He almost narrowed his eyes when he smiled at what Aidan said. Not now, let me drink. Thing was that now Aidan was drinking like a human, and instead of blood, it was alcohol. Bishop just continued looking at him, without saying anything. That is, until his child decided to speak again, asking questions.
"I'm here for you, it should be obvious, Aidan," he was quick to say, releasing a deep breath, crossing his arms over the counter. "And no... Not yet, at least." The eldest looked back at his boy then, the look in his eyes always calm. "That's up to you, I guess." And that was his way to tell him that he wasn't planning to force him into being a vampire again, if he didn't want it.
"But I'm here, willing to offer you the choice to cheat Death, once again." And how Bishop craved for Aidan to tell him Yes. He wanted him by his side, again. Just like the old times. The eldest can guess the younger is afraid of the unknown, to die.
I understand. I do share the discomfort of having to wake up after a good night of sleep. -Not used to it, nope! Falling asleep is quite the process, boring even...but having to wake up after almost perfecting it? Sure was a pain!-
Okay. Here we go...-Cas took the money and after pressing a few buttons on the screen, he opened the register drawer and handed the change to the client, always aware he was watching him closely. For a moment, he wondered if he was one of those Angels after him?- Your change, thank you.
Uh...-Right, don't forget the store's motto!- Good day and good luck. -He smiled, raising his thumb-
It was enough to sadden the eldest seeing his child like this, drinking till the point to forget about everything. Maybe Bishop did the right call to appear just now...
And then Aidan was telling him to go away. The older vampire couldn't help it, but to allow a small grin to form at the corners of his lips. Of course, Aidan was drunk, he probably believes him to be an hallucination or something. How to take him seriously when the boy 'killed' his maker years ago?
"It's me, Aidan... Want me to prove you that I'm real?" He said in his usual soft voice, looking at him when he felt the younger was finally trying to look into his direction, and Bishop couldn't look away anymore. The smile on his lips, the so usual smile he always showed to Aidan when he tried to comfort him.
"It's good to see you again, my son," and he took a deep breath, looking at him with detail. "Saddens me it had to be in this circumstances... How is that you're human again?" He asked, still not daring to even touch Aidan, to make him realize he was really there.
Of course, you are entitled to opt for whatever method of payment you prefer.
-Cas added, smiling still, noticing the young man hadn't even reached for his wallet yet. He seemed like he was...staring at him. Now wait a minute, isn't that a Cas' thing? It sure felt weird, being in the receiving end of said deep gaze. Feeling rather uneasy, Cas looked away, cleared his throat, and only then he dared to look the man in the eye-
-Cas saw the man approaching the counter and he immediately put on his best smile.-
Hello, good afternoon, sir. -Checking the items displayed before him, he nodded and picked up the pack of cookies, passing it through the little odd machine that recognized the barcodes imprinted into each of the packages. Cas, he...he kind of liked the beeping sound!-
-After scanning all items, he glanced back at the man and smiled- Okay...your total is 17, 95 dollars. Will you be paying in cash or by card? -What a professional!-
He knows he should be dead, he should be dead, then why he wasn't? The plan was perfect, he knew it was about time, his favorite son was supposed to kill him, he himself wanted it that way. When you just know there is no way for a father to kill his own son, because it just makes no sense. Creating something only to destroy it later? No. But usually the other way around happens, the son always kills the father at some point, in general at least.
Bishop knows he wasn't the one who killed his maker, Carlo, because someone else just took that from him. Not that he wanted to kill him in that moment, but he didn't step forward to help him. And he still wonders why was that? It was fear? Or maybe he just wanted that to happen? No, that wasn't the reason either, he was trying to protect Aidan in that moment, when his son tried to jump to go against the Dutch. And then... He knows he cried. It was sorrow. Maybe it wasn't Carlo's time to die just then, but it happened one way or the other.
Aidan killed him a few years ago, and by some strange reasons things changed. Someone took his ashes, one of his oh so many children that thought it all would turn into caos without his maker around to guide them, and that's how, after getting more help, they managed to put him back together.
But Bishop didn't went after Aidan in the time he was getting better, he tried to guide the small group of vampires who helped him, and they made the promise not to tell that he was alive. Aidan was better not knowing, he thought he was dead, and in a way, he though he could give Aidan this much, the freedom he had always wanted. Even when that obviously breaks James's heart, because if there was someone he loved, that was Aidan. He needed him beside him. He knows he has been bad to him sometimes, but most of the things he did were the way he had to teach him well, to understand they were no humans anymore, but vampires. Monsters. They needed to feed from humans, and survive. And that's it.
What to do when, even after all this, Aidan's maker can't stay away from his child, not really? He tried to watch over him from the shadows, and Aidan seemed to look just fine. It made Bishop take a new deep breath, to maintain himself sane, everytime he checked on him. He still lived with these two werewolves and that ghost girl, and well... At least he wasn't alone.
Until someday things changed again, and now what he knows is that, somehow, Aidan was human again, and apparently was on his own again, living in the woods. His friends sometimes visited but, he was alone anyway. And Bishop didn't know what to think, that was no possible, how in Hell a vampire could get back his humanity just like that? He had to see that with his own eyes, and maybe have a chat with Aidan, allow him to know he was still out there, his son might find this unpleasant , or maybe not, who knows? But it was the small price if Bishop wanted to find out what the hell happened.
And that's how he found him one night, walking alone. He could smell death all around his son, and that set off all alarms within Bishop. It hit him, somehow. He now wonders if he could even feel his presence around? No... He doubts it. If it was truth Aidan was human again, it was no possible. Less when he could smell how weak he was, so James followed him until he reached a bar. He waited for a moment until he could get him alone, and then approached him from behind, taking a seat beside him on the counter, just like that!
"So it's true... You're human." Bishop said, soft enough to make it sound like a whisper.
-Castiel had become a sales associate only after a couple months of working at the shop and he actually felt proud of himself. When the Scribe tricked him and took his Grace, he fell on Earth without nothing but the clothes he was wearing. Sam and Dean couldn't have him at the Bunker, go wonder why, so, Cas had to find a way to sustain himself. He liked his job, what he did mattered, and he liked his Boss, Nora. She was a very nice and pleasant woman. He also liked interacting with other humans. Even if he often weirded them out with his lack of social skills-
-The bell at the door rang, announcing a new client, and Castiel stood straight behind the counter, waiting for said client to approach him.-
