during their hug and lifted him up so that his feet weren't touching the ground.
"Isaac! Put me down!" Noah laughed, getting squeezed pretty tightly against his brother's body and didn't feel comfortable that his feet weren't touching the ground.
"Gosh, you're light like a feather. Put on some weight, would you?" Isaac told him and put him down again.
Noah immediately corrected his shirt which had run up when Isaac had lifted him, exposing his stomach just a little. He blushed when Isaac noticed it and laughed at him, and Noah sent him a small glare.
Lily's boyfriend Tony came up behind Lily and wrapped an arm around her waist. She smiled up at him as he leaned in and placed a loving kiss on her cheek and brushed their wings together. He was an angel/human hybrid with dark blonde hair and jade eyes. They had been together for a year now.
Dean smiled and came over to greet Tony, shaking his hand. "Hey, Tony. How's it going?"
Dean had been pretty stiff around Tony at first because he couldn't help but be skeptical of him. Now he trusted the guy more and he was pleased to see that Tony seemed to treat Lily well.
"Hello, Mr. Winchester. It's going well, thanks," Tony smiled, and turned to shake Castiel's hand too when the angel came forward.
"Jeez, man, just call me Dean already," Dean chuckled, rolling his eyes a bit. "Are you coming with us home?"
"Nah, not today. I have to finish an important project tomorrow, but I'll come by on Sunday to celebrate Adrian's birthday with you. Lily has kind of been begging me come…" Tony spoke, glancing briefly at Lily who had her arm wrapped around his waist too.
"It's about time you meet the whole family at once!" Lily insisted, poking him gently in the side and chuckled when he squirmed.
"You are very welcome to come by on Sunday and we would love to have you there. I'm sure Adrian would appreciate it too since you have barely met," Castiel spoke, looking at Tony with a friendly smile.
Tony had met most of Lily's family, but he and Adrian had only met twice.
"Thanks. I'll definitely drop by," Tony smiled somewhat shyly at Castiel's kindness.
"Alright, but I don't wanna see you and Lily going up to her room for more than five minutes at the time. I still don't like you guys doing bed sheet gymnastics under my roof," Dean grumbled, giving Tony and Lily a firm stare.
Lily and Tony both blushed at that.
"Jeez, dad! Can you not be embarrassing for once?" Lily groaned.
Noah giggled and Isaac laughed out loud.
Castiel groaned and gave Dean an irritated push. "Be nice, Dean. They are entitled to their privacy in Lily's room."
"We can invite Isabella over too to really get the party started in Lily's room," Isaac grinned, quickly jumping back when Lily lashed out at him in her embarrassment.
Lily growled at Dean and Isaac in annoyance before turning to Tony. "Don't mind my family; they are as embarrassing and childish as ever."
Tony chuckled and placed his hands on Lily's hips when she leaned into him.
Lily smiled. "See you on Sunday." She leaned up to kiss him, and Noah watched it with a small blush. Lily gently bit at Tony's lower lip during their kiss and smirked when he seemed a little embarrassed to have the others watch that.
A few other college students walked by but didn't pay the kissing couple much attention since it wasn't unusual to see at campus. They did however give Dean and Cas odd glances, but none of them really paid them any attention.
"Oh, c'mon! You can eat him later!" Isaac complained. He hated seeing his twin kiss a guy like that and it made his nose wrinkle in disgust.
Castiel just chuckled and watched the scene with a smile.
Dean rolled his eyes. "We're driving without you if you don't finish soon," he mumbled and took Lily's bags to throw them into the trunk of the car. Isaac came over to put his stuff in there as well.
Lily chuckled and finally pulled away from Tony, curling her tail around his leg briefly before saying goodbye and followed the others into the car. Tony headed over to the dormitories after saying goodbye to the others as well.
Castiel was still smiling as he stood next to the door to the passenger seat while the kids got into the backseat, and Dean came over to him and curled his tail around the angel's leg.
"Why are you looking so happy?" Dean asked with a wide smile on his face and leaned in to mouth at the angel's jaw and neck while listening to Isaac and Lily argue about trouble with the seatbelt inside the car. Isaac was obviously having trouble with the Tahoe's new seatbelt (which was actually an old one that Dean had gotten from Rufus' garage) and Lily was trying to tell him how to fasten it. It was a very difficult seatbelt to fasten because there was a lot of resistance in the buckle and you had to push it down very hard, so Dean would have to replace it once again soon.
