High School Bingo Part 17
Title: On the Cusp of Becoming Part 17
Author: Gedry
Pairings: Dean/Cas
Rating: pg-13
Word Count: 561
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. I am making no profit from this fanfiction.
Spoilers: none
Warnings: none
Summary: Written for my High School Bingo square entitled geeks/nerds
Thank you moonofblindness!
On the Cusp of Becoming Part 17
“What are they doing?” Cas asks while he leans against the doorframe of Dean’s house.
Dean shifts around so he gets a better look inside at Sam and his pile of friends all with their laptops out. “Oh,” he chuckles. “That’s WOW.”
“Wow?” Cas asks with a raised eyebrow. “As in like YAY?”
Dean snorts some of his soda up his nose in response and sputters, “No, like World of Warcraft. It’s a video game and Sam gets together on Fridays with his little buddies for a geek fest that lasts until early morning hours. It’s their bonding time.”
“What’s the purpose?” Cas seems slightly interested and Dean bites his lip before sighing and muttering, “Come on.”
There’s some adjustments as he forces the younger boys to move over to make room for him. Sam shoots him a look as Dean drags out his old laptop and boots it up.
“Are you coming out of retirement?” Sam asks with a grin.
“Not on your life,” Dean snorts but he knows his account is still active. “Okay so the first thing you do is log in and then you make a character.”
“You have options?” Cas asks as he leans over into Dean’s space to get a better look at the screen.
“Yeah,” Dean points. “See? I’m a paladin. They have different specs but mine’s a tank. I can do some healing but my main job is to draw the fire from the rest of the group and keep the bad guys on me.”
“What’s Sam?” Cas asks as he spies Sam’s toon running around the screen.
“Sam’s a warlock,” Dean tosses out as he waits for the screen to load. “He’s specialized in demonology which means he gets to have pets.”
There’s a long discussion about the different classes and Cas eventually settles stating emphatically, “I’ll be a priest.”
“Man I would have bet that,” Sam chuckles only to take an elbow in the ribs.
Dean’s actually a little surprised when Sam’s friends all join them in making lowbies so they can help Cas get going. Dean’s forced to watch since they don’t have another account for his boyfriend to play on, but they’re doing pretty good until Andy’s system crashes and he loses it trying to get back on line.
“He’s very agitated,” Cas comments while Andy threatens to toss his laptop out the window.
“Nerd rage,” Sam mutters back and Dean has to smother a laugh.
They finally manage to get together and Dean eventually just leans back against Cas’ side while he slaughters pigs and spiders and wolves on his way to leveling up.
Cas is enraptured and Dean thinks he knows what to get him for his birthday.
When everyone finally logs off for the night Cas snuggles down next him and whispers, “I’m sorry that took up so much of our evening.”
“Did you enjoy it?”
“Very much.”
“Then it was worth it,” Dean murmurs as he pulls Cas down for a slow kiss and twines their fingers together.