Dean,

I'm happy to see that you didn't mind I carry on without you the first night, and I know I could have woken you up, but honestly I was so ready to pop by the time I finished looking through them, it didn't take long at all. I would love to have sexy pictures taken with you, or of you..again. Somehow I get the feeling it would be much more professional than it is in my mind, but hey I'm willing to try anything for you.

I miss you too Dean, things in L.A. are exhausting, but a little fun sometimes so I'm not incredibly miserable just mostly, my life .. it's not here, I left it back in Kansas, and I feel empty. It's not the worst thing in the world but I can't wait to come home! I'll be there as soon as I can finish up here. We both know I belong beside you, at all times… I can feel the separation when we are apart, even if it's just a room away.

Don't worry there were no shirtless auditions period, we both know I'm more of an ASS-man! haha I will say this for the beautiful casting crew, I have never in my life felt more unattractive. I mean, I know I'm a relatively handsome man but here, well let's just say little fish, big pond now. One more reason to miss Kansas, I miss being the pretty one! lol

Whoops, wish I'd gotten this sooner, I've already ordered the Dean Winchester fan club t-shirts, non-refundable. They even have you on them and everything, it's honestly kind of hot, I might use one to… get me through the dry spell out here. I wonder how much one of those cardboard cutouts would cost me?

P.S. I didn't have any face pics of you to put on the t-shirt so I just used the last one in the polaroid collection, hope you don't mind.

P.S.S. There is absolutely nothing wrong with cuddling pillows or sniffing tee shirts!

Love you so much D!

C.W. + D.W.

Dean read the words and he couldn't help but laugh, Cas' sense of humor still managed to surprise him most days, the man had a gift that was for sure. He couldn't respond right away, he'd promised Ben he'd take him to see Maple, and Morgan, and he'd already waited twenty minutes longer than he intended. Sadly, it would have to wait until they got back, hopefully he'd have time to answer before their nightly phone call.

"You ready bub?"

"Yeah Daddy, can I wear my boots?"

Ben was looking bashfully at the new boots they'd gotten before Cas left. With all the mucking he was doing they felt it was necessary to buy him a little pair of rubber galoshes. They discussed cowboy boots, and work boots, but with the way Ben was growing it didn't make sense to spend that much money on something he wouldn't wear for more than a few months.

"Well that's what we got them for isn't it?"

"I shouldn't wait for papa?" Ben looked incredibly skeptical

Dean smiled, it was so adorable that he wanted to wait for Cas, but it wasn't his senior prom or anything for christ's sake it was just a pair of rubber boots.

"I think it will be fine Ben, put em on and let's go."

Ben debated for a minute, Dean could see the wheels turning in his little head, he was obviously not convinced that the father who happened to be staring back at him knew everything.

"Umm.. maybe you should call Papa justa make sure?"

Dean laughed hard at that, yes.. it was obvious who wore the pants in their relationship, and suddenly it wasn't him.

"Alright bud, I can do that.. just a sec."

Dean pulled his phone out and dialed the number quickly, Castiel answered and Dean couldn't help but laugh as he asked.

"Ben asked if it was okay for him to wear his new boots, I told him it was fine but he had to make sure it was okay with you."

'I'd rather he didnt?" It was only a question because he raised his voice at the end. Dean knew when he did that, there was no talking him out of it.

"Come on, Angel. He's just going to muck stalls, why do you want him to wait?"

"Because we didn't get a picture of him in the boots before they got nasty and dirty Dean, It's his first pair of big rubber boots!"

Dean just shook his head in response, but Cas couldn't hear that so, he figured he'd have to speak up.

"How about I just take a picture before we leave?"

"You want to do it without me?"

"No, no of course not Cas, we will wait for you to come back, I'll tell him to wear his play shoes today."

"Thanks Dean, I love you, tell Ben I love him more!"

"Love you too babe, gotta go.. I'll call you tonight."

"Okay Bye Dean."

"Later, Angel."

Ben beamed with pride at his foreknowledge, and of course, being the responsible and in charge man of the house, Dean picked him up and tickled him breathless, before letting him put on the ragged old tennis shoes. The smile on his son's face didn't fade once in the car, yeah it was official, not only was he not the one "wearing the pants" he was apparently the last to know.

They wanted to see Missouri and Morgan before going into the barn, hoping to smell just a tad bit fresher for their favorite babygirl. As soon as he knocked against the screen door, Missouri opened the inner one. Smiling bigger than he'd seen her smile in a while, not that she wasn't usually chipper, she was but this … this was different, she kept looking around Dean, before finally speaking.

"Where's your Angel man?"

"He had to go out to L.A., he's not back yet Missouri, is somethin wrong?"

"No, no child … um.. he's not back yet you say? When's he supposed to be back?"

