They have no proper chance to speak for the rest of the night. Zachariah and Crowley dominate the conversation - and it's rapidly becoming obvious where Zachariah's preferences lie. Crowley, after all, would bring the Novak clan the most prestige.
Castiel has a duty to fulfill, a duty to his family. And yet he finds himself glancing at Sam mmore often than not, wondering about this world that Sam has mentioned, that seems to wait out there, that's open to omegas. Wonders if he has the right to want for more than a soft bed in which to fulfill his mated duty.
Sam knows about the law, it's what his family business is all about, after all. Castiel could tell him - that he's fertile, but that he's not very fertile, that unless conditions are ideal, he will have a hard time conceiving. Zachariah has not even told him this - but Castiel overheard the doctor tell his uncle so. It makes the contract almost impossible to fulfill unless by rare chance. He can have children - but it's more unlikely than with most omegas that it will happen within the first year of his mating. Or very soon at all if he's stuck in the arrangement his uncle sees fit. The clause is only there so Zachariah can terminate a match Castiel decides on that Zachariah doesn't agree with. It also means, by default, he's selling a working, but still slightly defective product.
Castiel wonders what Sam would make of that.
He decides to find out the next night. He's allowed to spend some time alone in the gardens with every suitor invisible. Sam is last, again, and once again Castiel is very exhausted by the time he meets him, surrounded by trinkets and gifts that are more for his uncle than for himself. He smiles when Sam is shown into the garden. Tired, but not unhappy to see the young alpha.
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Date: 2014-07-23 11:18 pm (UTC)Castiel has a duty to fulfill, a duty to his family. And yet he finds himself glancing at Sam mmore often than not, wondering about this world that Sam has mentioned, that seems to wait out there, that's open to omegas. Wonders if he has the right to want for more than a soft bed in which to fulfill his mated duty.
Sam knows about the law, it's what his family business is all about, after all. Castiel could tell him - that he's fertile, but that he's not very fertile, that unless conditions are ideal, he will have a hard time conceiving. Zachariah has not even told him this - but Castiel overheard the doctor tell his uncle so. It makes the contract almost impossible to fulfill unless by rare chance. He can have children - but it's more unlikely than with most omegas that it will happen within the first year of his mating. Or very soon at all if he's stuck in the arrangement his uncle sees fit. The clause is only there so Zachariah can terminate a match Castiel decides on that Zachariah doesn't agree with. It also means, by default, he's selling a working, but still slightly defective product.
Castiel wonders what Sam would make of that.
He decides to find out the next night. He's allowed to spend some time alone in the gardens with every suitor invisible. Sam is last, again, and once again Castiel is very exhausted by the time he meets him, surrounded by trinkets and gifts that are more for his uncle than for himself. He smiles when Sam is shown into the garden. Tired, but not unhappy to see the young alpha.