The light was blinding. Dean covered his eyes, but the piercing white light still shone through. The pain in his arm had all but faded, leaving only the ache in his chest. Dean could only guess that light was Castiel, his angel. He felt around blindly with his other hand, looking for something. That something wasn't there. Sammy?

Sam forced his eyes open, he saw the flicker of flames reflecting on the dirty grey walls. He felt a searing pain in his leg, after one glance he knew it was broken. An escape plan was out of the question. He could only hope that Dean would find him, hope and pray.

Cas looked down at Dean, he could sense the worry and fear for his brother, he could taste the tension in the air.

"Well! Do something Cas!" Dean snapped, tired of waiting around.

"Like what Dean? He is hidden from angels and demons, me included. We need to find another way." Cas replied calmly. Dean clenched his fists, he shouldn't be angry at Cas, he was doing his best to help, but Dean just needed Sammy.

He sighed, "Fine then, I spose we can try to find him using more... Traditional methods." He waited for a response with his eyes glued to the floor, after a few minutes he looked up. Cas had frozen, his while body rigid, his eyes had that far away look. Dean rushed up to him, gripping his shoulder and shaking him slightly.

"Cas, buddy, are you alright?"

Cas blinked suddenly, stumbling backwards slightly. Dean's strong arms kept min upright.

"He's at the warehouse" announced Cas.

"How do you know?"

"He's praying. He needs our help." Even as Cas spoke he was stretching his hand out. In the blink of an eye they were at the warehouse, Dean could hear Sam's groans.

"Sammy! Sammy, where are you?" dean called out.

"Dean" replied a weak voice.

Dean and Cas ran forwards, following the groans and the occasional shouts for Dean.

As they burst into the room Dean ran straight to Sam, Cas stood at the door looking on with a hint of jealousy.

"Sammy, oh god, are you okay? Who did this! I swear I will find that Son of a Bitch and –"

"Dean I'm fine, there's no one here," Sam interrupted, rolling his eyes at his protective brother. Dean noted that he was breathless, before checking for any other injuries, besides the broken leg.

"Cas get over here and use some angel mojo" ordered dean, gesturing with his hands as he spoke. Cas obeyed, the brothers didn't notice the way he slumped, he healed Sam just like Dean wanted.

"So, how did you get here?" asked Sam.

"I was wondering the same thing, you were next to me one minute and then... you were just gone I guess."

"Hmm, I remember the light though," Sam said as he pulled himself from the floor. Dean pulled him into a brotherly hug, he smiled with relief, just glad to have his brother back.

"Don't say thanks then! After all I've done for you two" Cas burst out, surprising the Winchesters with his anger. Before either brother could reply he was gone, but even Dean couldn't miss the look of hurt on his face. He left the two brothers, stranded in a warehouse in the middle of nowhere, staring at the place Cas stood seconds ago. Replaying the last few seconds, trying desperately to understand what happened.

Castiel had always been different, never quite as loyal as the others, he was too curious. He cared too much, Castiel regretted it really. The caring led to the beginnings of feelings and emotion. Something angels don't suffer from. It just caused confusion, all thanks to Dean. His head fell to his hands, he stared at the white blanket of snow and sighed.

"Ah, come on Cassie, it can't be that bad can it?"

"Leave me alone" Cas replied, turning away from the intruder.

"So it was that bad then. You finally realise those hairless apes don't really care about you." He regretted the words as soon as he had said them, but spilt milk and all that.

"You don't know anything Balthazar! They do care about me, they must do…" Cas sounded less sure, he began to wonder who he was trying to persuade. Balthazar or himself.

"Come now Cassie" Balthazar said gently, "You know as well as I do that they are just using your powers. It's hard to understand at first, but you will learn about these emotions. I promise." Balthazar sat beside him and placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. Cas gave up then, he leaned into the touch and began to shake as the tears fell down his face.

"I think I love him."