Devoted

by Luciel89

SEQUEL to Bonded and Mated, read those first, please! Demon/Angel AU: The story continues as Dean and Castiel's family expands and their children grow up. They have to face the struggles that come with having hybrid children that are not easily accepted by society. Contains lots of fluff and domestic scenes.

82. Chapter 82

June 2042 (Castiel is 52 (almost 53), Dean is 54, Eden is 28 (almost 29), Adrian is 25, the twins are 21, Noah is 16, Jayden is 17 (almost 18), Natalie is 24, Gabriel is 57 years old).

It was Wednesday the following week, but Castiel still didn't know who was destroying his artwork at work.

Castiel continued to put up the camera every day while he was out during lunch break. He hid it beneath some of the stuff that was on his and Anna's table where they'd put their tools, paints, unfinished art, etc. and made sure the camera was as well hidden as possible. He was very discrete about it whenever he put it up since no one was supposed to notice that it was there.

"So, do you and Dean have any plans for the summer holidays this year?" Anna asked when they sat in the cafeteria, eating lunch together as usual.

"We have not discussed it much in detail yet…" Castiel started, swallowing his food before continuing. "We were thinking maybe renting a lake house for a change somewhere in the mountains and invite Noah and twins to come with us. We would love to invite Eden and Adrian as well, but they have their own families now, so it would get too crowded if they came along."

"Oh, that sounds nice," Anna smiled.

"I keep forgetting that Eden and Adrian already have mates and are expecting kids. I keep thinking of them as those cute little kids they once were," Samandriel spoke.

Castiel chuckled. "Yes, it is quite easy to forget. And the twins are already in college and will be graduating next year…"

"And soon it'll be Noah's turn to go," Anna smiled softly.

Castiel lowered his eyes at that with a rueful smile. It hurt deep inside that soon all his children would have left the nest and it would just be him and Dean in the house with Bella. But that was how nature worked. All children grow up sooner or later.

They finished their lunch and headed back to the main building. As soon as Castiel entered the building, he knew that the culprit had struck again since he saw his colleagues gathered over by his and Anna's sculpture.

And true enough; the sculpture they had started on yesterday was in ruins.

Castiel stared at the destroyed sculpture helplessly, feeling anger rise inside him. He shared a look with Anna and they both knew that whoever had done it would have been caught on the camera.

"You know, maybe if you had chosen an angel to fuck you instead of a demon, this wouldn't be happening," one of the alpha angels slurred at him, smirking self-smugly along with his three buddies.

Castiel sent him a cold glare. "Maybe, but when the person gets fired today I know this will not happen again." He went over to collect the video camera which was still intact and was still filming, and he and Anna started heading up to Mr. Richings' office with it. Their colleagues gasped in surprise when they noticed that Cas had filmed it, and he noticed the way the alpha from earlier paled when he saw it.

"Woohoo! You go, Castiel!" one of his female colleagues cheered, and a few others joined.

Castiel couldn't help but smile at that.

When they reached their boss' office they viewed the footage with him. Neither he nor Anna were surprised to see that the guy who had destroyed their sculpture was the very same alpha who had thrown that comment at Castiel just now. The footage showed him and his three buddies in it – two alphas and one beta – so apparently it had been a group of racist colleagues who had done it and not just one racist colleague.

Mr. Richings growled when he saw it, obviously quite angry that four of his own employees would do such a thing. He immediately called all four of them up to his office, and Anna and Castiel left.

Anna and Castiel went back to the main area of the building, but before they reached it they ran into the four angel guys in the corridor who were headed up to the boss' office. They all glared daggers at Castiel who stared back at them, feeling slightly intimidated by all the hate he could see in their eyes.

"You fucking little whore," the alpha from earlier sneered at him.

Castiel didn't reply nor did he flinch at the words. He glared back at all of them as they continued their way towards the boss' office at the end of the corridor, and after the door had closed he and Anna could hear Mr. Richings' raised voice inside. Anna smirked and winked at him because of their victory, and together they went down into the main area of the building again to start over on their sculpture.

Their colleagues were eyeing Castiel with more respect now as he went back over to his work. Some seemed too wary to even look at him while others smiled and gave him the thumbs-up.

"That was awesome," Samandriel grinned at them as he briefly abandoned his own work to talk to them.

"I believe they had it coming," Anna grinned.

"Indeed they did," Castiel smiled and started moving the ruined sculpture away. It was quite heavy, and Anna and Samandriel helped him out but it took quite a lot of effort from them. Suddenly a large alpha hand appeared right next to Castiel's on the sculpture, and he startled and looked up at the young alpha demon who was helping him. The demon was one of the newer employees that Mr. Richings had employed recently to have the workplace be more species-mixed, and he had only been there for two weeks. Last week he had picked up one of Castiel's tools from the floor for him, flashing him a friendly smile and had briefly touched his hand by accident. It had made Castiel a little uncomfortable that their hands had touched a bit, even though it had been an accident.

The alpha – whose name Castiel was pretty sure was Tyler – gave him a friendly smile and helped them move the sculpture away. Castiel unconsciously wrapped his wings closer to his body and was very cautious about having any physical contact with the alpha demon. He was pretty sure that Tyler was unmated, so Castiel didn't want to get too close physically to him. A mated submissive would avoid that at any cost, especially with a stranger who wasn't mated.

"Thank you," Anna told the guy afterwards, giving him a friendly smile.

"You're welcome," Tyler replied, smiling. He let his eyes linger a bit on Castiel before going back over to his own work again.

Samandriel and Anna both turned to stare at Cas whom they had noticed was avoiding looking at Tyler.

"You don't think he has the hots for you, do you?" Anna teased.

"I doubt that; he's much younger than me, and I for sure have no interest in him. I think he was just being nice," Castiel said.

"Well, you don't look old and you don't even have grey hairs yet," Anna grinned, sweeping one hand through Castiel's hair as she spoke.

Samandriel rolled his eyes. "Please don't make Cas think that Tyler is interested in him, 'cause I hope to god he's not. He's gonna get his ass kicked so bad by Dean if he is."

Anna laughed. "Would be fun to watch, though."

Castiel scowled at them both. "Please stop it, you two…"

"Okay, okay," Anna grinned.

Everyone suddenly started whispering and the mood in the room changed. Castiel looked up to see what was going on, and then saw the four angel guys from earlier walking over to collect their stuff with their heads lowered in shame. They glared around the colleagues who snickered at them, and Mr. Richings was standing a few feet behind them with his arms crossed while he made sure that the guys would leave the place without any fuss.

It was obvious that they had all been fired for their participation in destroying company property like that, Castiel watched with a satisfied feeling inside as the guys were escorted out of the building by the boss himself. They all glared over at him one more time before they left the building, and once they were gone Castiel sighed deeply, glad that the matter was over with now.

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Anna waited outside with Cas until Dean came to pick him up. Both of them were smiling when Dean arrived, so the demon stepped out of the car and came over to them.

"Please tell me you caught the guy?" Dean said, looking between them in anticipation.

"Yup, all four of them. They got fired right away," Anna grinned.

"Ha! What a genius idea you had, Cas," Dean grinned and went over to Castiel. He placed his hands possessively on his mate's hips and grinned down at him proudly.

"It wasn't a very difficult idea to come up, Dean. It was a rather obvious one," Castiel said, rolling his eyes a bit but leaned into Dean's touch.

"Doesn't matter, you still caught them." Dean leaned down and kissed Castiel, ignoring that Anna was watching them. Castiel kissed him back but pulled away when he heard someone walk by pretty close to them. He didn't want to give any racists a reason to harass them if they saw them kissing.

"Maybe you should take this home," Anna suggested to them, smiling as she watched them be so loving towards each other, especially now that Dean's tail was tightly wrapped around Castiel's lower leg.

"Yes, we should," Castiel agreed, keeping his eyes on Dean as he smiled at him. He turned to Anna and said, "I'll see you again tomorrow, Anna. Then we will work on our new sculpture again."

"Yeah, let's get that piece of foam finished on time," Anna smirked.

"Bye, Anna," Dean told her. He wrapped an arm around his angel's waist and started leading him over to the Tahoe.

"Bye, Dean. Be sure to reward Cas!"

Dean smirked and opened the door to the driver's seat. "Oh, I will." He gave her a suggestive wink at that.

"Dean!" Castiel chastised him and slapped him on the arm while his face turned completely red.

Dean and Anna both just laughed, and Castiel scowled between the both of them. It was then that Castiel spotted Tyler standing in the other end of the employee parking lot where they were. The alpha looked away after Castiel spotted him and then started walking in the other direction, and Castiel felt a little unnerved. He had noticed Tyler staring at him several times during the day and Castiel didn't know what to make of it.

"What?" Dean asked when he noticed Cas staring at something behind his shoulder, and he frowned as he followed the angel's gaze. He caught a brief glimpse of Tyler as the demon was walking away and disappeared around a building, and Dean's eyes narrowed suspiciously.

Castiel stared at Tyler's back until the demon was out of his sight. "Let's just go home," he told Dean and walked around the car to get in.

They waved goodbye at Anna who waved at them as well before she got into her own car and drove off.

Castiel was quiet at as they drove through the city, staring out the windows with tired eyes all the time, and Dean glanced at him every now and then.

"Wanna tell me who the hell that guy was?" Dean asked after five minutes of silence. There was another five minutes until they arrived at Noah's school, so they still had time to talk.

