Title: Giving In Is Half the Battle
Author: Halzbarry
Artist: SillyBlue (diminuel)
Rating: Explicit
Pairings: Dean/Cas
Warnings/Tags: Omega Cas, Alpha Dean, Office AU, Friends with Benefits, Pining, Dean and Cas in suits, Independent Cas, Dean wants a mate, Office Sex, Stubborn Cas
Posting Date: 11/20/2017Summary: Dean likes to think he had it all; a good job, good money, kickass friends, and hell, no shortage of men and women in his bed. He’s an alpha living the dream. The one thing he didn’t have was a mate.
Castiel prides himself on being a pinnacle of the modern omega. He works hard and he sleeps with whoever he wants, society’s rules be damned. He spent a long time telling himself he didn’t need a mate to take care of him nor did he find himself wanting one anyways. Then Dean Winchester happened. Suddenly, being content with just sex is becoming a harder lie to tell himself, especially as Dean makes it clear he wants more.
What started as a simple hook-up after the annual Sandover Christmas party last year has turned into a loosely agreed upon friends with benefits arrangement; Minus the friends part. Dean knows they’re compatible enough to be mates, but Cas just can’t seem to be convinced.
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“You know, you can stay till morning, Cas. No sense in running out this late,” Dean offered, but he already knew what Cas’ reply would be. He’d known it ever since they fell into this routine over a year ago.
“Thank you, Dean. But I should go home. We both have to be at work early tomorrow,” Cas answered matter-of-factly. Cas had perfected the ability to show no emotion. He wanted no-strings-attached sex, and it was the only reason he was here with Dean now. He assumed Dean wanted the same thing and they had a mutual agreement. Little did Cas know how he really felt.
“Cas, we work at the same office. I can drive you there and back to your place, no problem.”
Cas sighed and Dean was already preparing for the rejection like always. “Dean. You know that’s not how this works. We have a good time and then we go our separate ways. That’s it.”
“Yeah. Yeah I know. Just offerin’ is all.”
Cas put his shirt back on, but offered Dean a tiny smile.
“I appreciate it.”
Dean wanted to keep insisting he stay, wanted to tell Cas he belonged here with him like he felt deep down in his gut. Instead, he just watched tiredly as Castiel threw on yesterday’s slacks.
“You can go back to sleep, Dean. I’ll see myself out,” Cas urged softly.
“Nah. I’ll probably be up for the rest of the night anyways.” It wasn’t a lie. It was always hard for Dean to go back to sleep when Cas’ scent was absent from his apartment. His slick was dried into his sheets, so unless Dean washed them he’d be faintly smelling Cas. There was also that part of Dean that wanted Cas to feel a little guilty.
Cas didn’t rise to the bait, though. He found his shoes and slid them on before walking out of the bedroom, stopping just before the door to say, “Good night, Dean.”
“Yeah, night, Cas.”
Well folks, followers, and friends here is my DCBB that I’ve been working on for a few months and I am very nervous that the time is here, but hopefully you all will like it!
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