This was a request by cheryl24 a while ago. I had fun with this, and though I had planned to try to edit and post this on Wednesday, I'm almost glad I waited. Now it can help heal our broken hearts.
My Heart Will Go On
"Is this truly a good choice?" Cas frowned, looking at the DVD box.
"Oh, come on. It's practically a classic." Charlie frowned right back from where she was loading the DVD into the player.
They had just finished a case together. It had involved a Shifter who had an obsession with Leonardo DiCaprio, appearing before people as various characters from films he had been in.
Charlie had been shocked that Cas had never seen any movies with good old Leonardo in it, so she had taken it upon herself, as usual, to educate the poor celestial being. Naturally, she had picked up Titanic on the way back to their motel room in order to watch it. However, it seemed like there was some sort of… issue that was bothering the angel about the movie she had chosen.
"What's wrong?" She asked sidling up to him on the couch, ignoring the menu in order to get to the bottom of this.
Cas pursed his lips and looked away, a sure sign that he was avoiding something. Charlie didn't push him, but within a few minutes he sighed and caved. "My brother Balthazar hated this movie." He admitted.
"Really?" Charlie blinked, wondering what on Earth could have caused an angel, a being that normally seemed to act above human things (though Cas was a definite exception), to hate Titanic of all things.
"Back during the civil war in Heaven, in order to help provide souls to power my side, he went back in time and unsunk the Titanic. He chose to do that also because of his hatred of the movie, or more specifically a certain song in it." Castiel was gazing off into the distant memories and the redhead was glad because it meant that he didn't see her jaw drop.
Charlie knew that it was unusual to meet an angel, but she knew it was a bit weirder for her. After all, she had never met an angel until after the Fall. Due to the Fall, basically every angel had taken a huge cut in their power. To think, that at one time, angels had enough power to casually go into the past and unsink one of the most famous shipwrecks in all of history was something that she was having a bit of trouble wrapping her brain around.
Then a thought occurred to her. "But the Titanic did sink." She frowned.
"Yes." Cas looked a bit embarrassed. "Fate began to go after the descendants of people who should not have survived. The Winchesters picked up the case, and she was already upset with them for ruining her script for the intended Apocalypse…"
"So you guys had to change things back to how they were or else she would have killed them." Charlie concluded and she winced. The boys really were Cas's greatest weakness when you thought about it. He would give up everything and anything for them no matter the cost to himself.
And unfortunately, everyone knew that.
"What happened to Balthazar?" She asked, because she hadn't really heard him mention that angel before.
Castiel immediately tensed up. An expression of complete and utter sorrow crossed his face and it simply made Charlie's heart ache. "I killed him." He muttered so quietly that Charlie could scarcely hear him.
She blinked. That sounded odd. After all, Cas had been talking like Balthazar had been, at the very least, a friend. For him to kill him…
There must have been a reason, and Cas already looked like he was being consumed by guilt, so Charlie decided to drop it. No need to push the angel.
"Let's just watch the movie." Charlie said firmly, and she scooted close to the angel, because despite how tense he was, she sensed that he needed a friend at the moment.
As she got close, some of the tension was released and she realized that he'd again been worrying about her reaction. After all, why would you get close to someone who just willingly admitted that they had killed a friend and ally?
"I think you'll be okay with this movie." Charlie said, clicking the play button. Together, they settled in for the 3-hour film.
They didn't talk much, other than Castiel expressing confusion as to why the movie was starting modern times rather than on the Titanic itself and Charlie having a bit of a moment over Kate Winslet. It was all going fine.
Up until it was near the end.
Charlie braced herself, because of the climax and the famous song that would play. However, suddenly the TV simply went out.
The two of them blinked at suddenly being thrust back into reality.
"What?" Charlie stared at the TV set, dumbfounded.
"The electricity is still on." Cas said, looking at the overhead light, proving that it wasn't a power-failure.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I wasn't kidding about listening to that God-awful song." A British voice commented from behind them. "I will smite myself."
They both whirled around, and Charlie took in the figure sitting on one of the beds.
He was probably very tall when standing with blond hair and blue eyes which held a bit of mischievousness similar to Gabriel. He wore a V-neck gray shirt with a jacket over it and tight, dark jeans. Though she didn't recognize him, the fact that he'd gotten in so easily couldn't help but make her think of an angel.
The redhead turned to ask Castiel if he recognized the interloper, but she paused when she saw his face. He looked like he'd seen a ghost.
"Balthazar…" He breathed, his eyes never leaving the angel.
Charlie blinked. "Oh." The full implications hit her. "Oh!" She looked between the two.
Balthazar's smirk faded into a slightly sympathetic smile as he rose from where he was positively lounging on the couch. "Hey, Cassie."
Castiel hunched in on himself, guilt in every line of his body. "Balthazar, I…"
"None of that now." The blond angel came over and patted Cas on top of his head like he was a little kid. "It's all right."
"But I- "
"I would've done the same thing in your position." Balthazar said firmly. "I'm sorry to have put you in that position in the first place. Let's just move on."
Castiel looked up at him, puppy-dog eyes in full force.
Charlie tried to give them their space.
"Okay." Cas finally said.
"Good." Balthazar nodded, and his gaze finally turned to Charlie. She jumped a bit as this was an angel that she had read nothing about and she wanted to squirm under his inquiring gaze. "And I was serious about what I said before." He finally said to her.
"What?" Charlie's brain went into overdrive trying to work out what he meant.
Balthazar sighed and rolled his eyes. "You're a bit of a step up from those Winchester brats, but not much." He muttered to himself before addressing her. "If you're going to introduce Cassie to Leonardo DiCaprio, you might as well choose something that doesn't leave Celine Dione blasting in your ear. I could see him liking Inception."
"Titanic's a classic." Charlie could help but rebut.
Balthazar raised an eyebrow. "I suppose, but–"
"How about I just go get Inception and you two could not fight?" Castiel quickly said, probably sensing where this conversation was going.
Before Charlie could open her mouth, Balthazar beat her to it. "Excellent plan. Why don't you run along and do that?"
Cas made to get up, but before he left he leaned into Charlie's personal space and whispered, "He's a good person at heart." Charlie was glad, because she was a bit nervous about being left alone with this unknown angel. She knew that Cas would never purposefully put her in danger though.
They didn't talk at first. It was Balthazar was the one to break it.
"Do you look after him?" She looked over at him at his words, and she saw the same expression on his face that she had seen on Dean's face dozens of times.
"I try my best." She admitted.
"Good. Someone needs to, and the Winchesters get so wrapped up in their own problems that though they may care, he gets pushed to the wayside." Balthazar flopped onto the couch and looked at her seriously. "So please watch out for my baby brother."
Charlie finally felt a small smile tug at her lips. "Will do."
Despite his dislike of a classic such as Titanic, due to Celine Dione of all people, Charlie had a feeling she and Balthazar would get along just fine.
After all, they both just wanted to keep Castiel safe.
AN: I just want to point out that I wrote this before seeing Wednesday's episode 11x10. I still think it's a valid point. Also, I think Di Caprio's up for another Oscar, so let's see if Balthazar actually lets him get one this year. Though I will admit that I am upset over the lack of diversity in the nominations like most people. In any case, I don't usually watch them anyway.
