Castiel was walking down the road. He was dressed in the sweats he had found in his room. He was carrying a bag filled with essentials, his books, clothes and his laptop. As he closed his eyes he could feel Dean's breath on his face and his skin tingled thinking of his hands caressing him. He didn't want to do this but also didn't want to face Dean after last night. He looked around at tall trees lined on both sides of the highway. Up ahead he could see a clearing in the highway right where he could see the next town of Cern. He could see that the shadows of twilight were taking over the darkness of the night. Castiel was reminded the first time he had come to this town.
"Sam I'm worried, you shouldn't risk your life like this. Making me meet these people you know will put their Lives in danger." Castiel said looking into the mirror trying to put on his tie. Sam came up behind him and held him.
"Don't worry, it's gonna be okay. No one is going to find you here" he said pressing his nose into Castiel's hair. "and hey I promised Michael to protect you"
"You don't have to do this," Castiel said anxiously. He turned around and stood on his tip toes to kiss Sam. He kissed him back and enveloped his arms around Castiel's entire frame. His hand reached Castiel's hips and he jerked him up. He hoisted Castiel up and made him sit on the table next to the mirror.
"We need to leave in some time Sam," Castiel said trying talk through the kiss.
"Great take your pants off," Sam said opening Castiel's belt buckle. Castiel's hand weaved into Sam's hair and he pulled him closer towards his neck. Sam smiled, removed his tie and top collar button and then bit his neck. Castiel's hands moved down towards Sam's pants that sported an outline of an erection.
"This is not how I planned this conversation," Castiel said as Sam managed to get his hands into his pants.
"You're so fucking hot Castiel I can't help myself," Sam said excitedly.
He moaned loudly as Sam began to stroke him. Castiel pulled Sam closer to reaching inside of his pants to return the favour.
"Oh God Castiel don't stop...I'm gonna come any moment," Sam said pushing his cock into Castiel's hand. Castiel pulled Sam into a hot passionate kiss. Both moaned into each other's mouth as they came. They broke their kiss to catch a breath looking into each other's eyes and smiling. That's when Sam's phone went off. He looked at it and said "I gotta take this one" Castiel smiled and pushed him away.
Soon they were on their way to the restaurant. Castiel thought how come he never asked about Sam's family, but Sam knew everything about his. Sam was a man of few words, unlike Dean. Wait how had that slipped in...he hadn't thought about him since that night on the football...when he had taken Dean's heart and walked all over it. Castiel opened the car window and put his head out. "You okay, Babe?" Sam asked.
"Uh... Yeah, just nervous" Castiel lied, in his head, a pair of green eyes looked at him with hurt screaming through them.
The car came to a stop and Sam got out.
"It's show time" he whispered to Castiel.
They entered the restaurant which was very unpretentious just like about everything this town. The hostess guided them to their table. There was someone behind the menu and there was a man who could be best described as grumpy and a lady with short dark hair.
"Bobby!" Sam addressed the bearded man who got up to hug Sam.
"Hey Sam!" said the woman with short hair
"Jody!" Sam replied.
"Oh come on Jo," he said to the person behind the menu. The person put the menu down and Castiel saw a pretty blond with beady eyes.
"Oh, you remember me city-boy," Jo remarked with a frown that later turned into a smile as Sam opened his arms. She got up and hugged him.
"Hey everyone this is Castiel," he said stepping aside for Castiel to come forward who was now hiding behind him.
"Uhmmmm..." Bobby said looking around. He saw Jody glared at Bobby, she left her seat and came over to hug Castiel "hello Castiel, I've heard so much about you from Sam" she said beaming at him.
"Hi Castiel, sorry my dad is a bit old fashioned," Jo said offering her hand.
"Hmmm... Yeah, I guess. Welcome boy" Bobby said looking down apologetically. Castiel merely smiled at all of them.
"where is..." Sam's question was cut short by Jody's response.
"oh honey, he's on his way" Jody replied.
"Uh... Bobby dear could we talk?" Jody said to Bobby and he rose with a grunt.
"Don't worry about him...sorry I got to take this," Jo said picking up her phone. Castiel looked worried and Sam noticed this.
