January 2042 (Castiel is 52, Dean is 53 (almost 54), Eden is 28, Adrian is 25, the twins are 21, Noah is 15 (almost 16), Jayden is 17, Daniel is 2 (almost 3) years old).
Monday came around, and Noah went into the school with Abby and Christie as usual. Like every morning he was met with racist slurs and glares from some of the students, while others barely noticed his presence since they didn't know him or were some of the few who didn't have a problem with angel/demon hybrids.
Noah glanced around more than usual, trying to spot Jayden – who had turned out to be Connor from his kindergarten – somewhere. He hadn't seen him that morning so far yet, but he had English with him in the last period of the day so he would see him there.
It was tough fighting his way through the day. In history someone kept throwing small rolls of paper at him, even though Amanda kept glaring back at the guys who did it. The teacher ended up sending the three boys to the principal's office but some of the others still thought it was funny, and that was humiliating enough. Art class wasn't any better, but at least they weren't doing group work that day so Noah got to keep for himself.
Finally it was time for English, and Noah fought his way through the crowded corridors towards the classroom. He got shoved at a lot – sometimes by accident and sometimes also totally on purpose.
When Noah finally reached his classroom he entered it quietly and kept his head down. Most of his classmates were there already, and he immediately spotted Jayden in his usual seat in the row by the wall. Jayden looked up, spotting him at the same time that Noah saw him, and their eyes were locked for a few seconds until Noah slowly made his way over to a free table by the window row and looked away from him.
"Aww, aren't you going over to greet your little girlfriend, Jayden?" Thomas teased once again, making Frank and Colin snicker.
"I told you to shut up about that already," Jayden muttered back, sitting back in his seat but kept his eyes on Noah who was purposefully not looking at him.
"Seriously, man, you need to stop hanging out with him… it's bad for your reputation," Colin urged him.
Jayden just sneered at him to make him back off, and Colin immediately shut up.
Noah could feel several classmates' eyes on him but he ignored it and instead tried to look busy looking something up on his laptop.
The class felt long, but at least there was no group work today which relieved Noah a lot. The worst part was Amy and Maria sitting in front of him. The girls didn't like him much and the feeling was completely mutual, and they kept glancing back over their shoulders at him with hateful looks. When they had a five minutes break they rushed over to hang out with Jayden and his friends, and Noah got the odd feeling that Amy and Maria saw him as some kind of competition for Jayden's attention since they knew that he and Jayden hung out a lot lately. When Noah glanced over at them he could see that Jayden didn't seem particularly interested in the two girls' attention, and he could see him trying to shy away from them when they stood in front of his desk.
The bell rang and class was finally over – the thing that Noah had been waiting for all day. He quickly packed his bag, and looked over to see Jayden doing to the same. He looked at him until he eventually caught Jayden's eye and held his gaze, and after a few seconds the alpha nodded quietly; indicating that he had understood Noah's silent message to stay in class and talk.
Colin, Frank, and Thomas rose from their seats to leave, and Colin slammed his hand down hard on Jayden's shoulder and flashed him a grin. "C'mon, Jay. Wanna join us for skating in the park?"
"Nah, I can't. Just go without me," Jayden replied, trying to give them a convincing smile.
Frank snorted. "Aren't you a bore," he teased and began to leave.
"I hope you aren't staying behind to fuck that crossbreed freak in the classroom. If you are then keep away from my table," Thomas muttered as he left.
Jayden just glared at him, watching his friends and the others leave the classroom. Some were glancing back at Jayden and Noah suspiciously, and they could both hear them whispering about them as they left.
After everyone was gone Noah went over to close the door to keep anyone from listening in, and then made his way over to Jayden who was leaning back in his chair and keeping his eyes on Noah's every move. Noah slowly sat down on the chair in front of Jayden's table and turned it around to face him, placing his shoulder bag on the floor next to him.
"I had the feeling you were gonna drag me to the side and question me today…" Jayden murmured, still looking at Noah.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were Connor from my kindergarten?" Noah asked, murmuring the words and stared at the table before slowly raising his eyes to meet Jayden's. "When did you even recognize me?"
Jayden blinked and lowered his eyes a little. "From the first day that we met here," he admitted, raising his gaze to see Noah surprised face. "I didn't know who you were when we ran into each other that day, but in the biology class we had afterwards I heard the teacher call you 'Noah', and the others told me that you were an angel/demon hybrid. Didn't take me long to know that you were that submissive kid from my kindergarten since angel/demon hybrids are extremely rare – especially submissive ones – and you even had the same name and lived in the same city. So yeah, I recognized you from the very beginning."
Noah couldn't help but feel a bit hurt. "You knew all along? Why didn't you tell me?"
