For the "Holidays with the Winchesters: A very Destiel Christmas Advent Calendar" by @archervale and @wormstacheangel
There is a knock on Cas’ open door, he looks up as Dean steps into the room.
“Hey, Cas. We are going to head out in a bit. Do you want to come with us?”
Cas stands up from where he was lying on the bed. “Oh, where are you going?”
“Well since we are actually going to spend Christmas in the Bunker and there isn’t an apocalypse happening, I was thinking we could get a tree. I told the kid about it and he’s already really excited.”
They had moved closer together, while Dean was talking and were now standing just inches away from each other.
“I would love to come with you.” Cas says. The grin that stretches across Dean’s face, makes Cas smile at him in return. He supposes that Jack isn’t the only one excited to do this.
“Great, come on!” Dean grabs his hand and pulls him through the hallway, towards the garage.
Sam and Jack are already waiting in the Impala. Cas is surprised to see that Sam is sitting with Jack in the back. Dean lets go of his hand so they can get into the car.
“Hey Sam, why aren’t you sitting up front? I thought the leg room isn’t as great in the back?” Cas asks as he turns to look at Sam.
“I’ll be fine for the one hour drive. And I can stretch my legs out towards the middle.” Sam reassures him, so Cas turns back to face the front, but he does catch the teasing grin Sam sends towards his brother.
Dean starts up the Impala and starts the drive towards the tree farm. The drive is mostly uneventful, though Cas is surprised that Dean is playing Christmas music. And if Dean reaches out to him to take hold of his hand, well he’ll just quietly enjoy it.
The Impala has barely come to a stop and Jack is immediately out of the car, pretty much bouncing towards the trees. Sam follows a bit slower, but he catches up to Jack to look at the trees with him. Dean and Cas come together at the front of the car, their hands immediately finding each other. They walk behind Sam and Jack at a leisure pace.
After a moment Cas breaks the comfortable silence, “you know I think this is really great. Sam and Jack seem to be enjoying themselves and I can’t really complain. Maybe we should do this every year from now on?”
“Well maybe this can be our new tradition. You know, getting the tree, decorating it while listening to Christmas music. And at the end of the day, maybe we can all sit in the Dean Cave and watch Christmas movies.” Dean says wistfully. If his imagination is anything like Cas’ he can understand. The tree lit up and them cuddled together under a blanket, drinking hot chocolate, with Sam and Jack sitting close by.
“I would really like that. I guess, we’ll just make it up as we go.”
Dean pulls Cas closer by their still intertwined hands. “Yeah, I guess we really are.” Dean says, before he pulls him in for a short kiss. When they seperate, they look at each other for a moment, just smiling at each other. After a short time they rejoin Jack and Sam in looking at the Christmas trees, trying to find the perfect one.
And if the tree ends up looking a bit crooked and rough in a few places, well then it’s just as perfectly imperfect as their little family.
