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Sam walked out of the bathroom running a hand through his long hair, "Dude the bathrooms disgusting, there’s puke in the napkin dispensers and condoms on the floor"
"Sorry Bachelorette party, duty called" Dean replied mopping the bars floor, only stopping to smirk at Sam.
"Ok it’s the last round" Gabriel informed the group of 6 frat boys sitting at a booth.
"Dude its only 6am" They complained Gabriel just ignored them.
"So you slept with the bride?" Sam asked smiling and walking to the bar to begin counting the till.
"And the groom" Dean replied.
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"Ok we're done, everything’s clean right?" Sam asked grabbing his jacket and unlocking the red door behind the bar it had a sign that read: Only authorised Personal.
"Yeah Sammy stop worrying" Dean replied following Sam. Gabriel putting the last beer mug he'd been cleaning away then heading towards the door.
"let’s go get some sleep, who knew working from 7pm till" Gabriel checked his watch. "7am would be so hard"
Sam marched up the stairs and into the apartment placing the keys to the bar on the hook beside the door, they were down to their last copy of keys and no one wanted to be the one who lost them.
"Michael, Lucifer we're home" Sam yelled secretly hoping it would wake them up, getting Lucifer angry was hilarious and yet still adorable.
However Sam was met with no reply, "Where are they?" Dean asked and was met with Sam's shrug.
"Michael has some study group thing and Lucifer is going to meet with Frank about the new beer tap thing for the bar. He texted me about it an hour ago" Gabriel said flopping down on the couch and closing his eyes.
"I'm starving someone make food" Gabriel complained rubbing his stomach to prove a point.
Dean chuckled "you’re the chef"
"Correction Dean-o I'm the hangover chef" Gabriel groaned, trying to replicate Sam’s puppy dog eyes.
Sam laughed sitting down on the couch just below Gabe's legs.
"You know what’s a great hangover killer..." Dean began giving Sam the usual up to no good look.
"A greasy Pork sandwich served up in a dirty ash tray" Sam finished laughing at Gabe who proceeded to bury his head in a pillow.
"I hate you" Gabe groaned.
"Aww love you to Gaby" Sam said, just as a knocking came from the main door (the one not connected to the bar).
"Who's that?" Gabe mumbled sitting up.
"Lucifer probably forgot his keys again"
Sam got up and moved to the door looking through the peep hole, then shooting a confused look to the others.
Sam opened the door revealing a teenager wearing a white tight fitting t-shirt, black skinny jeans and a black leather jacket. The boy had bright blue eyes and black bed hair.
"Hi I need a signature of one of the residents.." the boy began looking Sam straight in the eye with piercing blue eyes that had a small bruise just under the left.
"Sorry we already bought cookies from a boy scout yesterday" Sam said moving to close the door.
"Sam buy the chocolate ones with the sprinkles" Gabe yelled from the couch.
Sam sighed, "Ok how much do the chocolate ones with the sprinkles cost?"
"I’m not a boy scout! I'm looking for my biological father...." Cas looked down at the paper he was holding reading a name.
"Sam Winchester?" Cas looked past Sam to the ones on the couch checking to see if they were this Sam guy.
"Haha did someone put you up to this? it was Lucifer right? or Gabriel?" Sam asked with a dimpled smile turning to look at the other stunned men.
"This isn’t a joke, I guess that makes you Sam?" Cas replied voice gruff, Sam’s face dropped.
"Dude, I don’t think this is a joke" Dean yelled watching the kid's face for any hint of a lie.
"Yeah, ah do you want to come in?" Sam asked realisation kicking in.
Cas nodded and walked inside the destroyed apartment.
Beer bottles scattered the room with clothing covering the floor, A bra was hanging from the coat rack and the kitchen had dirty dishes the size of Everest in the sink.
The couch the two strangers were sitting on now beside each other was ripped and stained it was positioned in front of a giant TV that had a white shirt thrown over it.
Lastly there was a large ping pong table on Cas's right next to the door and a foosball table on the other side of the room near a dining table that was littered with old take out containers.
Cas wrinkled his nose, he for some reason pictured Sam Winchester to be a lot less of a... Frat boy.
"Go take a seat, do you want something to drink we have beer, wait no you look underage well we have water..... That’s Gabriel and Dean by the way" Sam stopped his rambling to point at the other two men.
"Castiel" Cas said sitting beside the shorter man who Cas thought was named Gabriel.
Cas was met with blank looks, "My name's Castiel like the angel, I know it’s weird" Cas clarified sighing.
Sam walked moving beer bottles from the coffee table to the floor, then sitting on it opposite Cas.
"So I’m your father?" Sam asked a little sceptical.