"Do you want me not to be?" Castiel asked, smirking a bit and bared his neck for Dean. He couldn't bring himself to care much about the few people staring at them, as long as they weren't making comments about them.
"That's not what I meant."
"Oh my god, not you too!" Isaac exclaimed from inside the car, groaning loudly. "What is it with all that romantic shit today? Just drive us home already!"
Dean laughed and slowly pulled away from Cas. "Patience, Isaac."
"You know he doesn't have that," Lily said, smirking at Isaac who was less happy to be told to be patient. Noah was sitting between them and was rather amused by what was going on, which only annoyed Isaac more.
Dean finally walked around the car and got into the driver's seat while Cas got into the front seat. They drove home and hoped to arrive there before Adrian and Natalie did.
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Adrian and Natalie arrived shortly after they all came home, and they greeted each other in the entrance hall. Castiel hugged them both welcome, as did Dean, and Bella ran around between their legs as they began taking off their shoes and jackets.
"About time you came home for a visit at the same time as me and Lily. Haven't seen you since summer break," Isaac said as he watched Adrian struggle with taking off his shoe.
"Sorry, but it takes a while to come here from L.A. because of the traffic, you know," Adrian grunted.
"How come you could arrive here so early today then?" Lily asked curiously.
Natalie smiled and took off her jacket while speaking. "We took a day off today."
Adrian straightened up after having taken off his shoes, and glanced at Noah who was standing next to the staircase and was patting Bella. "How's school, Noah? I've barely heard anything from you since August."
Noah smiled a little. "It's going better."
Lily's eyes widened. "Really? How come?"
Noah was about to open his mouth when a car pulled up in their driveway, and everyone's attention was caught by it.
"Ah right, Eden said that she and Jason might be coming over tonight already instead of tomorrow," Dean spoke. He opened the door and glanced outside, grinning when he saw Eden stepping out of the car and waving at him. "Yep, that's them," he told the others.
"What? They're coming today already? But Adrian's birthday is on Sunday," Isaac pointed out, baffled.
Everyone turned to greet Eden and Jason when they entered the house with little Daniel standing next to them. He was a little over 2 years old now, and he held on tightly to Eden's hand while he watched everyone greet each other.
"Whoa, you've grown a bit again, little man," Dean grinned at Daniel and leaned down to look at him.
Daniel shyly hid himself behind Eden's leg, under her wing, and Eden laughed fondly at her son. "Yep, he still grows a lot," she confirmed.
"It's a pain because we have to buy new clothes and shoes all the time," Jason chuckled and pulled Lily into a hug after having greeted Castiel, Dean, and Isaac already.
While his parents were busy greeting everyone Daniel stepped over to Castiel on wobbly legs and pulled gently at his pants. Castiel glanced down at him and smiled when he saw the boy waving his arms at him, wanting to be picked up. The angel reached down and pulled Daniel up into his arms, letting the boy sit on his arm and observe the others hugging and talking. Lily and Isaac came over to greet Daniel when they had greeted the others, and the baby laughed and squirmed on Castiel's arm when Isaac poked and tickled his stomach gently.
Eden smiled at Noah when she finally reached him, and she pulled him into a warm hug before stepping back and looking him up and down curiously. "Wow, you are almost as tall as me now."
Noah grinned. "Yes, almost."
"Yeah, it's quite amazing," Adrian remarked from behind Eden and smiled at them.
"Why are you coming so early? Adrian's birthday is on Sunday after all…" Lily said and looked between Eden and Jason.
Eden turned and smiled at her. "Because it's been so long since I last spent an entire weekend with my family, so Jason and I agreed to come here tonight and stay until Sunday."
"Missing us?" Dean teased, brushing their tails together.
"Of course I do," Eden smiled.
They entered the living room and Daniel was put down on the floor again because he was eager to walk around by himself. He was like always quite fascinated by Bella who would come over to him every now and then and sniff at him curiously, but whenever he tugged at her fur the dog would wander off again. Noah chuckled and kept a close eye on the baby to make sure he didn't pick up things he shouldn't and that he wouldn't stumble.
Dean watched somewhat suspiciously when he saw Adrian and Natalie standing a bit closer than usual and how Adrian hadn't even removed his arm from around her waist yet.
"It's been so long since we were all at dad and papa's house together," Lily spoke excitedly.
"Yes, Dean and I have actually missed you," Castiel smiled.
