AN: I don't own SPN or anyone there in, all i own is Lara. Let's get started.
✝Chapter 1 -Time Stands Still
-1 year later-
Daphne Allen looked up as her husband walked in, a smile on her lips. "Emmanuel how was work?" Emmanuel looked at her as he sat down at the table. "Long, I think I need to change jobs." He laughed.
"Why?" Daphne asked. "Because my office door has started to revolve."
"Revolving door huh?"
"Yeah, a never ending cycle."
Daphne walked over and pulled the roast out of the oven. "You hungry?" She asked setting it down on the counter. "Starving," Emmanuel said, eyeing the meat. "Good because we are having carrots and rice, too." Emmanuel grabbed a plate and Daphne put a piece of roast on it, adding some rice and carrots before making a plate for herself, then sat across from him. "How was your day?" Emmanuel asked between bites.
"Boring and uneventful."
"How so?"
"I just did laundry, cleaned house then before you got home I made dinner," Daphne replied cutting her roast.
"Well, let's go out tonight, you deserve a night out," Emmanuel offered.
"And do what?" Daphne asked curiously, she wondered what he had in mind. "How about we go have some drinks?" Emmanuel suggested. "Where at?"
"Where ever you wanna go." Emmanuel smiled, he loved seeing Daphne excited. It had been awhile since they had gone out and since he had been working so much, this would be nice. "How about Iridium? They just opened, and I heard their drinks are to die for." Daphne suggested.
"Iridium it is."
The two finished their dinner in a comfortable silence. Afterwards Daphne went upstairs to get ready while Emmanuel did the dishes. While doing so, he gazed out the window in thought. When he focused on his reflection he saw someone standing behind him. Her long brown hair cascading over her shoulders, her silver blue gaze haunting and sad. "Castiel…." She whispered. Emmanuel turned dropping the wet dish he was holding, it shattering on the cold tiled floor. "Lara?"
Hearing the shattering dish Daphne ran downstairs, her little black dress unzipped in the back and her make up half done. "Emmanuel? What happened?"
"I…Um…The dish was wet and I dropped it, I'm sorry," Emmanuel said looking back at where he saw Lara. "Are you sure you're okay? You look like you've seen a ghost," Daphne asked worried. "Yeah, you finish getting ready."
Daphne nodded and headed back upstairs, she paused half way up. "Emmanuel?"
"Yeah?" he asked looking at her as he kneeled down to pick up the shards. "I love you." Emmanuel smiled, but for some reason he felt guilty. "I love you too."
The truth was Emmanuel was really Castiel. Castiel many years ago had died after being possessed by leviathan, and he had come back. Daphne had found him wandering the woods naked, not knowing who and what he was. She took him in and helped him and they eventually got married. Shortly after Lara, Sam, and Dean Winchester found him and told him who and what he was, Castiel re-joined the hunt and left Daphne. But over a year ago Castiel had to make a decision. Lara, Castiel's girlfriend was claimed by the Mark of Cain and had succumbed to being a demon after being killed by Metatron, but before that Lara made Castiel promise to put her down if the Mark ever claimed her. He didn't want to, but Castiel made the promise. That moment came and Castiel had to make his decision and he did. Castiel ended Lara's life. And unable to live with the guilt he stopped hunting and returned to his life as Emmanuel Allen, returning to Daphne a broken shell of what he once was…. Now he was seeing Lara.
Was this his punishment? To be tortured by visions of his dead girlfriend?
Castiel put the pieces in the trash and returned to the dishes. He knew what he had seen wasn't a ghost, there was no cold spot and the lights did not flicker so maybe he was imagining things.
"Emmanuel?"
Castiel turned and saw Daphne standing in the door way ready to go. "Yeah?" He asked. "You ready?" She smiled.
"Yeah."
AN: Sorry this is so short but I'm writing this in a comp book so the chapters seem long. I hope you enjoy!