Chapter 4
Dean couldn’t wipe his grin, while he was pulling Bobby into a too tight hug. He didn’t see the guy for a while now, sue him for being a little emotional.
“You got soft while I was away, kid.” Bobby muttered gruffly, but his grip on him was just as tight.
He was back into their lives for only a few years now, after Amara brought him back to life as a goodbye gift before she left. Probably one of the best things that happened to them. The old drunk had left an irreparable hole in their lives, that having that hole filled again was amazing.
This was the first time Bobby was going to meet their new, awfully big, superhero family, since for the past year and half, Bobby wasn’t even in America. He was still trying to reconnect with all his contacts around the world to prove that he was alive and well again. So, they didn’t get the chance before now to get him to meet them.
Jody on the other hand, met Tony and Steve once on a hunt they invited themselves into, again. She was hooked from the moment she laid eyes on them. Charmed immediately by Steve’s polite sweetness and Tony’s charm. Soon enough, she was treating them like she was their mother. Watching her scolding Tony for doing something reckless in the hunt will forever be one of Dean’s favorite moments. Tony looking like a scolded child was absolute gold.
She also met Natasha a few times and a strong friendship was born from the very first moment, them being two very strong women and all that.
So that’s why she immediately let herself in and was currently hugging both Steve and Tony with delight on her face. Probably because Steve’s smile never failed to make her giddy.
It was really fascinating to see the Avengers fitting so easily with everyone in their lives.
“Glad you managed to keep these two alive this long, Feathers.” Bobby smiled, as he pulled Castiel into a hug.
“It was a very hard task; I can assure you. Almost failed a few times there.” Castiel chuckled, hugging him back, relaxing into the tight grip.
Bobby pulled away a little to tap the angel’s face playfully with his hand, his face soft. “It’s really good to see you well, boy.”
“You too, Bobby.” Castiel smiled softly at the man.
Now, that was another thing that Dean loved seeing. Bobby now considered Castiel his third son for years now, even before they got married. Even going as far as treating him softer than he treats Dean and Sam sometimes. He also almost always sides with the angel against Dean, when they argue about something. Grieved just as strong as Dean, every time the angel died. Not to mention the fact that Castiel will always be ‘Boy’ to Bobby, even though he was older than the dirt that made up this planet.
Bobby and Sam’s hug was longer and as emotional as the old grunt could manage anyway.
“I can’t believe I will finally see you as an honest man. You actually managed to find a woman who survived this long. I am so proud.” Bobby grinned. He patted Sam’s back hard in joy.
“Do you have any idea how hard that was? I was convinced I will die alone!” Sam laughed as he hugged Bobby just as tightly. His smile softened then as he buried his face in his shoulder. “I am so happy that you are here to see this, Bobby.”
“I won’t have missed it for the world, kid.” Bobby murmured quietly, tightening his grip on the younger Winchester.
After they finally pulled apart, Dean wrapped an arm around Bobby’s shoulders and walked him towards Steve and Tony, who were waiting patiently to be introduced with nervous smiles on their faces.
Oh, right. That’s another amusing thing. Almost everyone were a little nervous about meeting Bobby. Especially Tony and Natasha. Mainly, because they know how important he was to the Winchesters and they genuinely wanted the old grunt to like them, even if they denied it. Dean found that amusing as hell, seeing Earth’s mightiest heroes wanting the approval of an old, grumpy drunk. It was adorable and heartwarming.
“You probably know them already from how fucking famous they are, but here we go.” Dean started as an introduction. “Bobby, this is Steve Rogers, a badass superhero slash a giant puppy, and this is his disaster of a husband Tony Stark, idiot by day, a nightmare by night.”
“You are terrible at this.” Tony deadpanned with a blank face and a glare. Dean just shrugged at him with a smirk, while Steve tried to keep his laughter in as he shook Bobby’s hand first.
“It really is nice to meet you, sir.” The captain started with a pleasant, polite smile on his face, that had Jody swooning in the background. “I heard a lot of great things about you and it’s great to finally be able to meet you in person.”