"Aww," Lily smiled and brushed her tail and wing against Castiel.
Eden suddenly frowned at Lily in confusion. "I thought you were bringing Tony with you this weekend?"
"What? Oh, he's coming on Sunday. He's busy tomorrow so he couldn't come with me today," Lily explained.
"Maybe that's just an excuse 'cause he's scared of what dad might do to him if he had to sleep in your room for two nights in a row," Isaac smirked.
"Hey!" Dean protested. "I only remember being nice to the guy."
"You just threatened him not to spend more than five minutes in my room at the time," Lily muttered and glared at Dean. "Plus, you glared at him pretty hard the first time he came to the house with me, and you still glare at him whenever I go up to my room with him."
Dean cringed. "Well, I'm a father; I have to be protective of my daughters…" The others laughed at that.
Castiel rolled his eyes at Dean and glanced over at the TV where Noah and Daniel were sitting with some of the toys that Eden had brought with them in a bag. He smiled when he saw how well Noah and Daniel got along and how the baby was eager to show Noah his toys.
After a few moments Daniel got up and walked back over to the others who were talking by the big cabinet. Noah followed him over to the others, and Daniel wobbled over to Jason to be picked up. Bella followed them as well, wagging her tail happily and went over to Castiel who rubbed her behind the ears to give her some attention.
Dean finally turned his attention back to Adrian and Natalie again. "And why are you two being so lovey-dovey with each other today?"
Natalie laughed. "Why? Is it forbidden?"
"No, but usually you tell Adrian to not display affection towards you for too long at the time around us."
Natalie laughed a bit at that. "Well, today is different…" She glanced up at Adrian as if wanting him to explain the rest.
Isaac's jaw dropped. "Don't tell me you're having a baby."
Everyone snapped their heads towards Adrian and Natalie who both blushed furiously.
"No!" Adrian denied, groaning in embarrassment. "It's, uh…" He glanced down at Natalie and tightened his arm around her waist, pulling her closer so that their hips and wings were touching more. Then he looked back at his family and said, "We've bonded with each other."
Everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"Oh my god! Really?" Eden exclaimed, grinning like mad.
"Wow, that's nice," Lily smiled, curling her tail in excitement.
Dean blinked in surprise, as did Noah and Jason, but Castiel seemed genuinely happy to hear that news.
Eden came over to hug her little brother and Natalie as well, congratulating them on becoming mates. Lily did the same, as did Jason.
"Oh, I didn't expect that, but it doesn't really surprise me since you've been together for a while now…" Isaac murmured, still feeling a little stunned by the fact that his big brother had a mate now.
Adrian smiled at him and hugged Dean and Castiel when they came over to him. Dean patted him proudly in the back before turning to give Natalie a warm hug, welcoming her to the family.
When Castiel stepped back from the hug he cupped Adrian's cheeks and smiled up at his oldest son. "I'm very happy for you. I think you and Natalie are good for each other, and I can tell that you are happy with her."
"Thanks, papa," Adrian smiled, blushing a bit. He brushed his tail against Castiel's leg affectionately.
Castiel went over to Natalie who smiled as he pulled her into a hug. The two of them got along well, and Natalie had quickly become somewhat attached to Castiel since her own mother had died when she was young, leaving her alone with two older brothers and her father.
"I'm glad you are joining the family," Castiel told her.
Natalie smiled and they slowly pulled apart. "Thanks, I'm quite happy about that as well. And thanks for the taking the news so well."
"Don't thank us for that," Castiel insisted, giving his daughter-in-law a warm smile which she returned.
Natalie was always showing her more feminine side when she was around Adrian's family, but at the Air Force she was dressed in her work uniform, usually wore a cap, and wasn't afraid to get dirty when working on the aircrafts. She even joined the guys in dirty jokes sometimes but she had her limits. Adrian liked that she was tough but at the same time also feminine and soft, and it was one of the things that had attracted him to her.
"So, when should we expect grandkids, then?" Dean grinned at them.
"Dad…!" Adrian groaned, blushing.
Natalie blushed a little as well, especially when the others laughed. "Probably when Adrian here mans up and tells me he's ready for it, 'cause I'm pretty much only waiting for him to make up his mind," she said, giving Adrian a small, smug glare and poked her elbow into his side.
Isaac burst out laughing. "Oh wow! Adrian's the one that's holding back with the baby-making! I never would have guessed that!"