Dean knew he was being childish about his sudden worries about that guy, but he couldn't help it. The way that Cas had acted earlier when he had spotted that alpha guy told him that it wasn't the first time that Castiel had caught the guy staring at him. Dean didn't like that one bit.

"He's some new colleague of mine. His name is Tyler," Castiel explained, still staring out the window. "I have never really spoken to him before, but today he helped me, Anna, and Samandriel move the ruined sculpture away. He was standing rather close to me, actually…"

Dean growled and tightened his grip on the steering wheel as he felt himself get possessive and protective towards his mate. "Did he touch you?"

"No, and I made sure not to have any physical contact with him either."

"Well, have you even talked to him before?"

Castiel clenched his jaw a bit, feeling that this was turning into a very annoying interrogation. "No, I haven't even noticed him that much until today."

"Then why the hell was he staring at you just now?"

"How should I know?" Castiel snapped, getting annoyed now. It wasn't his fault that Tyler had been staring at him all day and just now while he was standing with Dean, but Dean was almost acting as if Castiel himself had started something that would make Tyler stare at him like that.

"I don't know," Dean sighed. "Let's just forget about this and hope it's nothing to worry about. Could just have been a coincidence that he was looking in your direction in the parking lot."

Castiel finally turned to glare at him, twitching his wings in agitation. "Good, because I'm really starting to think that you're blaming this on me, and I'm getting sick of it!"

They both flinched a bit at the venom in Castiel's voice when he shouted out those words, and Dean stared at him in shock before he pulled the car over to park in a free spot at the side of the street.

Both of them sat in silence for a few seconds, still a bit shocked, before Dean dared a glance at Castiel who wasn't looking at him.

The angel sighed deeply and gathered his hands in his lap, almost like a kid that was ashamed. "I'm sorry, Dean… I didn't mean to snap at you like that and say those words. I didn't mean them. I'm just a little edgy lately, I think…"

"I'm sorry too," Dean said, looking at him softly. "I shouldn't have gotten that possessive in the first place and interrogated you like that. The guy hasn't even done anything to cross the line anyway. But I do get the feeling that he's been staring at you more often, am I right?"

Cas nodded a bit at that and kept staring into his lap. "He's been staring at me all day, but maybe it's because of that incident with our colleagues. And I think he was just being friendly when he helped me, Anna, and Samandriel out earlier. It's just… Sometimes I just get very suspicious when people – especially alphas – treat me nicely. Most of them seem to think I'm a disgrace and disgusting for being mated to a demon, and I would rather avoid any trouble with such people. And when they finally treat me nicely my instincts as a submissive kick in and I suspect that they want to sexually harass me or something."

"I don't blame you for thinking that," Dean said softly. "But that isn't the only reason you're suddenly so edgy, is it?"

Castiel cringed. "You read me too well sometimes…" he murmured.

Dean laughed. "You've been my mate for 34 years, Cas, and our bond is pretty strong. You're not that difficult for me to read."

Castiel sent him a sideways scowl. "You too," he muttered, making Dean chuckle.

"Wanna tell me what's on your mind before you snap at me again?" Dean pried, a small smirk on his lips.

The angel hesitated before sighing. "Just… It's all this drama with the racists and me being in constant fear that one of our children is going to get hurt. And it's finally beginning to dawn on me that soon all our children will have left the house, and we will be all alone in it. Although I have embraced that truth, it still keeps lingering over my head…" He moved his hand around and grabbed a hold of some of his own feathers to play with in his lap while speaking. "Plus… I had a pretty bad dream last night," he finally confessed.

Dean frowned in concern and shifted a bit so that he was facing his mate more. He had noticed that Castiel had woken up in the middle of the night rather abruptly, but the angel had said that he just needed the bathroom pretty bad and had then rushed out to the small bathroom connected to their bedroom. Dean had been too sleepy to stay awake until Cas came back, so he didn't know how long he had been in there.

"What kind of dream? What did you dream about?" Dean asked, getting pretty worried now since he could feel Castiel's sudden fear through their bond.

The angel hesitated again and swallowed softly, not speaking for several seconds. "About Michael… About the things that he made me endure with the doctors… And about Lucifer. Just silly stuff from the past…"

Dean moved his hand over and placed on his mate's thigh, squeezing it for comfort. He leaned forward a bit and managed to catch the angel's eyes, and Castiel's blue orbs stared back at him, hesitantly. "It's not silly stuff, Cas. Don't ever say that. It's stuff that has traumatized you and it's normal that it sometimes comes back to you out of the blue, especially right now when you have so much on your mind with the kids growing up and being harassed by racists and all that."

Castiel lowered his eyes a bit, feeling them tear up a little as all kinds of negative emotions swirled around inside of him. "I suppose…"

Dean grabbed a hold of his hand then and gave it a tight squeeze. "Maybe you need to talk to someone professional about this? If it's bothering you that much."

"I don't know. I'm not good at opening up to people like that, and there are not many people I would want to talk with about this. They wouldn't understand…"

"Gabe would."

Castiel looked at Dean and scrunched his nose in a way that made the demon laugh. "Dean, I don't think Gabriel makes a very good counselor. In case you haven't noticed it, he does not take many things seriously."

Dean laughed and pulled his hand back. "True. But you know, maybe he'll be different when he knows his little brother is having trouble."

"That's possible…"

Dean chuckled and started up the car again. "Now, let's go pick up Noah from school and head home. Then I'll give you a nice massage tonight and make slow, sweet love to you. How does that sound?" He gave his mate a somewhat cocky grin, finally making Castiel cheer up a bit as he chortled at him.

"Sure, that sounds nice," Castiel said, smiling at Dean.

"Awesome. But don't expect me to be in such a chick-flick mood again tomorrow, though."

Castiel laughed. "Alright, I won't."

Dean pulled the car out of the parking spot and headed off towards Noah's school, driving in comfortable silence the rest of the way.

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Noah's and Jayden's relationship was going well. Noah was still not quite ready for sex just yet, but the more he and Jayden kissed, shared small, affectionate touches, and the more he grew used to Jayden touching his feathers, the more he knew that it wouldn't be too long before he was ready to take the next step in their relationship and let their touches be more sexual. He was looking forward to it, but the excitement was filled with nervousness and slight fear. The thought of being penetrated during sex was kind of frightening to Noah, especially since he kept thinking there was no way that the alpha would be able to fit inside him. Although he still hadn't actually seen Jayden's cock, he was pretty sure that it was big, judging from what he could see when they were in the swim center together.

He didn't share his fears about sex with Jayden since he was too shy to bring that topic up just like that, and he felt a little silly for being nervous and scared about it.

It was Friday and Noah and Jayden's last class had just ended. They went outside together, headed over to the school bus when Jayden suddenly spoke.

"I was wondering if maybe you would be interested in going to the park today?" Jayden said, looking at Noah as they walked. "We can just walk around, chat a little, and perhaps buy an ice cream or something."

Noah was mildly surprised by that but he immediately liked the idea. Hanging out with Jayden was something he really enjoyed, so why say no?

"I'd love to," Noah grinned.

Jayden beamed. "Great. I've got nothing to do all day anyway, so I thought I figured we could do something together. You are my favorite person to be with, after all." He winked at Noah who blushed slightly.

"You're my favorite person to be with as well," Noah confessed.

Jayden grinned and briefly touched Noah's leg with his tail. "Glad to hear that."

They headed off towards the nearby park, which was located a few blocks away. Once they arrived there they held hands as they walked down the park's path and listened to the birds in the trees and the children playing on the large grass area and in the nearby playground. The weather was nice and sunny with a few clouds here and there, and it was pretty hot that day.

"How was your day? Aside from Mr. Allen once again being a dick to you in biology class," Jayden asked as they walked down the fine gravel-covered path.

Dean and Castiel had had a talk with the principal recently about Mr. Allen's behavior towards Noah, and Jayden and Christie had given statements as well. The principal had had a serious talk with Mr. Allen it seemed, because the teacher glared even more at Noah, Jayden, and even at Christie now than he usually did. The only thing that had changed into something positive was that he hadn't made a single rude comment about Noah in front of class since that talk with the principal, but he was still letting others in class harass Noah without lifting a finger to do anything about it.

"It was okay. Almost got tripped again in the cafeteria, but I managed to keep my balance," Noah said. He always had lunch break with Christie, Abby, and their human friend Mick. They didn't have lunch with Jayden very often since it made others throw stupid comment at him and Jayden, so Jayden usually hung out with his friends Rick and Chris who also got along pretty well with Noah.

Jayden growled. "Do they never get tired of harassing you? Or anyone else for that matter. Such people just piss me off."

Noah sighed. "I know, me too. But at least I didn't fall and made a fool of myself…"

"I'm more worried about you getting hurt when you fall," Jayden said softly and squeezed his hand. He brushed his wing against Noah's left one since he was walking on Noah's left side, and looked at the spot with the missing feathers. "I'm glad to see that new feathers are growing out now. It'll look normal again soon."

Noah glanced at his wing and made a small grimace when he looked at that place. "Yeah, I can't wait. It looks so ugly like this…"

"No it doesn't, it just looks a little less pretty. You wings could never be ugly; they are beautiful," the alpha smiled.

Noah's cheeks reddened and his stomach fluttered at Jayden's sincere words. "Thanks…" he murmured shyly.

Jayden just smiled and squeezed his hand again. They continued walking, and the alpha's eyes lit up when he finally spotted the ice cream shop he had been looking for. "Still want ice cream?"

