I dedicate this book to Matteo Tenaz, who has taught me the worth of free thinking and feeling free and who continues to inspire me. The most selfless person I have ever met. The most important person in my life.
Bobby glanced Harry's way as he read it and then, yes, he finally just grinned at him and nodded. What else was there to say to that? Other than to gesture at Castiel and Matty, who sat next to each other and, yes, they were close enough to be touching.
Sam was oblivious and not surprised that Harry was using his phone. He often did. He had an arm around his boyfriend, but he was looking at the screen. He missed his boyfriend looking at boyfriend. He also missed the way Castiel was looking at Matty.
Holy shit. Castiel was in love with Matty and fucking Matty was oblivious. And, interestingly, pretty accommodating. Harry had no idea how to process any of this but a certain smugness came over him as he clicked out of the book and set the phone aside. Oh yeah, he was going to tell Sam but for now, he had to study the gay.
For the rest of the movie, he watched Matty and Cas. The way they touched each other, the way they whispered to each other and that brief moment that Cas basically held his hand.
And all the while, Harry would look at Bobby and raise his eyebrows. Holy shit.
As the movie came to an edge, Harry was relaxing against Sam, not watching the movie but watching the closet case mess across from him. "That was a good movie." It was mid. "What did you think, Cas?"
"I appreciate how John McClane talks to himself almost constantly. I also do that sometimes, it is good to see a hero have a similar way of conducting himself." Castiel could appreciate that. "I enjoyed it a lot more than Halloween. I find it less troubling. There was no moral conflict either, and it was seasonally appropriate."
"Yeah, I like it too," Sam said with a laugh, placing a kiss on the top of Harry's head, "You barely paid attention, I can tell. We'll have to pick something more up your alley one of those days."
"I watched it, I was just a little off focus." Because he just learned something amazing and had to analyse the entire time. "I guess it's also good to try new things. You try a lot of new things with Matty, huh?"
"He's got a lot of firsts, you know?" Matty informed Harry as he got up to grab another beer for Castiel. Harry smiled goofily. Holy shit.
"Yeah, a lot of firsts you two will have together." He looked at Castiel, knowing he'd never get it but he couldn't resist. "Any firsts left that you're really looking forward to?" Like making out? Losing his virginity? Marriage...
"It's the first time spending Christmas together. Matty told me that my current Christmas traditions are too sad, so I'll do it differently this year." With Matty, obviously. He smiled when Matty came back with the beer, taking it from him and loving when their fingers brushed. "There are a lot of things I've never done with anyone before."
Sam wasn't sure what was happening, but Harry seemed too happy and Bobby had his hat suspiciously low down, mostly hiding his face. What did he miss?
"So you two are having Christmas together?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked at Matty to see if he was embarrassed or awkward but not, he was smiling and put one hand on Cas's shoulder as he stood there, completely unaware.
"Yeah, otherwise he stays at home and prays or something. This year, he's coming to mine. I'll show him how you do Christmas. Then I'll cook. He'll finally experience the meat man's kitchen."
"... What?" Harry asked, unable to process how insane this was. "Woah." Fucking hell. "So Cas, you excited to eat some ... meat?" No, it was too easy.
"Yes. I've had his meat before." Castiel said it with a straight face as he, obviously, saw no reason not to. "You don't refuse any meat the meat man has for you."
Sam had a violent coughing fit all of a sudden, which was good. Distracted from Bobby snorting, because this was starting to be more than he could bear.
"I'm gonna go lie down or something," he announced, simply to have an excuse to leave before he had to laugh into the face of his Matty's incredibly weird courtship.
"Woah, hey, don't say it like that, man. Sounds weird." Matty rolled his eyes and then shook his head, gripping Cas a little tighter. "Grow up. You're just jealous you can't cook like me."
He didn't want them to tease Cas and he really hoped Cas didn't notice. Cas was often embarrassment proof so that was one of the big advantages of being his friend. "Hey, Cas, I'm gonna make Eggnog, do you want to come?"
"Another first." Harry said with an upbeat smile, looking at Castiel in amusement. "Lemme know how it goes."
"Yes, I do." Cas was completely oblivious, happily following Matty to make eggnog.
Sam's face was red from how hard he'd coughed and by the time he could breathe properly again, Bobby had left into his annex or whatever he called it. He looked at Harry and grinned, shaking his head. "You're bad."
That had been too funny. "He's probably on the spectrum, plus the weird upbringing, so don't make fun, yeah?"
"I'm not making fun of him. I like him. I'm just -- I can't help but poke at this. It's fascinating. I think they're dating." Harry admitted as he leaned forward and got Sam's phone, opening it up and clicking back into the book. He held the phone out to Sam, foreword showing. "This is from the book Cas wrote. The one you planned to read. Bobby told me about the forward."
He held his hands up in his own defence. "I wouldn't have really believed it until Bobby pointed it out. Honestly, part of the blame is on him."
