Title: nowhere left to fall
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for season four
Pairings: Castiel/Dean
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: Dean/Castiel, fears
Castiel has never feared Falling because he knew he would never falter from his Father's will. There were no temptations for him; Heaven was pure and clean, all he could ever imagine wanting with the scant imagination given to angels.
Castiel has never feared Man because men were so blinded by their own desires and thoughts. Men were children, barely more than dust, though beautiful as are all Father's creations.
Touching Dean Winchester's soul, Castiel does not fear. Pouring Father's grace into Alistair's pet, Castiel does not wonder about Falling, about temptation, or about how what little of Dean remained curled up in his embrace as he hurried from Hell's flames.
Castiel does not feel his slow slide down. He never fears Falling.
When he plunges, after Zachariah's machinations and Lucifer's awakening, he still has not felt fear of Fall.