This chapter contains some attempted non-con situations and general shittyness from a character you can probably guess. Be warned.

With just a couple weeks left in the semester, November was almost over and Rick had been acting especially mean to both of the boys. The worst came one day when Dean was at a class. Castiel was alone and Rick bullied him like he always did, but this time he threatened to hurt Castiel and shoved him hard enough to send him falling over the desk chair.

Castiel looked up in shock after landing on the floor with a thud. Rick took a few steps towards him like he meant to continue. The angel panicked and scrambled to stand and move to the door.

"Fucking angel!" Rick caught up to Castiel and grabbed his arm at the same time Castiel grabbed the door. He tried to pull Castiel, but the angel was stronger and Rick only managed to lose his grip and send Castiel falling into the doorway.

His arm hit the doorway hard and he winced as he ran out the door and across the floor to Benny's room. He knew Rick wouldn't follow him that far.

Benny's door was shut so he assumed the room was empty so he just stood outside of it and caught his breath. His heart was pounding in his ears and his arm was warm with pain. Rick had never done anything like that and he was terrified about being alone with him again.

He jumped when the door opened. Andrea was standing in the doorway. 'Castiel? Are you okay?' She had heard someone run to the door and was curious.

He shook his head. 'No.'

Andrea stood back and let Castiel enter the room. Benny was gone but she could tell how scared he was. She pulled a chair over for him. 'Sit. Tell me what's wrong.'

Castiel sat down and rubbed his arm absently. 'It's Rick. He's getting worse.' Dean and Castiel had told Benny and Andrea about Rick several times. There was usually not much they could do since Rick was only saying mean things.

'What'd he do?'

Castiel told her everything. She listened and shook her head in sympathy. She let him wait in her room until Benny or Dean got back from class. He hadn't taken his phone so he had no way to let Dean know what happened. It was about twenty minutes later when Benny came back.

"Hi, Castiel." Benny left the door open behind him as he entered the room. Andrea stood up to talk to him.

Castiel waved with a tight smile. He was still a little shaken. Andrea put a hand on Benny's arm and leaned in to whisper something to him. His face grew serious.

"Did he hurt you?"

Castiel gave a small nod and rolled up his sleeve. He had a slight bruise on his arm where he hit the doorway. Benny looked at it.

"Is Rick still in your room?"

Castiel shrugged. He didn't follow him, so he wasn't sure if he left the room or not.

Andrea spoke while Benny put his bag down. "I told him he could stay here until Dean came back."

"Dean came up the stairs with me. He's probably in the room now." Benny gestured to Castiel. "Come with me. I'll talk to Rick if he's still there."

Castiel walked across the floor with Benny. He hoped Rick was gone so there wasn't a confrontation between all of them. The door to the room opened right as Benny and Castiel reached it. A frantic looking Dean was on the other side. He sighed when he saw them.

"Cas, I was looking for you. You left your phone here with no note. It was like that night you ran off again!" Dean was talking fast in a panic. He didn't realize how quickly he could go from calm to scared until he found the room empty.

"Dean, is Rick inside?" Benny asked.

Dean was confused by the question. "No, he's probably in a class. Why?" He looked at Castiel again and saw how tightly his wings were pulled in behind him and the worried look on his face.

"When he comes back, tell him I need to talk to him. Unless I find him first." Benny patted Castiel's shoulder.

"What happened?" Dean was worried now.

"Talk to Castiel about it." Benny waved and made his way back to his room.

Castiel entered the room and Dean shut the door behind him. He put a hand on the angel's shoulder. "Are you alright, Cas? What happened?"

Dean listened as Castiel told him about what Rick had done. He grew angrier by the word. When he was done, Dean shook his head. "That asshole! I'm gonna rip his fucking arms off!"

Castiel smiled. 'I wouldn't yet. Let's just wait to see what Benny does.'

They had already talked to Benny a few times and he usually couldn't do anything. "I'm calling my dad."

'No.' Castiel grabbed Dean's arm as he reached for his phone. 'Don't worry them about this.'

