February 2042 (Castiel is 52, Dean is 54, Eden is 28, Adrian is 25, the twins are 21, Noah is 15 (almost 16), Jayden is 17, Tobias & Damian are 51 years old).
It was Wednesday and Noah entered the school with Abby and Christie as usual, making their way towards their lockers. Noah avoided making eye contact with anyone in the corridors so that he wouldn't accidentally provoke them into bullying him again.
Noah was getting harassed in school as usual for being a hybrid, but now he was also harassed for 'corrupting' Jayden. Since Jayden had been thrown off his football team, Noah had sunk even further down the social hierarchy (if that was even possible). The popular girls would constantly glare at him and even shove him sometimes because he had cost Jayden his popularity and had split up the football team. The jocks hated him because he had stolen their friend and quarterback, and Noah tried to avoid them as much as possible since they would shove him, say cruel words to him, and otherwise try to humiliate him. Jayden too was getting harassed now, mostly by the jocks. The girls still adored him and seemed to try to 'talk sense into him', but Jayden wasn't budging nor was he caring much about their opinions of him.
When they reached Noah's locker he gasped in horror when he saw the words 'slut' and 'freak' painted on it.
"Who the hell wrote that?!" Abby growled when she saw it, glancing around in anger.
Noah just stared at the writing and cringed when some of the others in the corridor laughed when they saw what it said. He ignored them the best he could and opened his locker to get his biology book.
Christie sighed. "I wonder if people are ever gonna stop harassing you… It's already getting old."
"We'll help you clean this off later, no worries," Abby told Noah, gently nudging his wing with her own.
"Thanks," Noah said, giving his friends a small, grateful smile.
A group of jocks walked by then, and Noah almost didn't dare to glance at them when he could hear them snickering about him as they walked by. Abby and Christie shielded him a bit, not letting the jocks get too close since that would just result in them shoving Noah or trying to trip him.
"Ohh it's the slut sub!" Jayden's former friend Colin exclaimed, stopping in front of them. "I see someone made a wonderful artwork out of your locker," he mocked, making the five guys behind him crack up.
"I was wondering…" Frank started, stepping forward. Noah glanced at him warily as Frank looked him up and down with a malicious smirk. "Since you're being such a good slut for Jayden, surely you wouldn't mind getting on your knees for me right here in this corridor and suck me off like the bitch you are?"
"Be careful he doesn't infect you with freak hybrid diseases!" one of the other guys cut in, making all of them laugh out loud.
Noah's face was warm with humiliation, and even though Jayden had told him not to give the bullies the satisfaction of seeing him being humiliated he just couldn't help it.
Abby growled at them and glared them down along with Christie, but the jocks weren't backing off.
Suddenly the jocks stopped laughing and Noah looked up to see Jayden standing there, glaring at his former teammates in anger. The jocks stared right back, sneering at him, and the tension radiated through the corridor.
"Are you done acting like a bunch of kindergarteners?" Jayden asked, unimpressed and in a tight voice as he glared at them. His wings were slightly unfurled, and his feathers were sharpened but not fully. His tail twisted behind him in a threatening manner, and Noah couldn't stop staring at him.
"Look who's come to defend his little bitch," Justin sneered, spreading his own wings slightly.
"And look who has to step on someone else in order to feel mightier," Jayden sneered back, disgust in his voice. "You're all a bunch of narrow-minded losers, you know that?"
"The only loser here is you!" Justin spat back, and the four other guys gathered behind him.
Noah looked between them warily, worried that they would start a fight – in which case Jayden wouldn't stand a chance with five against one – but luckily one of the teachers showed up then.
"What the hell is going on here?!" the male human teacher shouted, getting between. "Stop this or you'll all face detention!"
The jocks backed down, sending Jayden and Noah another glare before walking off to class, and Jayden visibly relaxed once they were gone.
"Wow, that was intense," Abby commented after the jocks had left. Noah and Christie nodded in agreement.
Jayden sighed. "I'm getting so tired of those assholes," he murmured before walking over to Noah. He gave his friend a small smile and said, "Wanna head off to biology? Class starts in three minutes." He glanced at Christie too, who was also in their biology class.
Noah nodded and got his stuff ready, and Christie quickly got her own book from her locker before they went there together. Abby said goodbye as she headed off to her own class.
Usually Noah sat together with Christie in biology and Jayden would usually sit with his own friends, but now that Jayden didn't get along with his old friends he tended to seat himself behind Noah and Christie.
When they walked into class, Christie noticed that her other friend Sally was sitting alone because the girl she usually sat with was sick.
"I'm gonna go over and sit with Sally so she doesn't sit alone. You can sit with Jayden," Christie told Noah as they stood in the front of the classroom. Noah blinked at her in surprise and Christie grinned and gave him a small wink before making her way over to Sally.
Jayden had fallen a bit behind since they had run into Rick and Chris in the corridor and he had quickly greeted them, so when he entered the room he was confused to see Christie sit down with Sally. "Doesn't she wanna sit with you?" Jayden asked, standing behind Noah and blinking over at Christie in confusion.
"Um, she wants to sit with Sally so she won't have to sit alone," Noah explained, feeling somewhat awkward. "Do you want to sit together?" he asked, looking back up Jayden. He ignored how their classmates were chatting around the room and how some of them were looking at him at Jayden suspiciously.
Jayden chuckled. "You don't need to ask me."
Noah blushed and smiled a bit as they headed over to a free table at the window row. Jayden let him take the inner seat so that no one could bump into him when they passed him, and Jayden then took the seat closest to the aisle.
Some of their classmates began whispering about them again and Jayden glared around at them, making some of them shut up.
Everyone looked up when their teacher arrived. It was an alpha angel in his forties, and he was a new teacher since their previous biology teacher had quit his job. It was their second class with Mr. Allen, and Noah already didn't like him. Mr. Allen seemed strict and he also appeared to be somewhat of a racist, judging by the disgusted, hateful looks he sent Noah whenever his eyes landed on him.
Noah shrunk a little into his seat, and Jayden cast him a worried glance.
