The Epic Love Story of a Hunter and an Angel

by Azrael DiAngelo

The tale of how The Righteous Man, Dean, ended up falling in love with Heaven's most socially awkward angel, Castiel. Set between S5 Ep. 14, "My Bloody Valentine" and S5 Ep. 15, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid." If you look closely, it's also a bit of an explanation on why Dean wasn't affected by Famine. WARNING: Dean is NOT a reliable narrator. :)

1. Prologue

Prologue

"Dad, can you tell us how you met Papa?" Mary Anael Winchester asked. Dean Winchester looked up from the newspaper he had been skimming for a case in, to look at his now eight year old daughter, and he couldn't stop the smile that came to his face when ever he saw her. Her blonde hair, - which had influenced him to give her his mother's name, - fell past her shoulders. Her eyes were a brilliant blue, the opposite of her older brother's, Bobby John Winchester, who sat next to him, green eyes twinkling with a curiosity that had definitely been inherited by the "Papa" in question, and their Uncle Sammy.

"Nah, we've heard that story a million times. How about the story when…. You realized you loved Papa? We never heard that one." Twelve year old Bobby questioned Dean, now becoming more involved in the conversation. Bobby pushed some hair that had been covering his eyes to the side so he could see his father better as Dean thought of where to start the story. Man, if that kid doesn't get a haircut soon, he'll end up looking like a girl, or worse - like Uncle Sammy, Dean thought with a chuckle.

"You're such a girl," Mary told Bobby, with a smile.

"Am not, jerk." Bobby replied, trying to hide the beginnings of a smile on his face with one of Sam's bitch faces, and failing completely.

"Whatever, bitch."

If Papa were here to hear that, he would've lectured and scolded Dean and the kids until they were practically begging to be smited. Papa had made sure that Dean acted kid-friendly when they decided to have children, but these little things brought back so many memories, that he couldn't possibly bring himself to ruin it with the "child – appropriate" crap.

"So you wanna hear how Papa and I hit it off, huh?" He asked. The children nodded and Dean's smile grew wider. The children sat closer as he began to tell the epic, action- y, love story of a hunter and an angel.

"Well, here's how it really started…" And so began Dean Winchester's trek down Memory Lane and the tale of how The Righteous Man ended up with Heaven's most socially awkward angel, Castiel.