Title: from the world that was
Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun.
Warnings: AU for "All Hell Breaks Loose"
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 190
Point of view: third
A thousand years of planning, ruined in a few seconds. Samuel was the culmination, and he chose humanity over his destiny—chose the wildcard, Dean, over his true, soul-family.
Of course, such insubordination could not be allowed, and It took Dean away. If Samuel wanted his "brother" returned—unharmed—he would need to reconsider his answer to Its offer. And Samuel did, quickly. He stopped fighting fate and became the general of Hell's army. His reward was Dean, alive and unhurt, whole and healthy.
Dean, of course, could not understand his brother's actions. He hated what Samuel had become to save him, though he still loved his brother more than anything in existence.
It allowed them each other. Before long, Dean followed his baby brother to the battlefield and fought at his side.
It won the final war of Light and Dark, overrunning the world, then streaming out through the dimensions.
Samuel was the culmination and Dean existed to keep him alive.
Heaven locked the gate, keeping out everything as the Creator turned His back on the world that fell.
And the Winchesters, in the new order, reigned, Hell's favorite sons.