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He doubted he’d ever get over the amount of trust Cas placed in him, to be honest. Though he’d like to pretend he and Cas had always trusted each other with their lives, Dean was self-aware enough to know there’d been many times over the years that they hadn’t been particularly good to each other.
“This is kinda soothing, honestly,” Dean commented, flashing a smile at Cas as he distracted himself from his own thoughts. “Your feathers are soft as hell. It’s— Nice.”
“I— I’m glad,” Cas admitted. “I know they’re not in the best shape right now, and I was a little… worried about showing you them because of that.”
Dean snorted, but dropped a soft kiss on the nearest bit of wing anyway.
“They don’t need to be perfect to be beautiful, angel.”
