Castiel sat in the kitchen with his face in his hands, thinking about what happened that day. Nathaniel's words rang out in his head.

"You can't leave him?"

"I want to leave him…"
"Say something, baby?"
"Huh-"
Maximus entered the room, collapsing on the bed next to Castiel.

"-n-no…"
Maximus wrapped his arms around Castiel and began to kiss him all over his body. Meanwhile, he was stuck in his thoughts. Nathaniel was alive and well, which was what he wanted more than anything two years ago. Now that he had it, he felt empty, yet he had no idea why.
"What's wrong, baby," Maximus asked as he kissed the back of Castiel's shoulder.

"Nothing."
"I can tell something is wrong. You're being so quiet."
"It's nothing. You won't want to hear about it. Just a waste of time."
"I normally don't like my time being wasted, but for you-"
He kissed Castiel's shoulder.

"-it's different."
"Nah…I'd rather not talk about it."
Castiel reached forward to turn off the light when Maximus reached forward and grabbed his hand, intertwining his fingers with Castiel's.

"I'm your husband. Talk to me."
"I'm over it, Maximus."
Maximus sighed and rested his chin on Castiel's arm.

"Well…I'm horny…"
Castiel sighed before rolling over and mounting Maximus.

(At Amber's Apartment)

"Nathaniel, what's wrong?"
Nathaniel was laying on his bed, gripping his pillow as he sobbed into it. Amber wrapped her arm around his shoulders and hugged him.

"Talk to me."
"Castiel is married!"
"What?!"
"I saw him at the restaurant and he told me everything! He's not allowed to talk to me or anything because that asshole he married abused him until he agreed to marriage. Then he paid for my lung but made Castiel stay away from me!"
Amber rubbed Nathaniel's back as he cried.

"I'm sure he still loves you thought, right?"
"Yeah! But he's too scared to leave that guy and I don't want him to get hurt! If I go get him and get shot or something, all of his misery was for nothing!"
"We'll figure something out. When you're in love and it's as strong as you guys's love, you can't just give up. You have to keep trying. Right?"
He nodded. Amber kissed his forehead.

"We'll come up with something."

(At Maximus's Mansion)
"Ahhh….shit…"
Maximus felt himself getting closer as Castiel rode him.

"I'm almost…ahh…."
He put his hands to Castiel's waist, slowing him down so keep himself from climaxing. He wanted the pleasure to last, and flipped Castiel over so that he was on the bottom. Castiel moaned as Maximus made love to him. The man was encouraged by the sounds of the teen breathing. Castiel was sweating and moaning like a whore. The time came and Maximus started to shoot his load into Castiel.

"Aahhh! Say my name!"
"Ahhhh! Ungh! Nathaniel!"
"What?"
"I meant…uh- Maximus…"
"You were thinking about him this whole time?"
"Thinking about who?"
"DON'T PLAY DUMB! YOU JUST CALLED ME NATHANIEL! WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT HIM THE WHOLE DAMN TIME?!"

Castiel went silent. Maximus pulled out and rolled off of the bed before going to the restroom to start up a shower. He came back and glared at Castiel.

"Get. Out."
"Wha—"
"GET OUT!"
Castiel moved to get up out of bed, but Maximus charged at him and grabbed him, forcing him into a headlock and dragging him out of the house.

"You stay your ass out here until you figure out who the fuck I am!"

He threw Castiel onto the concrete and stormed back into the house, slamming the door behind him. Castiel went to sit in the grass when he heard thunder. Surely enough, he looked up and saw lightning before hearing more thunder. Eventually it began to rain. It was not as nice outside now as before, but the rain felt nice-

"I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO MOVE!"
Maximus ran over to Castiel and grabbed him by his neck, dragging him back up to the porch. He put a dog collar on Castiel's neck, tightening it to where he could barely breathe. Maximus then tied the collar to pillar at the front of the house. He grabbed Castiel's genitals again.

"You are disgusting. Nobody other than me will ever love you. Why don't you understand that?!"
Castiel looked down.

"Nobody will ever want a worthless piece of shit like you! I'm the best you're ever gonna get! Don't cross me boy, or you will lose these-"
He squeezed Castiel's testicles, causing him to yelp. He slapped Castiel before going back into the house. Castiel laid on the ground hugging himself. He was outside cold, naked, and alone. To make matters worse, the wind started blowing and Castiel was quickly drenched. His teeth clattered as he shivered in the painful, unforgiving air. Just when he thought all hope was lost, he heard a familiar voice.

"Castiel?"
He looked over to see Lysander standing nearby with a rack of clothing that was covered in plastic to shield it from the rain.

"What happened to you?!"
Castiel tried to speak, but couldn't stop his teeth long enough to get out a single word smoothly.

"I-I-I j-j-j-j-just w-w-want t-t-t-t-to g-g-go h-h-h-home!"
"Why are you out here?"
"H-h-h-he's e-e-evil!"
"He did this to you?"
Castiel sadly nodded. Lysander shook his head.

"One second."
He knocked on the door. Immediately a servant answered.

"Bring the clothes on inside."
"What's going on here?"
He pointed to Castiel. The maid looked around before answering.

"He made Master Maximus very angry."
"What happened?"
"I don't know. He was mumbling something about a guy named Nathaniel."
"Damn…I'm in a hurry though so I have to give you the clothes."
"Alright."
Lysander gave the woman the clothes and waited until she closed the door before pulling out a pocket knife and running over to Castiel. He cut him free and scooped him up into his arms before running back to Leigh's car.
He slammed the door shut and sped back to the clothing shop.

"Leigh?! Where are you?!"
Leigh came around the corner.

"What's going on-"
Leigh gasped when he saw Castiel. Lysander managed to help him into the door before he collapsed in the hallway behind the counter. The store was closed, so no customers were around to see what was going on.

"Castiel?! What happened?"
Castiel was shivering violently, so Lysander ran back to close the back door to the shop. Leigh put a hand to Castiel's forehead.

"Where did you find him?!"
"He was sitting outside Maximus's house tied to the front of the house."
Leigh shook his head and disappeared around the corner before running back with a large piece of fur.

"This was left over from a fashion disaster, so I believe this will be the best use."
Lysander helped Castiel get under a heat vent in the shop before Leigh wrapped the fur around him. He continued to shiver. Leigh went to the back and returned with a hot cup of coffee.

"Try this. It should warm you up."
Castiel's hands were shaking too much to get the cup, so Lysander took it out of Leigh's hands and helped Castiel drink it. It was no use.
"Make sure the fur stays on him and bring him to the car."
Lysander nodded before helping Castiel to his feet again. He wrapped the fur around him again and carried him to Leigh's car. They rode to the brothers' house.

Lysander helped him into a warm bath before helping him dry off and helping him into an old shirt and a pair of pants that didn't fit Lysander so well anymore.

"Lay down, Cas."
He helped Castiel into his bed and pulled the covers up over him. He faintly shivered, which was a major improvement from when Lysander found him.

"Still cold?"
Castiel nodded. Lysander went to take a shower and redressed himself before getting into the bed with Castiel. He wrapped his arms around him, helping with the warming process. As expected, Castiel stopped shivering, and comfortable fell asleep in Lysander's arms.