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I'm getting there with the next smut. I have around 450 words of it written. But real life stuff's come up and I've had an absolutely shit last couple of days and I just haven't been in the mood and it's been all I can do to keep up with this fic. I'm sorry but I don't know how long it'll be before I update 'Behind Closed Doors'.

Also, I am a Christian but I believe in the God that loves everybody and simply wants us to love and be kind, not the God that bigoted religious folk claim hates gay people and other imperfect people. So I kind of got a bit carried away with Cas here (I'm not sure about the misinterpreted bit being fact or not but hey, he's Cas).

Thanks to Siriusly loving densi, mollienaturerocks, RangerHorseTug and masterjediratgrl31 for your reviews :)

142. Hate

"Do they ever shut up?" Dean complained as Sam and Rose bickered playfully ahead of him and Cas. Sam must have scored a point because Rose shoved him, despite the fact that he had his arms around her, and in response he messed up her loose blonde bun.

"They seem to be having fun," Cas said with a smile. After solving a vengeful spirit case, Rose had proposed that they take the afternoon off and so they had gone to the local park to blow off steam doing absolutely nothing.

"We could be having an entirely different kind of fun," Dean grumbled, sliding an arm around Cas' shoulders. Cas gave him a Look.

"Not everything is about sex, Dean," he said. "My most treasured moments with you are those where we hug and kiss and are simply emotionally intimate. Sexual intercourse is a nice bonus."

Dean felt his stomach flutter and his free hand grasped Cas' right hand, fingers fiddling with Cas' wedding band. Cas smiled at him and nuzzled into his neck, pressing light kisses to Dean's exposed skin.

"I love you, Dean," he murmured. Dean was about to reply when they heard someone shout behind them.

"Go home, faggots!"

Dean stiffened. Sam and Rose seemed to have heard as well because they paused and turned around. Dean and Cas turned too to see a man with floppy blond hair, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. Next to him was a slim woman with jet black hair.

"You talkin' to us?" Dean growled.

"Yeah!" the man sneered. "It's disgusting and you're all going to Hell for defying the word of God!"

Cas began to shake. Dean knew that his angel was getting very angry.

"He dares to think that he knows my Father's Word?" Cas hissed.

"Calm down, Cas," Dean muttered soothingly. "He doesn't know what he's on about. Just let it go."

"You know what you need?" the man continued. "A nice woman to bang. I bet Blondie behind you'd be more than willing!"

Dean could feel the fury radiating off Sam at the man for bringing Rose into this in such a filthy way.

"Just ignore him, he's not worth it," he said, more to himself than to Cas.

"So long as I get Blue-Eyes," the woman said, her eyes raking over Cas. "C'mon, hot stuff. I'll bang that gay out of you in no time! Then you'll be worthy of being in His presence!" She licked her lips with a sultry smile.

"Janice'll show your faggot boyfriend a good time!" the man said. "Or do you boys wanna go and braid each other's hair and paint each other's nails like the fags you are? Blue-Eyes looks just like a pretty little angel anyway. Bet you'd love to see him burning in Hell!"

Dean saw red. He let go of Cas, storming up to the man and woman, and he punched the man in the face before they could do anything. Janice screamed as Dean grabbed the man's shirt and dragged him to his feet.

"Listen up," Dean spat. "You can say whatever the hell you want about me but don't you dare say a word about my husband! Got that? Because we know God a hell of a lot better than you and he doesn't give a damn about who I choose to put my dick in! Hell, he doesn't care about anything!"

"Dean," Cas said firmly, putting a hand on Dean's shoulder. Dean reluctantly let the man go and he scrambled backward with Janice, wide-eyed. Cas looked at them, his blue eyes blazing. "You two are pitiful examples of human beings. I know for a fact that my – that God is utterly indifferent to sexual orientation. With all of the hate and misery in the world, do you really think that God would condemn humans for love?"

"B-But it says so!" Janice protested. "In the Bible! Leviticus! 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination'!"

Cas raised his eyebrows.

"You choose to hate an entire group of people based on one grossly misinterpreted quote in the Old Testament, even though there is a New Testament and the apostle Paul taught that we are no longer under that law?" he said. "Galatians 3:10. 'All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."' A direct quote."

The man and Janice stared, stunned.

"Galatians 3:13. 'Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us'. Galatians 5:1. 'It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery'. By following the law of Leviticus and using that quote to assist in your bigotry, you are disobeying the word of the apostle Paul and the newest teachings."

"Y-You're just making that up!" Janice said.

"I am not. But you wish to continue observing the law of Leviticus? Very well. I hope that you are wearing clothing of a single type of thread."

"What the hell's that s'posed to mean?" the man spluttered.

"Leviticus 19:19. 'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.' I also see that you have a tattoo on your arm, meaning that you have broken the law. Leviticus 19:28. 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD'."

Dean grinned at his husband, who was on a roll.

"And if you eat shellfish then you have broken another teaching. Leviticus 11:9-12. 'These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you. They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."

The man and Janice glanced at each other, obviously considering making their escape. Dean's grin just widened.

"I have more," Cas continued, his eyes shining as he was clearly in his element. "When you experience menstruation, Janice, does this man shun you? Leviticus 15:19-30 –"

"C'mon, Larry!" Janice quickly tugged Larry away and the two of them made a hasty retreat. Dean burst out laughing.

"You," he said, pulling Cas close and kissing him fiercely, "are amazing, Cas!"

Cas smiled, his cheeks tinged pink.

"They presumed to know the teachings of God better than I, a former angel," he said. "I felt that it was my duty to correct them. You can't simply choose certain parts of my Father's teachings to follow and ignore the rest."

He leaned in and gave Dean a swift kiss.

"Thank you for – what is the term? 'Defending my honour'."

"You're mocking me, aren't you?" Dean mock-scowled, making Cas grin.

"Never, Dean. I would never mock my husband."

Dean just gave him the stink-eye and ruffled his black hair.

"Whatever. C'mon, let's catch up to Sam and Rosie before they ditch our asses. Oh, and I love you too, angel."