He put his hand on Castiel's and said, "don't worry uncle Bobby is a good guy just needs time. So you know Jody who is my aunt and so the hot girl is Jo she's my cousin"
"you shouldn't say that about her," Castiel said slapping Sam's wrist. "Where is your brother?"
"Well, he's on his way... This is so weird I haven't seen or spoken to him after that stupid fight 6 months ago" Sam said looking down at his hands.
"You guys had fought... Why?" Castiel inquired.
"This and that..." Sam said casually and he stopped mid-sentence. Castiel notices that his demeanor changed his smile diminished and he swallowed hard.
"Hey...Sam" Castiel heard a strangely familiar voice coming right behind him.
"Dean!" Sam said trying to hold back tears. Castiel's eyes opened in surprise and looked at Sam who was now moving behind Castiel to greet the owner of that gruff manly voice. A voice, that sent shivers into his whole body. A voice, that made him feel not cursed, a voice that had promised to be with him for all eternity. A voice that made him feel special and that nothing else mattered and a voice that had told him that if he ever chooses his family over him he would never see him again. Castiel clutched clasped his hands tightly together.
"Hmmm, so where is this fellow that Jody told me about," Dean asked warmly.
"He's right here...Castiel" Sam answered eagerly.
Castiel closed his eyes and got up and turned around to see Dean's big smile vanish. Dean had pursed his lips together and his jaw set tight as he extended his hand towards Castiel.
"Castiel," Dean said curtly. Castiel felt weak in his knees once again.
Dean felt cold and he opened his eyes to realize that he was half naked, cold and alone on the couch. He saw his discarded officer's shirt in the floor. All the memories of last night came rushing to his mind. He got up and sat up straight on the couch. He looked down to see the dried semen on his stomach. Sitting there on the couch he realized that it was awfully quiet. He picked up his shirt and got up from the couch to look for Castiel. After searching the whole house and its outskirts, there were no signs of Castiel. He got worried and he applied his detective mind to search for clues and went to Castiel's room. He saw that Castiel had packed a bag before leaving.
"Dammit," he swore under his breath and rushed downstairs. As he was moving downstairs he caught a glimpse of a letter on the dining table.
'I'm sorry Dean. I'm nothing but trouble and I hate the fact that I make you hate yourself so much. I don't want to be an excess baggage on anyone. Sooner or later my family's demons are going to catch up with me and I cannot bear the thought that something happens to you because of me' Dean read this note in disbelief.
"You stupid son of a bitch," Dean said pulling the chair down. He angrily rushed out of the door closing the door loudly behind him. He got into his 67' Chevy and drove down the hill. As his began to drive down towards the path he figured that Castiel would go towards the next town of Cern. As he to driving down many thoughts crossed his mind about what could have happened to Castiel from meeting an accident to being mauled by wild animals. In these parts that possibility wasn't so far-fetched. However what scared him the most was the fact that maybe Castiel had just left him. An eerily familiar feeling of desperation began to creep up on him. He couldn't believe that he had once again pushed Castiel away. He touched his forehead and looked around desperately for any signs of Castiel Novak.
It had been a great match. Their team the Falcons had won nail biting photo finish of 55-54 football game. The best part was that Dean had scored the winning the touchdown. They had hauled him up in the air and carried him on their shoulders. All that time Dean's eyes were searching for a pair of blue eyes looking at him. But they were nowhere to be found. He realized that Castiel had been there till the 2nd half of the game. As he left the players locker room, promising his teammates that he would join them for drinks, he wanted to call Cas first. He saw a figure in the distance with an umbrella. He stepped out to see that that person was Castiel. A sense of relief washed over his face. It was a short-lived as he moved closer to see that Castiel had this worried frown on his face. Castiel moved closer and kissed Dean as though he hadn't seen him for days. Dean gently pushed him away and said, "slow down tiger...what's the matter?" Dean said gently pushing Castiel away.
"Congrats on the win….nothing...It just that I missed you" Castiel said not looking into Dean's eyes.
"Babe I saw you in the morning," said smiling at him.
