Marked

Don't Belong(Cas)

The moment that Cas walked in the door of the house he knew he didn't belong.

There were drunken people scattered everywhere. It was clear that the party was already in full swing. Just a quick scan of the room led Cas to believe that practically everyone was holding alcohol of some sort. He was willing to bet that almost everyone here was under the legal drinking age.

Cas was suddenly forced to jump to the side as an eager couple rushed past him and disappeared up a flight of stair. He scrunched his nose as the sounds of their drunken giggles quickly receded. Cas instantly decided that he'd rather not figure out what those two were about to do.

Gabriel was smirking after the two people. Clearly his brother approved of the activity taking place here. Gabe didn't care about the whole, marked system. He thought it was stupid as hell. Unlike Cas, Gabriel wanted to be able to choose who he loved instead of letting some 'glorified ass monkeys make him fall in love'. He didn't want a soulmate; he wanted to choose who made him happy. Gabriel could care less about the system.

As Cas continued to drink in the room around him, he couldn't help but scoff in distaste. He watched a few pairs of people making out on a level that way beyond what was acceptable in a PG-13 movie. People were being borderline pornographic.

'This must be what happens when sexual frustrated kids get drunk.' Cas thought vaguely to himself. Apparently the system didn't seem very appealing to anyone here either.

Someone ran into Cas from behind and nearly spilled their drink on him. Fortunately, Gabriel saw this go down so he screamed at the kid and told him to watch where he was going.

A few people stared at them shiftily, but they didn't let the little tiff ruin the party.

"Come on Gabe. Please don't get into a fight tonight." Cas begged his brother, pulling Gabe close so he could hear.

"Well these dick sticks better watch where they're going then." Gabriel answered, puffing out his chest with a sense of pride. "I brought you here, so it's my duty to make sure you stay safe."

Cas shook his head in horror. Tonight was going to be a rough one.

"Come on; let's go in further, this is just the start. The party gets so much better when you join in." Gabriel said, beaming eagerly.

Cas groaned silently. He couldn't have felt more out of place. Just by walking in the front door he knew that. Part of him was scared what he would see when he ventured further into this hell house.

Cas followed Gabriel closely as they wove through crowds of people who were laughing and dancing. Many of them seemed to recognize Gabriel and called out welcomes to him.

So far no one had recognized Cas. He hadn't really expected to know anyone anyways. None of his friends were too fond of parties. Most of them were even more socially awkward that he was which was really saying something. Most of them would probably be astounded if they heard he had gone to a party. It was probably better if he didn't see anyone he knew here. Cas was happy being the unrecognized nobody.

His most exuberant friend was named Becky Rosen. She obsessed over TV shows all day and wrote fanfiction about characters (usually two guys) that she called her 'OTPs'. Online she was seen as a brave enchantress with beautifully written stories. She had thousands of people eagerly awaiting a new instalment of whatever gay filled soulmate story she was writing, but public she was an outcast. She was looked down on by most of the kids at school and shamed for supporting same sex marked ones. According to Becky she had actually met some same sex soulmates, but Cas could never confirm her story. Cas wished he was able to meet some same sex soulmates. Everyone he met was straight couples.