I am so sorry, I know this is long over due, but better late then never right!

Hope you enjoy!

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Castiel sat next to dean in the waiting room of the hospital, Lucy was in the corner playing with a few toys the hospital had for kids. It took a while but Castiel finally convinced Dean to go to the hospital to get his arm checked out, and to take care of any other injuries Castiel was sure he had. Dean was nervous, his leg shaking and his eyes focused on the clock. Castiel wasn't going to let Dean go back to that house if he had to lock him in the bedroom for the night. He had called Gabriel and Sam so they could come and talk to Dean and try and help him out of this.

Soon enough Sam and Gabe rushed through the door, with John behind them. Castiel wasn't expecting him to be here, but he guessed Sam had called him. They made their way other, and Castiel stood to greet them. Dean kept his head down and chose to stay seated, not wanting to face his family.

"Hey Sam, Gabe... John" he hugged each of them. He could feel the anger in the Winchesters tense bodies.

"Thank you for calling us Cas." John said glancing over at his oldest son "We're going to fix this" the seriousness in his voice scared Cas, he'd never seen him this angry.

Sam walked over to Dean and sat next to him, he sighed not really knowing what to say. He hated seeing Dean like this again, he was so young when this happened he couldn't do anything. Now he could, he knew he could kill Alistair if he wanted to and no one could stop him. "Why... why didn't you call me?" he asked with confusion "We could have helped you."

Dean stayed quiet and shrugged not really knowing how to answer his little brother, he shouldn't have to deal with his problems. It wasn't his job to protect Dean, it was the other way around. Dean glanced at their father, he was visibly anger and Dean knew why. His father threw Alistair in jail last time this happened, but he was retired now. God knows what he'll do to him.

Dean looked at the clock, there was no way he was going to make it home in time, and he was pretty sure Castiel wasn't going to let him go home, not with Alistair there. He was broken from his thoughts when a nurse walked over to them, "Mr. Novak? The doctor will see you now" she said motioning for him to follow.

Castiel nodded with a smile and helped Dean out of his chair, "Come on" he said softly. Dean followed with him to the office where he was told to sit on the table and wait for the doctor.

Dean was sick to his stomach while he was waiting, Castiel was sat in the corner of the room. Dean didn't want him to see everything Alistair had done to him. He jumped when the Doctor opened the door, Greeting them both with a smile. He sat down in front of Dean "Hello Dean, as you already know I'm Dr. Anderson, hows your mother?"

Dean shrugged "Shes okay" His mother was a doctor at this hospital, everyone here knew his whole family. His mother had off today thank god.

"Alright, can you remove your skirt for me? Or do you need help?" He asked eying his arm that was in a make shift sling, Dean just shook his head. He slowly took the sling off and unbuttoned his shirt with his good hand. It took a while but he finally got all the buttons, and painfully shrugged off his shirt.

Castiel saw the stay Dean was in and it made him physically sick, his chest was covered in dark bruises and small cuts. He had bruises around his wrists and hand prints bruised into his sides, Castiels eyes seemed to focus on a blood soaked bandage on his left side. His arm that Castiel knew was broken was a deep purple and Castiel heard the doctor take a breath before taking his stethoscope and placing it in his ears. Dean flinched as the cool metal touched his skin, "Take a deep breath for me please" the doctor asked. Dean breathed in for a bit before his breath caught and he winced. " That hurts?" the doctor asked.

Dean nodded and hissed as the doctor place a hand over his ribs, Dean knew they were broken. The doctor side and place the stethoscope down "May I remove your bandage?" he asked. Dean again said nothing only nodded allowing Dr. Anderson to remove the bloody bandage. Underneath was about a three inch gash that needed to be stitched, even Castiel could see that.

"Well, I'm going to go get some supplies so I can stitch that up." he said before getting up and leaving the room. Castiel sighed looking over at Dean who had his head down. This is what has become of the man he loved so much, he couldn't imagine how he could have dealt with this when he was only a teenager. Castiel looked at the floor, he couldn't believe Dean would compare himself to that monster. Yes Dean beat him, but her never put him in the hospital.