Mr. Allen did a name call, making sure that everyone was present. So far two people weren't present in class and the teacher sneered angrily as he noted them down as missing. That angry, vicious frown on the teacher's face kind of scared Noah, and he wasn't looking forward to Mr. Allen reaching his name and sending him one of those deadly looks again.
After reading several names aloud, Mr. Allen reached Jayden's name on the list. "Connor Williams?" he called, disinterest in his voice whenever he said a name out loud.
Jayden raised his hand. "Here, sir. But I still prefer being called Jayden." He had told Mr. Allen that in the first class with him as well, but the teacher seemed to have forgotten.
"Yeah, don't we all," Mr. Allen murmured impassively and noted him down as 'present' before moving on.
Jayden crossed his arms and glared at the teacher, annoyed by Mr. Allen's ever present rudeness.
"Noah Winchester," Mr. Allen said then, immediately spotting Noah next to Jayden and narrowed his eyes in hate before reluctantly marking him as being present after Noah had raised his hand.
Jayden's eyes narrowed and he growled a bit when he noticed how hateful and cold Mr. Allen was towards Noah. Mr. Allen wasn't really nice to anyone, but Jayden could sense that the teacher despised Noah especially much. Teachers weren't supposed to disrespect the students, just like students shouldn't disrespect the teachers, and it pissed him off that Mr. Allen seemed to view Noah as not being worth wasting his time with.
Mr. Allen proceeded with teaching and the students wrote down notes. Both Jayden and Noah tried to concentrate on their notes rather than the others staring at them, but it didn't take long before the two angel guys sitting behind them suddenly threw a few paper rolls at their heads. Jayden turned and sent them a sharp glare, making the guys back down temporarily, and Noah was glad that he was sitting next to Jayden today.
Noah noticed Jayden clenching his jaw during the entire class, as if something was making him angry. He knew that Jayden got angry every time someone threw something at them and how people were staring and whispering, but most of all he knew that Jayden was angry because of Mr. Allen. The teacher knew exactly what was going on in the classroom but he never said anything to the bullies; he just let them harass Noah as much as they wanted.
When class was over Christie parted ways with them, and Jayden walked Noah over to his history class. They stayed close together in the busy corridors, and Noah couldn't help but inch a bit closer to Jayden when a group of jocks passed them.
The jocks and Jayden sneered at each other as they passed each other, but none of them said or did anything.
"You don't have to walk me all the way to history class, you know…" Noah spoke as they walked, glancing at Jayden.
"Yeah, I know. But I feel better knowing that you arrive there without getting tripped in the corridors again," Jayden murmured.
On Monday someone had tripped Noah when he was walking towards his math class, and he had fallen and bruised his arms and knees. It was still a bit sore but he was okay.
"And I'm gonna go complain to the principal about Mr. Allen soon… Can't believe such a guy is allowed to teach; he doesn't even care that some of the students are harassing others," Jayden added, growling somewhat in anger.
"I don't like him either…" Noah murmured.
They arrived at Noah's next class and Jayden lingered a bit out in the corridor with him.
"So, we have English together in the last period of the day. After that we'll walk to the swim center together, right?" Jayden asked, fidgeting a bit and smiling at Noah.
They had agreed to go to the swim center about twice a week together to get in form. Jayden really wanted to do some sport – but preferably outside of school since he didn't get along with the jocks now – and Castiel had urged Noah to do some activity in his spare time as well. They wouldn't join a swimming course or anything and would just be going there on their own – sometimes together with Christie, Abby, or possibly with one of Jayden's friends as well. Dean hadn't been too thrilled about it when Noah asked his parents if they were okay with him going there with Jayden, but with some support from Cas, Noah had been allowed to attend after all – even if Dean was still pretty skeptic about letting Noah be half-naked in front of a bunch of strangers.
Noah smiled and nodded. "Yeah, and Christie will be joining us. Class starts soon, so I'll see you in English later today."
"Yeah, see you." Jayden smiled and turned to leave, but just as he had turned around Max was standing in front of him.
Max reeled back, obviously just as surprised to run into Jayden as Jayden was to run into him. The two of them glared at each other, but Max backed down a bit when Jayden growled and spread his sharpened wings slightly.
Max glared intensely at Noah who had stopped in the doorway to his classroom when he had noticed Max's presence, and Noah took a small step back but stared back at Max until his tormentor had disappeared down the corridor.
When Max was gone Noah looked over, meeting Jayden's eyes which softened when they looked at each other, before watching Jayden turn and head off to his own class.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
After school Noah headed to the local swim center with Jayden and Christie. It was within walking distance, so they walked there together, chatting and laughing on the way. Noah enjoyed it. Jayden was talking about some funny event in his math class where three guys had barricaded the door for the teacher with table and chairs. Noah and Christie laughed as Jayden told the story so lively, and the prank kind of reminded Noah of something Isaac would do. At least Jayden's math teacher had a good sense of humor and hadn't gotten mad, but as soon as he was inside the classroom everything was strictly business again.
They entered the swim center, bought tickets, and went over to the changing rooms.
"I think you better go to the ladies' changing rooms with Christie. Guys can be real pricks around submissives, even if you are actually allowed in the men's changing room," Jayden spoke as they stood in the space between the two rooms. People were walking back and forth with their kids, but they didn't pay them much attention since most people didn't notice at first glance that Noah was an angel/demon hybrid and a submissive.
Noah nodded and blushed a bit. "Yeah, I wasn't going to go with you into the men's changing room anyway," he spoke, chuckling a bit.
"I would love to go in there and take a peek around, though," Christie smirked, laughing when Noah looked at her with a shocked face.
Jayden laughed. "I'm sure most of the guys wouldn't mind either."
"Too bad it's against the rules. I'll just have to go with Noah then," Christie chuckled, wrapping an arm around Noah's shoulders and led him towards the ladies' changing room. "See you inside, Jayden," she told him.
"Yeah, but don't take too long," Jayden chuckled before going over to the men's changing rooms.