"Of course. I would be sick if I didn't want ice cream," Noah grinned.

Jayden laughed at that and they headed over to the shop together. Jayden placed the order after having asked which kind of ice cream Noah wanted in his cone, and Noah's eyes widened when Jayden paid the entire order.

"No, no! I'll pay for my own ice cream," Noah immediately said.

The alpha chuckled and handed him his cone. "It's fine, I'll pay it this time. We haven't really been on a proper date anywhere before – which I probably should take you on soon – so it's alright by me that I pay it."

Noah took the cone and glanced up at Jayden. "Thanks… But it makes me feel like such a girl," he murmured, stepping a bit away from the shop when a big family came over to order ice cream.

A teasing smirk formed on Jayden's lips. "Well, you are half female, biologically at least, and you're also the girl in this relationship, so…"

"Shut up," Noah muttered, his lip twitching into a little smile and gave him a pointed glare while he reached out to smack the alpha gently on the arm. He knew that Jayden was right, though.

"Sorry. I certainly didn't mean it as an offense," Jayden chuckled, but was a bit worried if Noah was offended by that or not. Some submissives saw themselves as more male than female, and with others it was the other way around. He suspected that Noah was somewhere in between but was tilting more towards feeling more female than male.

"It's fine, I'm not offended. In fact, I often feel more female than male, and I have no desire to, um, be the 'guy' in our relationship," Noah murmured, shifting with embarrassment. He slowly began licking at his ice cream now, glad that it provided a bit of distraction for him.

"I kind of figured," Jayden said, smiling softly at him and rubbed Noah's leg with his tail. He looked around the area and spotted a free bench a few feet away under some trees. "Wanna head over and sit down for a bit?"

Noah followed his gaze over to the park bench. "Okay," he smiled.

They went over and sat down next to each other, eating their ice cream cones eagerly. The birds chirped and twittered in the trees above and around them, and people walked back and forth on the path in front of them with their kids and their dogs. Noah smiled into his ice cream when he saw a little human girl, probably 3-4 years old, stare at his ice cream in jealousy and began begging her parents to have one. He felt kind of sorry for her when her mother said no.

They chatted a bit while they ate, and glanced at each other with amused smiles every time one of them got some ice cream on their chins or the corner of their mouths. Luckily Noah had grabbed some tissues for them from the shop to clean themselves up with.

"Adrian and Natalie are coming over tonight and will be staying at the house this weekend. I'm kind of looking forward to it," Noah spoke, and took a bite from the crunchy part of the cone.

"Sounds nice. When is Natalie having her baby?" Jayden asked.

"Um, around the 20th of July, I think."

"Oh, that's pretty close to my birthday," the alpha chuckled with some ice cream in his mouth.

Noah turned to look at him in surprise. "Really? When is your birthday anyway? I think you only told me that it's in July."

Jayden smiled, ignoring the ice cream that was on the corner of his mouth. "My birthday is on the 28th of July."

"Oh. I'll be sure to buy you a present then."

The alpha laughed. "Thanks."

"Um," Noah began, shifting a bit. "Maybe you want to come over today and stay the night at my house? You said you didn't have anything to do this weekend anyway, so…"

Jayden blinked at him and used a tissues to wipe his mouth with. "Sure, I wouldn't mind coming over. I guess I can survive one night without brushing my teeth, 'cause I probably won't go home today then," he chuckled.

Noah chuckled too. "And I'm sure Adrian will borrow you a shirt again."

"Or I can sleep shirtless. It's freaking hot today anyway."

Noah blushed when he started picturing Jayden sleeping on a mattress next to his bed without a shirt on and dressed only in his underwear. It sent small shivers of arousal up his spine and made him shudder lightly.

They finished their ice creams, and Jayden scooted over on the bench to throw their used tissues away into the waste bucket next to the bench. He suddenly looked up when a girl passed by and went over to him, and his eyes widened in shock when he recognized the girl.

"Hey, Jay," the girl – a dark-haired demon female – beamed at him.

"Um, hi, Sarah," Jayden replied, discretely scooting back over to sit closer to Noah again and eyed the girl in front of him in discomfort.

Noah tensed up when he saw the girl smile so familiarly at Jayden that it made jealousy swirl up inside him immediately. He eyed her suspiciously, unaware that he was practically glaring at her while all her attention was on Jayden.

"It's been so long! Maybe we should see each other again soon?" Sarah suggested, smiling almost seductively at Jayden.

"Uh, I don't think so. I'm in a relationship now, so I'm really not interested," Jayden told her off, hoping she would just go away already.

Sarah's face turned into a disappointed and slightly confused frown. "Really? But, please, I—"

"I'm not interested, okay?" Jayden repeated, firmer and somewhat more rude this time, and he glared up at her until she swallowed and nodded curtly. She turned on her heels and stalked away, and Jayden let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding.

Noah stared at the female demon's retreating form before looking at Jayden. "Was she… your girlfriend once…?" he asked, hating the word 'girlfriend' in association with something related to Jayden.

Jayden sighed again. "Not really. She's a girl from our school that I had a night-one stand with once after I started there… Which turned into three or four more times or something," he muttered, staring at his hands which he fidgeted in his lap.

Noah looked away into his own lap now, hating how jealousy ate away at him inside. He knew that Jayden had had sexual encounters with others before, but it still hurt a bit to be reminded of it. "Have you… had many 'one-night stands' before?" he asked before he could help himself.

Finally Jayden turned his head to look at him, and Noah glanced back at him from the corner of his eyes and swallowed softly.

"I think I've been with four girls in total, since just before I turned 16. Two of them I've only been with once, and then a few times with Sarah and then that short-term girlfriend I once had," Jayden explained to him. He was patient as he explained it, but he really didn't like talking about his former sexual partners now that he was in a committed relationship with Noah, though he also felt that it was kind of important for his boyfriend to know about it. "But as I told you once; those were just sexual relationships. They meant nothing to me, and I didn't have that many feelings for the girlfriend I once had either."

Noah nodded quietly. "I know. I just… I don't like it," he murmured, feeling somewhat ashamed to admit it.

Jayden chuckled. "Are you jealous?" he teased, making Noah blush and stare into his lap harder. Jayden laughed a bit at Noah's cuteness and nudged the submissive's wing lovingly. "Don't be. And there are guys out there who've slept with five times as many people as I have, so I actually don't have that much experience compared to them. Besides, to me there is a big difference between having sex with a random person whom you just find attractive, and then having sex with someone whom you have very deep feelings for. And you are the only person I've ever felt anything so strong for – the only person I've ever loved – so when it comes to having sex with true feelings involved, I'm a total virgin."

Jayden's words really relieved some of the jealousy that Noah was feeling, and he sighed softly in relief. He turned his head to look at Jayden's gentle face with a shy smile on his lips. "I feel the same about you," he said. "And I'm a virgin on both aspects…"

Jayden chuckled and reached over to take Noah's hand. "I know, and I don't mind. Actually, I kind of like that…" he said, slowly leaning in to kiss Noah softly on the cheek. "It makes me kinda possessive," he purred, nosing tentatively at Noah's cheek and jaw.

The submissive shuddered and unconsciously bared his neck a little to Jayden, completely forgetting that they were in a public place. He let out a soft sigh when he felt the alpha kiss him between his neck and jaw very gently and slowly. It felt so intimate and so right, and he purred slightly when he felt Jayden lips linger at his vulnerable neck until the alpha pulled back. Noah almost felt disappointed that Jayden hadn't kissed or marked him on the neck, and he was quite surprised to feel himself be disappointed at that.

"Sorry, I got a little carried away," Jayden said, his cheeks reddening a bit. The scent of Noah was very strong at the neck and jugular, and the smell had overwhelmed him when he was so close to those places. His dick was hardening because of it and it really wasn't a good idea to have an erection in full public, so he had to pull away before it became too much for him. He placed his hands in his lap to make sure that none of the people walking by would notice it. The fact that Noah had bared his neck to him like that was utterly arousing, even though it had taken him completely by surprise. It was a submissive gesture he hadn't really expected from Noah already.

"Me too," Noah blushed, glancing around to see if any of the people passing by had noticed the scene, but everyone seemed to mind their own business. He squirmed a bit when he felt that his underwear was slightly wet and his dick was a little hard, and his oil glands felt almost painful with the need to release the oil that was building up after the arousal he had just felt. He flexed his shoulders to get of the feeling.

"Maybe we should get going. There's a group of guys staring at us over there, and I don't quite like it…" Jayden murmured. Noah followed the alpha's gaze over to a group of teenage angels standing in the grass area across from the path that was in front of the bench. Noah hadn't noticed them earlier when he looked around. The guys were rather far away but it was clear that they were talking about them, and Noah guessed that they were mistaking him for a full blood angel and thus thought that he and Jayden were a young angel/demon couple. Reality was not too far from it actually.

"Okay," Noah spoke and got up from the bench. He picked up his shoulder bag which he had placed next to him on the bench earlier, and Jayden got up as well. "Do you still want to sleep over at my place?"

"Of course," Jayden chuckled. "And it'll be nice to meet your big brother again. He seems pretty cool."

"Adrian has always been cool, but he still treats me like a baby. All of them do, actually. It's a bit annoying sometimes, to be honest…"

The alpha laughed quietly. "Well, you are the youngest so it's not so surprising."

Noah nodded and glanced once more over at the guys that were staring at them. He shifted his bag on his shoulder in a nervous gesture before saying, "Let's go." Jayden nodded and together they left the park to go to the nearest bus stop to catch a bus that went as close to Noah's house as possible.

