The Bodyguard (is the Omega)

19.

"Are you okay?" Jack side glanced Castiel. "There's not much mast left the way you're sanding it."

Castiel stopped, he looked at the little wooden ship in his hand. Jack gently pried the model out of his grasp.

"I know you guys think I'm just a kid," Jack said, carefully gluing sails onto Castiel's ship. "Because I process things differently and I've never had a girlfriend or a boyfriend, but I'm a real love guru you know. Not like the physical stuff, not really worried about that just now, love like in here."

Castiel tilted his head watching Jack tap his chest. The machinery in his suit pocket went 'tap tap'.

"In my ear piece unit?" Castiel asked, grinning.

Jack rolled his eyes, the gesture reminded Castiel painfully of Dean. "He's real mad at ya," Jack said. "What did you do?"

"I broke the rules, Jack." Castiel said carefully. "They're there for a reason."

"Or maybe they are stupid rules," Jack looked at Castiel. "Like no ice cream for breakfast."

Castiel let out a soft snort. "Okay, that is a dumb rule."

"Dean can get real pissed sometimes," Jack said. "When I'm not around, so I make sure I'm around most of the time but Cas, I can't be everywhere at once. And you know, I'm taking a year off travelling next year with Claire and then there's college. How am I gonna do all that without worrying about Dean? Sam'll be fine but Dean's the problem Winchester you know."

"Is he now?" Castiel was a little amused and a lot touched by Jack's concern.

"You give Sam a lot of books and Ruby and he's content. Dean just wants to be on the road touring, beating album records, I mean his music is beautiful but he sings like he wants to prove something rather than just enjoy it," Jack said. "He injured his voice last year, had to have surgery and rest it for six months. So he used that time to make a movie. The one that's nominated for the Oscars."

"He doesn't do things by halves huh," Castiel watched Jack carefully paint letters on the ship. "What's that word?"

"It's the name of your ship," Jack laughed. "Dean and Castiel 'Deca'."

"That sounds weird."

"Yeah, it's a work in progress," Jack put the boat down. "Dean's a passionate person, he's always running into trouble, to be honest I really can't keep taking care of him. I was hoping you would take over."

Castiel blinked at Jack.

"Not like the way Sam looks after Dean's finances or Crowley takes care of the publicity. You gotta take care of his heart."

"I don't think I know how to do that," Castiel frowned. "Uh, Jack you might have some overly romantic notions in mind."

"I have a nose you know, people think I don't know things, but I do, I sniff them out," Jack tapped his nostril. "I know you're Dean's true mate and vice versa."

Castiel stood up. "I'm sorry Jack, I'm really not."

"My dad was a coward," Jack said out of the blue. "He was violent and abusive but worst of all he was scared. Scared of losing the people he was hurting so he hurt them some more. And you know my mum was smart, she worked that out and she and I we got away from him. What we should have done was confront him, get him locked up. But I was too scared and so was she so he found us and he took her life. I had to testify to get him locked up for good. I'll never forget how good that felt, not being scared anymore."