On the side of angels

I've never been so certain. I've never been so sure. We are on the side of angels if we believe this love is pure. It's so hard to trust it. We've been wrong before. There comes a time in every life we find the heart we are waiting for. After all the might have been, the close and instant calls, after all the try again don't be afraid to fall. We are on the side of angels after all.

Dean was lying sprawled out on the bed in the hotel room. He had been hit with a nasty cold and felt like crap. Sam came over to the bed his brother was laying on, "Hey. I'm going to do a supply run; did you need anything?"

The older hunter coughed into his pillow and groaned, "I need you to stop being such a mother hen before I kick your ass."

Sam shook his head, "Alright. I shouldn't be gone long. Just try and get some sleep."

Dean coughed, "Bitch."

Sam smiled slightly on his way out of the door, "Jerk."

An hour after Sam had left Dean heard the quiet fluttering of wings. He coughed out, "Not now Cas."

The older hunter was surprise when a gentle cool hand pressed against the side of his fevered cheek. Then a soft voice answered, "Just rest Dean."

Dean opened his eyes slowly he knew that voice but he didn't think he'd ever hear it again, "Anna? How did you? When did you? How long have you been back?"

The young woman nodded her head slowly and whispered, "There is time for all that later. You need to rest."

Dean's fevered cheeks blushed when he asked in a raspy voice, "I can't believe I'm about to ask you this but can you stay with me until Sam gets back? You don't have to if you don't want to…"

Anna cut Dean's ranting short by softly kissing his chapped lips, "I will be right here. Just sleep Dean."

Dean coughed and winced when the movement hurt his chest. He was determined to stay awake. He was afraid if he fell asleep he would wake up and this would all be a dream. The former angel smoothed the hair away from his eyes, "This isn't a dream. You need to rest."

Dean just shook his head, "What I need is for you to tell me why you came back?"

Anna sighed and kissed Dean's fevered cheek and answered simply, "you needed me."

Dean sneezed and blew his nose before he said, "There has to be more to it than that. I mean you had your grace back…."

Anna sat on the end of Dean's bed and took his hand, "Before I got my grace back I told you I would trade it all to remain human."

Dean coughed and cleared his throat before he asked, "How could you have been so sure? What was so good about being human?"

Anna stroked Dean's hand which she held in both of her own, "Love was worth it. Dean love is always worth the fall. It's worth even a fall from grace."

Dean snorted, "What planet are you from? I thought I felt love a bunch of times but I was wrong. There was always something missing."

Anna nodded, "Love is about having faith Dean. Sometimes you just have to look hard enough in the right places and you'll find it."

Every time you touch me don't you feel it to? The gentle hand that's guiding us you to me, me to you; heaven only knows why this took so long. Only heaven knows if love is right or wrong. We are on the side of angels after all.

An hour later Dean fell asleep still holding onto the former angel's hand; Sam came into the room and smiled at the two of them, "How is he doing Anna…. Wait a minute you got your grace back. How…."

Anna cut Sam short, "I couldn't stay away from Dean. I tore out my grace to be with him. I risked everything because I love him. I know that doesn't make sense but it feels right. I wasn't afraid to fall this time because I knew where I was landing."

Sam smiled at the former angel, "You know even though Dean is sick and sore and feels downright crappy this is the happiest I've seen him in a long time. I guess our mom was right…"

Anna looked up from where she was watching Dean sleep, "Right about what?"

Sam let out a breath of air he had been holding while he was pouring Dean's cough syrup into a medicine cup, "Angels are watching over us. Thanks for staying with Dean until I got back."

Anna smiled and helped wake Dean up so he could take the cough syrup plus the decongestant, "No problem Sam. I meant it when I said I loved Dean. Love is the side of angels that many people don't see. Dean and I are on that side. As long as we love each other everything is going to be fine."