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I’ve been in this world for over a year now, and still no idea why or how. How the law hasn’t picked up on me I don’t know, I haven’t exactly been keeping a low profile. I somehow enrolled in a state college in Kansas without them realizing I legally don’t exist. You’d think they’d have looked into me because of my name. I came up with the most stupid alias. Parsley Sprout. I’m stuck with Parsley Sprout.
The worst part about this world is my favorite show doesn’t exist. And I’ve looked, it should have come out by now, several seasons in. I should probably check to see if the cast even exists. I mean, the guy I’m working with for a group project looks a lot like one of them. But who knows, I could be in the past and he’s an actor.
“Parsley?” My project partner stands in front of my desk. “I’m Kevin Tran”
So this man looks like Osric Chau and his name is Kevin Tran. It’s 2023, so if this is the same Kevin from the show I love, he should be dead.
“Yeah” I must be grimacing a bit from that stupid name, but Kevin sits next to me anyway. He smiles sweetly and starts to brainstorm project ideas. There’s no way I can pay attention with all the theories going through my head. Kevin doesn’t notice, just going on and on while smiling sweetly.
“So I’m thinking we can work at your place?” Well, that certainly got my attention.
“My apartment is tiny, I don’t got the room for that” I chuckle. It’s not entirely a lie. I do live in a tiny apartment. But I have an ulterior motive.

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            Ok yeah, this looks like the bunker.  I can’t help but be nervous as Kevin turns the key.

            “After you” Kevin opens the door.

            “Ah, a gentleman” I touch Kevin’s chin gently. Kevin blushes. Apparently I flirt when I’m scared. He follows me in.

            “I, uh, have a lot of roommates. So they may bother us” Kevin nudges me into a good sized bedroom. Roommates, huh? Let’s see how this goes. I sit on Kevin’s bed and he sits at the desk. We work for a bit before my brain goes full investigator mode.

            “So how many roommates do you have?” I ask, noting how Kevin bristles.

            “Five most of the time, but people come and go.” He stutters a bit. Understandable I guess if your roommates are angels and hunters.  He doesn’t even make eye contact with me as he answers. I need to pry more.

            “You got a nice place, I wish I lived in a bunker.” I get off the bed and sit on the desk. Kevin’s cheeks turn a little red.

            “Thanks,” Kevin chuckles “I’ll have to give you a tour later.”

            “I could use a break” I shrug. Kevin thinks for a bit before nodding.

            “Alright, I wanted to grab some books for our project anyway. I think we have some stuff in the library that would work as sources” Kevin opens the door for me. The nervousness is evident on his face as I step out into the hall.

            Right away, there’s yelling. Not mean yelling, but playful yelling. Like an aggressive game of Monopoly. Which is exactly what it turned out to be. Four men, two of them with wings, and a kid. Two of the men yelling at each other, one winged man looking completely done with life, the kid trying to mediate, and the other with wings snickering to himself. Kevin pinches his nosebridge.

            “Guys,” He sighs “Not in front of my partner”

            “Oh?” The shorter, winged man stops yelling and smirks.

            “Group project partner, Gabe” Kevin blushes. Gabe, Gabriel! As in the freaking archangel! I try to hide my shock at seeing his six, gold, slightly glowing wings. I don’t do a very good job. The kid, crap, that’s probably Jack, stares at me like he knows something the others don’t.

            “Who’s your friend, Kev?” The tall man, Sam, dang he’s taller in real life, smiles like he’s trying to relieve Kevin’s embarrassment.

            “Oh” Yeah, I should probably talk, “I’m Parsley”

            “Parsley?” Jack speaks up, brows furrowed. Oh, he’s probably god at this point, meaning he can see my real name. His face turns to one of understanding.

            “Yeah, like the herb. I don’t know what my parents were on.” I don’t know what I was on.

            “Probably not weed or your name would be Oregano” Gabriel laughs at his own joke. It gets a chuckle out of me too. Castiel does not look amused.

            “It’s nice to meet you, Parsley. I’m Sam” Sam throws a Monopoly house at his brother “That’s Dean” Dean throws his game piece at Sam. Gabriel laughs as the game is destroyed.

            “I am Castiel” The angel shakes my hand. God, he’s such a polite cutie. Castiel points to the Nephilim trying to clean up the game. “That is…”

            “Jack” I interrupt Castiel. The winged creatures give me a suspicious look. “Kevin told me” Kevin did not tell me. Kevin knows he did not tell me. Kevin does not tell anyone that he did not tell me.

