AUTHOR'S NOTE - This is the last chapter, guys! Thank you for reading, I hope you liked it - I know it was certainly a blast to write.

I'm updating this quickly on Christmas morning, so I can wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Hope you all have a lovely time!!

ELEVEN

I didn't fully relax until Cas and I were properly alone later that night. Dean and Sam were already on their way to their nesxt job by now, and surprisingly Dean had no lewd comments to direct our way at our kiss on front of them. Maybe it was because he had seen my show of respect for the angel - again, something he wouldn't or couldn't do for himself. It took a great amount of courage to fully lay oneself in another's service the way I had done, and I don't think even he would have cheapened that with a naughty comment.

I found myself staring out at the deceptively calm night sky thinking over all that I could have lost tonight but hadn't Suddenly I was more tired than I had ever been before in my netire life, yet I was contented all the same.

I smiled when I felt Cas draw near, smiling more broadly when I felt his hands around my waist. I leant back onto him, gently touching his hands, as he leant his chin on my shoulder. I sighed, gently, happily, before kissing Cas gently on the cheek.

"Why did you do that, Jen?" Cas asked me softly.

"Because I wanted to kiss you!" I said, cheekily.

At least that made the angel smile.

"That's not what I meant, Jen. Why did you risk your life for me, despite the threat of being sent to Hell?" he asked.

"Because I love you. I couldn't imagine what would happen to me if you weren't there. I don't think I'd survive it if you were gone!" I told him. "I felt your pain while you were being tortured, so if you were killed, I would be dragged under too."

"Yet still, knowing that, you would have willingly died defending me, despite the fact that you would have pulled me with you?" Cas asked, in surprise.

"I guess I didn't htink that far, I must admit. Love makes you do things like that. But yes, I would have died for you if that's what it would have taken," I said, quietly.

Cas shook his head in amazement at me.

"I'll never understand humans - but you, you're one of a kind, Jen! I'm glad you're mine!" he said, looking down on me with such tenderness in those perfect blue eyes, I felt myself tighten in response to him.

I caught my lower lip in anticipation, before Cas leant down, layong a gentle kiss on my lips. I lost myself in that kiss, enjoying the proximity of Castiel, of th eheat I felt from his body. I turned myself to face him, linking my hands behind his neck, as he stroked lightlyat the skin on my back. I shivered pleasurably at the contact, feeling myself respond to him more stringly than I had with any other man.

He turned me away from him againpulling me in close so that he was snuggled into the curve of my back. I closed my eyes again, smiling slightly as I leant back into him, murmuring in pleasure as he kissed foirst my ear, then nibbled gently on my neck.

"Oh Cas," I said quietly, loving the way he made me feel.

I felt so safe in his arms, so loved, so wanted, and I never wanted to leave their safe confines again.

I inhaled sharply when I felt Cas slide a finger inside me and I tightened around him, moaning in pleasure as he stroked me gently at first, burying his face in my neck as I moved my hips in time with his skilful strokes. I felt my excitemenmt building to its climax and I tried to hold onto it for as long as I could. Finally, I lost myself in waves of pleasure, as I came, screaming for him, breathlessly, eyes closed against the pleasure, a slight smile touching my lips.

I leant back into him again, leaning into him for support, while I regained my balance, feeling him hard and ready, pressed into the small of my back.

I moaned in pleasure at that, feeling a surge of desire course through me, thinking of how much I wanted him right then, how much I needed him. I turned to face him again, pressing myself against him, as I kissed him hungrily, letting him walk me over to the bed willingly.

I angled myself on the bed just right, shuddering in pleasure as Cas kissed his way up my body, feeling every part of me respond to Castiel. I gave myself to him as readily as I'd given him my loyalty in the form of a proffered blade earlier in the evening. It was as if my sudden thought of my old fashioned sign of loyalty prompted Cas' next question.

"What made you do that?" he asked, even as he laid a kiss on my neck nibbling the skin there, as he cupped a breast easily with one hand, elicitng a moan of pleasure from me, as I writhed in pleasure against him.

"Do what?" I asked, too distracted now to think properly.

"Offer your services the way you did to me - like a solier would, or a true warrior," he asked, drawing back far enough to look down on me with wondrous eyes. "I've never known a human do that for me, before, particularly a female!"

I looked upon him then, wondering what to say to him.

"I needed to do it, Cas. I didn't know how to show it other than in the way that I did. I didn't care that others saw me, if that's what you're worried about. It felt right, natural to do so - to show you just hpow much in your service I really am!" I said.

"You didn't have to, for I knew already, he said, quietly, kissing each eyelid gently.

I didn't get the chance to speak further, for Cas thrust hinself inside me, murmuring slightly when I tightened around him. I lost myself to feelings of pure bliss, as Cas thrust himself into me again, making me feel as if I was afire all ovber, fromhis touch, his very hypnotic presence.

I couldn't get enough of him and I clung to him, rising up to meet him, every time he withdrew from me, encouraging him to greater eforts. He complied willingly, drawing me further and further toi climax.

This time, I didn't fight it - just let it happen naturally, giving myself over to waves of sheer pleasure so strong, I roperly screamed, arching upi nto him as he continued to thrust into me, pushing me into another orgasm, hot on the heels of the first one.

Cas shouted my name, as he found my release deep inside me and I held him as he came down from his own climax.

I found myself staring into those beautiful blue eyes, as entranced by him, as he was by me.

"Jen!" he said, quietly.

I shushed him before he could say it.

"I know, Cas," I said, feeling a tear come to my eye. "I know. So do I!"

He smiled then, before just holding me in his arms, where we lay quietly, not speaking again, because no words were needed. They were deemed unneccessary.

And all I could think of was the words he'd been about to say to me.

The words - "I love you!"

THE END.