"I'll be back in a few hours to check up on him again."
"I'm going to get some coffee, you want anything?"
"No, thank you."
Dean's eyes sprung open again. His headache was completely gone now. He stood up quickly, wincing at pain in his wrist. He looked down and noticed it was badly bruised, along with his other arm and his leg.
He blinked, confused as to what happened. He looked up, surprised as to who he saw.
"Cas." He said quietly. Before Dean had a chance to react to Cas's presence in the white room, Cas quickly walked up and hugged Dean.
"It's good to see you, Dean."
Dean was taken aback. He was usually the one doing the hugging, and Cas almost never hugged him in return. Now Cas was doing the hugging. After a couple seconds of initial shock, Dean found himself tightly wrapped in Castiel's arms, curling the trench coat into his hands and blinking tears from his eyes.
They both pulled away at the same time, hands still on each other's shoulders.
"What the hell's going on, Cas?" Dean asked. "Where am I?"
"We are inside your head, Dean." Cas said. "The demons…"
"Demons? What demons? Where?" Dean said, going on the defensive.
"Not here, it's okay. You don't remember what happened, do you, Dean?"
Dean shook his head. Everything was fuzzy.
"I've seen my mom," Dean said. "And my dad. They were telling me to wake up. And every time they told me to wake up, I'd fall asleep."
"You haven't been awake, Dean." Cas said. "It's all in your head."
"I heard Sam's voice…and yours…and another voice, saying they'd be back to check on me again. Why would someone need to check on me, Cas? I'm fine, see?"
"I'm sorry, Dean." Cas said. "I couldn't protect you. I couldn't save you. I really need you to be okay, Dean. Please wake up. The doctor said you'd wake up."
Dean looked at Cas, confused.
"What're you talking about, Cas? Why's everyone telling me to wake up? I am awake! I'm talking to you!"
Cas's image disappeared before Dean, and the faint sound of voices came back into perspective. Dean felt faint again.
"Here, Cas, you're exhausted. Drink this."
"Sam…" Dean uttered, before falling into a deep sleep.