"Yes I believe so" Cas said looking at his feet, he hated intimate moments especially awkward ones.
"Ok, how old are you?" Sam asked moving his head to try and get eye contact.
"I'm 16 as of tomorrow, look I just need you to sign this one thing then I'll go and you'll never have to see me again, deal?" Cas said handing Sam a form.
"I’m applying for emancipation" Cas rubbed his hands together.
"From your mother?" Sam asked his brow furrowed.
"No I don’t know who my mother is she put me up for adoption when I was born"
"So from your adoptive parents?" Dean asked trying to help Sam out.
Cas sighed "No from foster care, I was never adopted. Anyway so I was putting together all the documents for my hearing to be emancipated and I realised that you never signed this form to realise my rights to the system, my 'mother' did but you didn't. So I just need you to sign here and I can get out of your hair and you can return to... whatever you call this" Cas finished gesturing to the room.
"When's the hearing?" Sam asked.
"Tomorrow" Cas stated.
"Are you sure that being emancipated is what you want?, I mean your 15 I’m guessing you don’t have a job or anywhere stable to live. I mean foster care must suck but it beats living on the streets" Sam said looking at Cas with a soft expression.
"With all due respect Sam you don’t know what you’re talking about, I will not go another 3 years with alcoholic 'moms' and creepy 'dads' who spend their time trying to hit on me, hell I would rather be on the street. So could you please just sign this" Cas didn’t yell but he did glare at Sam while speaking.
"Ok" was all Sam said, “Does anyone have a pen?" Sam looked like a kicked puppy.
"I'll get one" Gabe said getting up and running to the study.
"Hey this says you were given up a few days after birth, aren’t newborn’s high in demand?" Sam asked.
Cas's jaw clenched, "I had this heart thing, it’s pretty rare but it wasn’t fixed until I turned 2, no one really wants a baby on the operating table you know?"
Sam nodded.
"Wait, so until Sammy signs this your legally his dad correct?.. So that makes me your uncle" Dean exclaimed smiling at Cas.
Cas just rolled his eyes as Gabriel came back in.
"Here" Gabriel said passing a pen to Sam.
"Thanks, so have you got anywhere to stay tonight?" Sam asked while reading the form.
Cas was silent just staring at his feet.
"Would you like to stay here just for the night?, I can drive you to your hearing tomorrow" Sam handed the form back to Cas, Sam had a look that Cas couldn’t quite decipher like hopeful? No that couldn’t be it that would imply that Sam wanted Castiel.
"Sam I don’t think that’s a good idea" Cas began he really had no interest in getting to know the people who abandoned him.
"Come on there’s no harm, you can get to know me and your uncle" Sam tried; his conscious wouldn’t let this kid spend the night on the street while he was still technically Sam's.
Gabriel coughed expectantly; "And Gabriel" Sam said shooting a questioning look to Gabriel who just shrugged.
"Sam, I have no interest in getting to know any of you and I do not believe that you have any interest in that either, I do have a foster family who is currently housing me although I do not like them it's still a roof over my head"
"Of course I want to get to know you, what makes you say that?" Sam asked a light heart chuckle in his voice.
"I don’t know, maybe the fact that you gave me up" Cas said standing and heading to the door.
"Cas, that’s not fair. I had no idea that Jo actually gave birth, I always thought that she took 'care of it'. Now please one night?, I just want to get to know you" Sam asked watching as Cas's shoulders slumped.
"One night" Cas replied looking tired.
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It had been 20 minutes since Cas agreed to stay and so far they'd been sitting in an awkward silence.
"What’s your favourite class at school?" Sam smiled trying to get the ball rolling, Cas just shrugged.
Sam sighed, Dean and him sharing a look.
"Do you play Xbox because I just bought the new console and need someone to verse?" Gabriel spoke he'd been planning to play it for the first time after work, and then this drama happened.
"What’s an Xbox?" Cas asked looking at Gabriel as if he had grown a second head.
"Really? you don’t know what an Xbox is?" Dean asked sitting on the arm of the sofa next to Gabriel.
"Is it like a Nintendo?" Cas said trying to seem less weird.
"Sort of" Sam said.
"If you want I’m sure Gabe will show you" Sam smiled flashing his dimples, maybe this could be a bonding thing.
Gabriel flicked on the television standing up and grabbing the four remotes.
"Ok the only multiplayer game I own is Mario cart, so were playing that. Kiddo this is your controller, you move this stick to move your character. X is acceleration, O is the breaks. Any questions?"
"I think I've got it, thank you" Cas said he looked focused.
"Ok let’s start" Gabriel said pressing the play button.
"Ok first pick your characters. Dibs Yoshi" Gabriel practically yelled.
"Sam you prick" Gabriel complained when Sam proceeded to pick Yoshi.