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Dean and Castiel came home from work at 3:40pm with Isaac. Lily wasn't coming home that weekend since she was spending it with Tony and his family.

They were all slightly surprised to see Jayden at the house when they came home.

"I hope it's okay that Jayden is sleeping over tonight?" Noah asked when his family had taken off their shoes and entered the living room.

Castiel looked from Noah to Jayden whose tail was curled absently around Noah's leg. "Of course," he told Noah before turning to smile at Jayden. "You are always welcome to stay over whenever you like."

"Thank you," Jayden replied with a polite smile. He was glad that Noah's family had accepted him so easily – except for Dean who had been pretty protective at first and still was a bit sometimes. Jayden didn't blame him, though. It meant that he was a loving father towards Noah.

"Be careful he doesn't suddenly have to move in when Noah can't get enough of him in bed," Isaac teased, smirking at them.

Noah's face went red like a tomato and Jayden's cheeks flushed a bit too.

"Jeez, Isaac. Do you never stop being such a brat," Dean growled at his beta son and swatted him lightly on the top of his head, making Isaac go 'ow'.

Castiel scowled at Isaac in disapproval. "I know I cannot ground you anymore since you are an adult now, but I can stop buying your favorite candy whenever you come home if you don't behave soon."

"Hey! I was only joking," Isaac protested. The threat of him not getting to eat his favorite candy always terrified him.

"Apologize to them," Castiel ordered.

Isaac pursed his lips a bit before looking at Noah and Jayden. "Okay, I'm sorry. I'll stop embarrassing you both so much, even though we all know that I'm right." His rolled his eyes after that.

"Isaac!" Castiel scolded.

Jayden laughed, unable to help himself, while Noah just scowled at his brother.

Dean chuckled, finding Castiel's outrage over Isaac's never changing behavior pretty hilarious. Dean had already given up on trying to lecture Isaac after he turned 18. He patted Bella when the dog kept running in front of his legs and seeking attention, before making his way over to pour up some food for the dog since it was clear that she was getting pretty hungry.

"Do you even have a toothbrush with you?" Isaac asked Jayden, eyeing him curiously.

"No, but I can probably survive one night without it. And Noah said you had some mouthwash in the bathroom, which is almost just as good," Jayden replied.

"You can borrow mine if you want?" Isaac offered, an impish smile tilting his lips. Noah grimaced at that.

Jayden laughed. "No thanks, I'm good."

"Good, 'cause I don't really wanna have to throw it away afterwards. It's pretty new."

"Why do you suggest it then?" Castiel muttered, rolling his eyes helplessly.

"I'm just being nice! Which you always tell me to be, papa," Isaac grinned.

Castiel sighed, shaking his head softly, and Isaac laughed while brushing his wing against his papa's, almost as if to say sorry that he was always making him feel so hopeless and frustrated about him. Castiel was slightly surprised since Isaac rarely shared such fond gestures with him, but he returned it and brushed his own wing back against Isaac's who smiled a bit at that.

They spend some time together, talking about how their day went. Isaac told them about his studies and how he hated the exams and papers he had this month. He had a paper he needed to write for Thursday next week but he was almost done with it. Noah was glad that he didn't have as much school stuff to do as Isaac did.

At 4:50 Adrian and Natalie finally arrived. Natalie was already on maternity leave and Adrian was off early on Fridays, therefore they were able to arrive rather early that day.

Castiel smiled at his son and daughter-in-law as he opened the door for them and welcomed them inside. Natalie was just about a month away from having her baby, so she was even bigger now than last time they had seen her.

"Hello, Natalie. How are you?" Castiel asked, pulling her into a light hug.

Natalie smiled and returned the hug, careful of her large stomach. "I'm great, thank you. The back pains and the toilet visits are killing me, though."

Castiel chuckled and pulled away, eying her pregnant stomach with a smile. "I know, that's the worst part about it. But you seem to be doing well."

Natalie shrugged and smirked at him. "I'm a strong girl. I just really miss work already; I miss getting dirty and greasy by working on the aircrafts, and Adrian always comes home and practically brags about the things he got to work on during the day." She glared at Adrian who had just pulled away from a hug with Dean and was now putting their travel bags into a corner in the entrance hall.

"Hey, that's not true. I don't brag about it," Adrian denied and glared back at her.

Dean laughed. "Don't protest, Adrian. Women don't like that. Or subs, for that matter." He snickered when Castiel glared at him for adding the last part.

"Yeah, you're right," Adrian chuckled, taking off his shoes before going over to hug Castiel. "It's good to see you again, papa," he smiled, holding him tight and wrapped his tail around the angel's leg.

Castiel smiled, returning the hug. "It's good to see you as well, Adrian."

After the hug, Castiel led Natalie into the living room so that she could sit down and rest her back, and she beamed when she saw Noah and Jayden. "Hey, guys," she said, going over to pull Noah into a warm hug and then turned to shake Jayden's hand. "You're still together. I'm glad to see that," she grinned.

"Of course," Jayden said with a grin, wrapping an arm around Noah's waist. Noah blushed a bit since his family was looking at them, but he leaned into Jayden's body as the demon put his arm around him.

Isaac had disappeared into the bathroom so he wasn't there at the moment.

Adrian came inside, petting Bella who barked happily at him, before going over to hug Noah. He grinned as he hugged his brother tightly, and Jayden had to let go of Noah for a bit. "Hey, kiddo. How's school?"

"It's going okay," Noah croaked, feeling his brother's large arms around him and his tail brushing his leg.

Adrian pulled back and eyed his wing with a worried face. "I wish I could have punched that prick who did that to you, but I heard Jayden already beat him up."

"Yep, he sure did," Dean spoke, crossing his arms casually and smiled at Jayden in approval.

"I wouldn't mind punching him some more, though," Jayden murmured, growling at the memory of what Max had done.

"Yeah, no kidding. That Max guy has pissed me off for years," Adrian growled, twisting his tail in anger. "I'm glad you were there to protect my brother. Thanks for that." He smiled at Jayden in gratitude.

Jayden smiled, somewhat modestly. "No problem. I don't want him getting hurt." He wrapped his arm around Noah's waist again and smiled down at him in affection. It made Noah smile back somewhat shyly and lean into him. Adrian watched them with a small grin, as did the others.

They all looked up when Isaac emerged from the bathroom which he had disappeared into just before Adrian and Natalie arrived.

"Woot! Now my stomach feels so much better," Isaac grinned and patted his stomach while flashing them a smirk.

"Isaac, we don't need to know about that," Adrian scowled, unimpressed.

"Yeah, TMI," Dean grumbled.

Noah and Castiel groaned in embarrassment over Isaac while both Jayden and Natalie seemed sort of amused.

Isaac rolled his eyes. "You guys are so boring sometimes. Are we really related?"

"I'm asking myself the same question," Adrian retorted, eyeing Isaac with a teasing smirk.

"Oi," Isaac warned, scowling at him. Adrian just laughed and pulled Isaac into a brief hug when his brother came over to them. Isaac struggled a bit since he always felt awkward when hugging Adrian, but he returned it with a few pats on Adrian's back before pulling away. "Dude, you smell of oil." They brushed tails after the hug, like they always did when greeting each other.

"I didn't get to shower properly after working on the aircrafts today," Adrian explained with a chuckle. "I'll shower later, though."

Natalie suddenly groaned, holding her stomach and grimaced a bit at the pain in her back. "Well, I'm gonna go sit down now… My back is killing me."

Adrian was immediately at her side then, helping her over to sit on the couch, and Castiel couldn't help but smile at his son's worried and loving expression as he helped her.

Natalie sat down on the couch with a relieved sigh and looked up at Adrian. "You're making me feel like some old lady with you helping me out with everything," she said, rolling her eyes.

"Sorry, but it's my job to make sure you're okay," Adrian chuckled and sat down next to her.

"Aww, that's so sweet. Adrian is all tamed," Isaac snickered. Adrian glared in his direction but Isaac just laughed.

Noah watched Adrian's protectiveness towards Natalie with a smile, and his eyes lingered on the place where Adrian's hand was placed almost possessively on Natalie's belly. It was intriguing and beautiful to watch how soft and protective males became towards their mates when their mate was pregnant. There was so many feelings in it and Noah liked that. He unconsciously grabbed a hold of Jayden's hand and entwined their fingers while watching them. He sighed contently as their wings rested against each other, and he could feel his boyfriend's tail wrap almost possessively around his leg.

Dean watched them. He looked from Adrian and Natalie's happy smiles and their loving touches on Natalie's pregnant stomach to Noah and Jayden who were now sharing a loving smile and entwining hands like the in-love teenagers they were.

Castiel smiled between them before going over to prepare dinner, and the others seated themselves on the couch to chat.

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Dinner was cooking mostly by itself, everyone was chatting on the couch, and Isaac played some tug-war with Bella with one of her toys when suddenly the doorbell rang. Dean and Castiel frowned since they weren't expecting any other guests tonight, and Dean got up to answer the door.

When opening the door, Dean was met by Gabriel's grinning face, and in the next second he was being hugged so hard that he couldn't breathe. "G-Gabe," he croaked out, completely stunned to see his brother-in-law at the house.

