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a week had passed and castiel found himself walking back into the bar. it was less busy than the last time he was there, which he was grateful for. dean was sitting in the same seat as the week before, this time with a cute redhead by his side.

castiel walked over to them, dean smiling once he noticed the blue eyed man. he took a seat next to dean and returned the smile, noticing deans lip was healed already.

"cas, man, how are you?" dean asked, putting his hand on castiels shoulder and squeezing it.

"im okay, i guess." castiel answered, removing deans hand from his shoulder. dean gave him a questionable look before turning to the redhead on his other side.

"hey, im charlie." the girl introduced herself as she leaned over dean to shake castiels hand.

"castiel." he smiled kindly, shaking her hand. "hey, kenny, can i get a beer?" castiel asked the brunette who seemed to be distracted by charlie. "kenny?" castiel questioned as dean snapped his fingers in front of her face.

"yeah?" kenny looked at them as she hadn't head a word from castiels mouth.

"beer for my friend in the creepy trench coat." dean told her, kenny nodded and filled castiel a glass. kenny and charlie started up a flirtatious conversation, leaving dean and cas to each other.

"so tell me, whats a guy like you doing coming into the bar again?" dean asked, castiel let out a nervous yet pained chuckle.

"do you really want to know?" castiel asked, dean shrugged taking a drink of his beer.

"tell me everything." dean said sarcastically, castiel not understanding the sarcasm.

"everything? i mean i kind of have a strange life." castiel said, instantly sparking deans interest at the mention of strange.

"whatever it is, ive probably heard stranger." dean mumbled, castiel furrowed his eyebrows in confusion but shook it off.

"i dont remember who i am." castiel stated, dean was definitely interested now.

"what do you mean?" dean asked, he definitely thought strange.

"i mean, i woke up i woke up on a park bench 4 years ago with no memory of who i am besides my name." castiel clarified, taking a much needed drink from his beer. "i managed to go to college, i don't really know how honestly. i met a girl, we dated for two years until two weeks ago she left for her boss. i also got fired from my job last week, so the life i remember hasn't been all that great."

dean stared at him with a loss for words, yeah he had it bad, they both did. dean had seemed to lose almost everyone hes loved, where cas didnt have anyone.

"yknow, man, i wish i could give you a pep talk on how things will get better. i really do wish that, but if i did it would be a lie." dean said, a plain look on his face as he didn't know how to comfort the other.

they didnt talk much after that, both drinking their beers in peace. eventually, castiel had reached his seventh beer, dean on his eleventh. thats when they started to talk again, both interested in another.

"you're telling me you'd pick chris pratt over chris evans? dude, in no way is that alright." dean whined as he and cas argued over which chris was more attractive.

"dude, its just an easy pic for me." castiel told him, trying to keep his focus on dean.

"im no straight but i vote hemsworth." charlie butted in, they both looked at her with wide eyes.

"thats just the obvious win, we're trying to make it challenging." dean sassed, rolling his eyes at charlie and turning back to castiel.

"why are two grown men arguing over which marvel chris is more attractive?" kenny asked the pair, they looked at each other as they didn't know how to answer her.

"its a serious discussion." a clearly drunk castiel retorted before chugging down the rest of his beer.

"oh my god, cas wanna go do karaoke?" dean asked excitedly as he remembered the bars karaoke machine.

"why would you ask such a stupid question dean? of course!" castiel answered, jumping down from his seat with dean following him. they both fumbled to work the machine, picking a song they both semi knew.

so there they were, standing in the corner of the bar holding onto each other for support as they belted the lyrics to sweet home alabama. ignoring everyones complaints, the pair continued to sing their hearts out. of course they completely bombed every word and looked like complete fools as they did this.

eventually kenny and charlie were able to pull the away before they embarrassed themselves too much. dean and castiel held onto each other, laughing like idiots as charlie and kenny struggled.

"i think im gonna call sam." kenny sighed, finally getting them to sit at a table. they both glared at her and whined, acting like little kids.

kenny walked away, pulling out her phone to call sam. dean and castiel somehow managed to get into a staring contest, their eyes locked together as they sat across from each other. when castiel finally blinked, dean made sure to brag about his win.

"are you really crying, cas?" dean asked when he finished laughing. castiel rubbed his watery eyes and pouted, dean giving him a goofy smile.

"yknow dean, i feel like i've known you forever." castiel said, running a hand through his already messy hair. dean tilted his head to the side, his eyes flickering from castiels eyes to his lips.

"how drunk do you have to be for you to have sex with another guy?" dean asked bluntly, licking his lips.

"uh, sober." castiel chuckled nervously, looking down at his hands.

"i thought you had a girlfriend?" dean asked, as charlie made her way back to the two.

"i can like both genders." castiel rolled his eyes at dean, watching as the dirty blonde smirked.

"hey, guys! so sams not answering, guess you're stuck with me taking you home then?" charlie said, looking to the pair who were both too drunk to care how they got home.

they walked out to charlies yellow car, dean sinking into the back seat as he was too drunk to argue over shotgun. charlie played quiet music as she drove the boys to the bunker.

"how long have you known dean?" castiel asked, leaning against the cold window, dean sound asleep in the back.

"three years? he's basically an older brother to me, troubled though." charlie answered, cas hummed in response, his eyes slowly closing.

castiel and dean both woke up to charlie shaking them awake, informing them that they were at the bunker. dean woke up grumpy as ever, muttering multiple curse words to the redhead. cas gave her a soft smile, just glad to have arrived safely.

"cas, wanna watch a movie?" dean asked, holding onto castiels waist as they were now stumbling towards the bunker. cas chuckled at deans question, unlocking the door with the key dean handed him. charlie had left to go back to the bar as she wanted to hang out with kenny more.

they walked into the bunker, castiel amazed by the inside of it. the walls filled with books, old books, cas now curious as ever.

"didnt take you for the reading type, dean." castiel stated as they passed through the library type room.

"yeah, my brother, sammy is a big nerd." dean muttered as he started down the dark hallway towards his room. castiel followed, amazed as they entered the room that seemed to describe dean in ever possible way.

"what do you wanna watch?" dean asked as he turned on the tv, castiel making himself at home. cas took off his shoes and trench coat before laying back on deans comfortable bed.

"anythings okay with me, im honestly just tired." castiel answered with a small yawn, dean nodded and chose a movie for himself before sitting on his bed. the laid a comfortable distance from each other, castiel falling asleep almost instantly. dean watched half of the movie, untouchables, before falling asleep as well.