Badass Trench Coats

"What's this?"

Charlie looked up at the sound of Castiel's voice. His head was tilted at the TV and his brow was furrowed. She glanced at it.

"Uh, I don't know." She got up from where she was wrapping up their latest case and joined him on the bed, studying the British guy on TV who appeared to be casting as spell of some sort. The redhead picked up the remote and brought up the episode information. "Constantine?" She read aloud.

"I've never heard of this show." Castiel continued.

"It was on NBC last year before it was canceled." Charlie commented based on what she had heard on the Internet. "It's based off a comic book, I think."

She had vaguely heard about the series, since she had never seen it or read it herself. It starred an exorcist who fought against evil and stuff. The redhead didn't remember much about it, but she certainly remembered the outrage that had come when it was cancelled and how several had hoped it'd be picked up by the CW or Netflix.

Charlie looked up at the screen, blinking as an angel showed up. She raised an eyebrow as she sat down. He was played by the one guy from Lost. And he seemed decidedly unhelpful.

Neither of them talked as the episode played out. A preacher came back from the dead after yanking a feather out of an angel's wing and was doing miracles. The miracles were coming back to bite as they were apparently becoming ghouls.

It was interesting to say the least.

The angels were certainly different than the ones in this universe. Time seemed to have stopped as the angel was occupying the space a different person was taking up. Eyes flashed gold, and the wings just seemed… off compared to what she had seen of Castiel's. Then again, the Winchesters' angel had had his wings broken beyond repair. At least the state of his wings seemed to confirm that the "Lose a feather and you'll be grounded and die" thing didn't apply here.

There was something else bugging her as she watched though, when it came to Constantine himself. There was something familiar about him that she couldn't place.

Charlie frowned as she watched the exorcist. There was something about his messy hair, the dress pants and shirt, the incorrect tie, the trench coat…

She gasped right at the same time that Zed managed to steal the feather back. Cas paid her no mind as he continued to watch. However, she found herself looking between the angel and the television.

Castiel and Constantine's outfits were remarkably similar. The angel had probably looked even more like him before since he now had his tie correctly done. Baring the fact that Cas seemed to prefer blue ties over red and wore a suit jacket under his coat, their clothes were almost exactly the same.

It reminded her of that one Tumblr post from a few years back. Badass really did come with a trench coat.

She barely even noticed the rest of the episode as it settled down and drew to a close.

"That was fairly good." She jumped when Cas spoke. Looking at the TV again, she saw that it was over.

"Yeah," Charlie agreed though she hadn't really paid any attention in the last quarter. "So angel wings don't work like that?" She tried to get her mind back on track from what she had noticed.

"While angel feathers can be used as a powerful component of certain spells, we do not die from losing them." Cas confirmed her earlier suspicions. "It is exceeding painful to have them pulled out though or even have an injury to our wings. That's why they are usually targeted for – " He stopped speaking suddenly, looking uncomfortable, but Charlie could easily fill in the blanks.

It sounded like he was speaking from experience and she wondered when exactly he had been tortured in such a manner. Then again, the books had never really gone into detail what exactly had been done to him when he had been yanked out of Jimmy's body.

"And angels obviously don't go to Hell when they Fall." Charlie pointed out.

"No most angels fall to Earth." The angel explained. "Those who have been cast into Hell and later turned do not remain angels; instead, they tend to become some of the most powerful demons."

"Really?" The redhead couldn't help but be intrigued. It had never occurred to her that angels could become demonic as they didn't have souls to be twisted.

"Yes, why do you think Azazel was named in such a way?"

"Oh, that makes a whole lot more sense." She agreed. After all, old Yellow Eyes had been powerful, creepy, and as far as she knew he was the only demon who could walk into people's dreams. "Lucifer didn't become a demon though." She countered.

"He is an archangel." That was a very valid point. Castiel gave her a fixed look though. "Charlie, I sense that there is something else you wish to talk about."

Oops. Charlie had forgotten about his angel senses. "Well," she found herself fidgeting a bit, "did anything about Constantine strike you as familiar?"

Cas tilted his head in thought. "His accent did remind me very much of Crowley." He admitted.

The nerd managed to avoid facepalming. He was right, but he was looking in the wrong place. "I was thinking more about his appearance."

"His appearance?"

"Well," she gestured at Cas and finally blurt out, "the two of you dress almost exactly alike."

Castiel looked down at himself. "Hmm." He thoughtfully hummed. "You are somewhat correct."

"I know, right!" It had only been bugging her for a short while, but she was glad to get that off her chest.

"I wonder if Jimmy was a fan." Cas looked up to meet her gaze.

Charlie sighed. "Who knows?" She got up to get her laptop from the table. "I guess it just goes to show that people in trench coats rock at being badass."

"That's not the term I would use." Castiel turned off the TV and got up. "Would you like me to get you some supper?" He asked, ending the conversation.

Later, after finding the Tumblr post once more and seeing all of the other people who wore trench coats or long coats, she realized that Castiel basically just confirmed it and he was part of quite an elite group.

AN: I like Constantine. I didn't watch it on TV (as I had things going on on Friday nights), but I did look up the episodes on Hulu and watch them as they became available. I don't watch Arrow, but I made sure to tune in to the episode that had Constantine in it. Plus, the people of Supernatural have admitted that they based Cas's look off of the exorcist. In all seriousness though, I do think that trench coats and coolness go together. There's quite a few Tumblr post that I've seen pop up on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest that show this. Just a little bit of fun. :)