Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 176

"Well, no, because 22 minus 16 is six, but you didn't release an album last year, so that would be five and it wasn't five albums, it's six, so I stand by my method."

Castiel sighs, shaking his head at him. "You know what? You do that, Dean."

~~

"Who is Castiel's favorite singer?"

"If you get this one wrong, I'm disowning you," Castiel tells his boyfriend, scrawling down his answer of, "Bon Jovi." All of his fans would know that. Castiel basically mentions him in every interview he does. He's sure Dean doesn't watch his interviews, but he should at least know this one.

Dean writes for much too long before turning his whiteboard around. "He's going to say Bon Jovi but it's actually Kansas and he's lying to himself."

Castiel turns his board around to show his answer as well, but he doesn't pay much attention to that, instead focused on the fact that Dean thinks he likes Kansas more than Jon Bon Jovi, the music legend.

"You need to not," Castiel says. "Bon Jovi is completely, undoubtedly, 100 percent better than everyone else."

"Really?" Dean challenges. "What was the first song I heard you play on guitar?"

Castiel just stares at him uncomprehendingly.

"'Carry on my Wayward Son,'" Dean answers for him. "What was your literal theme song for basically the entirety of my senior year and your sophomore year?"

Again, Castiel just looks at him, unsure.

"'Dust in the Wind,' and honestly, I'm kind of offended you forgot that. What did you change your favorite song to at, like, prom-ish time?"

"'Hold On'?" Castiel guesses.

Dean nods. "Mm hmm. And tell me, who sings 'Carry on my Wayward Son,' 'Dust in the Wind,' and 'Hold On'? Is it Bon Jovi? No, it's...?"

Castiel hesitates, looking for a way out of this to somehow avoid admitting that Dean has a point, but he can't think of one, so finally, he just says, "Okay, so maybe Kansas has a few bops, but Bon Jovi's entire discography is legendary."

"The fact that you just called them 'bops' makes me want to cry," Dean deadpans.

"I know, I spend too much time on Twitter. Sue me."

~~

"What is Castiel's biggest pet peeve regarding his professional life?"

"Ooh, 'professional life,'" Dean repeats. "Fancy schmancy."

Castiel chuckles, not taking his eyes off his whiteboard. Dean takes a bit longer writing his out, but he still checks to make sure Castiel is done writing before he takes his guess.

"When people talk s-h-star-t about his brothers and sister."

Castiel laughs. "I like how you used the asterisk instead of just not swearing."

"I don't know how to not swear."

"I've noticed," Castiel replies with an amused smile. "I don't know, is that really 'regarding my professional life'?"

"Yes, because it's people being asshats because they think they're entitled to comment on anything related to your life because you're a celebrity."

"But —"

"Ya know what?" Dean interrupts. "For now on, I'll ask before every answer what exactly the question means. Is that better?"

"Very," Castiel replies with a teasing smile. "No, but that really is one of biggest pet peeves just kind of in general. It's one thing to talk s-h-asterisk-t about me or Dean or even Lucifer now because we've all chosen a career in the spotlight, and using my name in clickbait articles is probably feeding thousands of writers who otherwise would never have anyone reading anything they write, but bringing anyone else into it pisses me off because they never asked for it.