            “And you’re Gabriel” I continue to try to salvage the situation “Kevin told me a lot about you” Jack whispers something to Castiel. Gabriel shakes my hand aggressively. I think my arm may be ripped from the socket.

            “Always a pleasure to meet one of Kevin’s partners” Gabriel laughs

            “Group project partner, Gabriel!” Kevin grabs the book we need, avoiding a few pokes from Gabriel and Dean. He grabs my arm and pulls me back to his room.

            “Very bold, Tran” I tease. Kevin blushes. “Your roommates are cool.”

            “Yeah, I guess” Kevin keeps his head down as he buries himself back into our work.

            I can’t keep my mind off the work after meeting everyone. I bullcrap an excuse to leave. On my way out, I notice Jack again, putting away the game.

            “See you later dude” I nod to him. Jack gives me another suspicious look, but waves.

            Once back at my apartment, I finally let my mind spiral. I’m gonna die. There’s no way I can survive in a world like this! I’m gonna get my heart eaten by a werewolf, or turned into a vampire or something! I collapse onto my bed. I press a pillow into my face to muffle the crying.

            “Are you ok?” I turn around. Why is the son of Lucifer in my apartment.

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             I just look at him. I don’t say anything, not yet. This could go very badly. Jack moves closer to me, brows furrowed. He taps my leg like I did not hear him and asks again. I look away and bury my face back into my pillow.

            “You lied.” Jack’s hand moves away from my leg. “About your name”

            “Did I?” I’m in trouble now. If he knows, he’ll probably tell Castiel or Sam.”

            “You said your name was Parsley, but in your mind your name was Emily, but really it was Alexander” Jack looks confused. Genuine confusion as he says my deadname out loud.

            “Do you know what trans means?” I sit up and wipe my tears. This just got interesting.

            “Dean says that he is trans.” Jack sits criss-cross on my bed. That’s information I did not know. I like it but I didn’t know it.

            “Is that all he told you?” Jack nods. I guess we’re starting from square one. “I was born a girl. My parents gave me the name Emily. But in my heart and mind I knew I was a boy, so I changed my name to Alexander.”

            “But…Parsley?” Jack scoots closer. Guess I have to explain that now.

            “That’s just a dumb alias I came up with.” I prepare for questions about that, but what I don’t expect is to have who I am pretty sure is god coming out to me.

            “Can you be not a boy but not a girl?” Jack asks.

            “yeah, you can. There’s lots of different genders like that, but most people call themselves nonbinary.” I smile. I don’t know why it feels so good to explain this. Jack shifts before disappearing with a flap of his shiny gold wings.

            The next time I go to the bunker to work on my and Kevin’s group project, Jack comes right up to me.

            “Alexander” Jack hugs me. “Thank you.”

            This would be touching if I did not just get outed as using an alias around everyone. Kevin starts to speak but I glare at him to shut up.

            “What are you thanking me for?” I hug the Nephilim back.

            “Last night,” Jack pulls away and smiles “I’m nonbinary.”

            “Hell yeah,” I give him an extra squish. Yeah, it feels weird hugging a basically stranger, but I’m proud of him. “They/them” Jack nods.

            “Alexander?” Kevin finally speaks up. “Your name is…”
            “I lied.” I finally let go of Jack,

            The next hour is filled with me telling my story multiple times, which is not fun. First to Jack and Kevin, then to the Winchesters, who Kevin insists know something, they don’t by the way, and then to Castiel. Gabriel has fucked off to who knows where so Sam texts him everything. After the third explanation, the brothers look at each other like they’re sharing the same thought. Sam texts Gabriel one last time, and I hear the archangel appear behind me.

            “Last chance to back out.” Gabriel looks serious, which by Kevin’s tensioning, I can assume is abnormal. Sam nods and Dean clenches his jaw.

            “I don’t know what else could have brought him here.” Sam moves toward Gabriel, who nods and exits the room, followed by Sam.

            “Well Parsley,” Dean appears next to me and jostles my shoulder, “you get to meet God.” Well, that’s concerning. He means Chuck, I know that much. My fanboy in me is doing backflips, he’s my favorite villain.

            Huh, he’s taller than me. Only by a few inches but still, I thought he was shorter. Then again, as I watch Sam lecture him about keeping in good behavior, everyone looks short compared to the moose.