"Shut up," Adrian hissed at him. Everyone laughed and he glared briefly at Natalie. "It's a big thing to be ready for…" he pointed out, entwining his fingers with Natalie's while they looked at each other.
Dean smiled. "Yeah, you shouldn't rush yourselves."
"I'd love to finally be an aunt, though," Eden grinned and took Daniel from Jason's arms when the baby reached out towards her.
Castiel finally stepped forward and told them, "How about you all sit down and I will bring you something to drink?"
"Yeah, we gotta make dinner soon as well," Dean said and pressed his wing against Cas'.
"Alright. Sounds good," Eden smiled and went over to sit down on the couch. She and Jason sat nearest the TV with Natalie and Adrian next to them, and Noah and the twins squeezed in on the last available space in the other side of the couch. They turned the TV on to Disney Channel so that Daniel could watch TV and play with his toys and not get bored while the adults were speaking. Bella was shifting between being with Daniel and getting attention from the others by nudging against their legs to make them pet or play with her.
Castiel and Dean brought over some soda, beer, and juice for them to drink, and some milk for Daniel since he shouldn't be drinking too much sugary stuff. The two of them sat down in the chairs in front of the couch table afterwards. The chairs had space between the armrests and the back of the chair so that their wings could hang down the side of the chair between the two to make it more comfortable to sit in them.
Adrian and Natalie were smiling at each other a lot, and Noah watched them from where he was sitting between Adrian and Lily. Adrian was sitting in the corner of the couch's 90 degree angle, and his tail was resting on Natalie's leg.
"God, why are everyone so affectionate with each other today? I'm gonna puke," Isaac groaned.
"Be nice!" Lily scolded him.
Natalie laughed. "We should bring you a bucket then. Unless you wanna join Adrian and me over here in case you're just jealous?"
"Fuck no! Not with Adrian," Isaac grimaced. "But maybe with you…" he added, giving Natalie a lewd smirk.
"Isaac, if you don't stop hitting on my mate soon I will cut off your balls!" Adrian growled at him, sharpening his feathers a bit which caused Noah to flinch away and lean into Lily instead.
Isaac barked out a laugh. "I'm just kidding, jeez!"
Natalie seemed very amused with Adrian's reaction to Isaac's comment which she knew very well had just been for fun. The others were laughing as well, but Castiel groaned in embarrassment over his sons' behavior.
Dean looked at Adrian's wings as the feathers unsharpened again, and his laughter died down. "And I see that Natalie is already taking good care of Adrian. I don't think I've seen Adrian's wings so well groomed since Cas last groomed them for him," he said, staring at his son's white and black feathers which looked smooth and healthy even in their half-sharp state.
Adrian blushed and shifted a bit at that, and Natalie laughed.
"Actually, I rarely groom him that well," she said. "But I had to spend almost two hours the other day washing hydraulic fluid out of his feathers because he accidentally cut one of the hydraulic vessels on an aircraft during work, and the hydraulics just flooded all over his clothes and wings. Damn, that was a real mess, but I laughed my ass off when it happened," she laughed, and looked at Adrian almost fondly.
Adrian scrunched his nose and sunk into his seat a bit when everyone started laughing at him. "Well, shit happens…"
Dean laughed at him. "She squirted on you, huh?" he teased, referring to the aircraft that Adrian had worked on. Isaac laughed even harder at that.
Adrian smirked. "Well, that happens when your hands are just too good for a lady."
Natalie just rolled his eyes at him, and Castiel did the same while the rest were laughing.
Noah stared between them with squinted eyes, not quite getting the point. "I don't get it…" he murmured.
"Oh c'mon! You still haven't watched porn?" Isaac asked him between his laughter.
"Well, I don't think Noah watches much porn with girls in it…" Eden pointed out, laughing when Noah blushed even more.
"It refers to female ejaculation when they orgasm, Noah," Lily explained to him, blushing a bit herself, but she laughed when she saw Noah's eyes widen.
"Oh! Okay, I get it now…" Noah murmured and stared into his lap with flushed cheeks.
"God. Do all families have such gross conversations? 'Cause I see it both here and when my mom's around," Jason groaned. "I'm just glad Daniel doesn't understand any of it yet."
"Yeah, me too. Please end this habit before my son is old enough to properly think about what the hell you're talking about," Eden said, scrunching her nose a bit.
Daniel came over to show a toy to Castiel and Dean, and the conversation finally moved somewhere less embarrassing after their attention focused on Daniel.
