Mind to Mind, Heart to heart
When you see §-§ instead of "-" it means the boys are talking telepathically.
This is a second story about the now telepathically-linked Winchesters. It takes place in the second half of season six, after Sam gets his soul back, but before his wall falls, and there are some changes made to the episode "Caged Heat."
Everything goes mostly AU afterwards.
Prologue.
After Caged Heat
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"Crowley, why did you not follow our plan? When I burned the bones, you were supposed to pretend to die: You made me look like an idiot!" Castiel accused the demon once the Winchesters had left the building.
"It was important, demon! The brothers were beginning be less open with me and I had wanted to assure them of my loyalty by eliminating you while they were looking on. If they ever find out I am working with you, I can't imagine the consequences," Castiel continued.
"I changed my mind," Crowley shrugged. "it's the King of Hell's prerogative, and anyway I've got affairs to attend to. I can't just play dead to cover for you. I've got no time for your whining; if you wanted the Winchesters' approval you should have told them the truth; that you and I are partners in your little plan to power up on souls, oust Raphael and conquer heaven for yourself! You never know, they might even have approved," Crowley smirked sarcastically, as Castiel looked on poker-faced.
"Anyhow, if they stay out of our hair, no problem. However, I will take a second to remind you of all those they HAVE taken out, from Azazel to Lilith to Lucifer, not to mention your angel buddies!" Crowley's voice rose in exasperation.
He breathed in deeply to calm himself down, and continued.
"This is what we'll do. I'll keep out of the Winchesters' way. I'll leave those tousle-headed cuties for you to deal with, but I'm warning you, if they get a whiff that something is dodgy, they'll not stop till they've ferreted out the truth, and your little Heavenly take-over will no longer be a sure thing.
If you want your crusade to succeed you should just kill them. That way the problem will be taken care of!" Crowley finished off.
"I am an Angel of the Lord and you are an abomination, a devil-spawn," Castiel rebuffed. "I don't have to take advice from you, and you will certainly not give me orders. The Winchesters are my friends and I will not harm them; I would sooner smite you!"
"Think what you want, angel. All this talk is making me thirsty!" Crowley promptly disappeared leaving Castiel to ponder for the umpteenth time just what he had set in motion.
TBC