Noah's body was tense with anxiety as he and Christie entered the changing rooms. He was a little scared of strangers these days because of all the racism going on, so he was pretty nervous of entering a swim center and being surrounded by strangers in there. Plus, he was also a little scared of wearing only a pair of swim briefs in front of everyone – or speedos, as they were often called. He was very shy about his body, which was common for submissives, and part of him was also wary of letting Jayden see him in an undressed state. What if Jayden didn't like what he was seeing? For some reason he didn't want Jayden to be disappointed by how he looked, and the thoughts confused him a bit.
The girls in the changing room seemed nice, although a few of them stared a lot at his wings, obviously trying to figure out why they looked a little unusual up close. A few of them stared at his private parts as well, but Noah mostly hid his body with his wings so they wouldn't see.
When he was done undressing, showering, and putting on his speedos, Noah was ready to head into the swim hall. Christie told him to go ahead without her since she had some 'female business' to take care of, so Noah went in there alone.
It was a rather big swim center with two large pools, two bubble pools, a middle sized pool, and a big water slide. Most of the people inside were kids and teenagers, and there were a few old people as well.
Noah used his wings to shield his almost naked body as much as he could as he walked over to stand by one of the pools while waiting for his friends. His wings were still wet from the shower, and he felt a little cold so he used his hands to rub his arms with. He glanced around, trying to spot Jayden somewhere, but there were quite a lot of people so it was hard to spot him.
The room spelled of chlorine and there was a lot of noise from the people playing in the water. Noah didn't particularly like noisy places with a lot of people, and he prayed that his friends would show up soon so that he wouldn't feel so lost standing there by himself anymore.
A few males glanced at him, letting their eyes linger on him, and Noah shifted uncomfortably and tried to ignore them.
"Hey."
Noah flinched when someone spoke to him and turned to look at Jayden, who was standing next to him and was chuckling in amusement over his skittish behavior.
Noah's eyes widened as he saw Jayden wearing only a square leg swimsuit. The swimsuit went from his waist down to the middle of his thighs, and they were kind of tight too. Noah blushed like mad when he saw the bulge of Jayden's junk through the suit, and he was kind of shocked by the size of the bulge even though Jayden wasn't even aroused. He knew that alphas were big down there, but Noah had never actually seen it before (not that he could fully see it now either, with the clothing being in the way).
"Um, hi," Noah croaked out, trying not to blush anymore and averted Jayden's eyes. He was still keeping his wings around himself where Jayden's wings were folded behind his back and left his body open to look at. Noah dared a look at him again, glancing from Jayden's crotch up to his muscled but lean stomach and chest, and let his eyes linger on the chest and on the alpha's broad shoulders. Something stirred in his lower stomach as he looked at Jayden, and he squirmed a bit when there was an odd, wet sensation in his ass all of sudden.
"You're staring," Jayden said after a few seconds.
Noah snapped out of it and blinked up at Jayden, blushing when he realized he was right. "S-Sorry…"
Jayden just looked at him with a somewhat amused smile, and his tail was curling and uncurling next to his leg. "Where's Christie?" he suddenly asked, glancing around to spot her.
"She's coming soon. She had some, um, business to take care of first," Noah explained.
"Ah, okay. Let's just wait here then."
Noah nodded and couldn't help but run his eyes across Jayden's body again.
Then, he suddenly spotted something on Jayden's left shoulder that made him take a small step closer. "What is that?" he asked, staring at the abnormality in Jayden's skin on his shoulder, and soon saw that there was something on his chest and side as well. He suddenly realized that they were faint scars, and his eyes widened a bit.
Jayden followed his gaze. "Oh," he said, touching the spots with his right hand. "Uh, they're from the car accident I was in when I was a kid… I think I mentioned it to you once."
"Oh…" Noah was tempted to reach out and touch but he quickly controlled that urge. "What happened?" he asked, glancing up into Jayden's eyes.
Jayden shifted a little, seemingly not too comfortable with the topic. "Long story. I was driving somewhere with a friend and his parents, and there was an accident where another car collided with ours. I was in the backseat, right where the other car smashed into us, and my left arm, shoulder, my wing, and some of my ribs were broken and cut pretty bad. I hit my head kinda hard as well, causing brain swelling and a week in a coma, but I've made a full recovery now."
Noah gasped. "I'm sorry to hear that. It must have hurt a lot." He cringed slightly in sympathy.
"Yeah, I cried a lot because of the pain and from nightmares after I woke up from the coma… I think it kinda freaked my mom out a lot," Jayden said, sounding a little sad in his voice now.
Noah blinked. It was unusual for an alpha to admit that he had been crying, since alphas tended to view crying as unmanly and as a sign of weakness, but here Jayden was; openly talking about him crying in pain and fear once and didn't seem to be bothered by any sort of hurt pride when telling Noah about it. Noah had the feeling that Jayden was a little softer than most alphas, and he liked that about him.
"I would have cried too… And your parents must have been really scared."
Jayden just smiled a bit at that before looking Noah up and down with a small frown. "And I take it you aren't used to wearing swimsuits, seeing as how tightly you have your wings wrapped around yourself." He sounded a little amused, and Noah blushed a bit.
"Yeah, I'm not used to it. I feel so exposed and wrong, and I don't like it…" Noah murmured, staring down at the wet tiles they were standing on.
"Everyone in here is half-naked, so you're not alone," Jayden said, chuckling a bit and trying to comfort him when he sensed Noah's nervousness.
Noah nodded, grateful for Jayden's words and felt a little better now.
Christie finally appeared then, wearing a blue bikini and smiled between them as she went over to Noah. "Ready to learn how to swim?"
"I kinda know it already… My dad and Adrian taught me a bit once," Noah spoke.
Christie laughed. "I know, but you said you never mastered it properly." She looked at Jayden then. "You know how to swim, right?"
"Yep," Jayden grinned.
"Cool, let's find a nice spot then."
They headed over to one of the larger pools which had a free area in it, and Noah tried to ignore how some of the guys were staring at him when they noticed he was a submissive. Jayden walked behind him, staying close to him and glared at some of the other males when they looked at Noah – but without Noah noticing it.