"Are you two also feeling the effect of all that discussion about angel/demon couples in the media lately?" Eden asked Lily and Isaac all of sudden. She heard from Castiel that some of his colleagues had been staring at him a little more unfriendly than usual lately, but Dean was fortunate not to have any racist colleagues (he was the one in charge of hiring new people and he had a policy not to hire racists, mostly because both angels and demons worked at the garage now and he didn't want any conflicts between them).
"Yeah, it's crazy how media attention on that matter can turn people even more vicious than before!" Isaac said.
Lily nodded. "Yeah… There have been a few people preaching outside the college about how angels and demons can go to a mixed college together and be friends and all that, but if they mate they will go straight to hell. And when people see Isaac and me in the corridors they practically glare us down and push and make comments about us."
Isaac huffed. "At least some of them stop when I splash them in the face with my water pistol. I always keep a small water pistol on me in such cases now."
"Isaac!" Castiel scolded, outraged by his son's behavior at college.
Dean laughed at Cas. "Oh c'mon, Cas. Isaac is just defending himself."
"Pretty awesome," Jason grinned and Adrian agreed.
"I've got a few more customers who started throwing nasty comments at me at work and demanded to have their pet treated by someone else instead. It's quite humiliating actually…" Eden murmured. She sighed and rubbed Bella behind the ears when the dog was sitting on the floor between her legs now.
Castiel's expression suddenly turned very sad. "I'm sorry… I didn't want this to happen to any of you."
The kids immediately protested.
"No, papa! This isn't your and dad's fault," Eden insisted.
"Yeah, it's just people who are being a bunch of dumbasses," Isaac said. Noah nodded in agreement.
"I'm proud to be an angel/demon hybrid, so don't blame yourselves," Lily said, smiling at her parents for reassurance.
"Yeah. I really don't have a problem with being half angel and half demon either," Adrian spoke, and felt Natalie squeeze his hand.
Dean looked at Castiel with a small smile and put a hand on the angel's thigh. Castiel sighed and nodded at the kids' words. "But still…" he began.
"No buts! Or I'll zip your mouth shut and never open it again!" Isaac threatened, giving his papa a wide grin when Castiel looked over at him with wide, shocked eyes.
"At least things are quieting down a bit now. There's almost nothing about it on TV anymore," Adrian pointed out.
"And at least the politicians didn't forbid angels and demons to mate yet," Jason added.
"It's probably only a matter of time before the media brings new life into the issue again, though," Eden sighed. "Especially when the new numbers of registered angel/demon couples get published after New Year…"
Daniel suddenly got up from the floor in front of the TV and ran over to Castiel. He grunted as he tried to climb up into the angel's lap, and Castiel smiled and helped him up so that he was sitting on his lap with his favorite baby car toy in his hand. The baby cooed and giggled softly when Castiel wrapped his arms around him gently and placed a loving kiss on top of his head which was covered in blonde hairs.
Dean grinned as he watched Castiel with Daniel, and reached out to gently stroke his grandson's cheek. "You really love sitting on your grandma, huh." Daniel just giggled shyly in reply and leaned back against Castiel's chest, snuggling into him. He loved to be cuddled and sometimes Castiel would let him play with one of his feathers if one of them had fallen out. The baby loved touching the super soft feathers, but Castiel always had to be careful that Daniel wouldn't put it into his mouth.
Adrian turned his attention to Noah, who was sitting next to him and was smiling over at Daniel. "I never really got to hear about how school is going for you, Noah. You said it was going better?"
"Yeah, I heard something about you getting a protector or something. I think I wanna hear more about that," Lily said, also staring at Noah now.
Noah squirmed a bit when everyone looked at him. "Um, well, there is this alpha demon who's been keeping the bullies off my back whenever he sees them harassing me…"
Isaac choked on the beer he was drinking and started coughing like mad, and the others stared at Noah with wide eyes.
Eden gaped. "No way! There's an alpha protecting you from bullies?"
Lily stared at Noah with wide eyes. "Be careful. Maybe he's just trying to gain your trust to use you later on…"
"Yeah, I've warned him about that," Dean muttered from the chair.
"I know," Noah said. "But Jayden seems… sincere. It's not just me he's protecting – he interferes with any situation where he sees someone getting bullied. He told me he's doing it because of some incident at his previous school where a girl killed herself after being bullied, and he doesn't want to just stand around and watch it happen again."
