Blue Eyed Stranger [COMPLETE]

Chapter 24: An Embarrassment

Plucking away at his keyboard, Castiel is drafting a marketing piece at work for their website. He sits next to Charlie and Ben as usual, who are less embedded in their work than he is.

"Well, according to my horoscope, I am going to find success very shortly." Charlie continues to chat. "Interesting."

Ben nudges her. "In order to succeed, Charlie, first you must actually be doing work."

"I am doing work," She replies. "The work of the stars."

Simultaneously, Castiel and Ben sigh.

"Cas, what's your star sign?" Charlie asks him.

"Uh," He clicks around with his mouse, before turning to entertain her. "Leo."

"Oh we have a Leo in the room." Charlie scrolls on her phone, reading various horoscopes.

"Indeed." Cas nods, continuing to work.

"Under Leo, we have love." Charlie giggles. "Oh, Cas! What's happening in your dating life?"

Castiel doesn't believe she actually wants a real answer, until he notices both her and Ben staring at him with doe eyes. "Seriously?"

"Uh, yeah." Charlie pokes him. "We take tellings of the stars very seriously here. Ben's once said he was going to hear depressing news, and guess what? Next week, his grandma died!"

Scoffing, Ben swings side to side in his chair irritably. "You said that very ecstatically."

Charlie shrugs, looking at him. "It's evidence that what these things say is true."

"Or, just a coincidence."

"I think they're true, to some extent." Castiel intervenes.

"Well then, get telling, Castiel." Ben looks at him unimpressed. "Tell us all about your love life."

"It's... none of your business, though." Cas replies, returning his unenthused gaze.

Ben drums his feet on the floor. "Well how will we know if it's true then?"

Shrugging, Castiel looks over to Dean's office. God, he would love to gossip about his and Dean's steamy, not just good, love life. Yet, he knows not to invalidate Dean's feelings towards wanting to keep it quiet, even if it hurts his own. "I guess you just need to take my word for it."

"Are we still pretending that nothing is going on between you and Dean?" Charlie leans on her desk, following Cas' eyes.

He sighs back at her. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"It is so obvious." Charlie says back to him.

"I, I don't even know if Dean is, gay." Castiel murmurs.

Both Charlie and Ben laugh at him. "Are you kidding?" Ben chuckles. "The guy is at least bi."

Wouldn't you just love to know, Cas replies mentally. "I'm sure his sexuality isn't any of our business."

"He seems like your standard too scared to come out the closet, kinda guy." Charlie shrugs, looking over to him in his office.

"Yeah," Ben nods, also looking at him. "He has this façade which don't get me wrong, is really hot, where he's like some stern, sexy, boss who pretends not to give a damn about anyone but himself. Who's like cold and shut off from the world, but has steamy sex in a supply room."

Castiel crushes down the temptation to make a snarky comment back at him. Who is he to think about his Dean like that? God, the nerve. Plus, the overwhelming sensation wanting to shout that in fact he does have steamy sex in the cupboard is killing him inside.