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Author's Note: I think it needs to be said occasionally that Sam isn't necessarily a bad kid. He just got to be one and that colors his perspective on a lot of things. Including when it's appropriate to comment on things.
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Stacked with: Hogwarts 2.0 (T06); RAVEN (2025); MC4A (Sp-Yr8)
Individual Challenges: Anti-Puzzle; Red Instead; Duet; Feather Head; Purple Scholar; Dreamers; Tossed Chum; Elder Berries; Celestial MC; Immortal MC; Nonhuman MC; Criminal [x2]; Military; Neurodivergent; Rian-Russo Inversion; Hunter MC [x2]; Booger Breath; Finders; Setting Sail; Zed Era; Deal Maker; Second Life; Rainbow Connection; Old Shoes; Sandbox; Crossing Over; Animated; Binger; Cinematic; Gamer; Graphic; Reader; In a Flash; The Real MC (Y); Eating Cake (Y); Exchange; Greatest Gift; Outer Limit; Two Cakes (Y); Salt Wrench
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Assignment: Term 06 - Assignment 01
Subject [Task (Prompt)] : Divination [Task#2 (discovering something breathtaking)]
Other Hogwarts Challenges: Library [SoN](confused); Frenzy [Red#1](Apocalypse); Center [22 - Camelot](Knight phrase); Pokemon [834 - Drednaw](royal blue); Apr House [P-8](heart);
RAVEN Challenges: A [57](Outing Someone); Traits [82](Spoiled); Colors [38](Honey); Items [99](Zipper); Settings [63](Night)
Other MC4A Challenges: Ship (Mixtape)[SpMic1 (Fast; Fizzy; Foster); SpMic2 (Song Fic); SpMed1 (Mistaken for X)]; Chim [Stacy]("Goddess" - Written by Wolves; Hurt/Comfort);
Representation(s): Dean Winchester/Castiel; Sam Winchester; Team Free Will; Canon Apocalypse; Bisexual Dean; Chim Song Prompt
Primary & Secondary Bonus Challenges: Found Family; Nontraditional; Machismo; Peddling Pots; Second Verse (Persistence Still); Chorus (Odd Feathers; Pocky Pockets; Wabi Sabi); Demo 1 (Spinning Plates; Most Human Bean; Shiver & Shake; Middle Name; Grease Monkey; Lovely Coconuts; Under the Bridge); Demo 2 (Tomorrow's Shade; Unicorn; Hot Stuff; Misshapen Pods; Eternal Boredom; Wind Beneath; Abandoned Ship; Creature Feature; Sitting Hummingbird)
Tertiary & Generic Bonus Challenges: T3 (Terse; Toad); SN (Rail; Negate); FR (Satisfaction); O3 (Ox); HoSE (Obscure); SHoE (Terse; Onus); FIN (n/a); Once (Santa Fe); War (Obstruction; Sanctuary; Ennui); Wings (Scintillate); Share (Ameliorate; Dragoman; Augur); DP (Immemorial; Terse; Yearn)
Space Address (Prompt): Ship 2D (Shipper on Deck); SpB 2C (Rainbow); TrB 1D (Spanner in the Works)
Word Count: 699 words
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Needs and Wants
Chapter 28: Rescue
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Dean took the stairs two at a time. Castiel was hovering near the door at the top. His expression was the one he wore when he was trying to understand something that was just outside of his perspective. Dean's heart clenched at the sudden adrenaline still coursing through his veins. Castiel's gaze cut over Dean's shoulder to Sam who had followed him up.
"Cas?" Dean asked when the silence lingered too long. The angel refocused those royal blue eyes on Dean. His thin lips pressed tighter though the corners refused to curl into a frown. Dean barely managed to stop himself from reaching to reassuringly pat his forearm. His fingers curled into fists from the effort. He pressed them against his denim-covered legs. "Did you need something?"
"Yes," Cas answered. His gaze flicked to Sam for a moment before returning. He straightened his shoulders. Dean hadn't seen him act like that around anyone other than angels or demons, like he was preparing to charge into battle like a knight in shining armor. His royal blue eyes were nearly glowing when they refocused on Dean's face. "I would like to stay in your room tonight."
"Cas—"
"I will be sufficiently quiet," Castiel interrupted. He tilted his head in that puppy dog way of his. "I am aware that both you and Harry need to rest in order to recover from this evening's soul magic incidents."
"Cas," Dean asked as gently as possible when he was as exhausted as he was, "are you planning to stay up and watch us sleep?"
"That is my plan, yes."
Dean rubbed a hand over his face. Immediately he grimaced at the slick stickiness still coated his hand from the baking soda wash he had dumped. He was going to need to be careful when he washed it off his face. That shit stung when it got in his eyes. He should probably take a shower before he hit the sack anyway.
"Sure, fine," Dean agreed. "You can bunk with us tonight, Edward." He held up his hand at the same time that Castiel opened his mouth to ask about the reference. "I'll explain the Twilight reference tomorrow. For now, you can go ahead and get comfy. I'm gonna take a shower before I join you. Good?"
"Yes, Dean," Castiel said. He glanced at Sam again. "Will you be much longer?"
"I really hope not." Dean lifted one arm to dramatically sniff at the pit on that side. He made an exaggerated face even though it didn't smell any worse than it normally did at the end of a long day. That was a bit odd in itself, given how it was the middle of the summer, but he really was too tired to question it. "Yeah, just the shower and then I'll join ya."
"Very well." Castiel focused on Sam. "Good night, Sam."
The powerless angel turned on his heels and marched through the kitchen to the stairs. Dean blinked at his back. Every time he thought he had a grasp on how Cas felt about things, something always seemed to come up that threw a wrench into it. And a lot of it seem to come back to Sam in one way or another.
"That was weird, right?" Dean asked after Castiel's footsteps had faded with the distance up the stairs He angled his body towards his brother, one eye still on the empty doorway to the dining room in case Cas came back down. Sam huffed out a loud breath.
"That was no more weird than any of your other hookups," he snarked. Dean felt his heart clench in something more like panic than the protectiveness when Cas had called him. He focused all of his attention on his brother's face. Sam rolled his honey-brown eyes. "Honestly, neither of you are subtle, and it's getting more than a little annoying. It's the twenty-first century. Just get on with it already."
"Sam—"
"Just make sure you're 'sufficiently quiet'," Sam mocked before he patted Dean on the shoulder and followed Castiel out of the room.
Dean could only stand in the middle of the kitchen and struggle to remember how to breathe.
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To be continued
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