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Started January 06, 2020 by @Fraust

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He rubbed at his teary eyes and exhaled shakily. "N… No problem…" He mumbled. "You're nice… they're all stupid…"

Halm chuckled softly, but it was a little sad. He hated seeing Cas crying like this, he wanted to make it all go away.
"Thank you," he said again softly. He pressed his head lightly to Cas's, holding him close.

Cas pushed himself onto his knees so he could gently kiss Halm's cheek before resting his head on the other's shoulder, still struggling to calm his breathing.

Halm was more than surprised by the kiss. Still, he wrapped his arms around Cas again to help him stay up like he was, one hand so very lightly running through his hair. He hesitated for a hot minute, then turned his head and kissing Cas's forehead. Halm held Cas so, so lovingly…

Cas blushed a bit, but didn't pull away. He allowed Halm to support him again since he knew he wouldn't be able to keep himself up much longer. He wanted to say something, but he figured it would be best to keep quiet for now.

Halm stayed quiet too, because he had no idea what he could say in this moment. He leaned back against the headboard, Cas laying on his chest. He kept running his fingers through Cas's hair, wanting to help him calm down. He would have started to hum, but he was afraid of Cas falling asleep right now.

Cas relaxed a little more with the petting and closed his eyes, though he was too uneasy to sleep. Since Halm didn't, Cas began humming a soft song of his own.

Halm heard Cas humming, listening a moment to catch the tone before humming a low harmony. Halm's voice paired nicely to Cas's. He held onto Cas, cuddling with him and helping relax.

Cas took several more minutes, but finally relaxed. "Thanks, Halm…" He murmured softly.

"You're welcome," he said gently. He turned his head, resting it against Cas's. He was so glad Cas was doing better.

Cas kissed Halm's cheek again and tucked his head under the other's chin. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep again at the moment…"

"I understand," Halm said quietly. He liked this, just kissing each other and not addressing it yet. He wasn't sure he was ready to. He settled down with Cas, okay with just snuggling.
"You don't have to."

Cas definitely enjoyed the cuddling, and he still didn't want to admit that he liked Halm even though he was literally kissing his cheek every once in a while. "Do we have to do anything today?"

"No," Halm replied. "Nothing. If there's anything you want to do… just ask." He smiled a little.

Cas nodded and lay his head back down. "I can't think of anything at the moment… What do you usually do in your free time?"

"I usually just hang out around the house. There isn't really much…" Halm sighed a little.

"Don't you get bored?" He asked curiously.

"Sometimes, yeah," Halm said. He shrugged a little, careful not to jostle Cas.
"I'm used to it, though."

"That's sad, though… you don't have anything to do?" Cas seemed confused still. "Do you just like, lay in bed??"

"No," Halm said, smiling a little. "I usually try out new recipes, or head up to Earth. Though… we can't exactly do that right now. I… usually don't get a lot of downtime."

"True… maybe you could teach me how to cook?" Cas shrugged. "I dunno… I get bored pretty easily."

"Sure, if you want to," Halm said. "I… Sorry there isn't much. Maybe you could help me figure out things we could bring here to keep ourselves entertained later?"

Cas shrugged. "Exercise equipment? TV? I dunno… there's millions of options. I'd say books, but I can't really read."

Halm raised his eyebrows a little.
"You can't?" he asked, surprised.

Cas blushed a bit, embarrassed, and shook his head.

"Oh…" Halm was definitely surprised by this.
"Okay then. Do you… want to learn?"

"Um… I-I…" Cas hesitated a couple seconds. "I guess so…"

"You don't have to if you don't want to," Halm said quickly.

"No, no… it's okay. I probably should." Cas sighed softly. "How am I gonna read recipes if I can't read?"

Halm nodded a little.
"Okay then," he said. "How much do you know?"