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Started May 16, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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"Um…" Halm thought for a moment before looking down at Cas.
"Fourteen?" It was a bit of a stretch for him to say that, but the way Cas asked that made him think he was older than he looked.

Cas sighed softly. So that's why he's been so condescending… "Halm. I'm nineteen."

Halm was startled by this, and very much so at that.
"I- really?" Halm chuckled nervously. "Oh. Uh… Sorry about that."

"I've got my own apartment. I live alone. My parents aren't around, and honestly, never really have been." Cas sighed softly.

Halm nodded.
"I'm sorry about the way I treated you," Halm apologized. He knew what it was like to be abandoned but a parent. Well, as best as someone like him could anyway.

"It's, it's fine… I know I'm short and stupid and stuff…" Cas sighed and looked away. "And I kinda expect everything to attack me because… well… it usually does."

"You don't seem stupid to me," Halm said softly. He say down on the ground to bring himself to Cas's level, and because he had been working and was tired.
"And that's going to change. You're safe here."

Cas looked up at Halm, fidgeting a bit. "But there's random people just bursting into the house without warning! Well, they say they know you, but still…"

"I know them," Halm said calmly. "They're gods under me. They can't hurt you."

"But you didn't tell me they were gonna be there or anything! I thought someone had broken in!"

"I'm sorry about that," Halm said smoothly, remaining calm. "I should have told you about them. I can guarantee there's no one else who should come into the house but us four."

Cas nodded a bit and sighed again. "It's just… I'm not a child. I can take care of myself. Hell, I was taking care of myself when I was as old as you guys think I am!"

"Okay, Cas," Halm said softly. "We won't treat you like that anymore. I really am sorry about that." It seemed Cas hadn't had a very good past, and Halm wanted to make sure Cas's life was better now.

Cas nodded again and crossed his arms. "I've worked so hard to get where I was, and that was still shit. I ran away from another shit situation when I was twelve, and look where it's gotten me? Absolutely fucking nowhere. I'm hopeless…" Cas sighed and sat down on the grass.

Halm pulled himself a bit closer to Cas, sitting next to him.
"You aren't hopeless," he said gently. "You got away from a bad situation, and you built yourself up. You yourself said it. Just because you weren't living in the lap of luxury doesn't mean you didn't build a life for yourself. Even if it wasn't where you wanted to be. I've seen so many feel where you succeeded."

Cas drew his knees up to his chest and hugged them tightly. "But how come everything's always so shitty…?" He sighed and buried his face in his arms.

"Sometimes life is just like that. The best we can do is keep moving forward." Halm stayed right next Cas. He thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to put his arm around the other, remembering how he reached to physical contact before.

"I'm just so sick of it, y'know?" Cas asked in a muffled voice. "I work my ass off and I still can only barely improve my situation…"

"Any improvement is better than nothing," Halm noted. Besides, the position Cas found himself in now could be considered an improvement, depending on how bad his life had been before. And how well he handled just being around one person all the time.

Cas sighed softly. "Yeah, guess my shitty apartment is better than the streets… less cold and rainy, at least."

"And what do you think of this place?" Halm asked gently.

"It's freezing here, but I actually have food for once and I haven't been rained on yet." He sighed.

"Well, that's pretty much how it is the entire time." Halm sighed a little bit.
"We'll have to figure something out to help you deal with the cold full time."

Cas shrugged. "I dunno… I'm not too good at regulating my own body temperature. I both freeze and overheat easily."

"Do you think warmer clothes would help?" Halm knew he would have to come up with something else eventually, but for now this was a quick fix.

"Maybe? I dunno… I don't have anything super warm. Just like… hoodies and stuff."

"Well, we'll easily be able to get our hands on some warmer clothes for you then." Halm looked down at Cas, smiling at him gently.

"How so? I haven't really seen anything down here but your house and I haven't any money anyhow…"

"I'm a god, remember? I can get you some when we go back to the house." Halm smiled a little.

"Oh… okay." Cas hesitated before unfurling himself a bit. "Should… should we head in?"