"I don't know it's just..." Castiel looked down as he wanted to say something but couldn't find the right words. Dean sensed this and stopped Castiel and turned him around.
"Cas what is it? Please you know you can tell me anything" he said looking deeply into his eyes. For a moment they looked at each other and then Castiel averted his gaze again.
"D, Michael came over today. He said that dad suffered a stroke recently" he said almost choking.
"Is he okay?" Dean asked with concern in his eyes.
"No, he…..is no more...But that's not what Michael came for" Castiel said cautiously. Dean looked at Castiel skeptically.
Castiel continued "he wants to me to come back. He said that I cannot abandon my family in their times of need"
"what...?" Dean asked not believing what he just heard.
"Dean just try and understand, Michael... He needs me" Castiel replied desperately.
"But why...and why now?" Dean replied hotly.
"Because he and Luci don't know who to trust" Castiel explained.
"They called it upon themselves," Dean said under his breath.
"Dean!" Castiel said fiercely.
"What? What's wrong in what I'm saying? The road on which they were on was always goin to end bloody" Dean said matter-of-factly.
" Well that's the best part D. They want to move away from it. They're planning to walk out of this. You know go legit" Castiel said with hope in his eyes.
Dean smiled at Castiel's naiveté "you believe that? Come on Cas it's just a lie"
"Dean...how can you say this?" Dean saw the fire in his eyes.
"Cas come on we've been down this road. They won't change or more so their code won't let them change" Dean reached out his hand to touch Castiel's face in a vain attempt to reach out to him. Castiel caught his hand midway and pushed it down.
"Dean…Of all the people I wanted you on my side," Castiel said looking up at him forlornly.
"Cas I'm on your side trying to show you that this one thing you should walk away from" Dean explained.
"NO! Dean my family needs me. You know what Michael was right. He told me that you liked the fruits of the tree but despised the tree it came from. You think once a criminal always a criminal…" Castiel said wishing that Michael had not been right about Dean.
"Cas come on wake up and smell the coffee man. You know what happened with Balthazar. He was shot in the street like a common criminal. I don't want you to end up the same way" Dean said swallowing his anger.
"So you want me to leave my family and let them die like common criminals... Oh, wait you think that that's the fate that awaits them. Well, you can be dismissive about them cos they're not your family. I wanna give it try before I throw them to the dogs" Castiel turned around and walking towards the further exit of the of the football field.
"You walk away now Cas! You don't get to come back" Dean called out to Castiel. Castiel stopped for a moment and then walked off.
"Are you serious?" Meg Masters barked into her phone.
"Well so far I don't see a sign of him" she replied. She had been driving up to the town of Clear Falls. She had received news that Castiel Novak was hiding in this remote town. The news had woken her up from her deep slumber. She was on a call with her boss who told her "He wants this guy alive. He's no good to him dead".
"Yes I heard you the first time," she said irritated. As she was talking on her phone she, her eyes fell on a man in a blue sweat jacket and try grey sweat pants walking with a small backpack on his back. As he passed her on the other side of the road she immediately recognized him as from the pictures that lay next to her in the passenger seat.
"I'll call you back" she replied to the man on the phone and she cut the call. She couldn't believe her luck that the elusive Mr. Novak had just walked past her car. She looked in the mirror to see he was still walking aimlessly towards the neighboring town of Cern. She turned the car around drove next to him and lowered the window.
"Hey you lost?" she spoke in a friendly tone.
Castiel's chain of thought was broken and he stopped and looked at her. Meg flashed him a friendly smile.
"Uh...no actually I'm walking towards the next town for a bus" he explained.
"Hmm, it's quite a distance from here. Come on in I'll give you a ride." Castiel didn't think twice before getting in since the folks down here were usually this friendly.
"So leaving town are ya? I'm meg" Meg asked amiably.
Castiel looked at the girl with dark curly hair and a pretty smile. "yes, my name is Castiel." he said smiling back.
"Can't believe you're leaving this view," she said looking over a beautiful view mountains capped with snow.
"Did you have a fight?" she inquired she asked knowingly.
"What makes you say that?" Castiel retorted getting annoyed with the local woman's curiosity.
