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“Anna would have loved you guys,” Castiel said for what was probably the billionth time over the last 3 months. Crowley was convicted of all the charges; therefore he was officially out of the Winchesters and Novaks’ lives for good. His ring of demons disbanded quickly without a leader. Ruby transferred school due to “illness,” though Meg said that it was due to her parents finding out about what she’d done to Sam and sending her packing to a boarding school.
Cas caught Dean rolling his eyes as Sam finished setting up the camera equipment. There they were, the three of them sitting comfortably in the bunker, Team Free Will, about to record a milestone video. SamSolves has officially blown past 800,000 subscribers and counting. On top of that Castiel had recently one a Streamy Award for his channel, therefore a video commemorating both occasions was due. Naturally Sam wanted to celebrate with another 7-second challenge, this time with Dean and Cas as the main acts.
They’d been recording for a little over twenty minutes, both boys playing with hula-hoops and attempting (and failing) to contain their laughter whenever the other looked like a goof (which was every few seconds).
“Okay, calm down,” Dean barely managed to say after his recent fit of laughter died down enough for him to speak. He was holding the phone with the app on it while Sam manned the camera, Castiel sitting close enough to him so that their knees were touching. The online Destiel fandom had only managed to grow in the recent months following all of the events of the past year, and while Dean and Cas relatively kept their private lives in between them, they knew the importance of these little touches to the fans. Of course, that wasn’t going to slow them down.
Dean smirked at the screen, prompting Castiel’s now apparently signature quizzical look to manifest. “What is the challenge, Dean?”
“Yeah, you have to say it for the camera,” Sam added.
Dean only laughed, his face somewhat pinker. Even after a couple of months Dean would still get flustered over the littlest details when they were in public or recording; Cas never quite understood why. He motioned for Dean to show him the phone. Dean obliged and passed it to him with a knowing smile.
CHALLENGE: KISS THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU ON THE CHEEK ROMANTICALLY
“What is it?” Sam reiterated once Castiel’s face grew into a slightly embarrassed smile of it’s own.
“Well, you see, Sam,” Castiel played out the silence, knowing full well that Sam was going to be editing this bit for a while for the fans. “It seems that the next challenge is to kiss the person next to you on the check in a romantic fashion.” For whatever reason Cas felt his face grow warm. Unlike Dean, Cas sometimes got shy when it came to public displays of affection.
“Aw, come on,” Dean prodded Castiel’s ribs. “It’s just on the cheek, Cas.”
Just on the cheek my ass, Castiel thought as he shot his boyfriend a look. “Anna would have loved you guys,” he said again almost on instinct.
“Ready?” Dean’s green eyes search Castiel’s blue, the small echo of nervousness that still came with young love etched into the forest of greens. Castiel couldn’t help but give him a sheepish smile, the feeling mutual as he felt his pulse quicken.
“Yes, Dean,” Cas angled his head so as to give Dean full access to his cheek, his eyes wandering into the distance pretending as if this was not as important to him as it really was for the camera.
“Go,” Dean all but whispers just as Castiel turns back around to meet Dean’s lips with his own, each letting out a quiet laugh as their lips collided.
Both knew that this would’ve been the end result from the moment Dean showed Cas the challenge. In just the amount of time they had really known each other, both boys’ lives have been permanently changed. They’d braved through the lowest points of their lives together, been through the trenches and back again, there for each other in their darkest hours. Through all of the ups and downs, they’d made it through, and who would’ve thought it would’ve been through YouTube?