Since angels and demons had wings, their swimming techniques were somewhat different from humans' and non-winged hybrids'. It took some practice to train the wings to become an advantage in the water rather than a disadvantage, and people who had large, heavy wings had more trouble. Noah, however, was small and agile. His wings weren't that muscled, and they were kind of small and skinny compared to the others'. It gave him a nice advantage and made it a little easier for him to control them in the water.
When they entered the water, Noah's entire body shook from the cold feeling, but after a few moments his body had adjusted to the temperature and it soon felt nice to be in it. Christie helped him until he had learned how to swim again (it had been a while, after all), and soon they swam back and forth between the two ends of the pool, getting some nice exercise.
They had a lot of fun, swimming around and chatting about stuff. Jayden and Christie jumped off the springboards, but Noah wasn't feeling comfortable enough to try that out yet. Jayden thought it was fun as hell as to do it, and Noah enjoyed watching the alpha's happy grin as he jumped in, splashing water everywhere, and Noah laughed as he watched some of the other guests get the water on them.
The more time they spent there, the more comfortable Noah started feeling in his mostly undressed state. He still used his wings a lot to shield his body, especially when alphas were around, but he was also beginning to relax more.
Christie noticed how Noah was looking at Jayden whenever the alpha wasn't paying attention. Jayden made no attempts to hide his body, and a few of the girls and some of the guys in the center were also staring at his nicely built body whenever he was out of the water. His red feathers glistered in a very attractive way when they were wet, and Christie caught Noah staring at that too. She also noticed Jayden daring small glances at Noah whenever the submissive was looking away. The alpha would stare a lot at Noah when he was out of the water, and especially stare at his wings and his butt when the wings allowed him a glimpse. What made Christie smile the most was the way Jayden would glare anyone down who stared at Noah for too long or if they licked their lips while looking. Jayden didn't seem to tolerate anyone staring at Noah like he was just some object for pleasure, and Christie thought it was kind of sweet that he was so protective of him.
They stayed in the water until 4:10pm where they had to hit the showers and wait for their parents to pick them up.
Despite his skeptic thoughts at first about going to the swim center, Noah thought it was the most fun he'd had for a long time, and he was looking forward to going there again with his friends.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
The following weekend Dean, Castiel, and Noah went to the mall together since it was time to shop for some new clothes, and Castiel insisted they needed to replace most of the towels in the house since they were getting old and worn.
"Here, I'm giving you a hundred dollars to buy some new clothing for yourself. You could use something new in your wardrobe," Castiel spoke, handing Noah some money as they stood outside a shop with teen's clothes.
Noah took the money with a grateful nod and quickly hid them in his wallet. "Okay, thanks. I'll give you the rest if I don't spend it all."
Castiel smiled. "You don't need to, it's yours now."
Noah's eyes widened a bit before smiling. "Thanks, papa."
"Your father and I will meet you back here in half an hour. Stay as close as you can to others, and if you encounter any racists in there I want you to call us immediately."
"Then I'll come and kick their asses," Dean said next to Cas, flashing Noah a confident grin.
Noah chuckled. "I know. See you later." He turned and went into the shop, eager to find some new clothes for himself since it had been a while since he had last gotten something new. The shop also had a very nice panty section, and Noah was hoping to find something cute for himself there.
Castiel watched Noah disappear into the shop before turning and started walking down the mall's corridors with Dean, pushing their cart in front of him.
"Have you seen that suspicious person outside our house this morning?" Castiel asked, glancing at Dean who was looking around at the shops.
"No, haven't seen him for a week or so, but I'm pretty sure he's still around," Dean answered, growling lowly.
"I'm also rather sure that he is still around… It really scares me…"
Dean wrapped his arm around Castiel's waist as they walked side by side. "Don't worry. I'll kick his ass if he comes near you or Noah, or Bella for that matter."
Castiel rolled his eyes with a fond smile. "I know you will. And please don't do these gestures in public, Dean… I don't feel safe." He wriggled away from Dean so that the demon's arm dropped away from his waist. He was scared that if any racists saw him and Dean sharing loving gestures like that it would provoke them to attack or harass them.
Dean grunted, displeased. He hated that he couldn't show his love towards Cas in public – it was his alpha instinct to hold Cas close and show others that they belonged together, and it frustrated him that he wasn't allowed to do it now. Usually they wouldn't care if others saw them, but there had been incidents where angel/demon couples had been attacked in full public so Castiel had forbidden him from touching him when they were among strangers. Dean understood Castiel's fear but it was still frustrating beyond belief.
"I think it's also best if we do not walk too close and that we don't talk. I don't want people knowing that you are my mate…" Castiel added, glancing at Dean and felt kind of guilty about what he had said, even though it was best that way.
"What?!" Dean blurted. "Oh, c'mon!"
"I'm sorry; I don't like hiding my affections towards you either, but I do not want us to get attacked…" Castiel glanced around at the people walking by them, cautiously watching their calculating and disgusted faces when they saw Dean walking so close to him. He knew that it was easy to see that they were mates, especially since Dean's tail was touching his feathers and leg now.
Dean growled, disgruntled. "Fine. What's next? Am I not allowed to sleep in the same bed as you anymore or what?"
"Dean, that's not what I meant!" Castiel snapped back, stopping and glaring at Dean in slight anger when he noticed the accusing tone in the demon's voice. "You are being unfair," he grit out.
Dean's wings slumped a bit behind his back and guilt covered his face. "Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. This whole thing just pisses me off…"
The angel softened up a bit. "I know, and I hate it as much as you do, but it's only when we are in public… I don't want any trouble."
"Fine, fine, I'll keep my distance," Dean mumbled and started trailing several feet behind Cas instead while they walked, acting like he didn't know him. Instantly the racist looks from people disappeared, and Dean grunted at that.
They reached the mall's big supermarket, and Dean stayed close but tried to keep some distance to Cas as the angel started picking out towels to buy. There were several colors, sizes, and textures, and Dean rolled his eyes and sighed as he saw Cas go through them all and take his time picking something that he liked.
After five minutes Dean was losing his patience.