"Cas, he has no right to do this." Dean didn't understand why he was being difficult about this. He thought he'd want Rick to be in trouble for it.

'Just wait and see.' Castiel wanted Rick gone but he didn't want a lot of attention.

"Fine." Dean put his phone down and started on his homework.

Rick entered the room about one hour later. Dean immediately stood up and met him by the door. Rick squared up like he expected a fight.

"Have you talked to Benny?" Dean squeezed his fists tight to keep them at his sides. He wanted to hit him but didn't want to face trouble for him.

"No." Rick looked between the both of them, a little nervous.

"He needs to talk to you right now."

Rick rolled his eyes. "I can't imagine what about."

Dean's lip twitched in fury. "Get out of the fucking room, dick."

He dropped his books by the door and left. Dean closed the door when he was gone and sat by Castiel on his bed.

"Maybe now he'll finally be kicked out of our room."

Castiel hoped that was true.

Fifteen minutes later, Rick returned and looked too smug for their liking. He sat at his desk and spoke while starting his computer.

"Benny wants to talk to you two now."

Dean and Castiel shared a look before leaving the room. They weren't sure why they'd need to talk to Benny again or why Rick seemed so happy about it.

Dean knocked on Benny's door before entering the room. Benny told them to come in and shut the door, which they did.

"What's up, Benny?" Dean stayed in front of Castiel one step.

Benny sighed as he turned to them. "Rick said that Castiel came after him and he just defended himself."

Dean's face grew hot in anger. "What?!"

Benny put up a hand to stop Dean. "I know it's not true. I'm on your side, Dean. Unfortunately, he does what most people do, and he's liable to be believed by most people in power."

"Cas has a bruise on his arm from him. Isn't that proof enough?"

Benny shook his head. "He could just say that was done in defense or that Castiel did it to himself on accident."

"Benny, you said we could come to you if we were unhappy with our roommate and you would fix it."

"And I want to, but I can't." Benny sounded truly defeated. "You have to understand how my hands are tied in this. It's so close to the end of the semester now that moving him wouldn't be possible before the break."

Dean felt like his insides had deflated. He had really hoped more could be done. "Can you at least try to get him moved for next semester?"

Benny gave him a small smile. "Yeah, that should be doable."

"Any advice for us?"

He hesitated like he might not say anything but he did, "Well, if there was indisputable proof that Rick was abusing Castiel, proof he couldn't lie his way out of, then he would be gone."

"Indisputable proof?" Benny nodded. "Okay, thanks."

Dean and Castiel left Benny's room and Dean pulled Castiel aside before they reached their room. Castiel looked up in confusion.

"I can't let you stay alone in that room with him anymore. We need to do something."

'Like what?'

"We need to talk to Charlie. I have a plan." Dean led Castiel across the hall so they could talk to Charlie.

They left Charlie's room about an hour later and had a plan lined up. Charlie was all for it. Castiel had doubts. He told Dean about it on their way to eat dinner.

'Do you really think this is a good idea?'

"I'm not excited about it, but I don't know what else we can do. If this works, we might never see him again."

They entered the food court and made their way to one of the windows to pick up burgers and fries.

'Do we have to do it so soon?' The plan was to do it the following evening.

"The semester is almost over. We need to take care of him now."

They loaded up their trays and sat at a nearby booth. Dean could tell how scared Castiel was and he reached out a hand and touched his arm to get his attention.

"Hey, if you can't do this, it's okay. We can try to find another way. I don't want to make you do something that'll make you uncomfortable."

Castiel looked at Dean and had a flashback to the night they met. When Dean asked if he even wanted to come home with him, he had been shocked that someone cared about his choice or opinion. He was feeling that again, three years later.

'I'll be okay. It's just really sudden.' Castiel wanted him gone. He wanted to feel safe.

"Okay, I need to call my dad." Dean took out his phone and called his father.

"Hello, Dean." John answered a little curiously. Dean usually didn't call him, usually just his mother.

"Hi, dad, I have a favor to ask." He was a little nervous about this. He didn't want to worry his dad but he needed to ask for help.

"Sure, what do you need?"

