Tuesday - Chosen Family

[girlmarauders]

Hiya, it’s girlmarauders again and I’ll be your lovely host for today. Today’s theme is the family that we choose. Our favourite characters all have friends as close as or closer than their actual family. These odd relationships deserve a little love!

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-  Post no more than three prompts

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Dynamics

[slytherin_heart]

Relationships with humans were… different than relationships with angels. There were more things to remember, more dynamics all interacting with each other. Everyone had their own rules and preferences and while some of those rules were obvious, sometimes Castiel had to figure them out for himself.

Castiel was not good at figuring out human complexities for himself.

Sometimes, he found himself missing his home with the rest of the angels. Things were more simple. No, everybody didn’t get along, and there were plenty of dynamics at play, but they seemed more open about it. And, of course, they had all had a few millenia to get used to each other, which had to help.

Looking around him, though, and thinking about all the time he’d spent trying to figure out exactly what was going on in the minds of those around him - or at least how to avoid causing unnecessary conflict out of ignorance - Castiel realized that it was well worth giving up the simplicity. His family - his given family, the angels - may have been unique, but they were nothing compared to the Winchesters. The angels were too… used to each other, he supposed. The patterns that had begun forming when they were created had rarely changed; instead, they wore deeper and deeper, so that even in their differences, even through disagreements and turmoil, everyhting was always the same.

With the Winchesters, even though they, too, had known each other for their entire lives - though, admittedly, it was on a much smaller scale - the patterns shifted over time. Dean protected Sam, yes, but Sam also protected Dean. Bobby still acted as the boys’ father, as Castiel believed he always had, but also sometimes their equal.

Castiel liked to think that even if he weren’t emotionally invested in the family - so much so that they all considered him a part of it - he would still stay around, just watching the dynamics change, the balances shift.

It was intriguing, and satisfying on more than one level, especially as he watched the patterns slowly make room for him in their midst. He wouldn’t give this up, he knew, for all the simplicity in the world.

Re: Dynamics

[daria234]

This is really subtle and beautiful - I love the way Castiel just has so much wonder for how human beings shift who they are and change their own selves, relationships, and personalities, to make room for the people around them and to let their loved ones change and grow too. That's really lovely.

Re: Dynamics

[mulder200]

Ah! That's perfect!