Note: it turned out Dean/Castiel, but if that's not your cup of tea the first part posted stands alone as gen.
Additional note: I love that Doctor Who episode and it made me cry.
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The angels have burned themselves up, and all Castiel wants to do is smoke weed. Technically speaking yes, it's the end of the world, but Cas can do whatever he wants. He's free, now.
He can go and look at a sunset, or suck someone's cock, or do any of the other thousand things that shocked him out of heaven's clutches and sent him tumbling down to this godforsaken - ha! - planet.
But he's so old, and so alone, that none of that seems to matter any more. For all of Dean's bluster and bravado, he's just a child, and though the rest of his angelic power is gone he can still feel it when Dean shuts himself in his shack and cries. It's one of the side-effects of that profound bond thing, and it breaks Cas's heart.
Dean's a child, wronged by the universe and still trying to set it to rights for everyone else. He asks if Cas will come with him on this mission, says he doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
Fill, The Beast Below, 1/2
Additional note: I love that Doctor Who episode and it made me cry.
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The angels have burned themselves up, and all Castiel wants to do is smoke weed. Technically speaking yes, it's the end of the world, but Cas can do whatever he wants. He's free, now.
He can go and look at a sunset, or suck someone's cock, or do any of the other thousand things that shocked him out of heaven's clutches and sent him tumbling down to this godforsaken - ha! - planet.
But he's so old, and so alone, that none of that seems to matter any more. For all of Dean's bluster and bravado, he's just a child, and though the rest of his angelic power is gone he can still feel it when Dean shuts himself in his shack and cries. It's one of the side-effects of that profound bond thing, and it breaks Cas's heart.
Dean's a child, wronged by the universe and still trying to set it to rights for everyone else. He asks if Cas will come with him on this mission, says he doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
Means, this is it, Cas, and you know it.
Castiel says he wouldn't miss it for the world.