Jayden let out a broken laugh. "I wanted to, but I couldn't really say 'Hey, you and I went to kindergarten together once, but you never really liked me. Oh, can we be friends now?' That would have been awkward. And I think we both remember that you never really liked me back then in the first place and did everything you could to avoid me." Noah lowered his gaze at that and Jayden gave him a somewhat sad smile. "Besides, I didn't want you to think of me as some kid from your kindergarten whom you used to be frightened of once – I wanted to start over and let us get to know each other from scratch."
Noah nodded quietly, understanding Jayden's point. "But you could have told me after we became friends," he muttered, somewhat accusingly, and stared back at Jayden with a hurt glare.
Jayden cringed. "Yeah, I know, and I'm sorry. Believe me; I wanted to tell you, but I just couldn't really formulate the words for it or find the right time to tell you. And I guess I was somewhat scared that if I told you about it, then you'd go back to hating me again…" He stared the table now, avoiding Noah's eyes as the submissive looked at him.
"I don't hate you," Noah said softly. Jayden looked up at him in surprise. "But I'm pretty confused… and somewhat angry and hurt," he murmured.
"I know, I'm sorry…"
"And you touched my wings once…" Noah added, shifting in the chair and blushed a bit as he stared at Jayden's table now.
Jayden shifted and blushed too now, coughing to regain his posture. "Yeah, I remember that. I'm sorry about that too. I didn't mean to hurt you when I did it, I think I was just very curious about them, from what I can recall."
Noah pressed his wings as tight to his body as he could. "Because they're unusually weird, right?" he murmured.
"They're not weird," Jayden said. "They're quite fascinating and pretty unique, and I think they sort of fit your personality."
Noah looked up at him with a frown. "What do you mean?"
Jayden smiled and leaned a bit further back in his chair, looking from Noah's light grey wings to Noah's face. "Well, at first glance you don't see that the feathers are somewhat rough. They look normal at first, and you'd expect them to be soft like any other submissive's, but when you look closer you see that they are rough and different. Just like you; at first glance you seem very shy and soft, but I think when you're provoked enough or are with someone you know well then you become more confident and more rough. And they're unique, just like you are."
Noah blinked at him, completely stunned by that. His face flushed like mad then, and his wings twitched behind him as he stared into his lap to hide his blushing face from Jayden.
Jayden laughed warmly at that.
"I, um, admit that you used to scare me a lot back then, mostly because you touched me… and you're an alpha," Noah murmured, trying to get the conversation back on track again. "But you don't seem like a bad person or like you would do it again…"
Jayden smiled a bit. "I won't touch your wings like that again, I swear."
Noah nodded and stared at the wooden pattern on Jayden's table before looking up at him. "Why didn't you tell your parents about it either? They seemed very surprised to see my parents and I when they came to pick you up."
"Well, first of all our parents barely knew each other, so I didn't think it was important for my parents to know… Secondly, I knew my mom was gonna go 'don't touch Noah's wings again or you're grounded!' and keep nagging me about it – which she actually has been doing all damn weekend now, and she won't leave me alone with it," Jayden grumbled, sounding very annoyed with his mother. "It's really annoying that she's still scolding me for touching you even though it's been so long, and you'd almost think she's afraid I'm gonna do it again, which I'm not. Plus, when she's upset with me she keeps calling me 'Connor' just to piss me off and lecture me…"
Noah laughed, unable to help himself. It was a bit funny, especially since Jayden seemed so upset over it. Jayden glared at him briefly for having laughed and Noah almost felt bad. "Do you really hate your name that much?" he asked after a few seconds, looking up at Jayden with a curious frown.
Jayden scrunched his nose a bit. "Are you kidding me? It's lame and it's a sub or beta name. 'Jayden' suits me much better, and no one calls me Connor anymore except for when my family wants to tease me. Every time I've switched schools I had to tell the teachers to call me Jayden instead, and most people don't even know that my first name is Connor."
"You switch schools a lot?" Noah asked, trying to ignore the feeling of dread inside him that Jayden could be moving away again.
Jayden just smiled. "We used to move every six months or something because of my dad's military job, but now my parents have settled down and have promised there will be no more moving. I think they're doing it because of Laura, actually… And I'm getting tired of moving anyway. It's always a bitch to make friends at the new schools, and I used to feel like a total outcast right after we moved to a new place."
Noah blinked. "But you got popular pretty fast here."
Jayden laughed a bit. "Yeah, 'cause I've moved so much that I know exactly how to mingle with the popular guys and become one of them. It's really no fun being at the bottom of the school hierarchy… But you know that already." The smile on his face was rueful now as he looked at Noah who shifted uncomfortably.
