Batman and...Castiel? Chapter Five: My Name is Castiel
Dean got along with the kids named Garth and Kevin splendidly, even if they were quite younger than he was. But they liked Batman and that was good enough for Dean Winchester.
"But I am the Night!" he wailed.
"Dean Winchester if you do not sit down and eat I will have to call your father," Ellen said, struggling to place the three year old in a plastic chair at the lunch table.
That got Dean to shut up. He didn't want to get into trouble with his dad again. He took the Batman mask off of his face and handed it to Ellen. "I'm sorry," he said as he was lowered into the chair.
The kids tore into their PB&J sandwiches when the door to the room opened and Ms. Jo and the small black haired kid named Cas entered. Dean glanced around at the two tables that were filled with children and noticed that the only open seat was next to him. He really hoped the kid wouldn't start screaming once he was sitting down.
But he didn't. Cas obediently sat at the table and ate his sandwich in silence, the only words he spoke were to ask for more water. That is, they were the only words he spoke until Dean talked to him.
"Hi," the Winchester said.
Cas looked startled that someone was talking to him. "Hi?" He peeked at Dean from under his eyelashes.
"I'm Dean. And you're Cas, right?"
Cas shook his head. "Castiel."
Dean scrunched up his nose. "That's a weird name. I think I'll call you Cas."
The blue-eyed boy shook his head again. "I don't like that name."
Dean sighed. This 'Castiel' was a strange kid. "Why not?"
"Because it isn't my name. I like Castiel."
"Well none of the rest of us like it, Cassie," a voice from across the table said.
Dean looked to the kid who said it and frowned. The kid had a nasty look on his face, like Castiel was lunch instead of the half-eaten sandwich on his plate.
"Back off," Dean said. "I'm talkin' to Castiel. Not you."
"I can talk to Cassie if I want to," the kid sneered.
Dean glanced at Castiel who was staring at his hands in his lap. It was obvious that Castiel and the other kid didn't get along.
"Leave Cas alone, Zach," another kid said. "It's not his fault Uncle Jimmy named him weird."
"Just like Dad named you Balthazar?" Zach snapped.
The kid who had defended Castiel rolled his eyes. "We have a weird family," he said to Dean.
Dean agreed with 'Balthazar'. I mean, who names their kid Balthazar? he thought. He looked between Castiel, Balthazar and Zach, and he even glanced at Gabriel who was sitting at the other table. There were definitely some strange people in this daycare.

















