Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 81

Castiel joins the audience in laughing.

"I said it's your turn," Lucifer repeats. 

"No, really, where do I start?" Castiel asks.

"The beginning, like a normal person?" Lucifer suggests.

"Well, when'd you meet?" Jody suggests.

Castiel thinks back to the beginning of high school. "Um..."

Lucifer gives him a puzzled look, obviously wondering why he won't say it.

"Crowley," Castiel says quietly.

"Ah," Lucifer replies, figuring it out. "Alright, imma tell the story of Destiel, since Castiel is socially awkward and won't."

"Hey!" Castiel whines.

"No, kidding. You're not awkward anymore. Mostly. But I'm still telling the story of Destiel, since I probably know it better than you two do."

"Alright, ship master. Go ahead. I'll confirm the accuracy of it."

"Awesome. So, once upon a time in the hellish kingdom of Sioux Falls, there was an evil dictator named Crowley, and his evil sidekicks named —"

"Lucifer,"  Castiel hisses, elbowing his brother in the ribs.

"Relax, lil kitten. I got this," Lucifer assures him. "So there was an evil dictator named Crowley, and his sidekicks Azazel and Alastair." He gives Castiel a pointed look, silently assuring him that it's all good. "They ruled over their royal subjects with an iron thumb."

"Isn't it iron fist?" Jody asks.

"No, you just think it's iron fist, but I know the truth. It's an iron thumb, now and forever."

"Where are you going with this?" Castiel asks.

"You'll see. So they ruled over their subjects with an iron thumb." He gives Jody a pointed look on the last word. "One of those subjects was a little nephilim —"

"A what?" Castiel and Jody interrupt at once.

"A nephilim. An angel-child."

"The child of angels?" Castiel repeats. "Dad's God, though, isn't he? Err, was..." His smile slips at that, and he can see Lucifer has the same reaction. Recovering his composure quickly, he pats Castiel on the back, and though it's a sympathetic pat, he plays it off as if he's just mentally facepalming

"No, angel chan. A nephilim only has one angel parent. That was obviously Mom. Anyway, Crowley's royal subjects blah blah blah nephilim named Castiel. Castiel was a shy and awkward little angel-person. When he first joined Crowley's land, he was excited. He had high hopes for —"

"I knew I was going to hate high school," Castiel interrupts.

"Shushles, child, and let me tell the story. So Castiel was excited to go to Crowley's kingdom, because it was his chance to break out of his shell and become a pretty lil butterfly.

"But the minute supreme emperor Crowley laid eyes on Castiel, he decided he didn't like him. For years, he and his sidekicks taunted our little angelic friend, and that made the little butterfly sad. Then, one day, a big moose named D—"