[fic]Annie D (scaramouche): Don't Forget the Experience Points
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Title: Don't forget the experience points
Writer: Annie D (scaramouche)
Status of work: complete
Characters and/or pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Rating: R
Warnings, kinks & contents: all human AU
Length: 10,855
Summary: It's because Dean was an awesome brother than he took such an interest in Sam's new friend. No, really. What happened afterwards was mostly an accident.
Reccer's notes: Let me start by saying generally speaking, not a fan of Dean and Castiel stories. But, this D/C secrete Santa exchange just drew me in. Castiel was Sam's co-worker; Sam was screwed over by his ex-coworkers/friends and was still feeling it. I particularly like how the Winchesters collect friends and made a sort of extended pretty big family by the end of the story. The thing I like the most though, is how the brothers were moving on with their lives.
[Short excerpt]Cas’ presence in their life was clearly Sam’s job’s fault, but Dean didn’t know who to blame for Kevin. One minute the kid was the diminutive paragliding instructor that yelled at Sam for botching his landing (“Your legs are too damn long, Winchester!”) and the next he was there for the occasional movie outing, and Charlie started regularly bitching to Dean about that ‘punk-ass blood elf stealing [her] shit’ in some online game.
This meant that Kevin had to be invited to their next sort-of-monthly tabletop gaming sessions for Charlie to attempt her revenge.
“Is it even legal for you to drink?” Dean asked Kevin, when he showed up at the apartment.
“Is it even legal for you to be this pretty?” Kevin countered, and although he could barely reach Dean’s nipples there was something about the sharpness of his smile that made Dean want to duck and cover. “It’s like looking into the sun.”
“Okay, whatever,” Dean muttered. “That’s Jo, that’s Benny, everyone else you know, sit wherever you want. Everyone say hi to Kevin!”
There was an immediate chorus of, “Hi, Kevin!” from everyone except Cas, who was too busy scowling at the little game figurines.