Destiel One-Shots

A Personal Lullaby

Castiel was not a stalker. He did not have a weird obsession with older men, or any of the other things his best friend Meg liked to tease him about. He simply had a strong love for a band, which led him to learning everything there was to know about its members. It's completely normal, and healthy, no matter what everyone around his says. Music was his addiction. He could've been one of the poor souls addicted to cigarettes or cocaine, so he considered himself lucky.

As any fan would, casual or otherwise, Castiel kept up to date on his favourite band's social media, eagerly lapping up any information passed along to him through his phone screen. It was a lazy Sunday morning when it happened. Naturally, Castiel had post notifications turned on for all his apps, so he jumped as his phone screen lit up.

Instagram
Lazarus Rising started a live video. Watch it before it ends!

Castiel immediately taps the notification, inputting his passcode to bring up the app. He is greeted by the four members of his favourite band. There is Sam, who plays bass, Benny who's on drums, the fiery redhead (and only girl of the group) Charlie, on lead guitar, and of course Dean, who's rhythm guitar and lead singer.

"Hey guys." Sam greets, smiling and waving at the camera. "We decided to do this live, since it felt like a pretty exciting announcement." He continues. Even through the screen, Castiel can see the excitement dancing in his eyes. "We're just gonna give it a few minutes to let more people get here. In the meantime, got any burning questions for us?"

The chat immediately explodes, most people asking when the new album is coming out, and if they're going to announce new USA tour dates soon. Castiel ignores them, however, choosing instead to watch the four band members crowded around what seems like one of their computers. Charlie suddenly bursts out laughing, bringing a hand up to cover her mouth.

"Oh my God! Dean, someone just asked if you could punch them in the face so they could get out of an exam they have this week." Dean's eyes widen comically, a hint of a blush rising to his cheeks. Despite being the front man of the group, he was actually the shyest of the four.

"No, I'm not doing that!" He informs the chat. "Why do you people keep asking me to physically hurt you guys? Come on, if you wanted a punch you should've asked Benny." He laughs as the man shoves him playfully in retaliation, and the sound is like music to Castiel's ears. Benny grumbles something, but the computer microphone doesn't catch what he says. The four continue answering questions until Sam decides they've waited long enough.

"Okay, well I think we've waited long enough. Everyone who wants to be here, should be. We'll be posting about this after anyway. So..." He stops and rubs his hands together. "Dean, why don't you tell them what's about to happen?" Dean rolls his eyes discreetly, but nods all the same.

"What my brother here doesn't feel like telling you, is that we have a date set for dropping the new album. Album number five, 'Yellow Fever', will be released on April 2nd. I wanted it to be the First, but no one would let me. Anyway, along with that is a full North American tour, which includes you Canada, so don't worry." Castiel feels excitement buzzing in his veins. It's been three years since their last album came out, and he's been eagerly awaiting the new one since they first teased that they were in the studio over six months ago.

"However," Dean continues, drawing Castiel's attention back to the screen, "that is not what we wanted to announce on this live stream. No, what got us here, is the prospect of a contest for you fans. We're not going to go into details about rules and stuff, you can go to the post later to read those. What we're here to tell you is what it is." He pauses to grin at his band mates. "Charlie, why don't you take it from here?" Castiel smiles as he notices the redhead practically bouncing with excitement.