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Summary: Castiel is placing his son, Jack, in daycare into the capable hands of Dean Winchester. Cas has had it hard as a single, trans dad, but he's doing his best. Dean accepting him helps him through some of the hardships he encounters as he comes to completely trust and love Dean.
“Adam, give Michael his blocks back! Luci, I will give you one last chance, share the crayons or you’re not gonna have any crayons until after nap time!” Dean barked, becoming exasperated within an hour of the first day. He noticed then a man holding a young child and looking as if he didn’t know where to go or what to do. His hair was disheveled, his tie was on backwards, and his shoes were untied, so Dean knew that he rushed to get here. Dean walked over. “Hello, can I help you?”
The man seemed to snap out of his stupor. “Yes, I’m here for Dean Winchester’s room. You are him, I presume? I mean, of course you are, nobody else is here but the kids and I just wanted to know if I had the right room or-”
“Take a deep breath. It’s okay. I’m Dean, you got the right room. First time putting a kid through daycare then?” Dean smiled, trying to calm the dude.
“Uh, yes, yes this is my first time,” the dude responded, holding the kid closer to him.
“And what’s your name?”
“Oh, sorry, it is Castiel. Castiel Novak.”
“And who is this little one?” Dean cooed, looking at the young boy in Castiel’s arms that looked so excited to be here in stark contrast to his father. The kid looked around at the other kids and the abundance of toys and was wiggling in his father’s ever-increasing hold.
“This is Jack.”
“Hi, Jack!” Dean said, giving Jack a wave who gave Dean a big smile and a little wave in return. “Would you like to go play with the other kids?” Jack nodded enthusiastically and squirmed even more. Dean gave Castiel another reassuring smile.
“Cas, you’re going to have to let him down for him to play,” Dean prompted. Cas nodded and slowly let Jack down. As soon as Cas let go, Jack gave him a kiss on the cheek and sped off with a “bye, Daddy” before finding new friends to play with.
Cas looked so dejected that Dean felt bad for even suggesting it, but he would have had to give Jack up to interact sooner or later.
“Come on, you just need to fill out some paperwork for if an emergency ever came up,” Dean said, leading Cas over to the paperwork at his desk which he handed over to Cas and let him sit in Dean’s chair to fill it out while he turned his attention back to the kids. He spotted Jack taking Luci’s crayons and coloring with his tongue stuck out; Dean was surprised that Luci even let Jack take the crayons, but he seemed fascinated with Jack, looking over Jack’s shoulder as he colored. Pretty soon both boys colored on the same paper and Dean was able to witness Luci smiling for the first time in his years of watching the boy.
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