"Dean-o! Always good to see you!" Gabriel cheered, hugging Dean tightly and gave him a pretty unmanly peck on the cheek which made Dean grimace and frantically wipe the wet spot away with his hand afterwards. Gabriel just laughed at him and patted his shoulder while saying, "Hope you don't mind me dropping by. I got so bored by myself at home since Katie is out with some girlfriends and so is Heidi, and Mark is college, so it was just little me all by myself and it made me feel so lonely." He put on an act, sniffing pathetically and wiped away imaginary tears while Dean stared back at him.

"Uh, well, we weren't expecting you, but I guess you're not gonna go away even if I told you to."

Gabriel barked out a laugh, pushing past Dean who closed the front door behind them. "You know me too well, Dean-o!" he grinned, winking at him.

Castiel blinked in surprise when he went over and saw Gabriel enter the living room. "Gabriel?"

"Cassie!" Gabriel exclaimed, immediately pulling his little brother into a hug. He grinned at Cas after he pulled back and turned to look at the others. "Wow, almost full house today."

"Hey, uncle Gabe," Isaac grinned, shooting up from the couch to go over and hug his uncle.

"Hey, kiddo," Gabe smiled, pulling back from their hug after a few seconds. "Where are all the girls? Natalie is the only girl in this house right now. Well, unless you count Cassie and Noah who are kind of half girls, and then there's the baby in Natalie's tummy which is also a girl, and Bella is also female, but besides that…"

"They were busy and couldn't come," Castiel explained, rolling his eyes at Gabriel's long babble.

"Really?" Gabriel looked at Isaac then and rose an eyebrow at him. "I rarely see you without your other half. What's Lily up to since she has abandoned us today?"

Isaac grimaced a bit. "She's with Tony this weekend… They've been acting kind of gross lately. Well, more gross than usual, that is. Not exactly sure what's going on… Maybe it's because their anniversary is coming up soon. That always makes girls act kinda giggly and weird."

"There's nothing wrong with that," Castiel cut in with a scowl, sitting down on one of the chairs and Dean sat down on the other one.

Grinning, Gabriel made his way over to sit down on the couch. He seated himself next to Noah, and Jayden sat between Noah and Adrian who was sitting on the other side of the couch. Gabriel grinned between Noah and Jayden. "Aww, you're still together, and you're even holding hands and touching wings while you're sitting here."

Noah glanced down at where his and Jayden's hands were joined on the alpha's thigh. Jayden's tail was snaked behind their bodies, along Noah's lower back with the spiked end resting next to Noah's other thigh, so that the tail was kind of wrapped around him as he sat there. His feathers had contact with it, and whenever the tail moved Noah could feel it in his feathers.

"Yeah, they are kinda cute together," Natalie said, a small chuckle in her voice. Noah blushed at that.

"Hey, you took my seat!" Isaac complained at Gabriel who just smirked and otherwise ignored his complaint.

They talked a bit, and Isaac went over to sit next to Natalie on the other side of the couch now that Gabriel had snatched his seat. They chatted about random stuff from their lives, and Gabriel tried to get to know Jayden a little better since they had only met once before.

Adrian suddenly turned to look at Jayden with a curious frown. "So, do you practice any sports besides playing football before and now going swimming with Noah? You seem to be in good shape."

Jayden blinked before replying. "Um, I go to the gym almost every day, and sometimes take a run around the neighborhood in the evening. I used to practice some martial arts when I was younger but I couldn't keep doing that after my car accident. I still remember some of the stuff I was taught though; it comes in handy sometimes."

Noah blinked at him. He hadn't known about him practicing martial arts once, but Jayden had told him about staying in shape at the gym and with running.

"Oh, Adrian did martial arts too!" Isaac said. "But now he's a tamed animal." He laughed when Adrian glared over at him, and Natalie snickered from her seat between them.

Adrian turned to look at Jayden then to explain. "I used to practice taekwondo. Got the black belt, but I don't practice it anymore now. I kinda stopped practicing it after I started attending the military academy."

"Lazy," Gabriel coughed out, making Isaac snicker. They both laughed when Adrian glared at them both.

Dean snorted. "I think Adrian is a lot more active than both of you combined."

"Hey! Do you know how exhausting concerts are? Well, I don't have them that much anymore, but still…" Gabriel said.

"And walking to and from class is exhausting too!" Isaac argued. "As is getting out of bed in the mornings, writing stupid exam papers, and having parties until 7am. I'm very active."

Dean laughed, shaking his head helplessly, and Castiel groaned at Isaac's definition of being active.

Natalie snickered at them before looking at Adrian. "It's a pity you don't practice it anymore." She reached out and put a hand on Adrian's arm, a warm smile on her lips as she looked at him.

"When would I have time for it?" Adrian asked with a little smile of his own. "And yeah, it's a pity… But I don't think I would suck if I had to fight with someone."

A brilliant idea just popped into Gabriel's mind then. "Oh, I got it! Why don't you and Jayden here just challenge each other for a little match, then? To see who's most rusty. It could be fun." He winked at them with a smirk.

"Gabriel, are you trying to make them fight with each other?" Castiel asked, outraged but what he just heard his brother say.

"For fun, Cas! They don't have to punch each other or anything." Gabriel rolled his eyes at how Castiel always thought the worst of what he said.

Isaac frowned, glancing between them. "Who the hell would we root for?"

Adrian and Jayden both looked at each other, taking in the idea and sizing each other up a bit. A bright smirk formed on Adrian's lips then. "That actually sounds kinda fun. If you're up for it?"

Noah's eyes widened. He was stunned that Adrian actually liked that idea, and he suddenly felt pretty uncomfortable with the thought of his brother and boyfriend fighting, even if it was just for fun/training.

Jayden smirked back at Adrian. "Um, sure. I don't mind it, but I think I'm a lot more rusty than you."

Adrian laughed. "I'll go easy on you then."

"No way," Jayden said, laughing too.

There was still half an hour until dinner was ready, so there was plenty of time to wrestle around a bit. Jayden and Adrian rose from the couch to head outside into the garden, and Gabriel and Isaac both cheered in excitement. Noah still wasn't too comfortable with the idea, but Natalie seemed pretty excited.

Dean chuckled when he saw the worried frown on Castiel's face when they stood up from their chairs to follow Jayden and Adrian outside. "Oh, c'mon, Cas. It's just for fun, and it's a good way for alphas to bond, you know."

"I'm not fond of violence, and Jayden is our guest. What if one of them ends up hurting themselves?" Castiel spoke, his brows still knitted together in worry. He glanced briefly over at Adrian who was being a gentleman as he helped Natalie up from the couch (Adrian would have done it but Gabe beat him to it), and Isaac and Noah were already following Adrian and Jayden outside with Bella running after them.

Dean rolled his eyes fondly. "Jeez, Cas. No wonder you're all stressed out and having nightmares lately. You worry over the tiniest things sometimes."

Castiel glared at his mate. "Well, someone has to worry…" he muttered.

Dean just smiled and slung his arm around Cas' shoulder, leading him outside with Natalie and Gabriel following after them.

Outside, Adrian and Jayden headed into the garden, and Adrian cast a glance up at the terrace to make sure that Natalie was alright. When his mate gave him a wink that she was okay after having sat down safely in one of the chairs, Adrian gave a relieved sigh and turned his attention back to Jayden.

The others stood on the terrace, and Castiel and Natalie sat down while watching the two young alphas in the garden. It was 6:26pm so there was still a lot of light outside, and the weather was warm and humid. Dean held Bella by the collar to stop her from running into the garden and disturb the boys.

Noah twitched, watching as Jayden and Adrian talked and laughed together as they got ready. He wasn't sure who to root for – his brother or his boyfriend? He was very close to Adrian, and he didn't want to hurt his brother's feelings by rooting for Jayden, but on the other hand Jayden was his boyfriend and he loved him, and he kind of wanted to see Jayden succeed. Part of him was really interested in seeing what his potential future mate had to offer. It was an instinct in submissives to pick strong partners who could protect them, which was why they were often most attracted to alphas, and it was kind of exciting to see how Jayden would perform.

"Still have no idea who to root for, so I'll just root for whoever is doing best when they start," Gabriel spoke, shrugging a bit.

"Not sure who to root for either, to be honest," Dean said. He was most inclined to root for Adrian since he was his son, but he felt kind of rude towards Jayden if he did that.

Soon the playful fight between Jayden and Adrian began, with both of them trying to dodge the other's attacks and try flip the other to the ground. Whoever was knocked to the ground most times had lost, so both of them did whatever they could to not be forced to hit the grass with their bodies.

Gabriel and Isaac both cheered as they watched the two try to trip, flip, wrestle, or otherwise knock the other to the ground.

Castiel cringed every time one of them hit the grass with a loud thud and an uncomfortable 'uff', but he was glad that they quickly got to their feet again and seemed unharmed. Natalie of course was rooting for Adrian, who had the upper hand most of the time until Jayden seemed to get more into practice and managed to knock him over a good few times too.

Noah watched the match anxiously. When Adrian knocked down Jayden and tried to keep him on the ground by holding him down forcefully, he found himself cheering out Jayden's name. "Jayden! Knock him off and get up!" he called.

Adrian was temporarily distracted when he heard his little brother rooting for his opponent, but he couldn't say that he was surprised. His small distraction gave Jayden the opportunity to push him off by pressing his foot against his stomach, and Adrian grunted as it was him who was suddenly flipped to the ground and pinned down by Jayden. The demon's wings were spread out in a small victory, his tail moving back and forth in slow movements to mimic his concentrated and focused mind.

