Stronger Than Ever Δ SPN [3]

027. DODGE CITY

Jack and Nathan are sitting at the first table in the library. Nathan has his hand buried in his hair, his eyes focused on the book in front of him while Jack is on the laptop.

They look up at footsteps, the Winchesters entering.

"Hot stuff!" Nathan reaches his arms out to Ophelia who giggles at his reaction. He wraps his arms around her waist, his head resting on her stomach.

"Hi." She laughs out, her arms going around his neck.

"Gross." Dean rolls his eyes.

"Never leave me alone again." Nathan says.

"God, he's like a lost puppy dog." Dean mumbles.

"How'd it go?" Jack asks.

"Well..." Dean starts.

"Jack, um..." Sam starts.

"What's wrong?" Jack asks.

Cas walks in.

"Hello, Jack. Hi, Nathan." Cas greets.

"Castiel?" Jack asks.

"Yeah, it's me." Cas says.

"Holy crap." Nathan gets up and hugs the angel who hugs him back.

"It's good to see you, too." Cas smiles.

"No. We burned your body and what's burned stays dead. How..." Jack trails off, confused.

"Well, that's the question we've been askin'." Dean says.

"Jack... did you, uh... did you bring Cas back?" Sam asks.

"I don't know. I wanted him back. I... begged for him to come back, but..." Jack trails off.

"Well, here he is." Dean says.

"Because of me?" Jack asks.

"We don't know. We don't know, Jack. But we-we-- we think maybe." Sam says.

"Thank you, Jack." Cas tells him. Jack walks over and hugs him.

"I missed you so much." Jack says.

"Sam, Dean, and the girls tell me you're doing well." Cas says.

"I am. I... watch this." Jack goes to the table. He holds his hand out, a pencil levitating in the air for a few seconds. "I can move the pencil." He smiles.

"Yeah, he worked on that for a little while. Boring to watch." Nathan mumbles.

"Be nice." Ophelia whispers, pecking his lips. "You don't look like you were too bored." She says, holding up the fourth Narnia book that he was reading.

"I missed your mango lips." Nathan mutters, kissing her.

"It's only been, like, day twos." She mumbles.

"Still." He says, kissing her again.

Nathan feels a sharp pain in his ear.

"Ah! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow." Nathan repeats as Libby drags him over to Dean by the ear.

"Libby!" Ophelia exclaims.

"Ow, ow, ow. Ow!" Nathan whines until Libby lets go of him. "What the hell?" He asks, rubbing his now sore ear.

Libby holds her hand out, Dean placing two twenties in her hand that he held out as a bribery to get Nathan away from Ophelia.

"Really?" Sam and Ophelia both deadpan. Dean smiles.

"And... I found a case. Hunter's case." Jack states, sitting back down at the laptop.

"What kind of a--"