Pay Attention

Cas was sitting in the library, staring down at the cover of a book, when Dean walked in. He stilled in the doorway, watching Cas for a moment; Cas didn’t move, or even blink. He kept staring down at the book’s bland, green material cover in total silence.

Dean opened his mouth to say something, and then closed it. He turned to leave, eyes wide with the weirdness of the scene he’d just walked into - and then, just as he was on the point of disappearing down the corridor and leaving Cas to his literary stare-off, something stopped him. He sighed, and let his eyes fall closed for a second before turning back round.

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When Dean sits down and talks with Cas in the library about the meaning of books, the meaning of being, and the meaning of meaning, the last thing he expects is to be called out on the heart-eyes he's been unknowingly sending Cas' way - for a long, long time, apparently...