Rosy Hues
Castiel walked into the library and spotted Sam who was leaned back in his chair, balancing it while clicking a pen as he read his book. "Sam?"
"Uh, yeah," Sam tore his eyes away from the book as Castiel walked towards him with their hands behind their back, "Cas?"
With Sam's raised eyebrows, and glancing to Castiel's hidden hands, suspicion and confusion was to be expected, Castiel held out a hand, "I got this for you." Revealing a simple orange rose, "I know you guys don't celebrate Valentines, neither do I, but... I thought you'd like it."
"Thank you, Cas." Sam said, taking it and twirling it around, thousands of thoughts running through his head as he smelled it, "I appreciate it."
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Sam managed to locate Castiel alone in the kitchen reading a newspaper, Sam doubted it was a recent one, Castiel had their favorite issues and rotated through them, "Hey, Cas."
"Hello, Sam," Castiel greeted back, tilting the newspaper down and looking up to see Sam hiding a hand behind his back.
Sam sat across from the angel and looked down at the table, "I uh," he laughed through his nose, "I wanted to return the gesture, for earlier," Sam said, revealing a lavender rose. Handing it over to the angel who fully placed down the newspaper in favor of the curious flower.
"Thank you," Castiel said, observing it closely, it was a beautiful rose that revealed a lot to Castiel who was curious if Sam knew what the first rose meant.
"Yeah, it was uh, no problem." Sam said, with a slight nod, even though he had to go to an actual florist for that flower, the local grocery store didn't have one.
With that Sam got up, not knowing what else to do, leaving Castiel with much to think about.
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In his room, Sam sat on his bed wondering if he made the right call with the rose. He's not an expert on flowers by any means but he had been curious if there was a meaning to the orange rose, and was surprised with what he found.
He wanted to give Castiel a rose as well. And one that could be overlooked but mean what he wanted to convey. Red was way too bold. White didn't feel right.
When he stumbled upon a lavender rose he knew he had to find one. The florist had suggested to add more than one but Castiel went with one and Sam didn't want to them to be suspicious.
There was a knock on the door and Sam called out, "Its open," knowing it was Castiel. They opened it, their rose in hand.
"I have a question," Castiel said, walking further into the room, Sam watched carefully as Castiel sat on the edge of his bed.
"Go on," Sam encouraged and the angel looked up, noticing the floor they had given was in a vase with water on Sam's nightstand.
They rested the flower on their lap, "Did you know my intentions with my rose?"
Sam tapped the bed, "I think so."
The angel nodded, "So this color was intentional?"
"As intentional as yours," Sam confirmed, feeling the need to hold his breath as if he had somehow misread everything.
"Interesting," Castiel said, twirling around the rose.
Sam didn't know what to say and just glanced back at the rose, "I think these two flowers, while different, belong next to each other," Castiel said, getting up placing the rose in the vase.
Catching the smile from Sam, "Yeah?" He asked, Castiel sat much closer to Sam this time.
"Yes, they fit." Castiel said, admiring the beauty in the room.
Sam looked down unsure what to do under Castiel's gaze, glancing back at the flowers, "They do."
Castiel reached out a hand that Sam took, "I don't expect anything to change if you don't want them to, but are we on the same page?" Castiel asked.
Sam moved closer, cupping Castiel's face, noses pressed against each other, not moving forward until searching in Castiel's eyes for an okay which he found.
Closing the distance, sinking into that feeling, not wanting to come out of it, as Castiel kissed back.
Both falling into the motions, allowing it to take them away for as long as they could dare.
Pulling away enough to breathe, Sam asked, "Do you think we're on the same page yet?"
"I don't know," Castiel murmured against Sam's lips, "I can do with some clarification."
Sam smiled, pressing his lips against Castiel's, happy to clarify however many times needed.