"Oh. He actually sounds like a nice guy," Natalie remarked.
"Yeah, he's kinda nice," Noah admitted. "We presented an assignment in English class today and he was actually trying to reassure me when it was my turn to present…"
"Ohh, maybe he likes you," Eden grinned.
"Wait. He's talking to you in class now?" Dean asked, completely taken aback by that. A low rumble vibrated in his chest and his feathers puffed out slightly at the thought of that suspicious alpha talking to Noah now.
"We were group mates," Noah pointed out, briefly rolling his eyes at his father. "He's only talked to me a few times before. But sometimes he sits down pretty close to me in class; I think it's to make the others stop throwing stuff at me…" He blushed a bit more at that.
"He almost sounds too nice," Isaac remarked, feeling rather skeptic about the guy.
"Noah actually seems to be in a better mood now than he was before," Castiel cut in, bouncing Daniel lightly on his lap. "I think that alpha has been good for Noah at school, and he rarely complains about Max or other mean students anymore." He smiled over at Noah who once again stared into his lap and blushed.
"Still… be careful. Especially if he asks you to come over to his place, or for you to be alone together outside school," Lily said, staring at Noah in concern.
"Yeah, I know," Noah murmured. "But I still don't think he's like Richard, though."
Lily smiled. "Probably not, but it really isn't common for alphas to talk to submissives unless they're interested in them somehow."
"Hey, I've spoken to a sub once and I wasn't interested in him in that way. Although he was rather attractive…" Adrian said. "But his personality wasn't something for me."
"Oh yeah, they can be really hot," Isaac agreed with a lewd grin.
"Oh, you've finally done it with a submissive?" Eden asked curiously.
Isaac smirked. "Yep, I found a very hot demon sub at a club one night and he stayed in my dorm room all weekend. And a month after I found a beta angel who was hot as hell. I think he had trouble sitting down for his sister's birthday dinner the day after…"
"Isaac!" Lily exclaimed, horrified that he'd say that out loud.
"Oh god, spare me," Adrian groaned, covering his ears. Jason did the same, not wanting to hear about his brother-in-law's sexual conquests.
Castiel wasn't too eager to hear about it either, but he was glad that Isaac finally seemed more confident about his bisexuality and had explored it more.
Dean and Natalie laughed, where Noah just blushed even more and called Bella over to him to distract him.
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They had a nice family dinner and evening together, talking about their lives and sharing stories. Dean and Castiel helped each other prepare the dinner while Noah enjoyed spending time with all his siblings around him again. Afterwards Lily had shown them her talent on her violin and had played He's A Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean, which was one of her favorite movie series even though it was old now. Her family was quite startled by how well she could play it, and Dean and Castiel were proud to hear that Lily had gotten a lot of praise from her teacher.
Daniel was put to bed in Eden's old room at 7:30pm, and at 9:30 most of them were parting ways to get some time for themselves. Adrian and Natalie headed up to Adrian's old room, and Noah went up to his room as well. Eden, Jason, and Isaac stayed downstairs for a bit longer to chat with Dean and Cas while Lily took a shower.
Noah enjoyed his siblings' company, but after a whole day of being social non-stop he needed some time for himself.
It was almost 10 when there was a knock on Noah's door, and he called at the person to come in. He quickly hid the magazine he had been reading under his blanket so that the person wouldn't see. He was mildly surprised to see Eden enter his room.
"Hi, Noah, just wanted to say goodnight before Jason and I are going to bed. And I wanted to spend a little time with my sweetest younger sibling; it's been a while, after all," Eden smiled and closed the door behind her.
Noah lit up and folded his legs under him on the bed so that he was sitting cross-legged. "Okay. You can sit on my bed if you want," he offered when he saw her standing there.
Eden smiled and sat down beside him, but as soon as she had sat down a confused frown formed on her face and she got up again.
Noah was about to ask what was wrong when he finally remembered the magazine he had been reading – Eden had sat down right where he had hid it. "Ah, don't!" he exclaimed in horror when Eden reached down under the blanket and pulled out his magazine.
Eden's eyes went impossibly wide when she saw that Noah had hid a porn magazine under his blanket, and her eyes travelled quickly across the open page with pictures of a naked attractive alpha and readers' sex stories on it. "Oh," she said, staring at it in shock. "I wasn't expecting that."
