Title: the keeper of the stars
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: implied Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 185
Point of view: third
Prompt: Castiel, God, "I forgive you"
It ends with a supernova, when Castiel takes everything he is and everything he has, sacrificing himself for a second time.
Dean lives, Michael utilizing Lucifer's distraction to end him, and the last thing Castiel ever sees of the earth is Dean cradling his brother's still form—but Sam breathes and that is what matters, and Castiel smiles as he is enveloped by an explosion of light he cannot control.
My child, a voice deeper than the stars and louder than time says, wrapping around him, in him, through him. My child, you have done well. Rest now.
Father, Castiel says, feels, thinks. Father, forgive me for doubting. For falling.
No, Castiel, the creator of existence murmurs. There is nothing to forgive. You fell because of love, not ambition or jealousy. You fell for the same reason My Son died.
Castiel sighs, surrendering all he is and all he has, one final thought for the human he chose above God.
Yes, his Father tells him, cradling him close, singing him back into the stars' tapestry. You will see that man again, when he at last comes home.