Dean dies peacefully in his sleep. Cas carries him onwards.
"Well shit," Dean says, looking at his body. "Guess I finally kicked the bucket."
He's lying in his favourite spot on the couch with the blanket Jack knit draped over his legs. He's still holding the remote as the westen he wanted to watch plays on the TV. He vaguely remembers growing tired as the commercials droned on before the movie began. He doesn't remember shutting his eyes.
He looks old.
Well, he's been looking old for a while now but there's something about seeing the peace on your own face after passing in your sleep that really makes it sink in.
Old. He laughs, shaky, as he looks at himself. He's old and grey and wrinkly and dead.
It doesn't sound so horrible anymore: death and dying. Maybe it's because he died on his own couch in his own home, the soft green fabric faded and worn out from years of domesticity. He's not bleeding out on a suspicious looking one in a motel or a moth-eaten one from a safe house.
No, Dean passed away on his own couch instead of staring down the end of a barrel. Instead of his throat clamped between a monster's jaws, instead of being thrown across the room or out a window. There was no danger, no threat. No fear gripping his heart before it happened. A peaceful exit. A quiet passage.
He feels Cas before he sees him, the air rippling before the flap of wings signal his presence.
"Hello Dean."
He relaxes at the voice and turns to face his husband. "Hey sweetheart."
Cas smiles at him, a little sad, but full of love. There's a kind of aura to Cas now, a shimmer to the air around him that Dean's never seen before. Side effects of being in the veil, he supposes—seeing more of Cas' trueform.
me knowing full well that i have never made my tracking tag public and only given it to like three people: why hasn't anything new shown up in my tracking tag :<
Heaven has fallen. Angels are swarming the Earth and possessing people in order to survive. A war breaks out between the different celestial factions as the angels fight to reclaim their lost Paradise.
for cas day i thought i'd finally make a post for allll my fics. yep even the ficlets. these are all cas-centric, focusing on cas and his pov and/or cas and his issues/relationships with different characters.
they're categorized by season and color coded as follows:
multichapter / oneshot / ficlet
s4
n/a
s5
sorrow atoms / while they are yet speaking / the book of luke
s6
between dusk and dawn
s7
just play along please
s8
n/a
s9
don't look away (from the arms of a bad dream) / you have no home not anymore / give your tears to the tide / i lost something in the hills
s10
rabbit hearted girl / you promised you would keep me safe / is it getting bad again / no light will touch your face again / you are a monster
s11
flowers in your hair / you are making everything harder than it needs to be / you know i'm not real / look at me (i exist i exist i exist) / (and heal) / the bible didn't mention us (wip)
s12
i have faith in nights / sea of blue or aztec gold / we're going to get out of here / i didn't mean that
s13
both saved and lost / i was left to die
s14
lamb to the slaughter / john dee and chocolate chip waffles / this isn't you / don't make me do this / every breath is sacred / you're safe now / can you help me / so what if i'm scared
s15 and post finale
out of the dark / let it snow / an obesity of grief / i am covered in skin / my life is a song for you / you must know you are beloved / the unmaking / good tidings of great joy / wishing too hard for them to stay / we're at the end of the line / you're nothing like him / you were never free / i know what you did / i know you aren't coming back / you promised you would keep me safe
s4-15
sufficient for thee / what do you think you deserve