Noah blushed harder than ever and buried his face in his hands in absolute embarrassment. "I'm sorry…"
Eden laughed. "Don't be sorry. Most people read dirty magazines, and you don't need to be ashamed of it." She sat down on the bed and briefly browsed through the magazine. It was a magazine mostly with men in it – both human, angel, and demon males.
"I-I don't normally read them. Abby gave it to me for my birthday to tease me, and I've barely ever looked at it…" Noah murmured, still feeling more embarrassed than ever.
Eden could tell from the perfect condition of the magazine that Noah wasn't lying about that, and after having browsed through it she put it away on the bed again. "Wow, what a considerate friend she is," she chuckled. "And don't be so ashamed. You have no idea about all the dirty magazines and movies I've found in Jason's room once, and he still has a few. I don't mind him looking at porn, since he's entitled to his privacy, and I also look at it sometimes. Plus, it gives us kinky ideas to look at all that dirty stuff," she smirked, chuckling when Noah blushed even more. "But if Jason ever touches another person than me then it's a whole other business."
"I don't think Jason would do that…"
Eden smiled. "Me neither, but I'm just saying."
"I want to have that too… A mate who loves me as much as Jason loves you, and how much Adrian loves Natalie…" Noah murmured, twitching his wings behind him and staring into his lap.
Eden smiled and reached out to gently move a few hairs away from Noah's forehead. "You will find a good mate someday, I know you will. And one day you'll have the cutest babies with him."
Noah blushed and gave her a shy smile.
They both looked up when someone knocked on the door, and Noah told the person to enter.
Castiel entered the room and was mildly surprised to see Eden sitting with Noah on the bed. "Oh, I didn't know you were in here, Eden," he said, closing the door behind him.
Eden smiled. "We were just talking a bit."
Noah yelped when he realized that his magazine was still in plain sight, and he quickly reached over and stuffed it under his blanket. Castiel however had caught a glimpse of the cover and stared wide-eyed between them.
"Are you showing Noah dirty magazines, Eden?" Castiel asked, squinting his eyes at her.
"What? No! It's Noah's. He got it from Abby, he told me…" Eden explained and glanced at Noah who seemed too embarrassed and humiliated to look at them and was instead burying his face in his hands again with a loud groan.
"Oh." Castiel blinked a bit before his expression softened. "There's nothing wrong with looking in those kinds of magazines, Noah. Gabriel used to fill my drawers with 'Kinky Dom Alphas' because he insisted I should read something that wasn't an ordinary book," he murmured, remembering how much he used to hate his brother for that. He couldn't deny that he had actually enjoyed looking at those magazines and had pleasured himself while reading them once or twice. Unfortunately Michael had found out about it and had gotten furious at Gabriel because he didn't think that a submissive should look at any other naked men than his mate – and that mate was to be Lucifer.
Eden laughed and brought Castiel out of his thoughts. "That sounds like uncle Gabe!"
Noah just groaned and kept hiding his face in his hands, and Eden gave him a sympathetic smile and rubbed his arm for reassurance.
Castiel shifted awkwardly because of the conversation. "Um, well, I came in here to say goodnight to you since Dean and I will be heading to bed now."
"Already?" Eden asked, surprised. Usually Dean and Castiel would stay up until around 11pm on Fridays, and it was only a little past 10 now.
"My wings have begun to itch because I need them to be groomed, so Dean will help me with that first," Castiel elaborated.
Eden snorted. "And dad forbids the rest of us to do kinky stuff in the house when we're over…" She smirked teasingly at Castiel whose cheeks went bright red.
"It is only wing grooming," the angel insisted.
"Yeah right, as if dad can keep his hands to himself afterwards. I seriously doubt he can, since males never can when they get to groom their mate's wings," Eden chuckled.
"This is not a conversation I wish to have with you, so goodnight, Eden and Noah," Castiel muttered and moved forward to hug them goodnight. Eden laughed and got up to hug him.
Noah finally shook off his embarrassment and hugged Castiel back as well. "Goodnight, papa. Please don't tell the others about my magazine…" he murmured into the angel's shirt.
Castiel chuckled and pulled back, cupping Noah's cheek and smiled fondly at him. "I won't," he promised.
Eden said goodnight to Noah as well and followed Castiel out the door. As soon as they stepped out into the hallway they were met by Adrian, who was walking from his room towards the bathroom dressed only in his boxers, and by Isaac who had just come up the stairs.
