[ castiel expects a shrug, or to be dismissed, the sort of reaction he'd expect from most guys like dean when he gets a little too involved and starts off on a wild scientific tangent - he doesn't expect a concession.
you do?, he wants to ask, because it's not what he had thought he would hear, and he needs to take a moment to backpedal over it to make sure that he heard what he'd thought, but there's no mistake. castiel feels the ever-present knot in his belly loosen a little bit, and when he glances toward dean again there's something like curiosity in his eyes, a softness without the cold edge he's borne up until this moment. he lingers there for awhile, staring into dean's face, his hazel eyes that look a warm, honey-brown in the yellow, slanting afternoon sunlight, but soon enough he looks away again, towards his hands in his lap. ]
There's so much out there. It's impossible not to be.
[ he can hardly remember a time in his life when he didn't look up and feel a profound connection with the sky and the stars, when they didn't hold him endlessly in their thrall. that dean can possibly understand even a little of that is a warm and pleasant surprise. ]
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you do?, he wants to ask, because it's not what he had thought he would hear, and he needs to take a moment to backpedal over it to make sure that he heard what he'd thought, but there's no mistake. castiel feels the ever-present knot in his belly loosen a little bit, and when he glances toward dean again there's something like curiosity in his eyes, a softness without the cold edge he's borne up until this moment. he lingers there for awhile, staring into dean's face, his hazel eyes that look a warm, honey-brown in the yellow, slanting afternoon sunlight, but soon enough he looks away again, towards his hands in his lap. ]
There's so much out there. It's impossible not to be.
[ he can hardly remember a time in his life when he didn't look up and feel a profound connection with the sky and the stars, when they didn't hold him endlessly in their thrall. that dean can possibly understand even a little of that is a warm and pleasant surprise. ]