"Jeez, you're such a girl whenever we go to the mall together. You're always looking through every single item to find the exact right thing, and it takes hours," Dean complained, burying his hands in his pockets and glanced around to see if there was anything interesting to look at.
"I quite enjoy it, actually," Castiel spoke, sending Dean a small smirk before putting the soft, cream-colored towel he was holding into their cart.
Dean rolled his eyes. "Well, I'm going over to look at the electronics. Just come over when you're done."
"Alright."
Dean disappeared, and Castiel hummed softly to himself as he picked a few more towels that he liked. He looked up when he was suddenly approached by a young female angel with ginger hair and white and pinkish wings.
"Was that demon your mate?" the female asked, standing right next to Castiel now.
Castiel glanced at her warily. "Why are you asking?"
"Well, I just saw you talking and you were awfully familiar with each other…"
"Yes, he's my mate. Is there a problem with that?" Castiel spoke, trying to act casual although he felt a little nervous and unsure about the situation. The female could have a mate nearby who was ready to harass him for being mated to a demon, and he simply couldn't trust strangers these days.
"No…" The female glanced around cautiously, but there was just the two of them in the narrow aisle, before leaning a bit closer. "I, uh, I have a demon girlfriend, but we're kind of keeping our relationship a secret because of all the racists and so on. So, I kind of wanted to know what your experiences are with racists. Have you and your mate met a lot of resistance?"
Castiel instantly calmed down, and he visibly relaxed when he realized that the female meant him no harm. He smiled as he looked at her. "Dean and I have met some resistance, yes, but mostly we have been able to ignore the racist glances we get. Although, we do take extra precautions nowadays…"
The female nodded. "Yeah, it's kinda bad lately, isn't it? But have you ever been attacked?"
"A few times in the past, yes, but Dean has been there to handle the situation. I would advise you and your girlfriend to be very cautious about displaying your affections in public… Even though I have the feeling that homosexual angel/demon couples are more accepted…"
"Yeah, since we can't procreate with each other," the female said, smiling somewhat sadly. "My dad actually told me that if Eliza had been a male demon, then he would have disowned me, so I guess that really tells how much people are against us reproducing with demons."
"I know. I have five children with Dean and they have not had it easy…"
The female gave him an understanding, somewhat sad smile before her eyes suddenly widened. "Oh, I'm sorry! I'm approaching you like this and babbling and making you share personal experiences even though we don't even know each other. I just haven't seen another angel with a demon before, so I curious about how you've handled it."
Castiel chuckled. "It's alright. There really aren't that many of us, so I understand your need to approach me."
"Yeah… It's just unfair that it has to be like this, with us not being able to love the ones we want," the female sighed. She then looked at Castiel with a soft smile and said, "Thank you. I'm glad to meet another angel who has affections for a demon. Makes me feel less alone."
Castiel's smile widened at that. "You are welcome. I believe there are more of us than we think."
The female smiled before saying goodbye, and Castiel kept smiling happily to himself until he went over to find Dean.
Afterwards they picked up Noah from the clothing store, and Castiel was pleased that Noah had managed to get five new pieces of clothing for himself and some panties well. Noah walked next to Castiel as they started heading towards the exit, and Dean walked a bit behind them to not draw too much attention. The Impala was parked in the far end of the parking lot, and luckily that part was rather empty today.
They had just reached the car outside and had begun loading the trunk with the items they had bought when suddenly Castiel spotted Tobias and Damian. Tobias spotted him as well, and smiled as he went over to them.
"Hi, guys," Tobias greeted them, coming over to their car. His left arm was in a cast, there were some cuts on his cheek and temple, and his wing looked like he had been in a fight.
"Oh my god, what happened to you?" Castiel gasped, staring at his friend in concern.
Tobias's smile faltered a bit, and Damian cautiously went over to stand behind him, glancing around at the few other people in the parking lot who were staring at the two angel/demon couples there.
"A racist happened…" Tobias explained, lowering his gaze.
Noah's eyes widened in shock, and Dean was pretty shocked as well.
"What?! Who the hell would attack a submissive like that?" Dean asked, his voice demanding as he let a small growl.
"A really nasty alpha prick whose ass I kicked real good," Damian said, growling and wrapped an arm around Tobias' waist for comfort.
"Yeah, he approached me on the sidewalk outside our house and started saying really cruel words. It got physical when he grabbed me, and when I fought back he got even angrier and threw me out in front of a moving car that was passing by on the street," Tobias murmured. His wings tightened behind his back and his voice was cracking slightly. It seemed upsetting for him to talk about it.
Castiel was shocked. He reached out and gently touched Tobias' other arm, hoping to comfort him. "I am so sorry to hear that… That's so awful."
"So you've been harassed by racists too?" Noah asked, looking between Damian and Tobias. They both nodded.
"Yeah, we can barely even go shopping together anymore. A few of the kids from the nearby neighborhoods have thrown stuff at our house and through our windows, and their parents just let them do it," Damian spoke, growling in anger and pulled Tobias closer when his mate shivered in fear. He pressed a small kiss to the submissive demon's temple, which was luckily not seen by anyone else since there weren't many people around them.
"We've had vandalism too, but it's not kids doing it," Dean said.
Tobias turned to look at Castiel. "Just be careful if you're approached by a racist while you are alone, especially if it's an angry alpha. They don't like it when we submissives answer back…" He looked down at Noah too and said, "And you should be careful too."
Noah nodded quietly.
"I will, but I am not going anywhere alone lately. I'm too frightened to," Castiel spoke.
Tobias nodded in understanding. "Yeah, me too. I always keep Damian by my side now."
"Well, at least I heard they are close to finding that group 'Pure Bloods' which has encouraged all this violence in the first place. Hopefully most of the violence will stop once they're caught. And one of the politicians is actually proposing keeping the numbers of angel/demon mating unavailable to the public to avoid all this from happening again next year," Damian said.
"Wow, that's good news for once," Dean huffed.
A group of young male college students walked by several feet away and were headed towards the mall, and Tobias flinched when an empty coke can was thrown in their direction.