"Would it be possible for you to have an officer close to my dorm building tomorrow night?" Dean cringed when he heard how weird that sounded.

John paused briefly. "Is something wrong, Dean?"

"No, it's just…with the end of the semester coming up, people are acting a little strange and it would just make me feel a little safer. I'm not asking for you to come but one of your good officers."

John still thought it was a strange request but Dean had never asked for anything like this before. "Okay, I can do that. If you need something, son, you can ask."

"I know, dad. I'll be home in a few weeks. Say hi to mom for me."

"I will."

Dean hung up and let out a long breath. "Okay, we're good to go. We can talk about more of the details tomorrow when he's gone."

Castiel nodded and felt a little better. Knowing there would be a police officer just outside the building calmed him a little bit.

After Rick left the next morning, Dean and Castiel went over the plan together. They prepped both laptops in the room and practiced what they'd do. Castiel was getting nervous again.

'What if he doesn't come here tonight, or doesn't do anything?' Everything hinged on Rick doing what they expected.

"Then we'll try again tomorrow or the next day until we get him." Dean personally hoped they wouldn't have to wait. He wanted all of this to be over tonight. "I'll be back after my classes. If you change your mind about this when I get back, we won't do it, okay?"

Castiel nodded. 'Okay.'

While Dean was gone, Castiel tried to read and relax but he couldn't. He spent some time with Charlie between her classes. She had her part of the plan down and tried to comfort him. He knew that he would be okay but he was scared about seemingly provoking Rick.

Before he knew it, it was getting dark and Dean was back from his last class. They had some time before Rick usually got back and Dean checked with Castiel again to make sure he was okay.

'I'm ready, Dean. Don't worry.'

"You sure?"

'Yes.' Castiel sat at the computer and opened the internet.

"Okay." Dean put his books on his bed and thought over what he was going to say. As he did, he walked over to their window that looked over the parking lot. He saw a patrol car in the parking lot. He thanked his dad internally and turned away to pace around the room.

The sound of the door alerted them to Rick's presence. They both ignored him initially and let him go about his business as usual. About twenty minutes later, Dean acted like he'd gotten a text from a friend asking to meet him.

"I'll be back a little later, Cas. I'm gonna go eat with Charlie and hang out a while." He checked and Rick wasn't looking at them. He signed to Castiel, 'Start the webcam while I distract him.'

Castiel nodded to him. He opened the webcam when Dean walked over to Rick's desk. He was going to hit record once Dean was finished speaking.

Dean stopped when he reached Rick and turned to him casually. "FYI, Benny told us that he's going to make sure that we keep this room together next semester." He smiled when Rick turned a shocked face to him. "Yeah, he said that it would help us to learn how to get along. He'll be talking to us a lot more often to make sure we're learning to cooperate. If it hadn't been for you saying Cas came after you, he might've let you move next semester," Dean forced a laugh, "isn't that crazy?"

Rick's face was getting a little red. Dean took that as his cue to leave. As he shut the door, he texted Charlie.

Wait about 45 seconds and then start his webcam.

Will do, dean. Keep me updated.

Dean made his way to the stairs. He was going to wait for the call on the ground floor so he was close enough to get upstairs quickly. He hoped Castiel would be okay.

Castiel felt his body tense once Dean was gone. He could feel how angry Rick was. The webcam on Dean's laptop was running as he pretended to browse the internet. If everything went right, Rick's laptop would start filming within a minute.

It was sooner than that when Rick slammed his desk with an open palm. Castiel jumped at the sound but stared ahead at his screen.

"I'm not spending another semester with you and your angel-fucking owner." Rick stood up roughly enough to knock his chair over.

Castiel's heart was racing and his hands were shaking. He had to ignore him. Give no reason at all for him to accuse him of starting anything.

"I've been trying to get out of this fucking room all semester. That other angel-fucker, Benny, wouldn't let me. You really want me here again next semester?"

When Castiel continued to ignore him, Rick stomped over to the chair he was sitting in and leaned over him.

"Is this some kind of game for you two? I know you both hate me as much as I hate you." Castiel stared ahead and tried to act unaffected, which only pissed him off more. "Look at me."