"Yeah…" Noah murmured, staring into his lap.
Jayden watched him quietly for a few seconds. "So…" he began, making Noah glance up at him from under his lashes. "I know you're still pretty mad at me for not telling you about myself, and I'm sorry about that, I really am… But I hope you're not that afraid of me anymore, like you used to be?"
"After you punched Max in the face back then to defend and help me, I started being less afraid of you. But you moved a few weeks later…"
The alpha frowned. "Max? Whoa, you mean to tell me that that little brat I punched in kindergarten was Max? The same little shithead that's harassing you here at school?" He gaped at Noah in disbelief, and Noah couldn't help but chuckle.
"Yes, that was Max. And Abby was also in our kindergarten."
"Huh, really? I can't remember anyone's names except for yours, and it's been so long that I didn't even recognize them," Jayden said, blinking. "Now I feel like punching that ass again. I've never liked him."
"Neither have I, and he doesn't like me either."
"Well, I like you, so don't think too much about him not liking you, 'cause he's an ass anyway," Jayden said and got up from his seat.
Noah blinked at him in bewilderment before getting up as well, picking up his shoulder bag and rested it on his right shoulder while he stood in front of Jayden.
"So, uh… Are we still friends?" Jayden asked, a hint of hope in his voice.
Noah smiled a bit, giving a curt nod as he met Jayden's eyes. "Yes, but I'm still kinda upset with you, and my trust towards you was kind of broken…"
Jayden cringed a bit. "Fair enough. I guess I have to make it up to you, then. And I won't lie or hide anything from you like that again, I promise."
Noah couldn't help but smile at that, and he was about to speak when the door to the classroom suddenly burst open. Both he and Jayden immediately snapped their heads in the direction of the door, and Noah's eyes widened when he saw Justin standing there – the teammate that Jayden had told him he had gotten into a fight with last Friday.
Justin was an alpha demon, and he had a few small band aids on his nose which Jayden had almost broken the other day. Justin's eyes narrowed and blazed as he spotted Jayden and Noah standing alone in the classroom together. He growled and sharpened his wings as he glared intensely at Jayden.
Noah yelped in surprise when Jayden grabbed his arm rather harshly to push him back so that he was standing behind the alpha, and Noah blinked at Jayden as he heard his friend growl and saw him sharpen and spread his own wings.
"Colin, Frank, and Thomas told me you stayed behind in class with that freak, and I was hoping it was a lie. Well, I see now that it wasn't," Justin spat, glaring at Jayden in disgust.
They were five tables away from each other, but Noah could almost feel the air crackling between them.
"So? I don't see why it's your business," Jayden sneered at him.
"It is the entire team's business! Do you have any idea how bad this reflects on us that our quarterback is hanging out with some little crossbreed freak?!" Justin snarled, clenching his fists. "Either you stop fucking and hanging around with him, or you're off the team!"
Jayden growled and spread his wings further. "Don't threaten me. And only the coach can throw me off the team, so why don't you just fuck off already?"
Justin snarled, and he looked like he was about to charge when he suddenly heard a group of teachers walking by in the corridor outside. All three of them were completely quiet until the teachers were gone, and Justin then lowered his wings and sneered at Jayden. "Trust me; the whole school is gonna know about you fucking that little bitch soon, and then the whole team is gonna want you dismissed."
"I'm not fucking him, and your threats don't scare me," Jayden grit out, watching Justin growl at him before stalking out of the classroom. Once the other alpha was gone, Jayden lowered his wings and let out a heavy sigh.
Noah was completely shocked by what he had just witnessed, and he instantly felt guilty and bad about it since his friendship with Jayden was now beginning to have consequences for the alpha. "Maybe we shouldn't hang out anymore… this is turning out pretty bad for you," he pointed out, hating how sad it made him feel to say that. Even if he now knew that Jayden was the boy from his kindergarten whom he had been wary and afraid of, he was still the same guy that had become Noah's friend, and the incidents in their childhood were a long time ago anyway. He could forgive Jayden for not having been honest with him.
"No, I'm not gonna trash a friendship because of that idiot or the stupid rumors," Jayden insisted, slowly turning to face him. "Unless you wanna be free of the rumors? Then I can just—"
"No," Noah cut him off. "People make rumors all the time anyway." He didn't want to lose Jayden's friendship either; it had come to mean more to him than he wanted to admit.
Jayden's smile was happy, if not relieved. "Okay." He glanced quickly at his wristwatch and his eyes widened. "Ah shoot, I gotta go. I have to pick up my sister and take her to the dentist since my parents are busy. See you tomorrow for biology then." He picked up his bag and smiled at Noah who returned the smile with a small nod.
"Okay, bye," Noah said, watching Jayden head out of the room in a hurry.
