They spend all night eating and talking and flirting, and if the diner weren't open 24 hours, they would have gotten kicked out at closing time. As it was, they end up leaving because they are both tired from the days events, and Castiel still has to drive quite a ways home. Dean hesitantly offers to let Cas crash on his couch because he lives closer, and although Cas would gladly accept it because the thought of driving the half hour home is dreadful, he doesn't quite trust himself alone in Dean's apartment.
Instead, Castiel says goodnight and gives Dean a chaste kiss on the lips. Dean gives him another in return and his personal cell phone number with express promise he'll call him so they can do this again, without all the crew and makeup and equipment. He promises, waves goodbye as he gets in his own car and drives away.
When Castiel gets home, he sends Dean a text saying he arrived safely and telling him good night, and when Dean sends him a good night and a smiley face back, Cas knows they've most assuredly moved away from the strictly professional area (as if the kiss wasn't clue enough) and can never return.
And Cas, surprisingly, is okay with that.
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Strictly Professional
FanfictionOn principle, Castiel never works with new and “up and coming” talent. But just this once, he decides to make an exception with Dean Winchester, who he ends up bending all his rules for.