Sam laughed exiting Yoshi and instead picking Princess peach.
"Really princess peach?" Dean checked Bowser.
"Yeah the car she drives has more speed" Sam argued, "But less steering" Gabriel commented.
Cas after figuring out how to selected character picked Mario because it was familiar, one of the foster homes had given him a Mario pillow to use once.
The game started Sam, Gabe and Dean's cars speeding off while Cas’s car was only moving in short bursts of speed.
"Castiel hold X" Sam demonstrated leaning over and showing Cas what he was doing.
"Thank you Sam" Castiel said while smiling.
The front door opened, slamming shut behind 2 figures.
"We're back!!" Lucifer yelled entering with Michael in tow; they headed over to the couch freezing when they spotted Cas.
"Who's jail bait?" Lucifer asked, pointing at Cas.
"Sam’s" Gabriel replied, earning a whack on the arm from Sam.
Pausing the game and turning off the TV Sam proceeded to recap what had happened in the last few hours.
"So we have a kid living here now?" Michael asked admittedly he had walked out on half the story to grab a beer.
"Just for the night" Cas replied.
"Don't you have a foster family that'll be worried about you?" Lucifer looked sceptical, everyone stared at Cas.
"I can't go back there, and there’s no point in telling my case workers because I’m getting emancipated tomorrow" Cas said looking at his hands, very uncomfortable.
"Why can't you go back there?" Dean voice was casual, Sam just glared at Dean.
"Hey? Cassie why don't you come help me make dinner?" Gabriel got up signalling for Cas to follow.
To be honest Cas didn’t want to spend one on one time with the weird short one, but at this point it was either be asked way too many personal questions or help cook.
He chose the latter getting up and following Gabriel.
"Don’t call me Cassie" Castiel muttered which earned a small laugh from Gabriel.
The rest of the night was pretty dull, apparently Michael and Lucifer opened and worked at the bar down stairs every first week day, while Gabriel, Sam and Dean worked every second week day. On Fridays and Saturdays when the bar was generally more full they all worked together where is on Sundays during the day due to their at most being 3 or 4 people it was a whoever was around situation. Cas also learned that Gabriel is Michael's little brother and Lucifer and Michael have a off and on relationship type agreement.
Cas slept on the couch that turned into a bed it was in the living room, he was awoken at 6:30 in the morning by Lucifer and Michael slamming the door and stomping off to their rooms.
At 7 Cas rolled out of bed collecting his jacket and heading to the door.
"Where are you going?" Sam called wearing sweat pants without a shirt, it was obvious he had just crawled out of bed.
"My hearing for my emancipation is at 8" Cas informed him.
"I'll drive you, just let me get dressed, there’s food in the fridge" Sam pointed to the kitchen and turned towards his room, only stopping to turn around.
"You’re not wearing that to the hearing are you?" Sam asked disapprovingly.
"Yeah, why not?" Castiel asked looking down at his good jeans and top.
"Just stay there I’ll grab Gabriel" Sam muttered walking quickly towards the bedrooms, a minute later Gabriel emerged, a lollypop hanging out of his mouth and a smirk plastered on his face.
"I hear someone needs a suite, Cassie" Gabriel grabbed Cas's armed and began dragging him towards his bedroom.
"What did I say about that name?" Cas didn’t looked impressed glaring at Gabriel.
"A little tip Cassie if someone’s doing you a favour be grateful"
Gabriel was going through his wardrobe looking for something to fit Cas, Castiel was slightly smaller then him obviously still growing.
"Ok this suite may be a bit big but it’ll make you look professional, my bathrooms just there go get changed" Gabriel gestured to a door that had a giant poster of a semi naked girl on it.
The bedroom was messy blankets thrown everywhere on the floor female underwear hanging from a ceiling fan and a few cook books littering a desk.
After getting changed into a basic black suit and a white button up cas excited the bathroom, where he saw Gabriel texting on his phone awkwardly Cas stood in the door frame.
"Very glamorous Cassie, ok now which tie?" Gabriel asked ignoring the glare that came with the nickname, Cas looked between the tie options one was bright pink and the other had a very out there pattern printed on it.
Gabriel registered his reluctance so Gabe opted to show Cas the hidden third option a powder blue tie that almost matched Cas's eyes.
Castiel chose the last option gratefully. Gabriel handed Cas the tie who stood their awkwardly holding it in his hand.
"How do I?" Cas asked scrunching it slightly.
"Don’t scrunch it up" Gabe muttered grabbing the tie from Cas's hand then proceeding to remove Cas jacket, He began tying the knot around his neck while Cas struggled to stay still.
Castiel hated standing too close to people.
"There we go, now you look professional"