Noah stood in the empty room for a while, relieved that Jayden had finally explained himself to him and that they still got along. He did feel that his trust had been betrayed though, so it was going to take a while before he had completely forgiven Jayden.
He left the classroom and headed out to take the bus home, ignoring the people who stared at him in the corridors when he passed them.
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Dean and Castiel came home at around 5pm as usual, and Dean frowned when Bella ran over to greet them as soon as they entered and seemed more hyper than usual. "Hey, girl," he greeted her, rubbing her behind the ears and under the chin, and the dog barked and wagged her tail like mad. "What's up, huh? Didn't Noah take you for a walk?"
Castiel walked past him and took off his shoes, putting them into the shoe drawer. He frowned at Bella who was jumping around and barking like she usually did when she wanted to be taken for walks. Noah usually walked her when he got home, so Castiel wondered why he hadn't walked her today.
They entered the living room where Noah was studying on the couch; sitting with his knees up to his chest with his biology book placed on his legs in front of him. The boy looked up and smiled when he saw them. "Hello. Did you have a nice day?"
"It was nice enough, except for some racist coworkers," Castiel replied, sighing in frustration over it. The alpha angels at work still gave him a hard time, but at least his boss was taking his side and he had forbidden racist behavior at work. It didn't make it much better that the boss had hired two demons to work in the same building as them, hoping it would make the place have better integration of angels and demons and live up to the more modern standards of mixed workplaces. Unfortunately the three alphas in Castiel's building were somewhat of the hardcore racist types, so it would be hard to make them like their new demon coworkers. The rest of the workers had responded positively to having demons in the building with them, which was good – even though far most of them did not approve of the two species mating with each other.
Dean patted the angel's shoulder to reassure him, knowing that Cas was having a hard time at work since all that media attention about angel/demon couples started. The demon then turned his attention to Noah and came over to stand next to the couch. "Didn't you walk Bella today? She's all hypered up."
Noah's smile faltered immediately. "I wanted to… but there was some creepy man standing outside on the sidewalk so I was too scared to walk her."
That immediately caught Dean's attention and he rushed over to look out the window. He searched the street frantically with his eyes but didn't see anything unusual.
"Dean?" Castiel prompted cautiously, confused over Dean's behavior.
"There's been some weird angel dude standing outside our house in the morning lately," Dean explained, still searching the street before letting go of the curtain and walked back over to them. "I have no idea who it is, but I don't like it," he growled lowly. "What did he look like?" he asked Noah.
"Uh, I think he was a beta angel… And he was a little overweight, wore jeans and a dark grown jacket, and had a bluish cap on… I think he was like 30 years old or something," Noah explained, blinking at Dean.
Dean growled. "Same guy then. What the fuck does he want?"
A concerned frown appeared on Castiel's face then. "I don't know, but I don't like this… And why did you not tell us that someone has been lingering outside our house?"
"I didn't wanna frighten you, and the guy usually walks away when he sees someone near the window," Dean explained. "I've only seen him there two or three times, so I wasn't sure if he was a threat or not, but now that Noah has seen him in the afternoon as well…" He growled again, feeling frustrated, before looking back at Noah. "What did the guy do? Did he just stare at the house?"
Noah nodded. "Yeah… pretty intensely. It was quite scary, and I hid in my room for a while…"
"Why didn't you just call me?"
"Because he didn't approach the house, and there was only an hour until you'd be home, so…"
"I don't understand. Why would he stare at the house like that?" Castiel asked, feeling an unsettling shiver run up his spine.
"Well, I listened to the radio at work today, and they were talking about some racist group on the social media… I think it was called 'Pure Bloods' or something," Dean said. "Apparently they're encouraging people to attack angel/demon couples if they see or know them, and I heard that there has already been a raise in the violence against angel/demon couples…"
Castiel's eyes widened in horror, as did Noah's.
"What? Dean, what if that angel outside our house wants to harm us or Noah?" Castiel said, his voice trembling from panic, and Dean immediately reached out to grab his upper arms to steady him.
"Hey, hey," Dean said softly, trying to calm Castiel down. "I won't let anything happen to either of you, don't worry."
"But what if our children are harmed at work or at school? You cannot prevent that."
"Then we'll call Eden, Adrian, and the twins to make sure that they take precautions, okay? No one goes anywhere alone anymore."
Castiel nodded, pleased with that for now and calmed down a bit. "I want to watch the news, though. I want to see how bad this really is."
"Cas—"
"No, Dean," the angel cut him off with a growl. "I need to know how careful we need to be." He stared back at Dean until the demon finally stepped back and removed his hands from Castiel's upper arms.
