[Open] Call Me Little Sunshine

[notoftheblood]

Who: Jack & various
What: catch-all log
Where: The Free cities, other locations will be added to headers.
When: Late November and December
Warnings: n/a, will update as needed!

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[unwings]

This is a lot. Castiel's struggling to keep up after that news, questions bouncing chaotically around in his head, but seeing the hurt in Jack, he swallows back on it. This boy's already been through so much. The first and most prominent instinct in him, knowing Jack is his child, is to protect, from all things. Including himself.

He failed Claire so profoundly, and now with his own son... He has to do this right, he must.

"No, Jack, you're not a bother at all. I was just, um, surprised." Cas inhales deeply, grounds and focuses himself, and brings his attention solely to the young man before him. Beyond the shock and confusion is a deep, personal joy blooming in his chest Cas can't quite find the words for, but the sentiment of family has never felt more real and true to him. He reaches out for Jack's hand and beams at him, each parts proud and awed. "Jack, it's incredible, it's miraculous to be meeting you here, I don't— It's nothing I ever expected, but I am beyond grateful for it."

The information about Kelly Kline is a new level of baffling, but he's not about to pick his son's brain to resurface all the trauma of losing a mother just for the sake of satisfying questions that have no real impact on the present moment.

"Please know you will be safe here. This new world can be frightening and confusing, but you'll always have your home with us." Cas glances back to Sam, hoping he gets the whole 'let's not overload this four-year-old super being with an interrogation right now' approach. "Arrival is a stressful process. Let's leave the questions for now and find you a room. Alright?"

[outwear]

Trusting Castiel to gather the bulk of information over time and disseminate it as he feels appropriate, Sam acquiesces to the suggestion and smiles tightly. Dipping his head, he can't help but wonder what the angel might be thinking — a surprise four-year-old is a shock in of itself — and as he gets the sense things are moving on, by way of support, he offers what he can to them both:

"We'll catch up more when everyone's settled in," he agrees. "But it's good to meet you, Jack. Welcome to the family," Sam adds, entirely unwitting of the fact that this perception of his instant approval of this stranger will only cast him as a hypocrite soon enough. For now, he boldly accepts Jack's proximity, even if he doesn't necessarily feel comfortable with the void of information yet to be filled.

[notoftheblood]

Jack's expression hadn't changed much until Castiel took his hand. Then he smiled, a bright smile that reached his eyes. He'd done it. He had his family back, even if they didn't know him, or all he had done, or they had experienced together, that was okay. This was fine. "Thank you." He spoke lightly. That awkward nature showing again.

"I will try to not let you down, I am happy to be here with you all. You're my family." His eyes went to Sam then, still feeling happy from all of this. Everything else he could dwell on once he could be by himself. "Thank you, Sam. It means a lot." It did, Sam had always been kind to him, even when things were very bad Sam did his best to keep the peace and Jack could never think him enough.

Sam had been the first human he saw when he was born.

"I do admit, I feel... strange." He admitted. "I can't use my power, but they said that is normal. I think I may just be tired. I saw Dean and Jo earlier. I had never met Jo before... Settling in sounds good."