"Death to blood traitors!" one of the demon guys yelled out loud, making the five other guys crack up at that. There were three demons, a demon/human hybrid, and two human guys among them.
Dean growled and sharpened his wings as he spread them out in aggression. "Say that one more time and your parents will be cleaning your dirty racist blood off all the cars here!" he snapped, taking a dangerous step forwards. Damian had spread his wings too and was growling at the college students as he had Dean's back.
The young guys flinched back, obviously slightly surprised by that.
"Or it'll be your little angel whore cleaning your blood off them!" one of the demons retorted, sharpening his wings threateningly. One of the human guys tried pulling him back since the others weren't really interested in a fight, but the demon kept his eyes locked with Dean's.
"What was that?!" Dean demanded, growling in fury and stepped forward. Castiel quickly reached out and put his hand on Dean's back between his wings since he couldn't touch his shoulder now that Dean's sharp wings were spread out like this.
"Dean…" Castiel spoke, trying to calm him down. Noah was hiding behind him now, frightened by the dangerous alpha display of Dean and the other demon, and Tobias seemed very uncomfortable too.
Dean relaxed a bit, taking a small step back, but he kept his eyes locked with the younger demon's and sneered at him.
The young alpha demon glared between Dean and Damian, but his friends finally talked him down and made him back off. He folded his wings behind his back and sent them a sharp, hateful glare as he left with his friends.
Castiel sighed in relief once the guys were gone, and Dean and Damian both folded their wings behind their backs and calmed down again.
"Jeez, what a bunch of misguided assholes," Damian muttered, crossing his arms and glared in the guys' direction, watching as they shouted around and laughed at something. He finally turned his attention back to Tobias who was still pretty freaked out by what had happened.
"That was pretty scary…" Noah murmured, feeling better now that the guys were gone.
Dean reached out and ruffled Noah's hair with affection. "Yeah, it kinda was, but they're gone now."
"Next time, please don't provoke a fight with them…" Castiel said, looking at Dean pleadingly.
"What?! You expect me to just sit back and let them say such shit to us?" Dean asked with a note of rebuke in his voice.
"It's better than us getting hurt in a fight," Castiel argued, glaring back at Dean.
"Please don't fight with each other…" Noah said, whining softly in discomfort.
"I don't like to put up with such shit either, but sometimes it's best…" Damian murmured, his arm wrapped around Tobias' waist again. "And I think we should better get our shopping done now, and not walk too close in there," he said, looking at Tobias who nodded in agreement.
"It was nice meeting you again, although I am very sad to hear about what happened to you," Castiel said, giving Tobias a rueful smile as he looked at him.
Tobias smiled back and they said goodbye to each other, promising to meet again soon and do something together.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
When they came home Bella greeted them by barking and jumping up and down, wagging her tail happily. Noah grinned at her and rubbed her fur, while Castiel was trying not to step on the dog's paws as he carried the shopping bags inside.
"I think she needs a walk," Dean chuckled, watching Noah coo at Bella and press a kiss to the dog's forehead.
"I don't mind walking her," Noah said, chuckling at how eager Bella was looking now since she knew it was time for a walk now that they were home.
"You are not going alone," came Castiel's voice from the living room after he had just gone in there on his way over to the kitchen.
"Well, you can join him then," Dean spoke, following Castiel into the other room and over to the kitchen. Noah stayed with Bella who was pretty eager to play right now.
"Neither Noah nor I will go anywhere alone, even if it's with each other. It's best if you come with us," Castiel said as he started taking out the groceries and other items they had bought.
"Am I a bodyguard now? It's just a walk, Cas, and neither of you will be alone; you have each other."
"But both Noah and I are vulnerable to an attack; we lack physical strength in case it gets really violent. And I'm really concerned after hearing what happened to Tobias…" Castiel's wings drooped a bit behind him.
"Alright, fine, I'll go with you. But I don't like that you're letting your fears control your life so much lately…" Dean spoke as he stepped over to stand behind Castiel, wrapping his arms around his mate from behind and rested his chin on the angel's shoulder.
"It just feels so much like when Lucifer was after us, and I don't like it… I don't want anything to happen to us, and especially not to Noah." Castiel temporarily abandoned putting the groceries into place and instead put his hands on top of Dean's which were folded on his stomach now. He leaned back into the demon and wrapped his wings close to his body to give Dean more space behind him.
"Lucifer was a fucking twisted asshole and a psycho, and the racists in this area are just regular people," Dean said, tightening his arms around Cas and growled lowly at the mention of Lucifer.
"Regular people can be dangerous too."
Dean sighed and pulled away. "Okay, let's go walk Bella as soon as everyone is ready." He gave Cas a playful slap on the butt, hoping to cheer him up a little, and the small scowl he got in return made him laugh.
Once Castiel had put the groceries into place they were ready to leave. They locked up the house and started walking towards the nearby park.
It was a somewhat cloudy day, and Dean and Castiel walked a few feet behind Noah who was holding a very hyper and eager Bella on a leash. The dog loved stretching her legs properly and sniffing around at the trees and people's fences in the neighborhood. Noah got yanked around a lot, and Dean and Castiel laughed and chuckled at it all the way to the park.
Since most people in the area already knew about Dean and Castiel being mates, they decided it didn't matter if they walked close or not, so Dean walked by Cas' side and wrapped an arm around him every now and then. Whenever someone walked by and got close to them, Dean would remove his arm from Cas just in case anyone should be provoked by seeing the gesture.
They reached the park, and walked around along the path system. Dean kept a close eye on potential threats from racists, but even though some people glanced at them oddly they didn't seem to want to provoke a fight with them. Bella was eager to run around but she had to be kept on a leash, so Noah just ran around with her and made sure she wasn't bothering any of the kids playing there.
A sudden noise from Dean's pocket startled Castiel a bit, but he was relieved when he realized it was just Dean's phone.
Dean pulled his cellphone out and picked up the call. "Yeah?" he answered, keeping an eye on Noah and Bella while he was on the phone.
"Hey, dad, it's me," came Isaac's voice. "Can Lily and I come over tonight and spend the night at your house? I've got something pretty awesome to show you." There was a smug chuckle from Isaac which made Dean frown suspiciously.