Castiel turned on the TV and sat down next to Noah who put his book away so that they could watch the news channel. Bella sat on the floor next to Noah's feet and he petted her absently while watching.
They watched for a few minutes until there was finally a news report on the violence against angel/demon couples. The female news reporter talked about how the group 'Pure Bloods' had spread across the social media in the past few days and had encouraged people to harass and even be violent towards angel/demon couples to discourage them from being together. Castiel, Dean, and Noah were shocked when there was a report about a female demon and beta angel getting attacked in their own apartment in New York City by one of their racist neighbors. They had gotten beat pretty bad but were going to be okay after another neighbor had come to their rescue. When interrogated, the attacker had said that he had been on the social media and that he had been inspired and encouraged by the Pure Bloods group to teach his angel/demon couple neighbors 'a lesson'.
"I can't believe their own neighbor just forced his way in to beat them," Noah gasped when the news report ended, completely shocked by it.
Castiel didn't know what to do. He was scared beyond belief now, because who knows if their neighbors were going to do the same? Brad wasn't the only racist in the area – there were a few others further down the street and also in the neighboring streets who knew about him and Dean and who would throw racist remarks at them when they walked with Bella in the area or the nearby park.
Dean growled from where he was sitting on Noah's other side on the couch. "Fucking racists. I'm so sick of them." He got up from the couch and called at Bella, making the dog appear by his side immediately. "I'll go walk Bella now. I think it's best that you don't walk her alone anymore, Noah; wait until Cas and I come home. And you should be careful at school and on the bus. Do you still get along with Jayden? Or Connor, or whatever. He could be a great help for you now, even if I don't like to admit it."
Noah nodded quietly. "Yeah, we talked today and we are still friends…"
"Good," Dean said, nodding a bit. "See you in twenty minutes." He walked Bella out to the door, put on his shoes, and headed outside with her.
Castiel looked at Noah after Dean had left the house. "Did your talk with Jayden go well? Did he explain himself and his motives for not telling you who he was?" he asked softly.
Noah nodded. "Yes, he explained everything to me. He said he had recognized me from the very start, mostly because hybrids like me are rare and because of my name. He said he was wary of telling me about who he was since I didn't really like him back then so he didn't think I would react positively to knowing who he was, and he wanted us to get to know each other from scratch. I told him I'm still a bit mad at him for not telling me, but I think I'll forgive him though… He, uh, he's a nice friend after all." He looked up at Castiel from under his lashes, feeling slightly embarrassed all of sudden.
Castiel smiled and ran a hand through Noah's hair in affection. "I'm glad that you have found a friend in him. But be careful with your wings around him…"
"I don't think he's gonna touch me again, papa…" Noah murmured, rolling his eyes a bit.
"Probably not, but if you become more than friends then remember what I told you about your oil glands and mating bonds…"
Noah blushed harder than ever and got up from the couch clumsily. "M-More than friends? Are you mad?"
Castiel laughed and got up from the couch as well, smiling at his son in affection and amusement over his reaction. "Well, you can never know… I can tell by the way you look at him that you think that he is attractive."
"Papa!" Noah whined, sick with embarrassment now.
Castiel just laughed, and Noah was relieved when the home phone rang and required Castiel's attention.
The angel went over to pick up the phone and was instantly worried when he saw it was Eden calling. "Hello?" he said, picking up the call.
"Hi, papa," came Eden's cheerful voice on the other end.
"Hello, Eden," Castiel smiled, relieved to hear that his daughter sounded cheerful; that meant that nothing bad had happened at least. "How are you?"
"I'm good, thank you. I was actually wondering if you would mind me and Daniel coming over to sleep at your house tonight? Jason has a day off tomorrow and he's spending tonight celebrating a colleague's birthday, and since that colleague also has a day off he's gonna sleep over at his place tonight since he'll probably be pretty drunk… So I'm gonna be all alone with Daniel, but I think both of us really prefer your company instead of being alone," Eden spoke, and Castiel could her Daniel's baby babbling in the background.
"Of course; I'm sure Dean and Noah would not mind you coming over," Castiel replied, smiling happily.
Castiel's words immediately caught Noah's attention, and the boy jumped over to him with an excited smile.
"Oh that's great. Jason and I are leaving from here in five minutes, so I'll drop off Jason and then drive over to your house. I'll be there in about thirty minutes, is that okay?"
"Of course it is. We are looking forward to seeing you," Castiel replied, smiling.
Eden grinned on the other end. "Same here. See you soon."
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Dean returned with Bella twenty minutes later, shivering from the slightly cold weather. Bella seemed to be pleased to have been out in the fresh air and have been allowed to run around, and she was calmer now.
