“But
seriously I think the government is a conspiracy,” Castiel said taking another
drag of his joint and slowly blowing it out in a slow stream.

“What the
fuck are you talking about? And why are you smoking in here? You know my mother
will kill me if she smells this,” Dean said. He pushed his text book aside and
plucked the joint from Castiel’s mouth. Dean’s boyfriend Castiel Novak had many
tattoos and wore fake glasses. He was the kind of guy to get high with and talk
about the universe.

“Dean, do
you think it’s necessary to test cosmetics on monkeys? How important is
lipstick to you?” Castiel asked standing up to sit on the bed next to Dean and
Dean sighed.

“Not very,”
Dean responded. Castiel’s beanie was crooked on his head and his short sleeved
button up shirt was open revealing his tattooed chest. Most of the tattoos were
doodles Dean had spent hours drawing on his body. It was their favorite
activity, stripping down to their underwear and drawing on each other with
sharpies.

One of the
most significant tattoos on Castiel’s body was the Angel wings covering the
back of his shoulders. Dean liked tracing the intricate lines that made up the
wings. Dean turned so he was facing Castiel. Pushed against Castiel’s chest
lightly so he was laying on his back and Dean straddled his hips.

“I love your
tattoos,” Dean whispered into Castiel’s skin.

“Which one
is your favorite?” Cas asked even though he already knew the answer. Dean began
kissing all of them. The ones on his arms, chest, stomach, and sides.

“This one,”
Dean said. Cas looked to see which one of them Dean was pointing at and smiled
at the memory.

Dean and Cas were laying in Castiel’s
bed in their underwear. Dean was straddling Cas with a sharpie in his hand. He
took the fine print and traced a ‘D.W.’ right above Castiel’s heart.

“So people always know you’re mine,”
Dean said with a smile. Castiel pulled him down for a kiss. He pulled away
after a few seconds and took the sharpie from Dean’s hand. He traced a ‘C.N.’
in the same spot above Dean’s heart.

“I love you so much,” Castiel said
after a minute.

“I love you too,” Dean said.

“That one is
my favorite too,” Cas said. He reached his hand up and traced Dean’s one and
only tattoo. The ‘C.N’ above his heart.

“My mom was
so furious when she found out I had it,” Dean said with a laugh. Castiel gave
him a small smile in return. Castiel’s home life wasn’t exactly like the
Brady’s. His dad left when he was a month away from turning seven so his mom
raised him and his 3 older brothers and one younger sister alone. After a year
or two his mom just stopped caring. She would go out and party all night and
come home and sleep all day. She battled with depression and bipolar disease.
His oldest brothers had to start supporting their family at 15 and 16. Dean
nuzzled his face into Castiel’s neck and gave him a light kiss.

“Hey, I love
you,” Dean said and Cas gave him a real smile.

“I love you
too,” Castiel said and there was a knock on the door. Dean quickly got off of
Castiel and sat at the foot of his bed as his mom walked in the room.

“Dinner will
be ready in 5 minutes,” she said. “Castiel sweetie will you be staying?”

“If that’s
okay with you ma’am,” Castiel said and Mary rolled her eyes with a smile.

“Call me
Mary. I’ve been telling you since you were 8 years old. And of course it’s
okay! There’s always room for you,” she said and walked out of Dean’s room.
Dean looked at Castiel.

“What are
the twins, Gabriel, and Anna doing tonight?” Dean asked as Castiel started
buttoning his shirt.

“Anna said
she had a lot of homework and she was doing it at a friend’s house, Gabriel has
to work unto nine tonight and Michael and Lucifer both have a night off for
once,” Castiel said. Dean moved forward and wrapped his arm around Castiel’s
neck. He leaned down and pressed his lips against Castiel’s.

“Ew Dean get
a room,” Dean’s little brother Sam said after bursting into his room
unannounced.

“I’m in a
room bitch, my room actually. Knock next time,” Dean said with a smile.

“Whatever
jerk. Mom says dinners ready,” Sam said running out of Dean’s room. Dean took
Castiel’s glasses which were sitting on the floor where he was laying and out
them back on Castiel’s face. Castiel took Dean’s hand and they walked together
to the dining room table together.

As soon as
they entered the room they could feel John Winchesters disapproving gaze. John
never approved of Castiel and also didn’t like the fact that Dean was gay. Mary
shot John a look that said ‘say something and you’ll be sleeping on the couch
tonight.’

“Hello
Castiel,” John said and Castiel said with a small smile, not fully meeting
John’s eyes.

“Hello sir,
how are you?” Castiel asked being as polite as he could be. Dean rested his
hand on Castiel’s thigh providing him with comfort.

“I’ve been
better,” John snapped. They stared at each other until Castiel looked down
self-consciously.

“Dad can you
not do that tonight,” Dean said and John looked at Dean.

“What do you
mean?” John asked even though he knew exactly what Dean meant.

“Make
Castiel feel like he’s done something wrong,” Dean said as Mary and Sam were bringing
dinner out. They exchanged worried glances knowing this could only end badly.

“Dinners
ready,” Mary said setting her napkin on her lap.

“I just
don’t think he’s a good influence on you Dean,” John said and Dean forcefully
dropped his fork on the table.

“Why?
Because he has tattoos? Because his family isn’t perfect? Or maybe for some odd
reason it’s because you think he made me gay. You think he’s the reason I like
it up the a-,” Dean said but John cut him off.

“Don’t you
dare finish that sentence,” John roared standing up. “How could you be like
this?”

