The angels are leaving, and Dean wants Cas to go with them. Set in The End 'Verse.
2011
After Sam says yes, Castiel starts hearing the voices of the other angels much louder and clearer than for almost a year and a half, when he rebelled against Heaven and was cut off.
The whispers has been there, somewhere in the back of his head, but not more than a whisper, so quiet it has been hard to make out the words, the messages. Now, however, the whisper has become a roar, and it is impossible for him to miss the message.
It is time to leave, it is time to leave. Come, brothers, sisters, all the Host will gather to go back to Heaven. Come, come, it is time to leave!
Castiel listens to them, feels the pull of thousands of graces flowing, almost intertwining themselves with his again. He knows it is an invitation, a call for him to come, that this is his chance to choose Heaven once again.
He tells Dean, of course, who slams the brakes so hard Castiel is completely convinced they are going to crash, and the Impala slides to a shaky stop at the side of the road.
"They're what!"
"They're leaving, Dean. And…" He feels the pull on his grace, can almost hear the angels whisper his name,
Castiel, Castiel, come with us, you will be forgiven, come with us
and for the first time, he simply cannot look Dean in the eye, "and they want me to leave with them." Dean gets out of the car, and Castiel follows. Their eyes meet over the roof of the Impala, and Dean lifts his hands like he wants to slam them down on it, but changes his mind, and his palms just connects with the roof with a soft thud.
"Damnit, Cas." Castiel just looks at him, waiting for the continuation. "Just – just – why are you still here?" That takes him by surprise. "This is your chance, your chance to become a full-blown angel again. Get your mojo back, your family back!"
Come, Castiel, come with us, and all will be forgiven
"No." Dean takes a deep, slightly shaky breath, and rubs a hand over his face.
"Cas…" Castiel looks away, feels the touch of his brothers' graces on his own, the soft, soft mingling of pure energy and endless beauty. It is so tempting, so tempting to give in to the whispers, to the promise of forgiveness, the voices are so perfect, in the most perfect of languages.
"No." The word is barely a whisper, he cannot make himself say it louder, because it takes all his willpower no to let himself flow away, join the Host he was part of since the beginning of time, and fly back to Heaven with them.
But stronger than the longing for his family is the feeling that his place is here, right here, at Dean's side, that he cannot abandon him now.
"Cas. Go. Go with them. You know they won't give you another chance like this."
"No, Dean. My place is here, with you."
Come, Castiel, come with us, come back to Heaven, return to our ranks, be forgiven
"Please, Cas." Castiel could swear that he sees tears pool in Dean's eyes. "Don't be such a damn fool!"
"I'm staying, Dean." Dean turns, gets back into the car, and Cas follows. The whispers of the Host is dying down again, and he knows that this time, it'll disappear completely. He can't feel the other graces touching his anymore, and the voices are fading by the second.
He is so caught up in the feeling of loss that he almost misses the soft, whispered words from Dean.
"Thanks, Cas."
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