“Wow, it’s been a while since the last time someone called me ‘Sir’.” Bobby grunted in amusement as he shook the Captain’s hand. “You are as polite and puppy like as I heard from these three idjits and Jody’s endless ramblings about you.”
“I am starting to feel a little threatened, Jody. I am not great with sharing. You have to choose it’s either me or him.” Tony wiggled his eyebrows over at Jody, earning bitchfaces from around the room.
He winced as he turned back to Bobby to shake his hand. “Hi, I am Tony. I make jokes when I am nervous.”
“Oh, so that’s explains why you get along with him so well.” Bobby smirked as he gestured towards the oldest Winchester. “And explains why he keeps talking my ears off about you, when he isn’t talking about how gay he is for his husband.”
“Fucking hell, Bobby! I don’t talk about him! I barley even mention his name!” Dean exclaimed frantically, face red in embarrassment. Castiel and Sam were giving him small smirks.
Dean’s embarrassment and Tony’s smugness were interrupted, when Natasha finally came into the room, followed by Charlie, Raven and Pepper. Angel was following behind the women, wriggling his tail excitedly.
They all stared at her with wide grins. She was wearing a beautiful, long black dress that fit her nicely. Her hair loose around her shoulders in soft curls. She had let it grew longer than she usually keeps it and it looked amazing on her.
Natasha came to a stop in front of Bobby. Her face didn’t show anything as she smiled pleasantly at him, but her eyes were eyeing him nervously. Understandable, since she wasn’t exactly that good with first impressions.
Bobby gave her a very uncharacteristic soft smile, that made the three Winchesters gape at him, as he approached the red head.
“Well, you are certainly more beautiful than I imagined.” Bobby stated with his smile still intact as he took her hand in both of his. “How did you end up with that building of a puppy? You are way out of his league.”
“That’s what I said!” both Tony and Dean said in unison with matching smug grins, earning a bitchface from Sam and an amused smile from Bobby.
Natasha smiled gently at Bobby as she squeezed his hand. “I decided to take pity on him. He made an adorable, sad puppy face.”
“Wow, thanks. Exactly what I needed to hear a day before our wedding.” Sam gave her a raised eyebrow, but the corner of his mouth was turned up in a failed attempt to hide his smile. Natasha just looked up at him with the smile she only preserved for him and he melted like the huge puppy he was.
Soon the rest of the team finally emerged from their rooms, dressed in their suits and came over to greet Bobby and Jody.
The meeting was nice and hilarious. Bruce was all politeness and soft smiles. Clint and Bucky were on their best behavior for a change, which weirded Dean out. Thor, however, scooped both Jody and Bobby enthusiastically in his arms, while hollering how happy he was to meet more of the Winchesters’ family, Jody was amused, Bobby not so much.
It was still a few hours before the Rehearsal dinner actually starts, so they had time before the rest of the guests came. They spent that time watching Bobby interact with their new family, while holding their breath in anticipation. Jody already fitted right in, standing by the kitchen with Natasha, Charlie, Raven, Pepper and even Steve, looking like they were having a good time. Jody, as usual, was charmed by Steve, judging from the starry-eyed look she was giving him.
Bobby seemed to be starting to get along with Tony the most. The genius was trying hard to get the old hunter on his good graces, Dean really appreciated the effort Tony was doing. It was sweet how the genius was always careful to welcome anyone the Winchesters considered family.
Soon enough, the X- family made their presence.
Charles and Erik walked out of the elevator, followed by Logan and hank, all of them dressed in nice suits. Charles always looked annoyingly good in anything he wears. In a suit? He looked otherworldly. It was probably a British thing or something.
The Telepath was walking with his arm locked with Erik’s. Charles refused to use crutches or even a temporary wheelchair, until his legs gained their full strength back. So, he compromised with Erik to use him as his crutch instead when walking got too much for him, much to the Metal binder’s joy and relief.
