Authors Note: Okay, so after watching Castiel's return episode and getting to the ending, I couldn't help but wonder how Cas was gonna get out of this one. And then, this idea came to life.
Written: 24 March 2012
Soundtrack: None
Word Count: 300+
Category: Castiel/Dean
Content: NO SLASH. (God knows I read it though…and now apparently write it.)
Disclaimer: Obviously, I do not possess any legal rights to anything to do with this series especially its characters. I'm sure we are all aware of that but this fact must always be noted due to this websites guidelines.
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Family
Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel, Meg, Crowley, Lucifer, Michael
Fictional Characters: None
Rating: T
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Title: One Step We Couldn't Reach
Author: anonymous-unknown
Summary: Based on 7x17. Sam is freed of his nightmares, only to have Castiel take the fall for them. Now Sam and Dean have to find a way to fix him. The only answer they believe in doing that is in one archangel. Problem is, he's stuck with the one who caused it.
"Hell is yourself, and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person."
Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983)
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He didn't mean to say it, but the words had already been spoken. All their friends were dead; all that was left were them, but that's only because Dean saw what he never thought he'd see again. His friend come back, only to lose him yet again. Dean was tired, tired of all the mess, tired of all the doubts and of his anger and of his fate. Life had taught them much. Never expect anything to last forever, because even that would have its end someday.
Sam could see it, knew what it was he was contemplating, even if Dean didn't voice it. Castiel was the damaged one now, the one with only the will and only the power to actually fight this, even if he knew it'd be his demise. Castiel thought it better this way, to free Sam of his turmoil and for once regain their trust. He may not survive, he knew that, but at the very least the two of them could move on, and maybe have a chance.
There were still the leviathans. There were the still the demons. There was still Crowley, and Heaven and the angels and all this other fucked up shit that never seemed to leave them be. But at last, at last Dean had had enough. He'd never admit it, never wanted to say it out loud but maybe this was what had to be done. Call it a long shot, call it completely mad, or call it a final hope. Dean didn't care, Sam either, and if there was anything they could do it was this.
They would need to pull a lot of strings, more so than they had at their disposal, but maybe he, -he- could provide the answer. He could be the one, to finish it all. It didn't take long before they reached their destination, the cemetery still the same as they had left it years ago. Sam and Dean stepped out, rings in hand, and wills at the ready. If there was ever a chance to save Cas, to finally grant him his redemption, then this would have to be it.
It was time, to take the archangel out of the Cage, and finish off the Devil for good.
The End…or To Be Continued
Authors End Note: So yeah, my only thought of how to save Cas immediately came to rest on the idea of Michael being the one to do it, since I still have no idea how they plan to bring him back this season. And I figured, why not finally trounce the Devil with the worlds baddest archangel, as the good book said it was supposed to be. I have no idea if this is it or if this story will keep going, but then again I didn't expect my story "Walls" or even "Maybe" to get as long as they did either since they were supposed to be one-shots. So, here's to seeing what the muse provides. :)