Castiel wiped away his fresh tears away as the doctor entered the room. He was wearing a mask and had some supplies it his hands, he walked over and placed them on the small cart in the room. "Alright, can you lie down for me please?" he said and Dean carefully laid back on the table, his back aching.

The process was uncomfortable for Dean, but it wasn't painful for him. He took this time to think about what he was going to do. He couldn't just leave Alistair and never go back, he would come after him and he'd be putting Cas and Lucy in danger. Dean couldn't do that to them, he couldn't destroy them even more than he has already. He would have to tell Cas he wasn't coming home with them, he had to go back to Alistair to keep them safe even if that meant getting himself killed. Castiel was strong, he's raised Lucy all these years without him he didn't need Dean to stay with him. No one really needed Dean anymore. Dean closed his eyes as that familiar pain settled in his chest, the one that always made him feel as though he was drowning without any water around him.

"Alright, you're all stitched up" the doctor said backing away to take his gloves off and put them in the trash. Dean looked down at the bandage on his stomach, he carefully sat up not wanting to tear hit stitches. The doctor looked at him "Dean, do you wanna tell me how all of this happened to you?"

Dean avoided his eyes and shook his head, it didn't matter they couldn't save him now. "Dean" Castiel said firmly not believing Dean at this moment, he needed their help.

"Can I go home now?" he asked his head still down, he could hear the doctor hesitate to answer him. "I would really like to wrap that arm of yours." he explained " It needs to heal right"

Dean shook his head "Its fine" he said "I really have to get home." Dr. Anderson put his hands up, "You know as well as I do Dean I can't keep you here if you don't want to be here." Dean nodded then stood, putting his shirt back on.

"Dean you have to get your arm wrapped" Castiel said standing.

Dean sighed "I don't have to do anything, I especially don't have to listen to you." he snapped glaring at him "I didn't want to come here in the first place you're the one who made me come." he said walking out of the room.

Castiel ran after him "Dean!" he yelled running up to him "What the hell is wrong with you? I'm just trying to help." he put a gentle hand on Dean's shoulder, but Dean pulled away from him "Don't you get it Cas you can't help me!" he snapped "You are putting yourself and Lucy in danger by doing this." Dean shook his head not knowing the right words to say. He took a deep breath "I have to go back to him Cas. To keep you safe."

Castiel clenched his teeth and shook his head "We're I this together Winchester whether you want it or not. I refuse to let you go back to him, and I swear to god I will lock you in my basement if I have to." he said looking Dean in the eyes "We are going to call the cops and you are going to be safe... I'm not losing you again."

Dean sighed looking down at the floor "And what if I lose you during this Cas? You don't know what Alistair is capable of, if he gets a hold of you he's going to kill you." Dean looked up at him with tears in his eyes "Lucy can't lose you, she needs you more than she needs me, and I... I can't lose you Cas not again, and it'll be all my fault if I do"

Castiel cupped Dean's face "You're not going to lose me Dean, we can get through this. We could be a family again, you just have to trust me." He explained wiping away Dean's tears, his own voice shaking. He sighed "Lucy has been waiting for you her entire life you need to be there for her, she needs you just as much if not more than me... She needs both of us Dean... I need us." he was crying now, tears falling down his face "I've missed you so much Dean and I can't stand to see you like this, to see you with someone else kills me." he pressed his forehead against Dean's "It kills me even more knowing he's doing this to you... Please don't leave" he pleaded, begging Dean to stay with him.

Dean wrapped his arm around Castiel "I'm scared Cas" he sobbed moving to hide his face in the croak of Castiel's neck pulling him close "I need you" All Dean ever wanted to hear was that Cas needed him, that he wanted to be a family with him.

Castiel wrapped his arms around the back of Dean's neck "Then let me help you, please." Castiel couldn't express the happiness he felt when he finally heard Dean say "Okay"

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Sorry again for the very much over due update. Let me know what you think!