"Ew! Wear clothes, Adrian!" Isaac grimaced, covering his eyes when he saw his brother standing almost naked in the hallway.
Adrian chortled and lingered outside the bathroom door. "You're just jealous of my body," he teased.
"But my face is ten times more handsome than yours!" Isaac retorted.
"If you want to resemble a donkey, then it sure is."
Eden giggled like mad when she saw Isaac's jaw drop at Adrian's teasing comeback, and Castiel couldn't contain his amusement either.
"I'll show you who resembles a fucking donkey, you ass!" Isaac roared and ran over to Adrian who quickly went into the bathroom and locked the door. Isaac growled and knocked on the door, pissed off when he heard Adrian laugh at him from inside. "Stop hiding in there like a girl!"
"Isaac! You're gonna wake up Daniel!" Eden scolded and moved over towards her room.
"But Adrian insulted me!" Isaac pouted, knocking on the door one more time but Adrian of course didn't open the door.
Eden rolled her eyes at him and quietly entered her room and closed the door behind her. Jason was already inside; he had gone to bed when Eden went into Noah's room.
Castiel smiled and walked over to the top of the stairs, glancing down the steps and saw Dean ascending them with a serious frown on his face.
"What the hell is going on up here?" Dean asked, stopping at the top of the stairs next to Castiel and glanced over at Isaac. Bella barked from the entrance hall but Dean quickly ordered her to go to her basket before she could wake up Daniel with her barking.
"Just our children being childish again," Castiel explained with a fond smile on his face.
"Adrian's the childish one!" Isaac insisted, crossing his arms defiantly. He glared when Lily came up the stairs and chuckled at his comment.
"Adrian is much more mature than you, Isaac, and you know it," Lily said.
Dean and Castiel watched the twins bicker a bit about who's childish and who isn't before saying goodnight to them and retreated to their bedroom. Dean had already locked the doors and turned off the light downstairs.
Dean locked the bedroom door and walked over to Castiel who was standing at the foot of the bed with his back to Dean. The demon slowly moved up behind his mate and began massaging his shoulders. Castiel hummed in appreciation, shifting and relaxing as Dean rubbed his tense muscles with skilled hands.
"I enjoy it when our children are all home and interacting like they used to… I miss it so much," Castiel spoke in a soft voice, purring as Dean's hands worked on his shoulders and neck and rubbed the tension of out them. His wings relaxed behind him, spreading out lazily so that they were hanging low.
Dean leaned forwards and nuzzled Castiel behind the ear while massaging him. "I know, I miss it too when they aren't home."
"Adrian has grown into a strong, admirable alpha," Castiel said, closing his eyes and humming as Dean's thumbs rubbed into his muscles. "Sometimes I still think of him as that shy, little boy who was always hiding under my wings whenever we went somewhere." He chuckled softly at the memories of Adrian's early childhood and how clingy he had been. It still surprised him sometimes that that little boy was now a muscled alpha like Dean.
Dean chuckled behind him. "Well, he has grown up now, as have the others. With the exception of Isaac… and Noah isn't fully grown up yet either. But they're still our kids."
"Mmhmm," Castiel hummed in agreement.
Dean rubbed Castiel's shoulders for a bit longer before pulling his arms away and instead wrapped them around Cas' body from behind. "Now, let's get to the good part so I can work you up real nice when grooming you and have you begging for me to fuck you afterwards," he purred and grinned smugly into Castiel's ear.
The angel shuddered lightly at Dean's words and huffed softly. "You are going to have to work for it, Dean Winchester." He turned his head and stared at Dean with a challenging smirk on his lips.
"Oh Cas, you're talking to an expert," Dean grinned smugly. He picked up Castiel without warning, who laughed and squirmed in protest, and threw him on the bed.
Castiel landed on his stomach on the bed, laughing and glancing back at Dean as the demon crawled in behind him and began unbuttoning Castiel's shirt and taking it off to get better access to his wings and oil glands.
Castiel was amused with Dean's determination to make him beg for the demon's cock when he was done with the grooming, and the angel lay down against the sheets to let himself enjoy Dean's efforts to make him beg. He hummed as the demon rubbed his oil glands and used his oil to groom his feathers, and after just a few minutes he was already pretty sure that Dean would be the one to win this challenge.
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Author's notes: I have put an updated version of the layout of Dean and Cas' house on my profile so that you can see how Noah's room is furnished and so on (again, I suck at scaling so don't rely too much on that).
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review :)