Title: Fashion Tip
Prompt: Written for hugglewolf on livejournal: Supernatural, Castiel (Still an angel), trapped somewhere or being restrained physically by someone and fighting to breathe. Dean or Sam or Gabe to the rescue would be an additional bonus.
There were a number of very fine reasons why Castiel should make a hasty escape from the demons intent on reverse-exorcism. Castiel was rather unwelcome in heaven at the moment. He wasn't entirely sure what would happen to his vessel if he checked out now. The angel was rather lacking in grace to spare and losing more was a bad idea.
That paled under the desperate need to breathe as Castiel scrabbled at the fabric tightening around his throat. His nails did more harm than good as he fumbled at the knot. Having one of the Winchesters demonstrate the function of a tie before now would have been a good idea.
He was an angel of the Lord at the mercy of a particular small item of apparel. That and the demon, Meg, who understood the mechanics of apparel much better than he did. She tightened the knot with a deft touch, then slapped his hand away like an exasperated housewife.
"Don't mess it up now that I've got it almost exactly right," she cooed at a strange pause in her partner's recital.
Castiel's vision was fuzzy around the edges when Meg leaned in. That didn't mean he couldn't see who wielded the iron pipe that came down across the back of her head. A sneaker toed her slack form off of Castiel and planted itself squarely in the center of the demon's back. Gabriel then freed him from the tie with a snap of his fingers. Castiel knows he'll never get it back.
"Fashion tip, bro, don't give people the noose to hang you with."
"Would you just exorcise the demon now, Gabriel?"