            “Hi,” Chuck smiles as he sits across from me. If I hadn’t watched the show more times than what’s healthy, I wouldn’t believe he’s evil. “So, you’re from another world?” Chuck’s casual about this. I put my head down. I see Jack move to hug me but Sam stops him.

            “It must be hard” Chuck moves his shackled hands onto the iconic map table. If I wasn’t on the verge of tears I’d be freaking out over it. I nod. I’ve explained my story four times now, and no one said anything like that. Chuck opens his hands. I look up at him.  

            “I’m sorry kid, I had nothing to do with this.”

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            “What do you mean you had nothing to do with this!” Kevin steps forward a bit. I glance back at him.

            “I’m not god anymore, remember?” Chuck shrugs “How would I have brought him here?” Oh, he’s right. Jack took his power. Someone’s yelling. I feel a hand on my shoulder and hear a rustle of wings, and suddenly I’m outside.

            “You didn’t need to hear that.” Castiel moves his hand from my shoulder “Not with what you are going through” I nod and lean against the wall. I take deep breaths before looking back at the angel. I slide down the wall and sit on the ground. Castiel crouches in front of me.

            “It will be ok, Parsley” Castiel tries to comfort me. I’m tired of it.

            “Your wings are really pretty” I try to change the subject. Castiel’s eyes widen.

            “You can see my wings?” He stands “Humans are not supposed to be able to see into that plane” Castiel disappears. I think I messed up.

            They made me move into the bunker. Something about protecting me from whoever brought me here. It makes sense I guess. I don’t really eat, it’s not like I’ve eaten much since I’ve been in this world, and I only drink water from the bathroom connected to my room. I don’t talk to anyone unless I have to. And today I guess I have to. Dragging myself out of bed hurts. I guess I’ve been lying here for too long. I look in the mirror. My hair’s a faded mess, I guess I should wash it. The hot water feels good. When I get out of the shower, my shirt feels loose.

            I take a seat next to Jack, who gives me a reassuring smile.

            “Kevin’s in class” Jack explains “He said he finished the project”.

“Well, that’s helpful. I owe him.” I try to smile.

“I’m sorry this is happening. Sam and Dean will help” Jack touches my arm. I can’t help but smile, this guy is so sweet.

I swear that the number of people here doubled. I’m not surprised at seeing Charlie or Mary. They glance over at me as Dean explains to them, Bobby, and Jody my situation. The presence of the archangels is surprising to me, but not as surprising as the presence of Lucifer and John Winchester. I’m even more surprised that he’s talking to the other angels.

“Parsley” Castiel motions me over for some reason. I walk over to him and he extends one of his wings to me. “We figured it would be better to expose you to everyone right away”

“Yeah, no I get it.” Am I supposed to touch his wing? I just do it. Castiel smiles.

“Are you overwhelmed?” His wing is fluffy under my fingers.

“A bit” I nod.

“I’ll stay with you” Castiel puts his hand on my shoulder. “Would you like to meet my brothers?”

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I’ve known Balthazar for all of five minutes and he’s already my favorite person here. He and I  had only been chatting for a minute before he put his arm around me and pulled me to lean on his shoulder. For some reason I’m ok with it. Balthazar goes off on some story about when he ran away from heaven. Cas sighs like he’s heard it a million time.

            “So you’re the herb boy, huh” Fucking Satan appears next to me “Oregano?”

            “Alex” not today Satan. Lucifer laughs. The two angels glare at him. A few feet away, Michael whispers something into Raphael’s ear, then to Gabriel. The three decide to not get involved. 

            “Lucifer, Pars- sorry Alex is not a good test for if you have changed.” Castiel pulls the archangel away and Balthazar wraps a tan wing around me.

            “Leave the poor boy alone, brother” Balthazar glares. A few heads start to turn.

            “What, it’s obvious he likes angels” Lucifer laughs

            “Angels, not flamingos” I motion to Lucifer’s pastel pink wings “I’m allergic to birds” Gabriel laughs so hard he falls over. Everyone else looks at me with a mix of shock, awe, and fear.

            “Aww, you’re as pink as your wings!” I coo. Gabriel erupts in to a new wave of laughter.

            “Well, he’s got you there, brother” Michael pulls Lucifer away from me. Balthazar ruffles my hair.

