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Deans morning goes as usual. Wake up, shower, walk miracle, eat his delicious bacon and eggs; now the next step was to tune up baby. It was only when he entered the car-filed-garage that he realized, he hadn’t seen a single other person. He had assumed Sam was on his run, and it wasn’t odd for Jack to be holed up in their room doing.. well doing Jack-knows-what. Castiel on the other hand; now that was unusual. Cas was always there to say hello, ask how he’s doing, eat with him, everything. He knows he’s okay but he kinda misses him. He sees him everyday, so how could he miss someone he sees daily? It was still strange considering how they were attached at the hip.
They had yet to talk about the ‘L-word’ as of yet. Dean wanted to. Of fucking course he wanted to! Castiel, his best friend of almost a decade, ex-angel of the lord, had confessed his literal dying love for Dean before being whisked away by the empty. HOW COULD HE NOT TALK ABOUT IT!!
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By never bringing it up that’s how. And that’s the way he went with! As far as Dean knew, the blue eyed man wasn’t actually in love with him. It could have been like a “I love you bro this is goodbye” rather then a “I’m in love with you” I love you. Dean knows Cas. Cas would have brought it up by now if he truly meant he was in love with Dean. He would have said something..
He got in Baby for the first time today but something felt off. Not bad just.. off. Someone’s been in here, he realized. He looked around and saw the origin of the off aura. It was a tape, wrapped with a green and blue string. It had a tag on it; “For Dean -C”.
Well speak of the devil.. not literally of course. That bastard is gone for good, thank Jack. Lets just hope it really is from Castiel and not any of the other “C”’s who were obsessed with him.
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“Hello Dean.”
Well that was certainly the ex-angels voice. So it was from him. Castiel had given him a tape.
Oh.
Oh fuck.
In Deans mind this was practically a proposal. They hadn’t even talked about what happened and Cas was already asking for his hand in marriage?? Dean was debating actually saying yes to the maybe proposal in his head before pausing.
‘No. No, there’s no way. He doesn’t know what that tape meant and he surely doesn’t get the meaning of this-‘
“I am sorry that I entered Baby with out your knowledge, but this is important. To ease your confusion I will start with this; Sam told me about the origins and meaning of the tape you gave me.”
Son of a bitch.
The tape continued;
“I understand if you did not intend its interpretation to be a ‘gross, old guy love confession’ as Claire so kindly put it. However, that is how Sam explained it to me. So I thought I would give one in return to show that my feelings are still here, and that yours are reciprocated 10 fold. If you do feel the same, that is.
“I have said it before and I will continue to say it; I love you Dean. More than I have loved before, because you have shown me the meaning behind loving. Loving so openly and wholeheartedly, with every essence of my grace and soul. Sadly though, you are the most oblivious idiot I have had the fortune of meeting. So, I am going to try this again in a way that may suit you better.”
Shuffling and a click were heard in the background, before music began to play. Music that Dean, surprising to even him, wasn’t sure he’d heard before. It was soft and barely audible.
“This is a music artist shown to me by Claire and Jack. They are fans of his and agreed that if any music artist was to match us, it would be him. His name is Hozier and he may just be my favorite composer yet. Every word —every lyric, rhyme, meaning— reminds me of you in some way or another. I hope you understand the meanings behind them in the context of us.
“After each song I am going to come back and explain why I chose each song. I am unsure as to how you’ll react, but when this is done take all the time you need. I will be there when you are ready, and when you are not.
“The first song is ‘Take Me To Church’. I hope you enjoy, Dean”
The soft music from before stopped. Then something new played..