Adrian laughed. "My little brother is rooting for you. That actually kinda hurts." He looked up at Jayden who was pinning him down by pressing his hands against his shoulders. He struggled to knock Jayden off but the other alpha refused to budge.

A guilty but also quite proud look flickered across Jayden's face, and his hold on Adrian loosened a bit. "Sorry about that. I'm sure he doesn't mean it in a bad way."

"I know," Adrian smiled. A sudden smirk crooked his lips, making Jayden frown, but the alpha demon barely had time to react before Adrian swung his wing up, using it to gather strength as he rolled them over and was on top again. He got to his feet then, a cunning smile on his face. "You made my mistake and got distracted."

Jayden groaned, knowing that Adrian was right, before getting up from the grass as well.

They wiped the grass and dirt off their clothes and shook their wings to get grass out of their feathers.

"Thank god you got up again! It was starting to look gay!" Isaac shouted at them from the terrace.

They both laughed a bit at that before going back to business again.

"What are you talking about?" Gabriel said, giving Isaac an odd look. "It's hot when two hottie alphas lie on each other like that, isn't it?"

"Well, true," Isaac laughed.

"Hey, that's my son you're talking about, Gabe," Dean chastised. He glared at his brother-in-law with a small grimace.

"And my boyfriend…" Noah murmured, sending his uncle a small scowl.

Gabriel barked out a laugh before going over to Noah and wrapped an around his shoulder, pulling him close. "Aww, possessive of your precious boyfriend? Don't worry, I was just complementing his looks. I'm not interested in him, I swear," he chuckled.

Natalie laughed. "I don't think Katie would approve if you were."

"Are you kidding me? She'd kick my ass up to Saturn if I ever cheated on her."

"And cut off your dick," Isaac reminded him.

Gabriel turned his head, smoldering at his nephew for saying that. "Now, don't make matters worse, kiddo." Noah couldn't help but chuckle, but his eyes never left the match in the garden in front of them.

Castiel just shook his head softly but chuckled fondly at their interaction. He cringed again when Adrian was knocked down, but was relieved when he heard his son simply laugh before getting up again.

Bella kept barking, looking like she wanted to run down and join Jayden and Adrian's play, but Dean kept her still so that she wouldn't accidentally get hit when one of the boys was knocked down. The two alphas' wings and tails were spread out, and Dean didn't really want to see Bella get hit by one of them if she got too close.

After another five minutes Adrian and Jayden had enough of wrestling around. Both of them were exhausted and sweaty now, and the others smiled when Adrian patted Jayden on the shoulder in approval before they headed back up the terrace together.

"Who won?" Isaac eagerly asked when they returned.

Jayden and Adrian and shared a look.

"No idea, we lost count. It was just for fun anyway, so who cares," Adrian chuckled.

Jayden smiled, agreeing with Adrian on that, and his smile widened when Noah came over to him and seemed to be looking for potential injures on him. His shirt and jeans were pretty dirty from hitting the grass a lot, and his feathers were full of grass and dirt as well. He twitched his wings slightly, feeling the pieces of grass irritating him a bit. Adrian looked just as dirty as him so that was a relief at least.

"Are you okay?" Noah asked, looking up at him. He tried not to pay too much attention to how intriguing it looked when Jayden panted and how his chest rose, or how his shirt had a few stains of sweat on it.

"I'm fine. Just kinda sore," Jayden chuckled, brushing his tail against Noah's leg lovingly.

"Same here. Thanks for asking, Noah," Adrian said sarcastically. He grinned when Noah suddenly looked guilty about not having asked Adrian as well about how he was, but Adrian wasn't mad.

"Sorry, I…" Noah started.

"It's okay," Adrian said, giving his little brother a reassuring smile before going over to Natalie who was still sitting in the chair. Natalie shifted a bit and smiled when he came over, but grunted when her movement caused her back to hurt. Adrian gave her sympathetic smile and gently grabbed her hand.

Castiel sighed and stood up. "Well, I hope you two alphas had fun being 'manly'. I will go check on the food now." He headed inside, rolling his eyes when Gabriel immediately followed after him. He still hated when Gabriel had something to say about his way of cooking.

Adrian chuckled. "It wasn't just 'being manly', papa, it was for fun," he told Castiel as the angel headed inside.

"I better go help him before he kills Gabriel," Dean chuckled, heading inside as well. He let go of Bella so that she could run down into the garden and do her business before it was time to head back inside.

Noah blushed shyly when Jayden smiled down at him, and Isaac started making mocking puking noises next to them. The beta quickly stopped and laughed at Noah's smoldering before going inside as well.

"You can borrow one of my old shirts, if you want. Yours is pretty dirty and sweaty now," Adrian told Jayden.

"Yeah, thanks. That would be nice," Jayden smiled, still standing in front of Noah with his tail wrapped around the submissive's leg. "And thanks for the fight. You're pretty good, but since you got the black belt once I guess it's not that surprising."

Adrian grinned, his tail flicking a bit behind him. "You weren't bad either. I'm glad my little brother has found someone who's strong and who can protect him." He looked at Noah with a fond smile when the submissive blushed like mad and leaned into Jayden a bit.

Natalie smiled. "So you do like Jayden after all. When you first heard about Jayden you were so skeptic of him and were afraid he was going to harm Noah. I was quite fed up with listening to your worried monologue about that at one point."

Adrian blushed a bit awkwardly at that. "Well, I'm a big brother; I have to be protective…" He glanced over at Jayden. "No offense."

Jayden grinned. "None taken."

Noah just kept blushing, but he was glad that his brother and his boyfriend got along so well now.

Adrian helped Natalie up from the chair, making sure her back and her stomach were alright. They headed inside together, and Adrian went upstairs afterwards to find some fresh shirts for himself and for Jayden.

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They all had dinner together, listening to Gabriel tell some funny stories from his latest concert and about how he pulled a prank on Katie where he had woken her up by sucking her hair into the vacuum cleaner (as revenge for telling him he was lazy for never cleaning). Castiel was somewhat embarrassed that Jayden had to find out how completely shameless Gabriel was, but Jayden thought it was pretty fun.

After eating and doing the dishes, Castiel went outside for a bit to catch a little break. It was pretty warm inside the house and he needed some fresh air.

It almost completely dark by now, and Castiel wrapped his wings around himself and stood outside on the terrace, staring up at the cloudless sky and listening to the birds tweeting as the small creatures prepared to sleep in their nests. He closed his eyes, breathing in the warm but more cooler air now through his nose and exhaled deeply afterwards.

The sound of the terrace door opening made Castiel turn around, and he was surprised to see Gabriel come outside to him. His brother closed the door before walking over to stand next to him, a cocky smile on his face.

"Hiya, Cassie. Whatcha doing out here all by yourself?" Gabe asked, moving closer to Cas so that their wings were touching.

"Nothing. I just needed some fresh air," Castiel replied, blinking in bewilderment at Gabriel before looking into the garden.

Gabriel watched his profile for a moment. "Dean tells me you've been having bad dreams lately. About Michael and Lucifer."

Castiel's eyes widened, surprised that Dean had told Gabriel about it, and turned his head to stare into Gabriel's golden eyes. They were more or less the same height, but Castiel had always been scrawnier than his brother because he was a submissive. He stared into his brother's face which didn't reveal any emotions except for a bit of worry, before averting his eyes a bit. "It's nothing," he murmured, wrapping his wings tighter around himself. "You do not need to worry about me."

"Usually when you say that, I have all the reasons in the world to worry about you, baby brother."

Castiel wrinkled his nose a bit at the pet name but didn't speak.

Gabriel sighed before slinging an arm around Castiel's shoulders, pulling him a bit closer. "There's no shame in having bad dreams, Cassie. Heck, do you think that I never have bad dreams about our crazy as fuck brother and that psycho asshole that wanted a piece of your ass? He did try to kill me, in case you forgot."

"I know. I'm sorry…"

Gabriel laughed a bit. "It's not your fault, Cassie," he said, squeezing his shoulder. "So… Do you wanna talk about those awful dreams of yours?"

Castiel was both surprised and happy that Gabriel was offering him to talk to about it. His brother had never been one to talk much about feelings and stuff like that, but when they were younger he had sometimes listened to Castiel's problems and comforted him when he was sad. He kind of missed that.

Castiel sighed and leaned a bit into his brother before beginning to share his dreams with him. He told him about how he sometimes dreamed that Michael showed up at his house and dragged him back 'home', keeping him locked up in their old house because he had been 'bad'. Michael used to lock him inside his room or in the basement when Castiel had done something that he didn't approve of, and a few times he had been locked in there for a whole night. There were also dreams in which Lucifer showed up to hurt Dean, Gabriel, and his children, and those were the worst nightmares. Seeing his family get hurt left him terrified after he woke up, and he had to snuggle up against Dean's sleeping body to calm down again.

He hadn't had those kind of nightmares for years, so it was frustrating that they were beginning to show up again. It made him lose sleep since he was scared of having another dream about it when he closed his eyes.

Gabriel listened to what Castiel told him, making a few comments every now and then but was actually being quite understanding for once. Castiel appreciated that, because it was otherwise typical for his brother not to take things seriously.

When Castiel was done telling him about his dreams, Gabriel said, "Those dreams are somewhat similar to mine, but I haven't had them in years now. Don't let ghosts of the past ruin your mood, Cassie. Michael and Lucifer were both big bags of dicks, but they're dead now. No one is going to hurt your family. And you have a beautiful family! Five kids, a grandkid and two more on the way, and a hottie mate! Plus a pretty nice dog. What more could you ask for?"

