By Their Grace

The Angel's Nest

"Doesn't that look like a nice place?" Sam asked causing theoccupants in the car to all turn to look at it and frown when theysee it.

"I think its abandoned, kiddo." Gabriel frowns looking deeperinto it, probably seeing the past of it or some other angel crap.

"Well yeah, we couldn't get a building being occupied." Sampointed out and Dean glanced at him in the rear view mirror where heand Gabriel were sitting together, pressed tightly against each otherbut not doing anything untoward.

"For the cafe?" Dean asked and Sam nodded.

"Why not?" Sam asked and Castiel glanced at the old building. Itwas still good but still needed some TLC.

"I like it." Castiel hummed and Dean shrugged.

"Why don't we look into it?" He asked taking a sharp turn, theystill needed to do the grocery run.

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As far as Gabriel was concerned, the choice had been made. Sam likedthe building, Dean and Castiel agreed on it. This would be theircafe. He began making the accommodations that he would need to do toget the building. Of course with Sam and Dean's official wanting bythe FBI and both being considered dead they would have to go oversomething else.

It wasn't long to make a new ID for them, he was able to buy thesocial security identity of two dead guys and changed the name. Heasked them about what name they wanted to go by and decided to gowith Campbell.

When they bought the building the names on the lease were somethingthat made them all smile.

Dean Campbell,Samuel Campbell, Castiel Novak, and Gabriel Milton.

Every few decades Gabriel would change around his last name havinglanded on Milton last time the official story was that Castiel andGabriel were cousins who were with the Campbell brothers. Of coursethey were used to going by all sorts of names so it was no big dealfor them, Castiel chose to go for Novak in honor of Jimmy as well ashis daughter Claire who was doing well becoming a hunter and hergirlfriend Alex, and had been able to move on and though she wouldalways love her father she had been able to get over her anger onceDean had told her just what a hero her father was by becomingCastiel's vessel.

The building needed a lot of TLC but with all four of them workingtogether they got it up and running in two weeks of work. Of coursewith them having to go on hunts those two weeks of work were spreadacross a month and a half. Dean had a natural instinct to workingwith his hands, he could repair almost anything and it was just alittle bit of internet searches where he was able to get the pluming,electronics, lighting, and kitchen up to snuff. Castiel handled thecleaning and Sam took up the painting while Gabriel was getting thelicenses needed to make the business legal.

When they were done it was quiet a homey little place. There was aupstairs which had two bathrooms that were clean with a smallcupboard (installed by Dean), that held soaps, hand towels, andtoilet paper as well as cleaning supplies for each bathroom, a couch,as well as a small kitchenette and table, and a place to holdsupplies as well. The downstairs had a industrial kitchen where theycould make a few small items for a cafe-soups, salads andsandwiches-and plenty to bake, a counter top and place to putpastries, coffee and tea selection to brew up amazing coffee and tea,as well as plenty tables and chairs to sit people. There was also twobathrooms, three stalls each and two sinks, the inside was painted awarm burnt umber that when the sunlight hit the wall it would looklike a sunset.

The outside was painted a hunters green paneling with the shutterswere painted white, in gold across the big window for window shoppingit read the name. The Angel's Nest.

That name, when they decided on it, made Dean snigger. They wereplanning to call it East of Eden, Campbell's, Novak's, or evenWinchester's where they could claim it was extended family. They wentthrough a lot of names, but in the end they settled on The Angel'sNest.

They bought all the coffee cups, tea cups, plates, bowls and bakingdishes a set of pretty blue. With that they were ready to start up.

Dean baked up a storm; pies, muffins, cupcakes, just a small batch ofeach so that there wouldn't be a lot left over at the end of the daywhen they closed down. Hopefully.

They didn't do too bad. Opening everyone had been curious about thebuilding that was opening and came in to check in. The scents of thelittle pie-lets Dean was baking, all of them a single serving pie sothat they didn't have to worry about cutting the pieces and theydidn't do too badly.

Dean always thought he would want to be in the back, stay in thekitchen baking so that he didn't have to deal with people but heenjoyed introducing himself to all of the people and smiling as hebrought out the fresh baking to put down for them. Castiel was betterat interacting with people than he once was but still being a littlebit off just added to the coffee shop part of the cafe, they expectedthat they would be a bit odd which helps.

When they finished up they took the leftovers and dropped them off ata shelter, it was enough to feed them for the night for dinner, atleast five or six people if not more. That night they came hometired, and sleepy but all happy. They sat and petted the animals fora while, petting and talking to the girl guinea pigs and Buddy,before they all retired for the night and enjoyed the quietdomesticity of falling asleep in their lover's arms.

I know it isshort but I absolutely love this chapter. Does anyone else just lovedomestic Winchester boys and their angels?