"Uh, sure you can. I can pick you up at 5 if you want. And what's that awesome thing you wanna show us?"
"It's not so awesome if I tell you on the phone," Isaac grinned. "And cool, we'll be ready at 5. See ya."
Dean hung up, and Castiel titled his head curiously at him.
"What was that about?" Castiel asked.
"No idea, but I guess we'll find out soon," Dean said, flashing him a smirk. "Knowing Isaac, it's probably something silly."
Castiel sighed. "It most likely is…"
They both looked up in alert when Noah came running towards them with Bella.
"Dad! I think I just saw that guy who's been outside our house for a while," Noah said, running over and stopped in front of them.
"What? Where?!" Dean demanded, spreading his wings and searched the park with his eyes.
"He hurried off when I spotted him. I didn't even see his face all that well, either… But it was definitely him." Noah glanced around, feeling nervous knowing that their stalker was in the park too.
Dean growled, and Castiel glanced around in fear before putting a hand on Dean's arm.
"Dean, I think we should just head home…" Castiel spoke, not feeling comfortable with being there anymore.
Dean glanced around one more time before curling his tail around Castiel's leg and turned to leave. "Yeah, let's do that." He gestured at Noah to follow as they began walking back home, and Noah glanced around the park and the people too before going.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Isaac and Lily came home with Dean at 5:20 after he had picked them up, and Castiel and Noah were happy to see them again. Just after they got into the house, Isaac went over to the couch and began opening up his laptop.
"Now, you really gotta see this," he grinned as he opened some film on his laptop. Dean, Castiel, and Noah sat down in front of it on the couch while Isaac and Lily scooted over since they had seen it already.
Dean's eyes narrowed when he saw a footage of what appeared to be Isaac's dorm room. "You film what's going on in your own room?"
"Only when Jack and I aren't there. Just watch," Isaac said, grinning as he saw the three of them staring at the screen. Lily sat next to him and rolled her eyes briefly, and watched as they looked at the film.
They watched the film where the camera was located on a shelf in Isaac's room and had the door and the entire room in its picture. After a few seconds there was some noise at the door, and they watched as it was opened and someone with a hoodie entered the room.
Castiel's eyes widened, realizing that it was neither Isaac nor Jack who was in the picture, and that the guy had just broken into their room. It appeared to be an angel judging from the brown and grey wings.
"Wait, did he just break in?" Dean asked, raising his eyebrows as he stared at the screen.
"Yup. Just watch what happens," Isaac smirked.
They kept watching, and the guy in the video looked around after having closed the door, but as soon as he took a few steps inside he stepped right into one of the booby-traps that Isaac had set up – which in this case was a wire that was strung across the room – and they watched as the intruder fell right on his nose with a loud thud.
Isaac cracked up at that, and in the video you could hear the intruder's pained moans and curses as the guy rolled over on his back and clutched his face in pain.
Dean laughed out loud, and Noah and Castiel couldn't hold back their laughter either.
"Is that the same guy that broke into Lily's room?" Dean asked, still laughing like mad.
"Yep. Totally caught the culprit on video, and the police just picked him up earlier today and are charging him with break-in and vandalism since he confessed to be the one breaking into Lily's room last month along with a friend," Isaac replied, grinning in triumph. He quickly pointed at the video and exclaimed, "Look, look! He's about to walk into another trap!"
They watched as the guy in the video got to his feet again, wobbling around and rubbing his body in pain, before letting out a series of curses and stumbled over to the cupboard between the two beds. There was a pained cry as he guy put his hand right on top of a concealed mousetrap, and he yelled and cursed before storming towards the door and ran out as fast as he could.
"I fucking owned that guy!" Isaac exclaimed, grinning proudly and watched as Dean, Castiel, and Noah all laughed. Noah was laughing so hard that tears came to his eyes, and Dean was laughing pretty hard too where Castiel's laughter wasn't as loud as theirs.
"Isaac's booby-traps paid off," Lily grinned, brushing her wing proudly at Isaac's, and smiled when her twin turned to look at her with a pleased grin.
"That was pretty awesome, I have to admit that," Dean laughed.
"You are unbelievable, Isaac," Castiel chuckled with a hint of pride his voice.
"I know. I'm awesome and a fucking genius," Isaac said, faking modesty before flashing them a mischievous smirk.
"Did you give the police the video?" Noah asked, still trying to calm down from laughing.
"Yeah, I gave them a copy of it and they had fun watching it as well," Isaac chuckled. "It happened last night actually, when Jack and I were attending some party all night. The guy confessed that he broke in to vandalize the room to send me a 'message', and I'm pretty sure he's getting expelled too, along with the friend that helped him wreck Lily's room."
"Yeah. And I actually know that guy from my psychology class… He's one of the worst racists at school," Lily said. "I'm just glad he got caught now, and I think the whole school is gonna be pretty wary about breaking into Isaac's room from now on."
"I don't ever wanna visit Isaac's dorm room again," Noah chuckled.
"Hey, don't worry! I disable all the traps whenever I enter the room, and so does Jack," Isaac reassured him. "Don't wanna walk into my own traps; that would suck."
"Well, I'm glad that the guy who did this to your room has been caught now," Castiel said and got up from the couch. "You did a good job, Isaac, even though I do think your pranks are silly sometimes, but it's your room so you can set up whatever traps you want in it. That angel had no business in your room in the first place."
"Yup, that sure is right," Isaac grinned.
Lily smiled and got up from the couch as well, looking over at Castiel. "Are you gonna make dinner? I'll help you."
Castiel smiled. "Thank you, Lily." They headed over to the kitchen together while Dean, Noah, and Isaac stayed on the couch. Bella followed them, wagging her tail and seeking attention from Lily whom she hadn't seen for a while.
Isaac packed his laptop together. "And I heard something about Noah attending the local swim center now? How's that going? You're going with that hottie, aren't you?" he asked, sending a smug smirk in Noah's direction.
Noah blushed and sunk into the couch, pulling his legs up in front of his chest.
