A/N: Castiel may have lived if he'd seen the error of his ways a little sooner. AU 7x01. Sorry for not updating yesterday!

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Anno Domini

They claw mercilessly inside him, tearing his vessel to shreds. Castiel thinks he can even hear Jimmy Novak's screams.

He's feeling shameful for his actions. He'd chosen a course where only he could win, where only he could bathe in glory.

Shouldn't he have known, seen he was headed down the wrong path? Dean had tried so many times to tell him, though he hadn't listened for childish reasons, as the hunter had made plain.

He was still an angel, then. Things could've been different.

But not anymore.

Once he returns the souls to Purgatory, Cas is back once more.

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