The news of Eden dropping by made Dean grin with excitement, and when Eden and little Daniel finally arrived they quickly opened the door for her.
"Hi, daddy," Eden grinned when she saw Dean and pulled him into a tight hug.
"Hey, sweetie," Dean grinned back, wrapping his arms tightly around her and entwining their tails. "How are you?"
"Good, thanks. And I have good news for you soon," Eden grinned, stepping inside together with Daniel to hug and greet Castiel and Noah as well. Daniel seemed happy to see them again, and he squealed when Dean lifted him up on his arm while Eden hugged Castiel.
"Good news? What are they?" Castiel asked while they hugged.
"You'll know soon," Eden just teased and pulled away. She beamed when she spotted Noah and pulled him into a warm hug, brushing her tail against his leg in a greeting. "Oh Noah, I'm always so glad to see you!"
Noah smiled and hugged her back. They were almost the same height now, but Eden was still a little taller than him. He hadn't grown for months now, so they suspected that he had reached his final height. "I'm always glad to see you too. I miss you and the others…"
"I know," Eden smiled sadly and pulled away from their hug.
Dean had closed the door, and Castiel came over to greet little Daniel who was sitting on Dean's arm.
"You are getting so big, Daniel," Castiel smiled and tickled the toddler's tummy a little, making the boy giggle and squirm.
"Big!" Daniel repeated with a grin.
"Oh, you talk more now, huh," Dean grinned, rocking Daniel who was now sucking shyly on his thumb.
Eden grinned proudly. "Yep, he's babbling around like a waterfall at home, and Jason and I don't understand half of what he's saying."
"It's usually like that," Castiel smiled, watching Daniel stare at his wings with a wide smile.
Bella was jumping around next to Eden's legs, having missed her presence. Eden smiled and rubbed the dog all over, making Bella wag her tail happily. "And you are such a good dog, Bella. Dad and papa appear to be feeding you well; you look so healthy," she cooed at the dog.
Dean snorted. "Of course we do; we aren't animal abusers here."
Eden laughed. "I know, I'm just pointing it out."
They went into the living room, and Daniel went over to Noah as soon as he was put down on the ground. Eden, Dean, and Castiel seated themselves on the couch, and Noah sat down on the floor to play with Daniel. There was a box with Lego toys in one of the cupboards in the big cabinet, and Noah spread them out on the floor so that he and Daniel could play. They were big Lego bricks, the kind that babies couldn't swallow. Daniel loved putting the bricks together, but he loved it even more to tear them apart. Bella lay down next to them, watching them play and sometimes stole one of the bricks which made Daniel whine in protest and try to grab it back.
Eden smiled fondly as she watched Noah and Daniel play on the floor, and how eager Daniel was to try to talk to Noah even though he stumbled on the words all the time.
"Oh, how is Lily doing after that incident with her vandalized room? I didn't hear anything more about it," Eden asked, frowning in concern for her sister.
"The police or college haven't found the ones who did it yet, but she and Isabella got a new room now," Dean explained. "From what I could tell from our last conversation with her, Lily was still pretty freaked out…"
"No shit! I would be too!"
"I think she is doing better now. Tony is looking after her," Castiel said, smiling softly. "But I am more curious right now about that good news that you had for us?"
Everyone except Daniel turned to look curiously at Eden now, and she blushed a bit under their gazes.
"Well," she started, leaning back into the couch a bit. She was sitting on the side of the couch where her back faced the wall, while Dean and Castiel were seated with their back facing the kitchen. She smiled between her parents and Noah on the floor before saying, "Jason and I are expecting our second baby now."
Their eyes went wide with surprise.
"Oh, that's wonderful! Congratulations," Castiel smiled, flaring his wings happily although they were pressed into the couch. He had kind of suspected it since he and Dean had babysat Daniel for four days in November, and Jo had also been babysitting, which could indicate that Eden and Jason had needed to be alone for a week to go through Eden's heat. He hadn't asked her about it though.
"Thanks," Eden blushed, smiling when Castiel leaned over and hugged her.
"Yeah, congratulations!" Noah grinned from the floor.
Eden thanked him, and she smiled at Castiel as the angel pulled back from the hug. Dean got up and went over to her, grinning all over his face and leaned down to hug her.
"That's great news. Congratulations. I'm so happy for my little girl," Dean grinned, hugging her tightly and kissed her cheek.
Eden smiled shyly up at him after they pulled back. "Thanks, dad. But I'm not that little anymore."
"What are you talking about? All my kids are little to me, and you're no exception."
"I think Adrian is an exception, though…"
"Well, he's an alpha… that's different."
Castiel and Eden both rolled their eyes at that, and Dean sat down next to Castiel again.