Dean groaned. "At least Jayden hasn't touched him yet, so I'm grateful for that…"
"Dad!" Noah chastised, groaning in embarrassment when Isaac laughed. "He wouldn't do that. Jayden is nice, and he's my friend."
"He better stay that way," Dean grumbled.
"Dean!" Castiel chastised at him from the kitchen, sending a glare in his direction even though Dean was facing him with his back.
Isaac laughed. "Still kinda weird that the guy turned out to be that Connor kid from your kindergarten. I guess he has a thing for you since he couldn't keep his hands off your wings back then," he said, giving Noah a small wink.
Noah blushed even harder and wished for the couch to just swallow him whole so he could get away from Isaac's teasing. "He's not like that anymore…"
"What's he like, then?" Isaac asked, shifting closer to Noah and was very curious now.
Noah shied away from him, his face all red with embarrassment, before getting up from the couch. "You're so embarrassing, Isaac!" he whined, pushing past Dean's legs and went over to Bella instead.
Isaac barked out a laugh. "Aww, are you too shy to talk about him, little brother?" he teased, laughing harder when he saw Noah's ears go red with embarrassment now.
"Hey, cut it out. Noah's not old enough for dating yet anyway," Dean grumbled, getting up from the couch as well.
Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head fondly as she and Castiel listened to them from the kitchen.
"Oh, and I got some very nice praise from my music teacher yesterday," Lily told Castiel as they cooked rice and sauce with meat pieces in it. "She said I have good chances of joining an orchestra."
"Oh? I'm glad to hear that. You are a wonderful violinist," Castiel said, smiling at Lily and continued to stir in the sauce and added some more ingredients to it.
"Thank you," Lily smiled, curling her tail shyly. "And I think Isaac is doing well with his acting… He got one of the most important roles for a play that his class his doing. I'm just hoping he won't fuck it up too much with his silliness."
"Hey, I heard that!" Isaac yelled from the couch.
"Well, I'm glad our college money is well spent then," Dean said, chuckling at them. He went over to Noah and Bella, cooing at the dog and rubbed her all over, making Bella pant happily and lick his mouth.
Isaac snorted. "It's better spent on Lily. I'm too lazy to do all those stupid reports and projects. Why do I have to do all that shit when I just wanna act?"
"It is called school, Isaac, and you better do all your projects, otherwise I will not be pleased with you," Castiel said from the kitchen, scowling over at his son who gulped a little.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll try… But my brain doesn't like all that writing crap."
"Considering that you don't have a brain, I don't see what the problem is," Lily deadpanned.
Noah snickered as he saw Isaac's face go red and how he shot up from the couch at that.
"Oh, that's it! You're gonna get so much water now!" Isaac growled, storming over to the kitchen and turned on the sink. He gathered water in his palm and threw at Lily who shrieked and ran over to Noah and Dean, laughing as she hid behind their father. Isaac gathered more water and ran after her, and Dean and Noah immediately tried dodging the water as Isaac threw it at Lily.
"Isaac!" Castiel scolded, having gotten some of the water on him as well when Isaac threw it at Lily the first time.
Lily just continued shrieking and hiding behind Dean who ended up getting most of the water on him, and Noah laughed as he quickly stepped back and watched the scene. Bella barked at them, wagging her tail and getting somewhat in Isaac's way when the beta started chasing Lily around Dean.
Dean just laughed as the twins chased each other around him with Isaac trying to get a hold of Lily. Eventually Dean grabbed a hold of Lily's arm, finally allowing Isaac to capture her.
"Dad!" Lily whined in betrayal. She laughed as Isaac tackled into her and tickled her all over until she ended up lying on the floor and thrashing her wings and limbs to get Isaac off her.
Noah laughed, glad to see Isaac and Lily fooling around once again. He knew it was Isaac's way of showing that he cared for his twin, and Isaac was grinning like mad as he tickled Lily until she almost couldn't breathe.
Castiel watched them fondly, having missed seeing the twins act like this, and Dean came over to him and leaned in to press a soft kiss to his forehead.
"We've raised a couple of silly kids," Dean chuckled.
Castiel smiled. "No, they are wonderful kids."
Dean just grinned and leaned in to kiss him, but they broke apart when they heard Noah shriek as Isaac suddenly went after him now. They watched as Noah ran away from Isaac who quickly caught him and pulled him into a squeezing hug while tickling him, and Castiel laughed softly as Noah struggled against his brother while he was screaming and laughing loudly.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
After they had eaten dinner and hung out in the living room together, it was time to go to bed.
As usual Dean made sure that all windows and doors were locked, and he peeked out the window to check if anyone was standing outside, watching the house again.
"So," Dean spoke as he and Cas headed up the stairs together after having locked everything up. "Am I allowed to sleep next to you in bed or what?" he asked, a teasing smirk on his lips as Castiel turned to look at him.
The angel rolled his eyes with small chuckle. "Yes, of course you are."
"Good. Sorry I overreacted about it at the mall, but our current situation is very frustrating," Dean sighed, stopping as they reached the top of the stairs. They could hear Isaac cheering about something inside his room, and they guessed that he was probably playing some PC game.
Smiling, Castiel reached out and placed his hand on Dean's clothed chest, looking him in the eye. "You are forgiven. I believe our stress and fear are making us very edgy lately…"
Dean gently grabbed Castiel's upper arms and looked him back into the eyes. "I won't let anything happen to you. I won't let you get hurt like Tobias was, and if you're approached by someone when I'm not there you gotta be careful, Cas. Promise me that."
"I promise." Castiel smiled and leaned up to press a soft kiss to Dean's mouth, smiling wider against the demon's lips when Dean returned the kiss hungrily and deepened it.
They went into their bedroom after that, holding hands and smiling at each other. They looked forward to lie down on the soft sheets and forget about the world around them for the night.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Author's notes: There will be more scenes from the swim center soon :) I had quite a discussion with my beta about whether or not angels and demons would be able to swim because of their wings, and in the end we decided they probably could. But of course I don't know for sure XD;
Hope you enjoyed reading, please review :)