A Long Hunt

Back In My Arms

Castiel’s head whirled around and a smile quickly spread across the angel’s face as he heard the motel door open behind him. He was beaming as his sparkling eyes fell upon the unusually red faced hunter’s perfectly freckled face. Dean gave the angel a small smile and made eye contact with Cas for a mire second before turning a darker shade of red and casting his eyes downwards.

Sam had a smirk on his face that grew even wider when he looked over at the short black haired angel. Castiel immediately realized that Sam knew what they had just done. The angel felt extremely awkward and Sam’s smug piecing gaze made him quickly avert his own eyes.

He felt bad for embarrassing Dean in front of Sam like that and he hoped the hunter wasn’t mad at him. Cas quickly realized that Dean didn’t seem to mind as he strode over to him side again and sat back down while placing his hand gingerly upon the angel’s leg. Castiel smiled softly as he scooted their chairs closer together and leaned his head against Dean’s shoulder.

As Sam took his own seat, Dean shifted his body slightly so he could place his arm around Castiel’s shoulders. Castiel let out a deep breath of content as he felt the hunters warmth against his side and let his delicious sent fill his noise.

“So where did you two go?” Heather finally asked curiously as she looked back and forth between Sam and Dean.

“Oh… I uh… I just had to ask Dean something.” Sam tried to explain awkwardly. He didn’t want to reveal that he felt like Dean was hiding something from them, nor did he want tell every one of the earlier under-the-table events.

“Okay….” Heather said trailing off with a slightly grumpy look on her face.

Dean was getting a little annoyed with this girl already. When they had first met she seemed pretty cool, but now Heather was just being a bitch. Maybe it was her time of the month or something. Dean let the thought pass by quickly before focusing on the angel in his arms again.

“I’m so glad you’re back Dean.” Castiel murmured softly as Dean began brushing his fingers through the angel’s hair.

“I am too angel. Nothing makes me happier than being here with you and Sam again.” Dean said as he looked down at Cas.

“Are you even happy to see me again bucco?” Gabriel asked with a smirk.

Dean looked up and glared the archangel pointedly before saying “Not in the slightest, but you kept Sammy and Cas sane so I can tolerate you. Nothing more though.”

Dean took notice when Castiel stiffened slightly under Dean’s hand and watched as Sam and Heather suddenly glanced at each other before rapidly looking away.

The oldest Winchester didn’t miss this unusual exchange and made a mental note to question Sam about it later. He knew that there was something they weren’t telling him. If they were keeping it from him then it must be something that he wouldn’t like.

The archangel seemed to have missed this entire exchange between Heather, Cas and Sam because his sudden burst of laughter cut through the thick tension like a knife. Everyone else seemed to relax immediately as Gabriel said “Well I guess that counts as a win for me then!”

Dean chuckled softly and said “Yeah you better watch you back though. One wrong move and you’re out buddy.”

“Hey! No! That’s not fair Dean!” Sam exclaimed as his hand subconsciously moved to protect the archangel from his brother’s threats.

Gabriel slowly raised his hand up and entwined his fingers in Sam’s which made both of them flush slightly red.

Dean raised his eyebrows and looked at their hands before saying “Keep your angel in line then! He is a handful at times and you fucking know that!”