Noah couldn't stop grinning. He was happy for Eden that she and Jason were having another baby – it meant that they were happy and that things were going well between them. He was brought out of his thoughts when Daniel crawled forward and slapped his knee as Noah was cross-legged in front of him, and Noah immediately looked at him.
"What are you hitting me for, silly?" Noah frowned at him, scowling softly when Daniel just laughed in response and crawled up into his lap. "Uff!" Noah exclaimed when he felt the weight of the toddler on his legs, and Daniel steadied himself against him with his hands on Noah's chest as he stood up on top of his legs. The toddler cooed softly, staring at Noah's wings with interest and reached out to touch. "No, no! That hurts." Noah quickly grabbed a hold of both of Daniel's hands and balanced him while the toddler had his feet planted on his thighs. It hurt a bit, but Noah could handle it.
Daniel whined in protest, sobbing when he didn't get to touch Noah's wings like he wanted to, and Noah gently shushed him. Bella got up and nosed at Daniel curiously, but the toddler was still a bit upset.
Eventually Noah gave in. "Okay, you can touch, but only very briefly, okay?" He let go of Daniel's hands and made him sit down so that he couldn't reach up too high and touch his wing bone. He watched as his nephew cooed happily and reached behind him to touch his feathers. Noah flinched a bit at the touch and let out a soft gasp since he wasn't used to having his wing touched. As long as Daniel was this young there was nothing wrong with him touching Noah's feathers, as long as he didn't touch the sensitive wing bone, his oil glands, or the base of his wings.
"Be careful; he likes to pull," Eden warned him with a chuckle.
Noah prayed to god that he wouldn't, and he looked at Daniel's curious and fascinated face while the toddler brushed his hand through his feathers. Bella was nosing at Daniel's exposed wings, but the toddler's attention was still entirely on Noah's wings.
"Tea-tar," Daniel spoke, grinning eagerly as he ran his small hand through the somewhat rough feathers.
Dean and Castiel frowned, trying to figure out what Daniel was saying, and Eden laughed.
"I found out that 'tea-tar' means feather," she explained, watching fondly as her son interacted with Noah and seemed to be very interested in him. Daniel had always liked Noah because the submissive always took time to sit down and play with him.
"Ah. Well, it kinda makes sense," Dean shrugged, watching Daniel and Noah with a warm smile.
When Noah was no longer comfortable with it, he gently grabbed Daniel's hand and told him it was enough for now. Daniel protested a bit at first before sitting down in Noah's lap and leaned forward to get the Legos from the floor to play with them in Noah's lap.
"Look! Lego staars," Daniel said, showing Noah some Legos that were formed a bit like stairs.
"Yes, Lego stairs. Should we make it bigger?" Noah smiled. Daniel nodded eagerly and Noah helped him expand the stairs made of Lego.
Castiel smiled. "They get along well."
"Yeah," Eden smiled. "You're gonna be a good mom someday, Noah," she told him.
Noah blushed like mad and stared down at his nephew who was cooing contently in his lap and was murmuring words that Noah couldn't really interpret all of.
"Whoa, hold your horses; he's only 15," Dean protested.
Eden rolled her eyes. "Well, he's not gonna be 15 forever, dad."
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Castiel and Eden helped each other make dinner that night, and they talked a bit about all the angel/demon violence going on lately and how things were at their work.
They watched the news at 7:30pm and the news reporter said that the police were advising all angel/demon couples to be careful when walking around in public together since there had been an increase in attacks lately.
Castiel was spooked. He no longer felt safe in his own house.
"I don't want Noah being home alone in the afternoons anymore," Castiel announced after the news had ended.
Dean blinked at him from where they were sitting next to each other on the couch.
"What? But where else am I supposed to go?" Noah asked, staring between his parents in worry from where he was seated next to Eden on the other side of the couch. Daniel was on Eden's lap now and he seemed to be sleepy already.
Castiel looked at him. "I don't know. Either go home with Christie or Abby, stay in the school library, or find some kind of activity to attend after school. I do not feel safe knowing that you are home all by yourself when there is a creepy angel circling our house."
"Yeah, it is pretty unsettling that the guy is staring at the house like that," Eden agreed, having heard about it earlier.
"Don't you think you're overreacting, Cas?" Dean argued.
Castiel sent him a sharp glare. "Tell me that the day that that angel breaks in here and hurts Noah while he's alone," he growled.
"I suppose I could go with Abby and Christie home, but I can't do it every day…" Noah murmured.
"You're definitely not going with Jayden home unless his parents are there," Dean growled immediately.
"Dean," Castiel groused, scowling at him. Noah's eyes widened and his cheeks flushed.