            “You are a brave boy, Matthias” He pats my head. Wait a dam minute, isn’t this guy dead? Welp, I can’t ask anything without them knowing they’re from a TV show in my world and I don’t deal with the roasting. Lucifer looks like he wants to kill me.

            “What the hell” Kevin walks in to see Gabriel laughing on the floor and Michael pulling Lucifer away from me.

“So, movie night!” Dean stands and claps, taking the attention away from Lucifer and me. I move to sit between Kevin and Jack.

“Thanks for finishing the project” I whisper. Kevin smiles and squeezes me a bit. I don’t even watch the movie, I just try to figure out what the hell is going on. All these people who should be dead returned? Maybe Jack brought them back?  I’m gonna have to ask some questions tomorrow

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Hey everyone, I'm still alive! I haven't updated in a hot minute because of finals and now graduation. Because of that, I have no idea where I wanna take this story. I'm totally open to suggestions, and if I start a new story I'll still finish this one eventually!

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I actually eat breakfast today. The eggs make my stomach turn. I never liked eggs.
“Morning” The gruff voice of John Winchester comes from my left. God, this guy’s huge.
“Good morning” I hope I don’t sound intimidated. John doesn’t say anything else, he just starts shoveling eggs into his mouth. His sons cast occasional wary glances in his direction. If my dead abusive dad came back from the dead I’d be the same way. John smiles, that’s the first time I’ve seen that, as Mary sits next to him. The two say their good mornings and chat about nonsense. I’m too sick from the eggs to pay attention.
“Good morning Parsley,” Mary smiles at me, “Wait no, Alex”
“You can call me either, I don’t give a shit.” I take a bite of bacon. It’s greasy.
“Still, it was hard for me to wake up in a different time,” Mary reaches across John to rest a hand on my shoulder. “I can’t imagine waking up in a different reality”
“Thank you, Mrs. Winchester.” I smile.
“Call me Mary” She takes her hand off my shoulder. I don’t feel as sick anymore.
“Did Sam and Dean do the usual tests on you?” John asks.
“I don’t think so,” I know for a fact they didn’t “Jack just read my mind I guess and that was enough” John grunts and goes back to his eggs. I choke down the rest of mine.
“Well, if Jack trusts you so do I.” Mary squeezes my shoulder again “John and I owe our lives to them”
John grumbles and glares at Jack. Jack just smiles and waves. That sweet baby.
“What do you mean you owe him your lives?” I ask between bites of disgusting egg.
“Me and John,” Mary trails off.
“We were dead, kid” John snaps. Wow, unnecessary. Mary chastises her husband and I take that as my cue to leave. God, I’m screwed.
I plop myself down on the couch to think. I’m stuck in some sort of fix-it fanfic, aren’t I? I move to sit on the floor. I just sit for a while, thinking. I wish I never took that class with Kevin. My face feels a little wet. I wipe the tears before anyone notices. Maybe this could be a good thing. It’s not like I had anything back home, maybe this is a fresh start. A fresh start where I could die at any given time. Never mind then. Guess I’ll just cry.
I’m in the woods. Or maybe it’s a jungle, I can’t tell. I’m being followed, but I can’t tell by what. The thing looks like smoke, I can’t tell what color. But as I keep staring at it, I start to make out some geometric shapes. It whispers to me, but I can’t make out what it's saying. Its voice is sort of gravelly but at the same time smooth. As if it’s speaking to me with two voices at once I try to get closer but for some reason it always stays far away. No matter how much I run towards it. But it doesn’t seem to walk or even float. It looks stagnant but it backs away from me.
“Who are you?” I can’t help but shout. I regret it instantly as the creature appears inches from my face.
“I am B”

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            I wake up and immediately go to throw up. I should definitely say something about the eggs. Maybe I’ll also try to find some lore about B. The sink water I splash into my mouth gets rid of the vomit taste at least. I end up in the library. I have no idea where to start actually. I grab a random book and start skimming for anything similar to the creature. I find nothing.  

            “Who’s idea was it to bring Chuck and Lucifer to movie night!” I know that yell, Dean’s pissed. Hot. I let out a sigh. This movie night is gonna suck.

            I must’ve misread earlier, everyone hates Lucifer. If I’d been put through what Sam went through I wouldn’t even let him in my bunker. Hell if I was a Winchester Lucifer’s ass would be rotting in the cage. So would Chuck.

