Of Birds and Angels

Part One

Dean didn't understand.
What the hell, he was human, he was trying to get the hang of it.

But Castiel was struggling.
And with Dean's fingers deep in the feathers of his wings, he couldn't help but flush.

Dean didn't stop even after just petting his sleek, burnt wings. He stroked them, and if Dean didn't stop, Cas was gonna...

"Dean, er-"

The green-eyed hunter quickly took his hands away, accidentally slightly pulling on the feathers. Cas jolted, and Dean stepped back quickly.

"Er.. sorry. I didn't mean to..." But Dean looked up from the floor to Cas's blushing face. The feathers on his wings were mussed up and his eyes were wide. The red on his cheeks made him look shy and warm.

"Uh....."

Castiel put his wings away, the black feather and bond contraptions fading away to another dimension.

"Dean, er- I should have told you not to... Pet, there?"

The kitchen of the bunker was quiet.

"Wait, wait, so petting you there was..."

"Technically angel wings are..."

"So it was like I-"

"Yeah."

"Oh." There was a resounding silence as Dean slowly grew more and more red.

"Okay, well, I'm gonna go do- something-"

But as Dean stepped out Sam came in and stopped his brother.

"Oh hey Dean, just read an interesting fact about birds. Wanna hear it?"

"No, Sam, I'm trying to make an inconspicuous exit here."

"Oh, well. I read that you shouldn't pet birds under their wings, of all places."

Dean stopped trying to push past his moose of a brother and looked up, confused.

"Huh? Why?"

"Apparently it's a form of courtship, and can aggravate or fluster a bird."

"What the h..." But as Sam looked pointedly over at Cas, Dean scoffed.

"I did not 'pet' him under his wi-"

"Dean, I believe that would count as 'petting me under the wings'."

"W- well I didn't do it as court ship, and Cas didn't get mad at me so-"

Looking at Cas Dean flushed. Cas flushed back. Sam rolled his eyes.

"Can you guys just go on a ride in the Impala and make out already?"

Dean's eyes flew open and he turned around shouting.

"WOOOOAH, NO NO NO NO NO-!"

Cas understood that reference.

Part One Done!
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