Castiel swallowed and kept his eyes forward. He knew his phone was in his pocket, but there was no way he could get it now without Rick seeing it.

"I said look at me!" Rick stood up and grabbed Castiel by the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to face him. "I'll just have to make sure your life is hell while I'm stuck here too."

Castiel kept his arms down, not wanting to even touch Rick if he could help it.

Rick dragged Castiel a few steps away from the desk. "What's wrong, you don't wanna fight back at all?" He sneered at Castiel's silence. "You like being tossed around, angel? You probably do. That's all you things are for anyway, right? Seems like you need to be reminded of that."

Castiel's eyes widened and then he felt a strong pain in his side as Rick punched him in the ribs. He fell forward and lost his breath. Rick pulled him up by his hair and threw him into Dean's desk.

He hit the wood with a thud and ended up against the laptop. He looked up at the camera for a brief moment and then Rick grabbed him by the back of the neck and pulled him up to stand. Castiel used his wing to block Rick's view of his pocket and pulled out his phone. He hit to call Dean, whose number was dialed in before he left. He sighed when it went through, knowing help was on the way.

Dean had been waiting in the lobby for the call and was beginning to think it wouldn't come when his phone vibrated. He ignored the call and then dialed 911. He told them something was happening in his room. He made his way to the stairs so he could stop Rick in whatever he was doing.

Castiel hit the desk again as Rick pushed his face into it. He put his hands on the desk to brace himself. Rick leaned over his back.

"You're really just gonna take it aren't you? I'm not too surprised. How often do you take it from Dean? I've seen the way you two look at each other. How often does he fuck you?" He pressed Castiel's face into the desk more.

Castiel closed his eyes and resisted the urge to push against Rick and break his arm. He was much stronger than him and could easily overpower him. He knew Dean would be there soon.

"Since you like it so much, maybe Dean shouldn't be the only one giving it to you." Rick let go of Castiel's neck and stood up.

Castiel was confused briefly, but he heard Rick rustling with his belt and pants and panic shot through him like never before. He pushed himself up but Rick caught him and pushed him back. Castiel scrambled to get a grip again, but Rick pulled on his right wing hard enough to make him see stars.

"Stop fighting!" Rick dug his nails into Castiel's neck.

Tears formed as he worried that Dean wouldn't get here fast enough. His wing was dislocated and Rick was breaking the skin in his neck. He heard movement with Rick's pants again but a loud shout overpowered everything else.

"HEY!" Dean had opened the door and was already running across the room. He grabbed Rick and pulled him off Castiel. Rick only had time to gasp before Dean had punched him in the face hard enough to send him sliding on the floor.

Castiel stood up in time to see Rick push himself up and charge Dean. He turned to the computer and stopped the webcam. When he glanced at Rick's computer, he saw the screen light up and the webcam program stop before going black again. Charlie had done her job.

A grunt brought him back to what was happening. Rick had punched Dean and they were throwing each other into the wall. Castiel ran over and pulled Dean off Rick.

Rick made a run for the door but Dean kicked his desk chair in his direction and made him trip over it.

"You're not going anywhere, asshole." Dean moved to block the door. Sirens were heard outside. They saw Rick's face pale in terror. Dean smiled. "You never did look up my family did you? My dad is the sheriff, dick."

"Fuck," Rick sighed and closed his eyes.

"I'd say so." Dean took a few breaths and then finally looked at Castiel. He was grimacing in pain and holding his right shoulder. "Cas, you okay?"

Castiel waved dismissively but the move sent pain shooting through him. He opened his mouth in a silent groan and took short breaths.

Dean moved closer but Castiel put up a hand to stop him. 'I'll be okay. Help is coming.'

Then, as if called by Castiel's statement, an officer appeared in the doorway. Dean recognized her as Jody Mills. She took one look at the three of them and guessed what had happened.

"There was a 911 call made?" She looked at Dean, knowing who he was.

"Yeah, that was me." Dean moved closer to her. "My roommate was beating up Castiel." He pointed to the angel.