"I know. I'm not ungrateful for what I have – I have a happy life now, but it wasn't always like that… And you know that better than anyone."

Although Michael hadn't been violent or physically abusive, he had been very controlling of their lives. He wanted to control how they dressed, who their friends were, and even who their mates should be. Nothing was allowed without asking him for permission first, and disobedience was punished by not being allowed to eat dinner, getting locked up, or losing other privileges. If they didn't get good grades they were punished too. He had been obsessed with making sure that Castiel stayed a virgin since Lucifer was going to pay him a lot of money for mating with Cas when he turned 18, but luckily Castiel had managed to escape along with Gabriel and had moved, far, far away. His college had been paid by a wealthy distant aunt who had known nothing about the things that Michael had put them through, but she had died shortly after he finished college.

"True about that. But you shouldn't have these dreams, Cassie… You're making Dean-o worry about you," Gabriel spoke.

"I know," Castiel murmured, head hanging low. He had been worried and somewhat stressed out lately because of all the racists this year, and he was constantly worried that someone would hurt him or Dean, or one of their children. Since his children had moved out Castiel felt more helpless when it came to keeping them safe – they were on their own now and out of his and Dean's protective reach. He knew it was likely all those negative emotions of worry that had triggers his nightmares.

"And don't worry about your kids. Adrian kicks ass, Eden knows how to defend herself as well, and the twins will be fine too. And Noah's got a hot alpha to save his ass if it needs saving – which it already did once."

"Please don't remind me… You have no idea how scared I was when I heard about Noah being in the hospital after Max had attacked him…" Castiel said, shivering at the memory of Dean calling him to tell him that the hospital had called.

"I can imagine it," Gabriel argued.

Gabriel was about to say something else when the terrace door behind them opened, and they turned to see Adrian looking between them with a worried frown. "Is everything alright out here? I kinda saw papa looking pretty sad when I looked outside."

"I'm alright, Adrian. Just some silly things from the past," Castiel told his son, giving him a reassuring smile.

Adrian didn't look entirely convinced about Castiel being alright though.

Gabriel pulled his arm away from Cas before slapping his hand down firmly on the smaller angel's shoulder, making Castiel flinch in surprise. "Now, enough girl talk. Let's head back inside and have some fun," he grinned.

Adrian looked between them before going back in, and Castiel turned to head inside as well. Gabriel stopped him, though, and Castiel raised his head to look at his brother's worried face.

"Seriously, Cassie. Don't let it get to you. I hate seeing my little brother hurt and worried, so don't you dare do this to me. If anything's wrong and if this goes on, let me know and I'll be there to cheer you up. I'll make those fucking nightmares go away." There was a low, determined growl in Gabriel's voice as he spoke.

Castiel smiled. "Thank you, Gabriel. I'm sorry for worrying you."

Gabriel just grinned and patted Cas' shoulder. "Now, no more girl talk. Let's go in and annoy the hell out of Dean!" he cheered, striding up to the door with eager and went inside. Castiel laughed and followed after him.

Everyone was sitting on the couch, fully engaged in some chat about how all members of the Pure Bloods group had been caught now, but that many racists hadn't stopped their activities and were still hating on angel/demon couples and hybrids.

Dean looked up when he saw Castiel and Gabriel enter the room again, and he immediately rose from his chair and went over to Cas. "Hey, how are you doing?" he asked quietly, placing his hands on his mate's hips and wrapped his tail around his leg for reassurance. He knew that he and Gabriel had been talking about Castiel's nightmares and about Michael and Lucifer outside. It didn't take a genius to guess that.

"I'm fine. Gabriel and I had a nice talk," Castiel replied, giving Dean a small smile and leaned into his touch.

Adrian looked over at him from the couch, his eyebrows knitted together in worry. "Was it something about Michael and that Lucifer guy?" he asked cautiously. The names caught Noah's attention, and he immediately looked over at his papa in worry, as did Isaac. They had heard stories about Michael and Lucifer but it was a while ago that they had been mentioned. Natalie had heard a tiny bit about it from Adrian, so she wasn't completely lost, but Jayden had no idea what they were talking about and sat there with a confused frown.

Castiel's wings drooped a bit behind him and he lowered his head a bit. "Yes. I have just been having bad dreams about them lately."

"Michael was your brother, right…?" Natalie asked cautiously, not remembering Adrian's explanation in detail. Bella was sitting next to her on the floor, and she and Adrian absently petted her every now and then while talking and looking at the others.

"Yeah, he was," Gabriel cut in to save Castiel from having to talk about it. "He was one big ass-clown that wanted to control our lives down to the tiniest detail. That dude had serious issues and he was a scary motherfucker. If anyone fucked with him they'd get beaten up by his small gang, which is one of the reasons why Cassie survived high school." He glanced over at where Dean's hands were tightening on Castiel's hips. "And Lucifer was one of his fucked up buddies who wanted to 'buy' Cas and had some obsession about Cas becoming his mate. He also almost killed both me and Dean once, and wanted to rip Eden from Cassie's stomach when he was pregnant with her. Really fucking nice guy he was," he growled, sarcasm evident in his voice.

Jayden's eyes widened. "Wow. That sounds pretty fucked up… Sorry to hear about it," he said, looking over at Castiel. Natalie nodded in agreement.

"But isn't he dead now?" Noah asked, blinking up at Gabriel who was standing somewhat behind Castiel.

"Yeah, the bastard got executed, and Michael drove his drunk ass to death. Both got what they deserved," Gabriel snorted.

"Kinda glad I didn't get to meet them," Isaac murmured.

"Me too," Adrian spoke, growling a bit since he hated hearing about his papa's tough life before he met Dean. It made him angry at Michael and Lucifer, even though he had never met them.

"And thank god that dick bag never got to hurt you or Eden," Dean said, a growl in his voice, and pulled Castiel a little closer.

"Me too," Castiel said in a quiet voice.

Noah blinked over at Castiel. "You were pregnant with Eden at that time?" he asked. He couldn't remember all the details.

"Yes, seven months in," Castiel replied, smiling absently when he thought back to his first pregnancy and how excited he and Dean had been. "But she made it through all my stress."

"She's always been tough," Dean grinned.

"And can we please talk about something more cheerful now?" Castiel murmured, shifting uncomfortably.

"I totally agree with that!" Isaac exclaimed.

Gabriel clapped his hands together with a loud smack, startling everyone except for Isaac who wasn't easily startled by anything that Gabriel did. "So! Who wants some ice cream?" he asked, grinning around at everyone. Bella got up after the loud noise that Gabriel had made, shook her fur, and went over to sit beside Dean now.

"Dude, are you seriously offering everyone ice creams in a house where you yourself are a guest?" Dean asked, looking at Gabe as if he was mad.

"Sure, why not? None of you are offering it, and everyone's faces are screaming 'Ice cream! Ice cream!' at you, so I had to say something."

Natalie laughed at that. "I could use some ice cream," she grinned, patting her swollen belly.

Adrian sighed. "You've been eating too much ice cream lately…"

"So what? Your baby demands it," she growled at him, giving Adrian a small slap on the thigh.

Jayden snickered at that and Noah smiled.

Castiel chuckled and slowly pulled away from Dean. "Alright, I will find some ice cream for us to eat. Does everyone like vanilla and chocolate?"

"Hell yeah!" Isaac cheered, jumping up in excitement.

The others laughed but nodded their heads at Castiel's question, and the angel made his way over to the freezer to collect the ice cream. He felt better now after his little talk with Gabriel. It was nice that his brother had listened to him, and it was good to talk to him about it since Gabriel was the only one that truly understood what he had been through before. It made him feel so much lighter after having shared his problem with his brother, and he dwelled in the happy family time for the rest of the evening.

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At 11:30pm Noah and Jayden headed up to Noah's room, about to go to bed. Everyone else had gone to bed as well, but Adrian was arguing with Isaac and Gabriel outside in the upstairs hallway because they had thrown a filled water balloon at him after he exited the bathroom, and he was not happy about that.

Jayden laughed about it all the way into Noah's room. "I think I better be careful around Isaac and your uncle."

Noah closed the door, but he didn't lock it yet since he still had to use the bathroom. Natalie was occupying the upstairs bathroom at the moment where Noah had his toothbrush, so he had to wait. "Yeah, and certainly don't make them angry because then you will definitely regret it," he chuckled.

"I'll keep that in mind," Jayden chuckled back. He looked at Noah for a few moments before saying, "I didn't know that Castiel has had it that tough. I'm sorry to hear about it."

"I often don't really think about it because he's always so cheerful and nice," Noah murmured. "And he has never really spoken that much about it to me. Last time was a few years ago."

"Well, sometimes it's easier not to talk about it. Maybe he's put most of it behind him."

"I think so, yeah…" Noah said. He heard Natalie's voice outside in the hallway, indicating that she was finished in the bathroom now. "I'll go brush my teeth in the bathroom. I'll be right back."

"Okay. And can I quickly look up something on your computer? Since it's plugged in and everything, and mine is still in my bag," Jayden said, pointing at Noah's laptop which was on the desk. Noah had taken his laptop upstairs just after dinner to look up something on the school's intranet. The laptop was still on although it was in slumber mode now.

"Sure, I don't mind," Noah smiled.

"Thanks," Jayden replied, smiling back. Noah exited the room and closed the door, and Jayden sat down to use Noah's laptop. He needed to check his email, which he couldn't do on his phone at the moment since the program had crashed for some reason.