At least Kevin saves me a seat. He always sits next to me during ‘family activities’. I end up with Bobby on my other side. I should ask him about the creature, Bobby knows everything. Then again, Chuck would know about every monster in existence, since he created them all. I’m scared to talk to him though, he’s weird. And the way he’s looking at me now, like he’s seeing into my soul.

            “You seem deep in thought” Kevin nudges me. I shrug. Dean snickers a few seats away to my left. I’m glad he’s in a better mood at least.

            “Oh, hush up. You and your husband are just as bad” Ellen slaps Dean’s arm. When did she get here? I really must be deep in thought. She holds hands with Bobby with the hand that’s not abusing Dean’s arm.

            I glance around the room. Damn, Jack brought back a lot of people. Practically everyone who died in the show is back. And Bobby is with Ellen so this world is perfection.

            “Are they on earth?” Jack asks. He sits on the floor and leans on my knee. Oh wait, we’re watching Star Wars!

            “No, that’s Tatooine!” Charlie ruffles their hair. She sits on the floor against Kevin’s legs.

            “Does earth even exist in Star Wars?” Garth asks. He sits next to Benny, practically on top of each other. Aww, another adorable ship.

            “Don’t think so” I answer “At least it’s never referenced in canon.”

            I’m going to ask some of the angels about B, probably the archangels. And then Bobby and if all else fails Chuck. But for now I lean my head on Kevin’s as he rests against me.

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I don’t remember going to bed. More importantly, I have no memory of falling asleep in Kevin’s bed. Though I will admit the way he’s cuddled up against my shoulder is sort of nice. His hair feels soft against my cheek. My hand goes to my shoulder and thank fuck I’m still wearing a shirt. I’m sure I can feel pajama pants too. I guess that means we didn’t sleep together like that.

            “Morning” Kevin nuzzles against my neck. He presses a kiss to my jaw. My heart melts.

            “Morning” I run a hand through his hair. I don’t know why I do that.

            He nestles back against me, I think he’s asleep. I don’t remember going to bed at all since I ended up here, now that I think about it. I just remember thinking about the fact I’m tired, and then I wake up in my bed. And I haven’t dreamed. Not until I saw B and not since.

            My head starts to feel fuzzy

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            Inhabiting a preexisting body isn’t necessary, but that’s what makes it so fun. My brother and sister just made their own vessels. I thought why make a new one when there’s some perfectly good bodies out there? Maybe you’d just have to look a little farther from home. And by home, I mean Chuck’s current dollhouse. After all, Lucifer’s little spawn fixed my brother’s broken toys. Appearing in that dream to Alexander was a calculated risk. A risk I shouldn’t have taken, now the brat’s suspicious. You’d think he’d be grateful I got him with the prophet. Spend a day in little Lexi’s brain the crush is obvious. I suppose I’ll have to take control full-time.

            The first thing I do is change up this ugly ass hair. Bright pink ends would look amazing on his skin. Alex should wear more bright colors.

            I go downstairs for breakfast. Kevin greets me with a kiss. For some reason, I don’t enjoy it anymore. Gabriel whoops and I flip him the bird. Gabriel just may be my favorite nibling. Especially after Lucifer started being, well, Lucifer. The breakfast spread looks fucking disgusting. I hate eggs just as much as Parsley.

            “For future reference eggs make me puke” I grab a pear from the counter. I don’t wash it. Sam’s brow furrows. Christ, why do they call him a moose he’s obviously a puppy.

            Chuck eyes me. I think my baby bro who is ageless and therefore the same age as me recognizes me somehow. Strange, I thought he was only human now. I can’t resist winking. I sit right next to him and eat the sticker off my pear. The look of disapproval on his face tells me that’s all it takes for his suspicions to be confirmed.

            “How long?” he asks.

            “On and off since he got here” I take a bite of the pear “I got bored”

            “Are you going to turn me back?” Chuck whispers, leaning closer to me. I chuckle, he’s so hopeful.    

            “Now why would I do that?”

            “Because you’re my sibling”

            “I’m also chaos” I open my upper pair of eyes and wink. The best part about possessing a body is giving it extra eyes. Chuck gives me a look, and I close them. I suppose the fun will be over early if everyone finds out too early. I close my eyes.

            “So where’s Amara, is she human too?” I take a bit of my pear “I haven’t been able to sense her for a while” I say with my mouth full.

            “She’s gone” Chuck mutters. He doesn’t make eye contact. “I got rid of her”

            Well then, that pisses me off.