Drabble of the drabbly kind. Written in the ad breaks of 6.22 so many spoilers. Cas did something bad and I wanted to get into his brain. Dedicated to Punky who put the thought in my brain.

Disclaimer: Two words: Balthazar. Gabriel. Therefore not mine.

End of the Line.

Castiel has tried. He has tried to hide what he is doing and has tried to explain why he is doing it. Dean will not listen, Sam will not listen, Bobby will not listen.

He is tired. He has to win.

For so long he has done everything that Dean has asked for, come every time that Dean has called him. To see him now, angry and stubborn, when Castiel just needs the hunter to have that same faith in him that he has had in the man so many times makes the angel realise that he no longer has a choice. The brothers will interfere unless they have something to distract them.

So he gives them a distraction.

He promises himself that he will help Sam when he has won. Tells himself that this is the only way.

He only hopes that he is not deluding himself.

Artemis