After seven minutes Noah returned to the room, and this time he locked the door after he closed it. He walked around the mattress that was already on the floor for Jayden to use, and glanced over at his boyfriend who was typing something on his laptop.

"Your laptop is making quite a lot noise…" Jayden noted, frowning as he tried to figure out why. "I think you forgot to take out a disk from it…"

"Oh. Just take it out then. I don't even remember what movie it was," Noah said while he started pulling on bed sheets on the blanket and pillow that Jayden was going to use tonight. He had forgotten to do that earlier and so he decided to do it now before they lay down to sleep.

Jayden did so, opening the disk drive and took out the movie. When he curiously looked at the image and title on the disk to see what movie it was, his eyes went completely wide in shock.

Noah blinked at Jayden when the alpha got his feet and turned around to face him while holding the disk out to him.

"Um, here's your movie," Jayden said, looking like he was trying to hold back a snicker, and his cheeks were kind of flushed.

Noah blinked at him in confusion, not understanding what was wrong, until he finally took the movie from Jayden's hand and noticed what it was. His eyes went wide like saucers when he saw that the movie that had been in his laptop was the porn movie that Isaac had given him for his birthday. He had watched it a few nights ago in his bed and had fallen sleep soon afterwards, completely forgetting to take it out.

Noah's face flushed bright red and he panicked. "Oh my god, I had totally forgotten about it! I'm so sorry!" he stuttered. He immediately began looking for the casing to put the disk into it, and he ran around his room to find it since he couldn't remember where he had put it.

Jayden laughed. "No problem. But you should probably take it out next time, since you're bringing that laptop to school, after all."

That made Noah blush even harder, and when he found the casing (which had very explicit images on it which made Noah blush even more, especially when Jayden caught a glimpse too) in one of his drawers he hastily and clumsily put the movie inside before hiding it away in the very bottom of that drawer. He turned to face Jayden again, still completely mortified and embarrassed. "I'm so sorry! Please don't think that I'm preferring such dirty movies over being with you, because it's not like that! I was just watching it to, um, to…"

Jayden laughed again, slowly stepping into Noah's personal space and placed a kind hand on the submissive's cheek. "Don't worry about it. I'm not thinking that."

Noah couldn't help the relieved sigh that escaped him.

"And you're not the only one that watches dirty movies. I watch them kinda often, though I'm not addicted to them or anything. It's normal to watch them, so don't be ashamed." Jayden ran his thumb soothingly across Noah's cheek while smiling down at him.

Noah swallowed, trying not to get any too explicit images in his mind when he thought about how Jayden would pleasure himself while watching those kind of movies. Would he think of Noah like Noah would be thinking of him while bringing himself to climax? The thought sent a thrill of arousal through his body and he suppressed a shudder.

"Good. I just don't want you to think that I don't want to be with you physically, because I do," Noah said, staring into Jayden's shirt (which he had borrowed from Adrian earlier) before glancing up into his blue/grey eyes. "I'm sorry it takes me a while to be ready, but I don't think it'll be that much longer. I feel quite comfortable going a step further with you soon. But not tonight, though…"

Jayden smiled, his tail curling excitedly next to his leg before it wrapped itself around Noah's. "Okay. Just let me know when you feel ready. And don't ever say you're sorry for making me wait, because you shouldn't be. It's no fun if it's rushed."

Noah was grateful that Jayden was being understanding and didn't try to push or pressure him into anything. He smirked softly at the alpha then, feeling a bit impish. "I'll be sure to let you know, Connor."

Jayden's eyes went wide for a second before he groaned loudly, pulling away from Noah. "Why are you calling me that? Jeez, you're like my mother." He rolled his eyes and twitched his wings in annoyance.

Noah laughed. "But I like that name," he insisted. "And you look so funny when you get annoyed whenever someone calls you 'Connor'. It's kind of cute."

Jayden scowled at him in the darkest way possible, even though it wasn't really that intimidating. "I'm an alpha; I'm not cute."

Noah laughed louder. "Yeah, you are." He yelped when Jayden suddenly pushed him backwards and then (gently) knocked him down so that he was lying on his back on Jayden's mattress. Noah laugher harder when the alpha tickled him while lying on top of him now, and he screamed and kicked to get free. "I'm not going to take my words back!" he said in between laughter.

"You sure about that?" Jayden grinned, continuing to tickle him. He was lying on top of Noah to keep him down, immediately softening his feathers when the submissive's hands got too close to them. He didn't want to accidentally let him cut himself.

"Yes, I'm sure!" Noah laughed out, trying to kick Jayden off but the alpha wouldn't budge. Tears were running from his eyes now from laughing, and his heart was hammering in his chest. Although being tickled was really annoying, he was having a lot of fun at the moment, and Jayden seemed to think it was fun too. He suddenly remembered that Laura had said that Jayden was ticklish under his arms, so when he got the opportunity he squeezed his hands in under the alpha's armpits and tickled him there.

Jayden pulled back with an unmanly yelp, and Noah laughed again. The alpha glared at him playfully. "Sneaky," he chuckled.

Noah chuckled back, still lying on his back with bent knees while Jayden was sitting up now. He blushed when he saw the alpha look him up and down and stare at his spread-out wings. He slowly reached up, grasping Jayden by the shirt, and shyly pulled him down for a kiss. Jayden's body covered his own again but without pressing that much into him, and their lips met in a deep, slow kiss. Noah cupped Jayden's face, humming as they kissed and their tongues danced. He loved how Jayden's body was hovering over his own, and his legs were spread so that Jayden was between them, but without them really touching. He felt so open towards Jayden, like he was able to all of himself with him, and he had never felt that way with another person outside his family before. Happiness and content filled his body, and he almost couldn't pull away from Jayden's lips and the wonderful taste and smell of him.

Jayden's hands moved up to carefully grasp at Noah's feathers, swallowing the soft moan coming from Noah at the touch. He kept the touches light and affectionate, and enjoyed the feel of Noah's feathers against his skin.

It was when Jayden's half-hard erection poked against Noah's thigh that the alpha pulled away from the kiss abruptly. He blushed and averted Noah's eyes. "Sorry…"

Noah blushed too, realizing that their kiss had gotten more heated than intended. He was slightly aroused as well, especially after Jayden touched his wings. "It's okay," he said softly.

Jayden pulled away and sat back on his knees, still blushing awkwardly.

They were both startled out of their minds when they heard Isaac's voice on the other side of the door.

"Are you guys fucking in there? 'Cause I swear I heard some loud noises coming from Noah earlier."

Both of them blushed furiously, and Noah immediately got up from Jayden's mattress. He went over to open the door, startling Isaac a bit who took a small step back to look at him. "No, and stop listening at my door!" Noah snapped at him, his cheeks bright pink now.

"I wasn't listening at your door. I heard the noise from down the corridor," Isaac replied, chuckling.

"Well, mind your own business then," Noah muttered, scowling at his brother in embarrassment.

"My life would be boring if I only ever minded my own business," Isaac smirked, giving him a wink.

Noah groaned before shutting the door, saying a quick good night to Isaac who just laughed at him.

Jayden was watching him with an amused smile when Noah turned to face him again.

"Um, let's go to sleep?" Noah suggested.

"Yeah, sounds good," Jayden grinned.

They began stripping out of their clothes, and Jayden politely turned his back to Noah when the submissive changed his clothes. Noah put on a sleeve-less pajama top and thin pajama shorts, and he sent Jayden a wary glare when the alpha seemed a little amused by it, especially since there was a picture of Snoopy on the pajama top.

"What? It's comfortable to sleep in, even though it's childish," Noah argued, still glaring at him.

"I'm not making fun of you," Jayden chuckled. "My mom also wears Snoopy pajamas sometimes, so you don't really get too old for it. And I think that the pajama really suits you. It's cute."

Noah blushed and slipped into his bed, pulling the covers over him. He watched as Jayden smiled before stripping out of his own clothes, and he stared almost shamelessly at the alpha's naked torso and his softened wings. The feathers were ruffled from the playful fight with Adrian earlier and still had a bit of grass in them, but at least Adrian had borrowed Jayden one of his shirts so that he wouldn't feel too dirty or sweaty.

Jayden stripped down to his boxers, which weren't very revealing, and slipped under the covers as well. He rolled over on his side and glanced up at Noah when he felt his boyfriend watching him. "What?" he asked, slightly amused. He was going to sleep only in his boxers because of the heat, though the fan on Noah's ceiling helped make the temperature in the room more bearable.

"Nothing," Noah said, still staring at him. "Just… I love you," he said, blushing awkwardly since he hadn't said that since the incident at the hospital a few weeks ago.

Jayden blinked at him in bewilderment before grinning widely. He got up on all fours and went over so that his face was right in front of Noah's as the submissive lay in his bed. He leaned in and placed a soft, loving kiss on Noah's mouth, letting it deepen a bit before pulling back. He stared into Noah's eyes with an adoring smile. "I love you too." His wings and his tail flared behind him as he said the words, and Noah grinned.

They lay back down and Noah turned off the lights after they said good night.

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Author's notes: Another chapter that was a little difficult to write, and it turned out insanely long XD; The little fight scene with Dean and Cas was really hard to get right and I still don't entirely like it, but it'll have to do… Cas is just having a lot on his mind lately. And I'm sorry that I've been updating a little slower – I just haven't been that fast at writing lately and my beta is busy, so it takes a few days to finish a chapter. I'll always try to update at least once a week :)

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