A/N: General early Season 4 spoilers. Angst for 88Ivories' birthday. Have a great one!
The gates of hell did not easily yield. Within were endless depths of darkness so far from his father's works. It was not his place to doubt, but the righteous man should have been protected from this.
Even as it shattered, the soul remained a beacon in the night. The slashes of its blade as much tore pieces from itself and with every slice heaven bled.
With prophecy solidified there should be revelry, but Castiel felt the weight of this soul as he raised it. Shouldering a blame that never should have fallen to it. And for that Castiel doubted.