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"Heya Cas."
Cassie Robinson pauses at the sound of a familiar voice. A voice she hasn't heard in years. Turning, her eyes are drawn to the sight of an equally familiar car. And the very familiar figure standing beside an open door, arms propped on the roof.
"Yeah, we've just pulled up."
She realises that he's talking on the phone.
"Alrighty, see you soon."
She can't help but step forward when the call wraps up and the still (unfairly) attractive man stands upright, slipping the phone into his pocket. "Dean Winchester as I live and breathe."
She's startled him, she can tell, but he still offers her a grin. "Cassie! What on earth are you doing here?"
"I'm passing through for work."
Whatever response might have followed was interrupted by a cry from within the car. "Dadadadada."
A warm smile spreads across Dean's face and Cassie wonders that she's never seen such softness in him before.
"Impatient aren't you munchkin."
The entire top half of his body disappears into the car and when he reappears, her jaw drops for balanced on her one time boyfriend's hip is a baby in a t-shirt proudly declaring My Daddy is a Rock Star.
But this is nothing on the shock she receives when he dips down again and slips a second baby onto his hip with a practiced move. This one is gumming her fist, a pink dress emblazoned with Daddy's Angel. Her dark pink leggings are a match for the black and white stripe of her twin.
And there are no doubts they are twins: matching soft brown hair pulled into small pigtails, freckles and vivid blue eyes, brighter even then Dean's.
She hears a rustling sound and blinks when a men in suit and trenchcoat is suddenly there. Where had he come from? Wondering at why he is so close, she sees that unfamiliar warmth for the second time.
"Hello Dean."
"Hey Cas." He nods in her direction. "This is Cassie Robinson. Cassie – meet Castiel."
The man turns his attention toward her and tilts her head.
Just who this Castiel as – and what a strange name – is made clear by the rock star baby throwing herself forward with a cry of "papa".
Whoa.
As the baby is transferred with comfortable ease, she marvels that she could see where those bright eyes came from. They were very blue.
She shakes her head when she realises he is speaking to her, baby in his arms happily occupied by tugging the backward tie.
"Hello."
"Ah, hello."
Sunlight catches on a band of gold as she turns back to her one time lover. Her brain slowly catches up.
Dean Winchester was married.
Forget the fact that he liked guys, he was married. She never thought she'd live to see the day.
She forces herself to focus when her married! ex-boyfriend speaks, pointing at the baby in his arms, her head buried into his neck. "This shy one here is Aurelia," he introduces pressing a soft kiss to the child's hair. Be still my beating heart. "And that little motormouth is Matilda. Matty."
"You have beautiful children." Her smile is genuine. "You must be very proud."
"Yeah, well, um…" His hand scratches the back of his neck, a nervous trait she still remembers, and it's his husband that answers. "Thank you. We are."
"Well, it was lovely to see you and meet the family," she says plastering a wide smile on her face, "but I do need to get a move on. The story isn't going to write itself."
"It was a pleasure to meet you too," comes the deep voice in response as Deans bops his head. "Good to see you Cassie. Hope all's well with you."
She waves the question off. "You know me. I always get along just fine."
Walking away, she reaches her car and turns around for one last look.
There stood Dean "Womaniser" Winchester kissing his husband. With a smile full of regrets, she opens the car and slips in.
On the road again.
Finito.
