The Last ValkyriePart 1 of The Winchester Legacy

by freyagirl

Cas is dying. Castiel's grace is making him sick, weakening him, burning him out. Sam and Dean are holed up in the bunker, Dean taking care of his angel while Sam desperately searches for anything that might save him. The boys make one last desperate attempt to save their friend, unwittingly attracting the attention of an ancient warrior bent on revenge. Part 1 of 3.

7. Chapter 7

Chapter 7

It's been a month since they cleaned out the vampire nest. Castiel has been splitting his time between Hunting with the Winchesters and assisting Gabriel with the angels. The Hunters and Kara have been on mostly routine salt and burn cases lately, a few minor monsters, but nothing more substantial. At the moment Cas and Dean are out getting groceries and supplies, while Sam was on his laptop in the library looking for a case. Kara came in and sat down across from him.

"Sam," said Kara, "something has been confusing me and I thought maybe you could enlighten me."

"I can try," replied Sam. "What's up?"

"Your relationship with Castiel, yours and your brother's," she began, "I don't understand it."

"It's kinda complicated," said Sam. "What exactly do you want to know?"

"Well to begin with, how do you feel about Castiel?" asked Kara.

"Why?" asked Sam. "Don't you like him?"

"Actually I like him a lot," answered Kara. "I just need to know what he is to you."

"Besides Dean, Cas is my closest friend," answered Sam. "I actually think of him as family, kind of like a brother."

"I thought so, and I know that Castiel is bonded with Dean," Kara continued. "But I don't really understand what that means."

Sam chuckled, "No one does, except maybe Cas. He did once tell me that they share a profound bond."

"Loki said that they were bonded and I have seen that there is a deep connection between them," responded Kara, "I just wondered…."

"Wondered what?" asked Sam.

"I wondered if they were… involved," ventured Kara. "There seems to be a lot of… tension."

Sam laughed openly at this. "Yeah there is. Sometimes I want to tell them to get a room. The thing is, I've always been pretty sure that Dean is straight. Besides, angels don't really have gender. Cas is really only male because he's in a male vessel. I don't really know what their deal is, but whatever it is, I know they have very strong feelings for each other. Regardless, I just want my brother to be happy… Cas too."

Kara could see how much Sam truly cared for his brother and the angel. "I truly wish for them to be happy as well," said Kara as she got up to leave.