What it Takes to Reach an Angel's Wings

April 8th

It was a successful hunt, difficult but successful. They teamed up with a few hunters that had been working the case before them and solved it in record time. So, it's only obvious that they will celebrate! and what better place than a bar.

"I'm going to the bathroom" Dean declares

"Should I come with you?" Cas asks tilting his head to the side

"What? No- why...no" Dean said, giving Cas a funny look before leaving

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Leaving the bathroom, Dean passed by the pool table

"Yo! Fancy suit, wanna play?" A tall guy called on Dean

"I'd love to show you how it's done but I gotta get back to my friends, also I'm not wearing a suit and the name is Dean" Dean sassed the guy

"I'm sure they wouldn't mind, y'all seem to be celebrating, what for?" The guy kept talking

"Solved a case in record time" Dean replied with a prideful smile

"So? Let's play, you afraid you ran out of luck on your case?" The guy raised an eyebrow at Dean

"What's your name?" Dean asked calmly as he approached the pool table

"Ed" the guy...Ed replied

"Well, Eddie, I'm actually afraid that I'm gonna kick your asses," Dean said causing the guys to start a chain of "ooh" and some "damn"

"Let's go then, every time someone misses they take two shots," Ed said handing Dean a cue stick

Ed takes a chance to size Dean up as he leans against the table to aim his shot, all the while Cas never took his eye off of the hunter and his company

"Castiel? Cas?" Jody kept repeating while snapping her fingers in front of his face

"Huh? What?" Cas responded clearly not paying attention

"What's up? You're distracted" She said in her concerned mom voice

"I'm not...huh? I'm good" Cas stated, not convincing a person on the table

"Yeah sure," Sam said sarcastically, Cas already zoning out again and having his eyes back on Dean who was starting to get really cozy around the pool table

-Six shots later-

"Told you I'd kick your ass," Dean said proudly as he delivered his final shot and won the game

"Ok Champ, a round for you," Ed said as he gave a rather tipsy Dean another shot glass along with everyone "so, how about we ditch this place and go somewhere else" Ed whispered as he got alarmingly close to the hunter

Dean chuckled and pushed forward causing his face to be centimeters away from Ed's "wh-"

"We're leaving" Cas announced as he approached the pool table

"No, we're not" Dean replied seeming very offended at how his friend interrupted his moment

"Yes we are," Cas said sternly

"What are you? his boyfriend?" Ed chimed in as he placed his hand between Dean's hand and hip on the table he's leaning against

"Yeah, are you my boyfriend, Cas?" Dean repeated what Ed had said, emphasizing on Cas' name

Cas responded by pulling Dean by his arm to the door

"Dude! What are you doing?" Dean asked as he pulled his arm away from Cas

"Taking you home" Cas answered, trying to remain calm

"I don't wanna go home, I wanna go back to Ed" Dean stated very confidently

"That's it,"  Cas said as he dragged Dean to the car

"You don't even have the keys" Dean whined as Cas forced him in the passenger seat

"I took it from your pocket, you didn't notice because you're wasted," Cas said as he closed the door and went to the driver's seat

"Why are you even doing this? I'm a man! I can take care of myself"
"You're way too cautious"
"I was having fun, you know, like humans"
"I want to go back"
"Take me the fuck back, Cas"
Dean kept going on and on about how much he didn't like what Cas was doing

By some miracle, they arrived home safely.
Cas went to open the door for Dean and help him out when Dean just yelled "No! I can walk on my own" as he stumbled around

"You know what? You ruined my night" Dean said simply as he turned around to face Cas

"I saved it actually" the angel replied seemingly unbothered by Dean's drunken insults

"No, you didn't! I was going to have fun and you ruined it" Dean said starting to get angry

"They were going to hurt you! Can't you see? You're a drunk mess" Cas yelled his way

"I don't give a crap that they could've hurt me so why do you?" Dean asked angry and confused

"Because I care," Cas said as he closed his eyes and sighed for a moment

"Why?" Dean insisted on knowing as he poked Cas' chest to gain his attention

"Because I like you!" Cas replied aggressively as he saw Dean's facial expression shift from fiery anger to  tranquilized right before his eyes

Dean just sighed and rubbed his eyes "I'm tired" he murmured not processing what the angel just confessed

"You should go to bed," Cas said softly as he saw how wrecked his human was

"Yeah," Dean said as he face planted on the couch

"Dean?" Cas asked. As he came closer to the couch he realized that the hunter was in a very deep sleep. Sighing, Cas put his trench coat over him and left to go to his room.

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