She looked at Castiel and Dean's bruised face. She took a step into the room and looked at Rick, who was still on the floor, and raised a brow. "Is that true?"

Rick pushed up to sit. "These two have been picking on me all semester. That angel has attacked me more than once. I was just defending myself."

"You lying piece of sh…"

"Dean," Jody interrupted him, "I'll take statements from all of you separately. You two go wait outside and have one of the paramedics look you over when they get here."

"I'm fine." Dean didn't want to leave the room with Rick there. Although, he knew Jody was perfectly safe.

"Your dad won't take that answer. He's on the way." She pointed to the door and gave them an insistent look.

Dean let Castiel go first and followed him. He stopped at the doorway and looked at Jody. "Before you believe his lies, there's a video file on my desktop that you should watch."

She nodded and Dean left the room. The paramedics were just entering the floor, thanks to Charlie waiting in the stairs to direct them and open the door. When she saw Dean and Castiel, she followed them onto the floor.

"Oh my god! Are you guys okay?" She was alarmed by Dean's bruised face and the amount of pain Castiel seemed to be in. She didn't think they would really get hurt before help arrived.

"We'll be okay." He looked at Castiel in sympathy. "Go get Benny. My dad is on the way and another officer is in the room with Rick."

Charlie nodded and went to find the RA. The paramedics sat them both down on the couches. One of them was an angel and she attended to Castiel while the other one looked at Dean.

The angel kneeled in front of Castiel and put down her bag. "My name is Rachel. Are you able to speak?"

Castiel shook his head. 'No, my last owner had my vocal chords removed.'

She nodded to him. 'Okay, I'm going to check you over. Is there anything major I need to look at first?'

'I think he dislocated my right wing.' He tried to move it and jumped in pain.

'I'll check.' She had him turn left so she could look at it. 'I'm going to touch it so I can tell, okay?'

Castiel nodded and braced himself for pain. She gently touched the bone near his back. When she pressed gently, his mouth opened in a silent scream. She pulled her hand back.

'It is dislocated. I can fix that now, but it'll hurt.'

'Do it.'

'Get ready.'

'Wait.' Castiel looked at Dean beside him and tapped his arm. When he looked at him, he signed, 'My wing is dislocated. She needs to fix it. Can you help?'

"Yeah, what do I need to do?" Dean felt horrible about how much damage Castiel seems to have gotten. He should've gotten there sooner.

'Just hold my hand.' Castiel held out his left hand.

Dean felt a warmth in his chest that made him smile briefly. He took Castiel's hand. "Just breathe, Cas. You'll be okay."

Castiel nodded and clenched his eyes shut. He gripped Dean's hand hard enough that it had to hurt. Rachel warned him that she was going to fix the wing and then gave it a tug. There was a pop and explosion of pain and then relief.

Dean hissed as Castiel squeezed his hand tight enough that he'd probably have a bruise. Castiel dropped his head and took a few breaths before letting go of Dean's hand.

They finished their exams a few minutes later. Dean was fine with just some bruises. Castiel had a few ribs that were bruised, if not broken, along with his wing. He would need to go to the hospital for x-rays. He also got a bandage for the cuts on the back of his neck.

Benny and Andrea appeared with Charlie as the paramedics were packing up. Charlie had filled them in but they were both still in shock at Dean and Castiel's appearance.

"Are you two okay?" Benny asked as the human paramedic entered the dorm room to check Rick.

Dean smiled and pressed an ice pack to his face. "We'll get there."

"I can't believe he would do something this extreme. I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault, Benny."

There was knocking on the door leading to the stairs. Charlie opened it and they saw John in uniform. He rushed to his son.

"Dean, are you hurt?"

"Just a shiner, dad. I've had worse." He smiled. "Cas on the other hand…" He looked at the angel sitting beside him.

John looked at Castiel and could see how much pain he was in. Anger bloomed in his chest and he stood. "Where is he?"

Dean pointed to the room. "Officer Mills is in there with him." He nodded and moved to enter the room. Dean almost felt sorry for him having to face his dad's wrath. "Dad," John stopped and looked back, "make sure you watch the video on the desktop if she hasn't already."

