You're the Devil in disguise

Chapter Thirteen: A new family

Castiel shifts uncomfortably in his seat beside Dean, who is driving them to his parents' home for break. "What did they say about my brother and I coming?"

"They are both excited to meet you." Dean assures him, placing a hand on Castiel's shaking knee, "Look, I know you have never 'met the family' before, but rest assured my family is the best you can meet."

"Uh…huh…" Castiel mumbles, watching Dean's hand move up to lace itself with his own.

"Besides, we'll have you meet them outside so if you blow chunks it won't get on anything." Dean teases.

"Rude."

They have been together for over three months now. It took awhile to get past the awkward stage of Dean being awkward about dating a guy, but once that past they eased into a relatively normal relationship. Dean was even the one to initiate their first time-and many times after that. They aren't the mushy all over each other type of couple, which is a relief to Castiel in all honesty, but they are still a normal couple. Probably. They by-passed the clingy stage and moved right to the best friends who make out and date stage. Which is a stage. Probably.

The rest of the ride is spent in a relatively calm silence before arriving at Dean's childhood home. Gabriel and Sam are already there, sitting on the porch with Dean's parents and talking. As usual, Gabriel is calm and charming.

"It's not fair he inherited all the charm." Castiel mumbles and Dean full out laughs.

"Charm? What charm? You know he still pranks Sam daily? Who finds that charming?"

"Sam, obviously." The brunette points out and Dean quickly tenses.

"…Touché…" Dean mumbles before getting out of the car.

When they reach the porch, John is the first to come up to him. Castiel lets go of Dean's hand when he approaches, not because he's embarrassed, but because he doesn't want to be babied by his boyfriend while meeting his parents. John grins at how obviously nervous Castiel is and simply takes his hand in a firm handshake.

"It's nice to meet you Castiel." John says, looking between him and his brother, "I see the Novaks have had quite an impression on my sons…"

Castiel smiles a little, "The Winchesters seem to have quite an effect on the Novaks as well." He mumbles and John laughs. It makes him relax a bit more, less afraid of a repeat with what happened at Balthazar's family home.

"Oh my goodness! He is just adorable!" Mary exclaims, coming between her husband and Castiel to stroke at his hair, "Such soft curly hair and amazing blue eyes! Dean, in all the times you have talked about this boy, you never mentioned your roommate was so dreamy!"

"What do you mean 'all the times'?"Castiel blinks, staring at her at a loss. He's never heard Dean talk about him to his mother before a month ago, and even since then he's only heard it twice. Once to say they were dating, and again to say he was coming for break.

"Oh goodness, Dean talked about you from the first day he moved in there! He was all grumpy and said 'I got this super nerd living with me'. Then when I tried to change the subject he kept talking about you. Apparently you saved him when he was drunk? Thank you for that!" Mary exclaims and Castiel shoots an amused look at Dean.

"Mommas boy." He teases and John laughs.

"Now, now! He told John all about you, too." Mary smiles, "It's more 'Castiel's boy'." She jokes. Castiel chooses ignore the deep blush now on Dean's face.

"Huh." He mumbles, flashing Dean a smile before Mary begins to drag him off.

"I'll show you around the house! You boys all play nice out here!" Mary calls after them, leading Castiel inside and abandoning the others on the porch. She gives him the-as she calls it-grand tour, showing him every room and giving him an in-depth tour of Dean's room. Once they finish with that, much to Dean's protests, Mary drags Castiel into the kitchen to help make dinner.

"Mom, you realize Cas is mine, right?" Dean asks and Mary gasps.

"Dean, Castiel is no ones." She scolds before smirking, "And if he was, I know I taught you to share young man."

"Mom-!"

"You get him to yourself all the time. Mommy wants some alone time with this cutie!" Mary teases, patting Castiel's cheek affectionately.

It feels nice, having a woman genuinely doting on him. The nuns were nice, but he was by no means the favorite at the orphanage. Having Mary look at him, like a mother looks at a child, makes the lack of Dean at his side go practically unnoticed by him. Or, well, would if Dean wasn't complaining nonstop.

"Cas, you want to be with just my mom?" Dean asks, looking at him curiously.

"I like Mary." Castiel says and Dean smiles a little.

"See? He likes me," Mary pats Castiel on the back, "Now go away so we can make dinner." She looks to the brunette beside her, "You know how to cook, right?"

"I do."

"Oh you're perfect! My son can't cook to save his life!" Mary exclaims before shooing Dean away. "So! Castiel, come over here and make the meatloaf. I will make the potatoes." She orders and Castiel nods, standing at the counter and making it with Mary right beside him.

He wonders to himself how often Dean and Sam have done this with Mary, how many food fights they might have gotten into while 'helping' her in the kitchen. Castiel and Gabriel never had the chance to do such things, any sort of mess was punished and cleaned immediately. Dean and Sam were truly children, and while Gabriel pushed and forced his way into childish behavior, Castiel was one who assumed the role of an adult early on.

