Sam was hovering over Dean's face when he woke. Panicked eyes traveled down his body and calmed when Dean coughed and tried to sit up. Warm hands pushed him back down and he groaned. "Sammy," he groaned out while trying to shake the feeling of a hangover out of his head.
"Dean, stay still." His tone was sharp and demanding.
"No," Dean moaned, rolling onto his stomach and sitting up that way with hands aiding him. "What's got your panties in a twist, Sammy?"
"Dean," Sam paused. "Your body just appeared here a day ago after you had been missing for two weeks! You had a huge scar on your chest that looks a lot like someone stabbed you. So why don't you tell me what is wrong with you."
"Gabriel."
Sam stared at Dean dumbfounded, "Gabriel? As in the angel?"
Dean rolled his eyes, "What other Gabriel do we know of?"
"But, how? Gabriel died from Lucifer," Dean cut him off.
"Apparently his Daddy needed him to help out with this problem," Dean choked back a sob that threatened to escape and coughed to cover it up.
Sam stared at his brother, "What problem?"
"Castiel, Sam, Castiel is the problem. And apparently I have to fix it like all the other damn things that go wrong now," Dean snapped, not bothering to wipe the tear that escaped his eye.
"Dean," Sam tried to comfort.
Dean pushed him away, "And you want to know the worst part, Sammy? If I don't do this, Cas will destroy the world. But if I do, Cas won't remember anything. Not a damned thing," Dean sucked in his breath. "Not even me."
Sam hadn't seen his brother break down and cry in years, but watching it happen this time took the cake for the worst moment in his life. As Dean crumpled to the ground, Sam did as well and pulled his brother into his chest. Powerful shaking shoulders became soft, weak noodles as they gripped onto Sam's jacket.
Dean leaned up and looked into Sam's eyes. His face was covered in wetness and red tinged eyes leaked more onto his cheeks. "But you want to know the part that will probably kill me, Sammy? How I am the one who has to drive the knife into his heart and watch all of the memories be erased."