Eden looked between them in surprise. "Oh, you've made friends with that guy now?" she asked, looking at Noah. Daniel was sitting on her lap and staring at Bella who was lying under the table with her chew toy.
Noah nodded. "Yeah, we're friends." He smiled a bit at that.
"Either way, I don't want you being home alone for now," Castiel insisted. He looked at Eden then. "And I want you to be careful too, especially now that you are with child. I'm not sure how racists would react to that…"
Eden nodded in understanding. "Of course. I'm always careful, papa, and I'm barley ever alone."
Daniel suddenly wriggled himself out of Eden's arms and lap and crawled over to Castiel to sit on his lap instead, making them chuckle at him.
"Gramma?" Daniel asked, sitting on Castiel and looking up at him. "I has milk?"
"Do you want to drink some milk, sweetie?" Castiel asked. Daniel nodded and the angel smiled. "Of course you can have some." He looked at Dean who got the hint and got up to get some milk from the fridge since Cas couldn't move at the moment.
Eden chuckled fondly at her son. "You are so spoiled, Daniel; everyone lets you sit on their lap."
Daniel just looked at her before yawning and rubbing his eyes sleepily, leaning into Castiel's body until Dean returned with a cup of milk for him.
"I wonder if you will have a girl or a boy next," Noah said, staring at Eden's stomach curiously.
Eden smiled and placed her hand on her abdomen. "I don't know yet. I'm hoping it's a girl, and so does Jason. But Daniel says he wants a brother."
"Want no screamin' gurl," Daniel murmured with a pout, and the others had to strain themselves a bit to make out his words.
Dean laughed. "There's nothing wrong with girls, Danny. Your mom is a girl too."
"Yes, and little boys scream as much as little girls do," Castiel chuckled.
Daniel still looked unconvinced and was pouting a bit, and Eden rolled her eyes fondly at him.
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After Daniel had been put to bed and it had gotten kind of late, Noah finally retreated to his bedroom and said goodnight to his parents and Eden.
He placed himself on his stomach on his bed with his laptop in front of him, and hummed absently as he browsed through some websites. His phone suddenly buzzed on the bed next to him, and Noah frowned before picking it up and looked at the text message he had received. His frown deepened when he saw it was from Jayden, and the text simply said 'absdfgkj', like he had just slid his finger across the qwerty keyboard on his phone.
Noah was completely puzzled by that and wondered if Jayden was screwing with him, until suddenly his phone buzzed again with a new text message.
Jayden: ah, I'm so sorry about that! my sister got a hold of my phone. she's a naughty brat sometimes. sorry for the disturbance.
Noah chuckled and bent his knees as he lay on the bed so that his feet were up in the air. He entwined his feet and flared his wings as he grinned at the text before writing a reply.
Noah: That's ok, I wasn't asleep yet :) Shouldn't your sister be sleeping now? It's 9:30.
He waited for two minutes until he got a reply.
Jayden: yes, she should, but she came into my room because she couldnt sleep and then got a hold of my phone. funny thing she chose your name in the list of my contacts…
Noah stared at the message and bit his lip as he considered an answer. He felt a little bold as he wrote:
Noah: I must have an appealing name then :)
After he had sent the message he immediately felt stupid for it, cursing himself and wished he could take it back. He buried his face in the sheets of the bed and waited anxiously for the reply. His phone vibrated again and Noah lifted his head to look at the message.
Jayden: haha, yes, you really do ;) but I like your name, it's cute. I gotta tuck Laura in now, so see you tomorrow. Good night :-)
Noah blushed like mad when he read the part about his name, and his wings flared shyly behind him. He quickly wrote 'Good night' to Jayden before putting away his phone and laptop to get dressed for bed.
The comment about his name stuck to his mind for longer than it probably should have, and Noah felt a weird excitement in his lower stomach as he lay down and went to sleep.
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Author's notes: I'm going to refer to Connor/Jayden as 'Jayden' since that's what he prefers to be called anyway, and it's confusing if I refer to him as Connor when everyone calls him Jayden. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter – there will be lots more of Jayden/Noah coming :)
I feel kind of weird when saying this, but I wanted to ask my readers what you would think of me writing Noah's first time pleasuring himself? I'm going to write his first time having sex at some point (like I did with Eden), but I thought it could also be interesting to see a young submissive exploring his body and his thoughts about a certain person for the first time. Noah would be almost 16 when I write it (IF I do), and the scene would be small and not in too much detail. I've got at least 2 people who wouldn't mind it, but I don't know what most of my other loyal readers think of it. I know it's a Destiel story but the kids are an integrated part of it now, so I wouldn't mind writing that scene. Just wondering what your thoughts are – and if you are against it, I would appreciate you not flaming me when telling me so.
Anyway, thanks for reading :)