"He's never brought anyone home, you know." Mary says, pulling Castiel out of his thoughts.

"Excuse me?" He asks and she laughs a little.

"Dean. He's dated before, but he's never told us about them. The only people we know about are his friends. If we wanted to know who he was dating, we would ask Sam." Mary smiles at Castiel, "The day you started dating, my son called us. He told us what was going on, and more about you than he already had- which was a lot."

"Dean is the first person I have ever dated, honestly." Castiel admits, "And if I had parents, I would have called them immediately as well."

Her gaze turns back to the potatoes she's cutting up, a fond smile still on her face, "I don't know if you boys are there yet, but my son is in love with you."

Castiel's eyes widen and he drops the plastic bowl he was holding, allowing it to flop down onto the counter as he turns to look at Mary, "You think so?" He asks, not even bothering to hide his hopeful look.

Mary nods, "I know so, dear."

Castiel smiles at her again, "Well, even if he does…I doubt he will ever say it. Getting him to accept the fact he was interested in me was an uphill battle enough."

"Don't rule it out," Mary says, "My Dean likes to surprise people."

Dinner goes well, John talking with Castiel about his major with curious fascination. They then gather in the living room to watch a movie and by the time it's over everyone is dosing off. When Castiel looks to Dean the man smiles back and gets up, taking his hand and leading him up to his room.

"No doubt my mom has shown you everything in here." Dean says as they enter and Castiel nods.

"Your hiding places for porn were painfully obvious." He teases and Dean laughs.

"Shut up, I bet you've never even seen porn." Sitting down on the bed, Dean reaches up and grabs his hips and pulls him closer, "Don't even know what's on it."

Castiel looks down at him amused, brushing a hand through Dean's hair before running a thumb over his lips, "I've got some good ideas on what's in it." He kneels down, straddling Dean's waist, "And I don't need porn anyways, since I have a more than willing participant right here."

Dean lets out a hum in agreement before bringing Castiel's lips down to a kiss. Unlike at the dorm, hands don't roam. There's no moaning, no shedding of clothes, just a simple kiss and much needed contact after a long day. When they pull away Dean cups Castiel's face, making sure he doesn't move away.

"Dean, we need to go to-"

"I love you Cas." Dean blurts out quickly and Castiel's eyes widen. "I heard you and my mom," Ah. "And she's right, I love you. I know you know, but I just…thought I should, you know, say it too."

Castiel smiles and kisses him quickly again, "I love you too. Now let go so we can go to sleep."

Dean laughs, "Well aren't you romantic." He teases, letting Castiel get under the covers.

"I'm not having sex with you at your parents, Dean, I already told you that."

"I've never wanted classes to start again so badly."

By the time Christmas comes, a few weeks later, Castiel and Gabriel have met everyone in the Winchester's life. Friends, family, everyone. Christmas morning they all trade gifts; the Winchesters, Novak's, Ellen, Bobby, and Jo. It's a nice Christmas, easily working its way to the top of Castiel's best ones, and then something happens that eliminates any sort of contest.

His gift to Dean was pretty ordinary, since he didn't have much money, but it makes the man overjoyed anyways. The gift Dean gives him blows it so far out of the water there is no choice but to recognize how pathetic it really is. In a small box, about nine inches long, Castiel receives a picture of an apartment building and a key.

"What…?" Castiel looks at him guiltily, "This isn't fair."

Dean grins, "It's as much for me as it is you. A dorm is not a home, Cas, and if we come to my parents every break where we can't…" He clears his throat awkwardly when he remembers all the other people with them, "I don't want to come here every break. We're already living together, so I figured we might as well just get an actual apartment. People our ages living in the dorms is awkward anyways."

Castiel gapes, completely in awe of the whole thing, before he flings his arms around Dean's neck. "Thank you."

"You too?" Sam asks, holding up a key and grinning.

"Great minds think alike!" Gabriel says, wrapping an arm around Sam's shoulders, "And no one wants to stay in those damned dorms."

Mary is practically beaming at them all and looks to Gabriel, "So where are you and Sam going to be living?"

"Oh," Gabriel begins, a wide grin on his face, "Across the hall from Dean and Cassie."

Dean pales and Castiel groans.

"What? I can't just let you two run off without proper supervision." Gabriel teases, "Right Sammy? These two are helpless on their own!"

Sam sighs and shakes his head, "Gabe you are hopeless."

"You're the devil." Dean hisses out.

Castiel stares at his brother long and hard, before finally working up the courage to say what's on his mind. "Will we be able to carpool?"

A/N: Carpooling is serious business, okay? I would kill to carpool to classes. ANYWAYS! It's over. Thank you for reading and I am SO sorry it took so long to get this chapter out!