Dean looked at her, he was beyond confused. She was acting incredibly odd, and for Missouri that was a feat. She set the normal standard for odd behavior in their lives and she'd broken even that.

"He'll be there for a while actually, they said anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks, he's hoping to have what he needs done wrapped up by the weekend. Is there something you need from him or..?" Dean let himself trail off still genuinely curious as to what was going on with Missouri.

"He'll be home soon, think you can call him up on that phone of yours?"

"Yeah, I guess… are you sure there's not something wrong?"

"Just call up your Angel man and lemme talk to him."

Dean shook his head and dialed the number, Hopefully he wasn't too busy, this was the second time he'd called in the last half hour.

"Hello?"

"Hey babe, Miss Missouri wanted to talk to you?" Dean realized he'd started taking things from Cas as well, including the statement question.

"Okay sure, put her on, I'll walk away from the group for a bit."

Dean passed the phone to the woman sitting beside him.

"Hey sug, I won't waste your time by talkin your leg off, well not right now anyway. I just wanted to tell you boys that I've decided, I'm going to retire from being a foster parent, focus on my teaching."

Dean and Ben stared at her somewhat shocked, Castiel even through the phone had a similar reaction. He floundered for a moment, and when he caught up the first thing he thought of obviously, was what would happen to Morgan.

"That's good, of course so long as it's what you want.. which it obviously is, or you wouldn't be doing it.. I don't think someone can force you to retire…"

"Hold on now son, it's fine. Yes, I want this.. it was my decision, but I also wanted to tell you that since I'm retiring, the state has seen fit to speed up Angel Girl's Adoption. The official papers won't come in for a couple weeks, but she's yours whenever you'd like to have her."

Everyone heard Castiel crying through the phone, they'd never in their lives imagined anything like this happening so quickly, it usually took a year, sometimes even longer, and here they'd found their dream and it was all coming true even sooner than expected.

"Do you want me to wait for you for this too?" Dean asked through the tears of joy running down his face.

"No, no you take our little girl home with you, and I'll catch the first flight out."

"You sure you don't wanna stay in California a few more days?" Dean teased.

"I'll be home as fast as I can get there, I've got a beautiful family, that just grew and I can't stay away any longer."

"I'll see you soon Angel!"

"See you soon Dean, kiss my children for me~"

"I certainly will, I love you Castiel."

"I love you too Dean."

When Cas said the first flight out he meant it, the earliest commercial flight was four hours away, and had two stops. Luckily, one of the Network Execs heard him scrambling for a flight, and offered use of the company jet. Castiel was in awe to say the least he'd never been on a private plane before, and normally would have never accepted such an extravagant gesture, but he was currently in the most important race of his life to get home.

He'd gotten his things packed quicker than he thought imaginable, and dashed to the airport paying the taxi driver double to do what he could to make it faster. The distance between L.A. and Topeka was just over 1500 miles, which normally would have taken at least 6-8 hours with baggage checks and layovers would draw it out even further. Luckily, with it being a private jet, he was able to skip through most of the process and just get home.

He called Gabriel before the plane took off to see if he'd be able to pick him up in just under 4 hours, hoping to keep his early arrival a surprise. When he landed, it wasn't quite dark yet, and the smile on his face grew even wider. It felt good to be just under an hour away from seeing his new daughter, holding her in his arms, and knowing he could hold on as long as he wanted...well as long as she'd let him.

When they pulled into the driveway, Castiel leaped from the car leaving his luggage behind, not even caring if Gabriel brought it in or not. He opened the door and was met with the most beautiful sight he'd ever seen. Dean was stretched out on the couch, Morgan on his chest, and Ben tucked in the floor at his side.

"PAPA!" Bem ran to greet him.

Dean sat up, pulling their daughter closer to his chest long enough to readjust his position. Castiel had been frozen by the gorgeous view, but found the strength to move closer. He made quick strides to sit himself by Dean on the couch, his eyes went wide when he saw her and the tears started flowing rapidly all over again. He honestly didn't know how he became this lucky, but he sent a quick thank you to any father of his that happened to be listening.

They'd spent quite a bit of time with Morgan since they'd met her, they'd seen her do a lot of things, even witnessed the first time she crawled. When they weren't learning everything they possibly could by observing her, they were asking Missouri so they knew about everything there was to know about this beautiful, precious, loving baby girl.

Two chubby arms reached out for Castiel, and he'll deny this is ever repeated… but he cried for nearly half an hour after that. His daughter, His Angel, reaching out for him.

Notes:

Guys this isn't the end and I am sorry that it may feel a bit rushed, but I'm trying to clean off my metaphorical work desk, and afterall...this is exactly what we wanted and nothing in life comes when you expect it so..even though this is the last chapter in this series, there will be more I'm almost positive! Love you all!