The graveyard outside the church, Tuesday afternoon

[scruffnfeathers]

Mildred, the NPC woman who cleaned the church on Tuesdays, had finally laid down an ultimatum. She would no longer be washing Castiel's underthings. He'd just have to learn how to do it, himself.

Which would be why Castiel was currently outside, stringing a line up between two trees in the graveyard. He'd spent quite awhile observing humans, now, and he was certain this was how it was done.

Don't ask where he got such a variety of underthings. It was probably best not to know.

[ooc: Open! But note, there will be iconage with underwear in the actual post. Because I can.]

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[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"What's going on here?" Chuck had actually shown up to get Loki, since he had finally bought all the stuff (way too much of it) he thought he needed to take care of a cat. But he got distracted by underwear. Like you do.

[scruffnfeathers]

"I'm doing laundry," Castiel said, sounding rather proud of himself. "I've done the actual washing, so now they need to dry -- the sun and outdoor air are very good for drying things."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Congratulations," Chuck said, actually looking impressed. "Even I don't know how to do laundry."

[scruffnfeathers]

"It's easier than it sounds," Castiel observed. "The secret seems to be friction."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Ah, of course. I should have known," he said, leaning against one of the trees. "I thought the cleaning lady did this sort of stuff for you?"

[scruffnfeathers]

"She has decided that she prefers not to wash these particular articles."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck snickered. "I guess washing other people's underwear could be a bit weird, if you don't know them very well. And you do have an awful lot of it."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I'm beginning to suspect that it multiplies when I'm not looking."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck lifted up an eyebrow. "That's not a very common trait in underwear. Unless you've stumbled across some magical ones."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I suppose that may be possible. I found them in the basement."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"That's kind of gross," Chuck said, since he was the type not to touch anything that came from a basement. "But, whatever, as long as you don't just have one pair."

He had been kind of wondering about that, considering Cass usually only wore one outfit.

[scruffnfeathers]

"Yes, you seem quite concerned about me only having one set of clothing," Castiel observed.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I like clothes," Chuck said, like that wasn't already obvious. "I find it weird when other people don't care about them. It's not just you; I bother Sam about his clothes all the time too."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I admit, I'm not certain what you feel is so important about them."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Most people here don't. I think it might be an Upper East Side thing. Or a wealthy person thing, I don't know," he said. "Where I'm from clothes are important. They say a lot about who you are so you don't have to say it yourself."

[scruffnfeathers]

"So you use them as a reason not to speak to people."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Well. There's more to it than that," Chuck said. "But I guess it's a good way to weed out people you don't want to talk to, yeah."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Because they cannot read your clothes? Or because you dislike what theirs say?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"The last one," he said. "Which is kind of mean, I guess, judging people by what they wear...but I don't really have time to get to know everybody."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I see." Castiel frowned. "What does my clothing say about me?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"That you're kind of a uptight geek," Chuck admitted. Which was kind of true. "Not that's bad or anything. You make it work."

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel looked down at his clothes. "I do? How do I do that?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"The suit's kind of cheap and plain. It's like you work at a bank or something. Kinda geeky," Chuck said. "Wearing the coat constantly and the way you stand, plus the fact that I know you, is where I get uptight from."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Ah." Castiel totally didn't get it. "The suit was very cheap. I didn't pay anything for it."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I took it was Jimmy with the poor fashion sense, not you," Chuck said with a smirk. "But don't worry about it much. Most people can't dress well."