A/N: Welcome to my new(ly revamped) series, A Rush of Blood to The Head (As in the song/album by Coldplay).
This is kind of an AU. It all starts with how I think Cas should have been brought back.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
P.S. I originally wrote this right after 7.17, and when I re-wrote it, I just decided to stick with how it went.
Also, Castiel's thoughts will be UNDERLINED, Dean's thoughts will be ITALICIZED, and Sam's thoughts will be BOLD.
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A Rush of Blood to the Head: Series One
Episode One: Returns and Departures
Part One: Fix You*
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Castiel laid beneath the scratchy white shits, on his crappy little bed, in his tiny little room. Although the angel was comatose, he could still hear his brother Lucifer's voice echoing in his head.
"Come on baby brother, talk to me! Talk to me talk to me talk to me!" Lucifer stomped his foot, pouting. "Caaaaas. Oh Caaaas. Come on Ca-"
Two fingers pressed against the angel's forehead, and Lucifer stopped mid-sentence.
"Wake-y wake-y little brother. Time to rise and shine!"
Castiel opened his eyes. He looked to the figure standing to the left of his bed. His eyes widened, and his expression turned to that of confusion.
"...Gabriel?"
The Archangel smiled. "Howdy little brother! Long-time no-see...apparently."
The younger angel was deeply confused. He shook his head, "This must be a trick, you are still Lucifer." Castiel turned away from the hallucination claiming to be another one of his brothers.
Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Cas, it's me." Castiel did not respond. Gabriel huffed. "Look, Castiel, Lucifer never lies. It's... an issue of his and you know it. So, when I tell you that I am Gabriel, you should believe me. And that's what I'm telling you, I am the Archangel Gabriel, Messenger of God, and I just fixed your ass."
Castiel turned back towards his brother and sat up. "It's really you?" He asked in disbelief.
Again Gabriel rolled his eyes, "Yeah, dummy, it's really me."
Castiel got off the bed and embraced his brother. He let out a barely audible sigh. "Thank you."
Gabriel patted his brother's back awkwardly. "Yeah, sure thing little bro."
Castiel separated himself from his brother, holding on to the shorter Angel's biceps. He looked his believed-to-be-dead brother up and down. "But I don't understand. How are you alive?"
The Archangel shrugged. "I guess Dad brought me back. I mean, who else has the power to bring back and Archangel?"
That must mean Father does still care. "How did you find me? Why are you here?"
"The answer to your first question is that you're my brother. The answer to your second question is that after I ... was again, I figured you would be the one to ask what's happened, seeing as how you were kind of smack-dab in the middle of everything last I knew."
Castiel thought of what had happened since Gabriel had died; what he himself had done. He frowned. "Much has happened. I have done ... a great deal of damage to this world. And what I did to Heaven was just, unspeakable. And unforgivable."
Gabriel had noticed what was done to Heaven, but he still loved Castiel as he did all of his other brothers and sisters. So, when the Archangel saw the pain in his brother's eyes, he gave him a reassuring smile. "How about we talk about that later?" He clapped Castiel on the back. "Now, come on! We've got Winchesters to surprise!"
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*Fix You is a song by Coldplay.