“Dad Castiel
has been my friend since second grade. Now he’s my boyfriend and you’re just
going to have to deal with the fact that he’s an important person in my life,”
Dean said walking out of the room. He could hear Castiel following him.

“Dean,”
Castiel said and Dean stopped in the middle of the hallway.

“I hate when
he does that,” Dean whispered with his head in his hands. Castiel pulled him
into a hug and Dean leaned down leaned down so his chin was resting on
Castiel’s shoulder.

“Well we’re
moving to New York in 6 months. I have my art scholarship and you’re going to
study to be an English teacher, then you won’t have to talk to him or see him
every day,” Castiel said and Dean smiled against Castiel’s neck.

“Can we
sleep at your house tonight? Is your mom home?” Dean asked.

“I’m pretty
sure it’s okay, go tell your mom,” Castiel said. Dean went back to the dining
room and whispered in his mom’s ear that he was sleeping at Castiel’s. She
nodded and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Dean patted Sam’s shoulder and gave it
a squeeze on the way out then quickly left the room while avoiding his dads
gaze.

They both
got into Castiel’s car and drove the short distance to Castiel’s house. His
house was small but once you got inside it felt like home. All of the furniture
and decorations were mismatched items they found at garage sales and thrift stores
and Dean always like how they treated him like family.

“Luci I’m
home,” Castiel said with a smug smile.

“I told you
guys to stop saying that,” Castiel’s brother Lucifer said from the living room
where he was hanging out with his twin Michael. Castiel laughed and rubbed his
thumb on the back of Dean’s hand. Michael and Lucifer were both 25 and Gabriel
was 24 but they decided to stay home to help take care of Castiel and Anna.
They all have a fund saved to take classes at a community college so they could
one day get a real degree to get a good job.

“What are
you guys up too?” Michael asked and Castiel shrugged.

“Dean’s
staying the night if that’s okay,” Castiel said and Lucifer and Michael
shrugged.

“Just don’t
make too much noise,” Lucifer said with a wink and both Cas and Dean rolled
their eyes.

“Shut up
Lucifer,” Dean said as Castiel and him walked up the stairs to Castiel’s room
he shares a room with Gabriel. Anna and their mother were the only ones that
had their own rooms.

“Gabe can
sleep in the basement tonight if you want. He’ll actually probably want to,”
Cas said with a smug smile and Dean playfully hit Castiel’s chest. The room had
two twin sized beds on either side. Each side of the room describes the brother
it belonged to. Castiel’s side had his art work, posters of bands he likes, and
pictures of him and Dean littering the walls. There was dirty clothes and art
supplies all over. Gabriel’s side on the other hand had posters of girls in
skimpy clothes lounging over cars and books. Everywhere.

Castiel
threw his beanie and glasses onto his dresser and jumped straight into his bed.
Dean followed and out his head onto Castiel’s chest.

“Look at us.
It’s only 8:00 and we’re already in bed, like an old married couple,” Castiel
said with a laugh and Dean smiled.

“You know we
don’t have to sleep,” Dean said looking up at Castiel through his eyelashes.
Dean began kissing down Castiel’s chest. He dipped his tongue into Castiel’s
belly button and Castiel huffed out a laugh. He places his hands on the back of
Dean’s head and Dean began unbuttoning Castiel’s jeans.

“Why do you
wear these damn skinny jeans?” Dean asked as he was struggling to take them
off. Castiel laughed and went to help him. Dean pulled down Castiel’s boxers
and wrapped his lips around Castiel’s erection. After a minute of Castiel
biting his lip to hold back moans of pleasure Gabriel walked through the door.

“What the
fuck guys,” he yelled dropping everything in his hands and covering his eyes.

“Gabe you’re
not supposed to get home until nine,” Castiel said covering his body with his
blanket. Dean was sitting in the corner of the bed trying not to laugh at the
awkwardness of the situation.

“That’s on
Thursdays. On Fridays its 8:00,” Gabriel said. He uncovered his eyes and picked
up his things. “Hello Dean,” he said and Dean put his head in his hands
blushing.

“Hey Gabe,
how’s it going?” Dean asked and Gabriel.

“Well today
kind of sucked, no pun intended,” Gabriel said. Castiel put on his boxers under
the blanket and sat up.

“What
happened?” Castiel asked and Gabriel shrugged sitting down on his bed.

“You know
how much I hate my job, well I got another earful from my boss today and I
don’t know how much longer I can endure,” Gabriel said and Castiel thought for
a second.

“We can
afford for you to find a new job. You could probably even take a little break.
Remember last year when Michael took a break and money was tighter then,”
Castiel said. “Dean and I are going to sleep in the basement.”

“You guys
have fun,” Gabriel said. Castiel went over to where Gabriel was sitting and
gave him a hug. Dean followed Castiel out of the room, both of them wrapped in
blankets. They walked the two flights of stairs to the basement and Castiel
fixed the futon to make it into a bed. He set up a few pillows laid down. Dean lies
in his arms and set his head on Castiel’s shoulder.

“I guess
Gabriel kind of killed the mood huh,” Dean said with a small laugh and Castiel
gave him a small smile.

“I don’t
like it when he’s unhappy,” Castiel said and Dean understood. Castiel was
always closest to Gabriel. They have been together since Castiel was born.

“I know but
I’m sure he will figure out what is best for him,” Dean said, trying to comfort
his boyfriend. Castiel gave him a weak smile and kissed his forehead. He turned
on the TV and flipped through the channels until he landed on a movie both of
them had seen 100 times.

“I love you
so much.” Dean said and planted a kiss on Castiel’s cheek.

“I love you
too,” Cas said and kissed Dean’s lips with a small smile.