John was confused by that, but entered the room with a nod. The door slammed shut. Jody came out a couple minutes later. They could all hear the raised voice of an angry John Winchester.

Jody stood in front of Castiel and Dean. "I need to get statements from both of you." Dean started to speak but she put a hand up. "Separately and not here. You're all gonna have to come down to the station."

"Cas needs to go to the hospital for x-rays." Dean put a hand on his arm.

"And he will. He can join us when he's done."

The paramedic in the room came out and was headed back to the hospital. He said Castiel could ride back with him.

"I don't want him going alone."

"Let me talk to the sheriff and we'll work something out." Jody entered the room again.

'I'll be okay at the hospital, Dean.' Castiel really just wanted to get out of this dorm for a while.

'I don't want you to be alone. One of us here can go with you.' It might be silly, but Dean didn't want him to feel abandoned.

John came out of the room and left the door open. He looked at Castiel. "Cas, I'll be following the ambulance to the hospital and I'll take you back to the station after. Dean, you need to go to the station and wait to give your statement to Officer Mills."

Jody exited the room with Rick handcuffed in front of her. His jaw was clenched as he was led past them to the stairs.

John looked at Benny. "Are you the RA?"

"Yes, sir."

"Come with me, please. I'll be right back, Cas." He led Benny into the room but popped his head out. "Dean, you too."

Dean stood and followed his dad into his dorm room. Charlie and Andrea sat by Castiel on the couch.

John led them to Dean's desk. The media player was open. He turned to face them. "I watched the video on the desktop like you said to, Dean. It seems convenient that the webcam happened to be on when this was going on. Can you explain that?" He crossed his arms as he stared at Dean.

Dean shrugged. "Cas must've started it by accident. He's done it before. He's not too tech savvy, dad." He kept his face blank.

John nodded. "So you have no idea about that? Even though you told me to watch it?"

"I realized it was there after everything stopped."

John looked at Benny. "Do you know anything about this?"

"No, sir. They had told me about Rick causing trouble all semester but there was nothing I could do at the time to move him. I know your son never did anything to hurt him and would never do something horrible."

John believed him and looked at Dean to gauge his response. "You've watched the video then?"

"Enough to know what had happened, not the whole thing." Dean was lying but he felt like he had to now.

"You should watch the whole thing now. We'll need to take your computer for evidence. You'll get it back when we're done."

"It's close to finals, dad, I need my computer."

"You'll get it back." He smiled and shook his head. "Come with me so Dean can watch the video alone." He led Benny out of the room.

Dean really didn't want to watch the video but he also felt like he needed to know what exactly happened. He sat in his chair and started the video over.

It physically pained him to see how long it took for Castiel to be able to get to his phone. Everything Rick said made him wish he'd beaten him to a pulp. The look of terror on Castiel's face towards the end almost made him sick. He knew what Rick was planning to do and he felt fury pulse through him anew.

He left the room silently and one look from his dad let him know that Dean had watched everything. He nodded to him.

"Dean, I'll be at the hospital with Castiel. You can take Benny to the station with you. We'll need to talk to him too. Bring your computer."

"Okay." Dean replied automatically and felt like he might throw up. He wanted to hug Castiel after watching that video but he knew that would only hurt right now. He watched Castiel walk out with his dad. Benny and Andrea had gone back to their room to get jackets.

Charlie touched his arm, making him jump. "You alright? You have a weird look on your face."

He looked at her and ran a hand over his face. "Yeah, I'm fine. Charlie, did you watch the webcam any while it was happening?"

She shook her head. "No, I just started it and stopped it when I got your texts. Was it really bad?" She could tell he was really affected by it.

"Yeah, it was." He turned away from her and went back to get his computer and his keys. He locked the room when he left and waited for Benny and Andrea.

"Keep me filled in." Charlie went back across the floor to her room.

Dean nodded to her. He went to his car when the other two showed up. They were all quiet as Dean drove across town to the police station. When Dean made up this plan, he hadn't pictured it being this hard or as unsatisfying.