Dean had to grudgingly admit more often now that they make a cute couple, despite their harsh lives.
“Sorry we are a little late. It took a while to convince Logan to get into a suit.” Charles apologized with a pleasant smile, while giving the aforementioned mutant a pointed look.
“I hate suit monkeys! It makes me look like an idiot.” The large mutant grumbled.
“You don’t need a suit to look like that.” Erik muttered under his breath, not really bothering to lower his voice much.
Logan turned sharply towards him, but before he could open his mouth, Charles cuts in to defuse the situation smoothly like always.
“Oh, look! we have two new faces here.” the telepath stated with a charming smile as he removed his arm from Erik’s and made his way towards Bobby, who stood up to shake his hand. Charles took his hand in both of his. “You must be Bobby Singer! I heard quite a lot about you. All good things of course. It really is a pleasure to finally meet you. I am Charles Xavier, and that sulking, handsome man over there is my husband Erik Lehnsherr. The angry man is Logan and this is Hank McCoy.”
To say that Bobby was charmed by Charles’ politeness and enthusiasm was an understatement. He was soon smiling and talking with the telepath like they were old friends reconnecting. It seemed like Charles had a second nature of charming anyone he meets without really trying too hard. That kind of explained how he managed to make a walking fridge like Erik to fall for him so fast.
Jody too only took two seconds of resistance to Charles’ sweetness, then she was putty in his hands too. Erik just chose to have a minimal conversation with Bobby, because of several pointed glares directed at him for his silence, mainly from Tony and Charles.
It was fun to watch the all-time angry mutant interacting with the grumpy old hunter. It was both painful and hilarious to watch.
They spent hours like this, until finally it was time for the Rehearsal Dinner and the guests already started to arrive and soon enough, the penthouse was full of people.
It was a long debate on who was invited to the wedding. Since the Winchesters didn’t exactly have much of a family left outside he ones they already live with, the only ones who they actually wanted to bring were Bobby and Jody. Natasha in return, didn’t have a family outside of them, so she invited many people from S.H.I.E.L.D, including Coulson, Maria and sadly Nick Fury, who was surprisingly on his best behavior so far, well, as best as he could be anyway. Of course, Sam Wilson was here too, along with Rhodey and Jane Foster. Pepper was the one to send the invites. In fact, Pepper did help Natasha a lot in the wedding planning stuff and the guest list, since the woman was so fucking organized it was terrifying.
“What’s on your mind?” a familiar, welcoming voice interrupted his thoughts, and he looked over to see Castiel siding up next to him with a smile that he couldn’t help but return, it was impossible not to really.
“Nothing really. Just watching the craziness happening in the room right now.” Dean just shrugged as he trailed his eyes around, feeling amusement mixing with a feeling contentment as he watched his family around the room.
He could see Sam and Natasha walking around and talking to everyone with smiles on their faces. They always looked good together, even with Sam towering over her with a huge amount of inches, but they just fit together despite that. They complete each other in every way possible, it was just amazing to see.
Right now, they were standing with Bobby, Jody, Raven and Charlie, seeming to be bullying Sam or something from how red his face was.
On the couches, Thor, with his arm wrapped tightly around a grinning Bruce, was telling loudly the story of the demons possessing them a few months ago in an enthusiastic voice to Jane, Pepper and Maria, who were listening with widening eyes.
By the bar, Clint, Bucky, Wilson and Rhodey were in a long argument, probably included a deep invasion on Bucky and Wilson’s sex life, judging from their incredulous faces.
In a corner, there was Hank discussing something animatedly with Coulson, while Fury and Logan watched with disguised boredom.
The atmosphere was warm and comfortable, that Dean felt himself relaxing even more, as he leaned against Castiel and sighed contently. The angel wrapped an arm around his waist to pull him closer and kissing his temple gently.
“Sam is getting married, Cas.” Dean murmured with a small smile, as he watched his brother and his soon to be sister in law. “I never thought I will live to see this day.”