"Well it's early morning and the bag and clothes" she observed giving Castiel a good once over.
"Hmmm the weather here is too clean for me," Castiel said looking straight ahead.
"That bad huh," she said smirking.
"You know mountains remember everything. The good and the bad" Castiel said looking at the majestic mountains that had always made him feel stymied.
"I don't think that applies to folks as well," she said.
Castiel did not answer instead he placed his head on the window of the passenger seat and watched as they passed the tree lining. Raindrops appeared on the window now and Meg slowly pulled put her pistol. She raised her pistol and hit Castiel on his neck with its butt. His body fell down limply. She pulled him down on to her lap.
Dean was looking up the down the road now. He had a hunch that Castiel won't go towards Clear Falls since many people knew him there and would raise an alarm. His best bet was to take a lift or walk towards the town of Cern. He tried Castiel's phone again and this time, someone cut his call. All, this time, the phone had been ringing till it reached a voicemail. When he tried again the phone was switched off. He called up the phone company and asked for Castiel's coordinates. The last signal showed that he was half a mile from the town of Cern. Dean began to drive in that direction. As he reached the coordinates given from the phone company he stopped and got out of the car. He walked around to see if he could see anything. And there in the recently wet earth, he saw the tyre tracks going into the woods. He went to his car called up the sheriff's office and Garth picked up "sheriff's office"
"Garth is Jody in?" he asked hurriedly.
"Hey, sheriff no not yet...is something wrong?" Garth said.
"As soon as she gets in can you guys send backup. I'm sending you the coordinates" he sent it to Garths phone.
He hung up the phone and opened the glove compartment. He pulled out his Glock pistol and made sure it was loaded. Despite the sunlight that was filtering through the forest looked dark and foreboding. Dean walked down to follow the clearly made tracks into the jungle. He couldn't wait for backup every minute lost meant that Castiel might be closing in on the danger. After tracking for 20 minutes, Dean came across a ditch and saw a red Pontiac dumped inside. He slid down to have a look at it.
"I'd like to report a recently discarded red Pontiac with a Seattle number plate. There is no driver in the vicinity" He reported on his radio.
"Hello!" he looked around. He ducked down to look inside the car to see that in the back seat there was a map and underneath it was a picture of Castiel. Dean bent down and removed the air from the tyre. So in case anyone trying to escape the car would be useless. The radio buzzed to life "Dean do you copy?"
"I'm here…Jody thank God. Over It's them, Jody, they're here. Over" Dean said the panic now creeping into his voice.
"Dean relax...how can you confirm this, over," Jody asked calmly on the radio.
"They've pictures of him in the back seat. I need to know if there is any kind of structure where you could hide a person over" Dean asked looking around.
"There is a cabin by the lake on the east side near the river," Jody told him.
"Thanks," Dean replied.
"Dean, wait for backup..." Dean switched off the walkie-talkie before Jody could finish.
He knew that cabin; the place had been flagged off in a previous drug bust. He began briskly walking towards it. As he reached close he heard a blood-curdling cry.
"Cas," he said under his breath. He now came down and hid behind a tree to watch the place. Meg came out and pulled out a cigarette, she looked around. Dean saw that she bruised knuckles of one hand and blood side of her lips which she was cleaning now.
"Way to go Cas" he whispered to himself realizing that Castiel was trying to fight them. He waited till Meg finished her cigarette and figured that she was now alone. Her phone rang and she pulled it out to answer it.
"Hello!... Hello... Dammit," she moved away towards the lake on the backside of the house. As she moved away Dean slowly made his way down and crouched near the left side window of the cabin. He saw that Castiel was lying on the floor with his hands and legs tied up. Dean looked around and made sure he was alone. He picked up a stone from nearby and threw it into the lake. Meg who was about to return to the house stopped and went to see where the stone fell. As she went to check it he went around the front door and opened it. He saw Castiel open his eyes and bruised face and look in his direction with a gag in his mouth. He was shaking his head violently. As Dean stepped closer towards Castiel, he heard a bang go off and he fell to the floor.
