"And you're Castiel, Dean's husband," she said, echoing his phrasing, the slight formality of it, although she dropped an automatic contraction in there. Slightly congratulatory, slightly teasing, slightly baffled, although less by the fact that they were both guys and more by the nature of the institution. "Congrats, man. Hell yes I'd like a piece of pie."

Then she blanched slightly, considering that maybe the h-word was inappropriate, considering. Maybe rude. But only a little, because Ellie was kind of rude as a baseline.