Chapter 20 – How the Story Really Ends
Miles away in Lebanon, Kansas, another person was shutting the exact same book. "Cas?" He turned to the person sitting next to him in bed who was intently watching TV. "Cas." He waved a hand in front of the other's face, snapping him out of it. "We need to talk about something."
Castiel gave annoyed grunt, his attention not wavering from the screen. "Dean, as much as I enjoy the fact that you are reading something that isn't related to cars or porn, I'm trying to watch Castle and Beckett solve this murder."
"It's a procedural cop show, and a repeat at that." Dean protested. "If you've seen one, you've seen them all."
"Perhaps." Cas hummed. "It's more of a drama though. And I enjoy watching the dynamic between the two as well as between Castle and his family. I like it." He said simply.
"Whatever." Dean rolled his eyes. "Anyway, do you mind telling me what the hell this is?"
As the show broke off for commercials, Cas finally turned to look at the book. "Oh, that." He said as he recognized it. "Gabriel wrote it. I think it's supposed to be a joke of some sort."
"Why?" Because that was seriously the thing that Dean really couldn't understand.
"Oftentimes, I do not believe even Gabriel knows why he does things." Castiel shrugged it off. "Perhaps Sam would provide a better explanation."
"One of your elder brothers wrote chick lit about us, and you don't even care." Dean asked, incredulous. He sighed and facepalmed. "Wait, it's you. Of course you don't."
"I thought it was a decent story." Cas pointed out.
"Personally, I'm just surprised he didn't have himself and Sammy making out in it." Dean muttered under his breath before raising his voice back to normal levels. "Anyway, what's up with that? Why weren't Sam and I brothers?"
"It's fiction, Dean." Castiel replied in lieu of a better explanation. "Gabriel could make things however he wanted."
Dean sighed and leaned against the headboard. "Luckily, this is one of those self-published, made-on-demand books, so hopefully not many will find out about it." He narrowed his eyes as Cas squirmed a bit before turning his attention back to his show. "Cas," he asked in a warning tone, "what did you do?"
Castiel sighed. "I sent Jimmy a copy to give to Claire."
Dean blinked at him. "You sent it to your doppelganger to give to Claire? She doesn't even like books." His chest puffed out in pride as he sat up straighter. "You know, this is why I'm the fun uncle."
"Technically, we're first cousins once removed." Cas corrected him.
He waved that off. "Potato, po-tah-to." Dean changed the pronunciations a bit in the classic saying. "Point is, this means she won't read it. So we're safe."
"If you say so." Castiel huffed. His tone implied that Claire would find out about it one way or another. After all, Cas knew Jimmy a lot better than Dean did.
"Hmm. I do say so." Dean leaned in and kissed his husband along his jaw line. "Turn off the TV and I'll show you how certain I am of my beliefs."
Castiel grinned and shut off the TV as Dean rolled on top of him. "As you wish." He told him as their lips met in a kiss.
The End
AN: So that's how the real ending is. For those of you who may ask, technically even in the real world, Sam and Gabriel aren't fully together, but they are close and Gabriel constantly makes inappropriate jokes about how they should make out and do other things. Hence why people aren't sure if they're together or not.
I really enjoyed writing this, and I'd like to thank everyone who read it who stuck with it all the way through. I couldn't have done this without you all, because things were tough for a bit there, and I loved seeing that I had a new review or favorite in my emails. Thanks again!