"Look what the cat dragged in?" Meg said behind him. She came close and kicked the gun across the floor.
"I gotta thank Mark for teaching me that trick. A little wire can go a long way," she said tracing an invisible wire. Dean opened his eyes and saw Castiel looking at him with frightened eyes and then he fainted. He saw that Meg going back to set up her trap again. He saw that he was lying close to her feet. Dean mustered up all his strength and pulled her down with his hands. She fell to the floor and just then the door was opened. Jody stood there pointing a gun on Meg's face. As Garth came forward Dean yelled "NO! The wire". Garth saw the wire and went to remove it.
Dean pulled himself up and went over to Castiel as Jody opened his legs. "Cas! Wake up" he removed the gag and slapped his face lightly. Castiel opened his stunningly blue eyes and that's when Dean passed out.
"Dean my man, you're not supposed to look better than the groom," Ash said admiring Dean in the mirror. He wore a bowtie and black suite with the added bandage on his hand. Castiel came in "here are the cuffs," he said
"hey there you're, how come he looks better than me," Ash said looking at Dean's pale face.
Castiel looked in his direction and Dean just shrugged his shoulders. Castiel blushed furiously thinking how he had helped Dean with a shave which ended up in a 'blow job of the century' (Dean's words not his.)
"you know Bella was right. I should have chosen Castiel as my best man. He's helped me get ready and arranged half of the wedding. Look at you eyeing Cas there and trying to up the groom" Ash said breaking Dean's attention. Dean realised that he had been shamelessly staring at Cas.
"Uhmmm, okay let's go now. Go get her tiger" Dean said changing the subject.
"Oh okay smitten kitten," Ash said smirking. As they walked out the Dean whispered into Castiel's ears "thanks for being here"
Castiel just looked at Dean incredulously. He walked back to the pews and sat next to Jody. "I cannot believe that's Ash, and you did a great job on the sheriff too," she said winking at him. The piano began to play and Bella walked down the aisle with Crowley. She looked like something out of a dream with her princess gown. Crowley gave her hand to Ash and sat down next to Ellen. As he sat down Ellen squeezed his hand and looked into his eyes.
Jody followed Castiel's gaze and said " yup that's been brewing for some time now"
The wedding was amazing with a lot of dancing and general merry making. There were a lot of First Times with Crowley and Ellen taking the stage. Garth, Dean and Jo had managed to get Bobby drunk enough to take the dance floor and Jody by storm. Oh, there were gonna be so many videos of this one.
As the wedding party began to slow down, Castiel walked outside. He saw Dean sitting under a canopy which was lit with tea lights. Dean was sitting there drinking and smiling to himself. "hmm can I join you?"
"Cas come here," he said patting the seat in front of him. Castiel sat there in front of Dean looking into his eyes. The sky was brilliantly lit up with small stars twinkling. Castiel wondered that he had somewhere over the course of last three months got his Dean back. The one he had left back in college. Dean wondered how lucky he was to have found true love, lost it and found it again. Castiel had been so devoted to him, tending to him as though that night on football field never happened.
"How's the arm now? I know today was a bit too much on you. And gave you and excuse to drink" Castiel observed.
"well I'm happy and I think I deserved this after the wonderfully grueling last three months" Dean smiled suggestively.
"I'm sorry Dean. This wound..." he trailed off looking at it apologetically.
"hey Cas, this is nothing. I'll take much more for you. Just to be able to keep you next to me. I'll never let you go Cas" Dean said pulling Cas into a hug. He pulled Cas away and looked into his blue eyes and said, "can I have this dance?" Cas smiled at him and gave his hand into the Dean's waiting hand.
Dean pulled him closer and began to move slowly. The slow sounds of 'Unchained Melody' drifted into the wind from the wedding reception. Dean snaked his one arm around Castiel's waist and pulled him closer. They were dancing with their foreheads joined together. Their hands were playing into each other. Dean pulled his head away and said "I think I love you Castiel Novak"
Castiel smiled "I guess I love you too D"
As they kissed Castiel was praying that this was the happy ending to his story.
Far away in Washington D.C it seemed that ghost of their past decided not remain buried anymore.