“Yes, Dean. He is.” Castiel smiled too as he looked over at Dean with a warm look in his eyes. “It’s about time.”
“My baby brother is getting married. To an ex-Russian assassin. I couldn’t be more proud.” He sighed as he leaned his head against Castiel’s shoulder. “They grow up so fast.”
The angel leaned his head against Dean’s as they both watched the younger Winchester from afar. “He waited a long time for this. He deserves every ounce of happiness he could get.”
“Yeah, he does.” Dean murmured, as he closed his eyes and burrowed closer to the angel’s warmth.
They rarely get a moment of peace like this. Hopefully, it will remain until after the wedding tomorrow.
“Hey, Kin Doll, you getting sleepy or something? Are you getting too old for partying?” Tony’s obnoxious voice pulled him out of his contentment, and he looked up to mock glare at him, but the genius just smirked as he handed him one glass of champagne from the two he was carrying. Steve behind him also holding two glasses, watching in amusement as he handed Castiel a glass too.
“Isn’t this beyond your bedtime, Old Man? Senior citizens shouldn’t be awake till this late.” Dean shot back as he accepted the glass.
“Tony and I are the same age, are you suggesting I am an old man too, Dean?” Charles announced his presence as he and Erik approached them. The Metal Binder’s arm was wrapped tightly around his waist, while the Telepath was leaning heavily against him. Obviously getting too tired to stay on his feet, but too stubborn to sit down.
“That should be good.” Tony’s smirk widened as he leaned back against Steve, who wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
“What? No! you are not- I mean- obviously you are not- I will shut up now.” Dean groaned in defeat, making all the others chuckle at his misfortune.
“Serves you right for calling me old, Ducky Lips.” Tony grinned as he sipped his drink.
“God, that nickname somehow gets worse every time you say it.”
“I will never stop using it, until the day I die.”
Steve toned out their bickering like always and looked over at Castiel and the mutant couple.
“Big day tomorrow.” Steve started with a smile, eyeing the soon to be wed couple from across the room. “Hopefully, it will go smoothly.”
“It’s a wedding. These things rarely go smoothly.” Erik snorted as he sipped his champagne, smirking when Charles jabbed him lightly with his elbow.
“Thank you, Erik, for your optimism. You are always a ray of sunshine.” Castiel rolled his eyes at the mutant, while Steve just shook his head.
“And yet, I still don’t know what my part in the wedding is.” Tony announced with a pout that made him look like a five-year-old. “This is starting to get on my nerves.”
The other five men hid their amused smirks. Dean, Steve and Castiel obviously knew what Natasha was planning for Tony. Charles probably caught it from one of their minds and told Erik, so they know too. Everyone knew really, except for Tony himself.
“She will probably tell you tomorrow, so be patient.” Steve stated with a barley hidden smirk.
“I have been patient! For more than-“
“Sir! Something is happening.” JARVIS’ urgent voice cut off Tony’s petulant rant and making all of them stand at attention.
“Something? what do you mean by something, what happened?” Tony asked with furrowed brows. They all watched him carefully.
“Sir, there’s an- I can’t- I am sorry, sir, I can’t-“ with that JARVIS’ voice faded away without completing the sentence.
“Jay? Jay, where did you go? Hey!” Tony called anxiously, but got no answer.
“Tony, what’s going on?” Steve asked with a worried frown.
“I don’t know. I think someone is trying to get pass JARVIS or something.” Tony looked anxious and rattled.
“I think they already got passed him, Tony.” Erik’s strained voice announced, as he stared straight ahead, his entire body tense.
They followed his line of sight, only to tense as well in barley restrained panic.
The elevator’s doors burst open, revealing a small army dressed in black and armed by weird looking machine guns, led by three masked figures and a fourth figure in a metal suit.
A suit identical to the Iron Man suit. Except it was in black.
One of the masked figures stepped forward and raised their right arm up towards his army, then said in a deep, oddly familiar voice:
“Kill them all.”
The machine guns were immediately raised towards all the people in the room and fired.