The Castiel Doll
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A/N-This is the explanation of the Castiel doll frequently mentioned in the Castiel and Celeste series and why Celeste loves it so much.
Characters in this chapter: Celeste, Gabriel, Castiel, Tabitha
Celeste was 8 when she had to go to the emergency room for the first time. She had been riding her bike when she ran off the road and tumbled down a hill.
Sticks and rocks embedded themselves in her leg.
She called for Gabriel or Castiel, but no one answered.
Luckily, some neighboring boys had seen her little accident and took her home.
Hours after arriving at the hospital, they prepped her for surgery.
Before they wheeled her away, she cried, "Mommy, I'm scared!"
"It'll be okay sweetheart. Angels are watching over you", her mother told her.
'Then where were they when I cried for help?' Celeste thought. She felt a large hand take her small one. She glanced over and saw Gabriel. She smiled at him.
Gabriel looked over at Tabitha and said, "I'll take care of her".
"I know you will Gabe", her mother said.
Celeste thought she imagined the whole thing.
The sedative the doctors gave her was starting to take effect.
Celeste's surgery went well and they wheeled her into recovery.
Castiel, meanwhile, was in the gift shop downstairs.
"What are you doing here?" Gabriel asked him.
"It's customary to buy someone in suffering a gift, correct?" Castiel asked.
"Celeste isn't going to care what it is as long as it comes from you", Gabriel told him.
"But what do 8 year old girls like?" Castiel asked him.
"Dolls, candy, unicorns", Gabriel said naming a few.
Castiel sighed. Then he thought up an idea and disappeared.
Castiel stood by her bedside and laid the gift next to her. He had found a doll maker who lived in Argentina and asked him to make the doll in his own likeness.
It became a tradition.
For every vessel Castiel took, he would have another doll made for her, so even when he wasn't there for her, he was.
There's a reference to Season 8's episode called, "Goodbye Stranger". If you can catch it, I'll send you an excerpt of "Everyone deserves to fly", the next story in the Castiel and Celeste series.