"That's why he's hiding," Sam glanced in the direction of the door again, then he looked at his phone. Looked at the part Harry gestured to especially. Wow. His eyes wide, he shook his head. "I guess it's platonic..."
Had to be. No one was more no homo than Matty, no one was more eager to explore his heterosexuality. Although he had never been serious with a girl, too much of a player. "Maybe I should tell Matty though. In case he ought to let him down gently?"
"I think Matty knows, he just doesn't want to acknowledge it. You can force it to the forefront but I don't know. I think he's into Cas. When Cas got up to go to the bathroom and came back, your brother checked him out. Eye to dick level. It was wild. And he touches him a lot. A lot-lot. There's an energy." And it was hard to ignore, no matter how much of a homophobe Matty tried to be, it was there. The big, rainbow elephant in the room.
"What's more - I think Bobby thinks they're into each other." And Bobby knew Matty better than he did so it wasn't just his gay ass imagination.
"Huh." The Bobby argument was a strong one. As for the others, he honestly just thought that Harry saw gayness everywhere. Sam didn't blame him, he assumed it made sense for a horny queer who watched a lot of porn. It was different for him to think of Matty that way at all.
It was all very weird. "They are cute together, I'll say that. It's good for Matty to have a friend who's not a toxic dumbass with fragile masculinity."
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I dedicate this book to Matteo Tenaz, who has taught me the worth of free thinking and feeling free and who continues to inspire me. The most selfless person I have ever met. The most important person in my life.
Bobby glanced Harry's way as he read it and then, yes, he finally just grinned at him and nodded. What else was there to say to that? Other than to gesture at Castiel and Matty, who sat next to each other and, yes, they were close enough to be touching.
Sam was oblivious and not surprised that Harry was using his phone. He often did. He had an arm around his boyfriend, but he was looking at the screen. He missed his boyfriend looking at boyfriend. He also missed the way Castiel was looking at Matty.
Bobby did not. Bobby was entertained.
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For the rest of the movie, he watched Matty and Cas. The way they touched each other, the way they whispered to each other and that brief moment that Cas basically held his hand.
And all the while, Harry would look at Bobby and raise his eyebrows. Holy shit.
As the movie came to an edge, Harry was relaxing against Sam, not watching the movie but watching the closet case mess across from him. "That was a good movie." It was mid. "What did you think, Cas?"
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"Yeah, I like it too," Sam said with a laugh, placing a kiss on the top of Harry's head, "You barely paid attention, I can tell. We'll have to pick something more up your alley one of those days."
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"He's got a lot of firsts, you know?" Matty informed Harry as he got up to grab another beer for Castiel. Harry smiled goofily. Holy shit.
"Yeah, a lot of firsts you two will have together." He looked at Castiel, knowing he'd never get it but he couldn't resist. "Any firsts left that you're really looking forward to?" Like making out? Losing his virginity? Marriage...
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Sam wasn't sure what was happening, but Harry seemed too happy and Bobby had his hat suspiciously low down, mostly hiding his face. What did he miss?
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"Yeah, otherwise he stays at home and prays or something. This year, he's coming to mine. I'll show him how you do Christmas. Then I'll cook. He'll finally experience the meat man's kitchen."
"... What?" Harry asked, unable to process how insane this was. "Woah." Fucking hell. "So Cas, you excited to eat some ... meat?" No, it was too easy.
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Sam had a violent coughing fit all of a sudden, which was good. Distracted from Bobby snorting, because this was starting to be more than he could bear.
"I'm gonna go lie down or something," he announced, simply to have an excuse to leave before he had to laugh into the face of his Matty's incredibly weird courtship.
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He didn't want them to tease Cas and he really hoped Cas didn't notice. Cas was often embarrassment proof so that was one of the big advantages of being his friend. "Hey, Cas, I'm gonna make Eggnog, do you want to come?"
"Another first." Harry said with an upbeat smile, looking at Castiel in amusement. "Lemme know how it goes."
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Sam's face was red from how hard he'd coughed and by the time he could breathe properly again, Bobby had left into his annex or whatever he called it. He looked at Harry and grinned, shaking his head. "You're bad."
That had been too funny. "He's probably on the spectrum, plus the weird upbringing, so don't make fun, yeah?"
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He held his hands up in his own defence. "I wouldn't have really believed it until Bobby pointed it out. Honestly, part of the blame is on him."
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Had to be. No one was more no homo than Matty, no one was more eager to explore his heterosexuality. Although he had never been serious with a girl, too much of a player. "Maybe I should tell Matty though. In case he ought to let him down gently?"
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"What's more - I think Bobby thinks they're into each other." And Bobby knew Matty better than he did so it wasn't just his gay ass imagination.
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It was all very weird. "They are cute together, I'll say that. It's good for Matty to have a friend who's not a toxic dumbass with fragile masculinity."