avyssoseleison:

Okay but what if Dean constantly called Cas pet names like “gorgeous” and “handsome” and “angel face” (this one always with a lopsided smile) and Cas picked up on this habit. Only, he wouldn’t use physical attributes to call Dean by (because what are looks to a former celestial wavelength anyway), he’d go with personality traits.

So, even if he starts out with “radiant”, which has Dean sputter and think Cas is just exaggeratedly complimenting his face, he soon also calls him things like “kind-hearted” and “brave” and “stupidly selfless”. And Dean is constantly trying to get him to shut up and he just can’t stop blushing, especially if a smugly grinning Sam is in the room as well and making kissy faces like the jerk he is, and Dean would try to explain to Cas that this is not how it works. That he should compliment Dean’s face or ass or even his damn dick, but that things like what Cas calls him are not acceptable – neither in private nor in public.

But Cas would only frown, tilt his head to the side and pretend not to understand what Dean means and just go on about his merry business of kissing and praising him. And even though Dean still keeps protesting and trying to explain why Cas should choose different petnames, under the cover of their sheets and the night, he can’t quite manage to act as though he didn’t enjoy having Cas hold him close, basking in his warmth and having him kiss “loyal” and “gentle” and “worthy of love” into his skin.