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Good Times, Bad Times, You Know I've Had My Share

Summary:

What if the Empty hadn't taken Cas? Sometimes living is suffering enough. A post-canon fic about Dean and Cas trying to navigate their relationship after Cas's confession.

Notes:

I've seen a lot of online discourse about the canon implications of Castiel's declaration of love, and I wanted to throw my interpretation of Destiel into the ring, while keeping the canon of Dean being "overtly heterosexual".
And yes, the title is from a Led Zeppelin song :)

Chapter 1: Prequel

Chapter Text

“Well, wasn’t that a rousing speech.” A disembodied voice echoed through the room. “You know, I don’t think your time is quite nearly up, I’ll settle with just Death, for now. See you later, Castiel.” The black sludge pulsed and retreated in on itself.

Castiel stared at the now blank wall, his lips slightly parted in surprise. “That was, unexpected.”

Dean raised his eyebrows and looked at Castiel as he picked himself up from the floor. “Uh, so, buddy-”

“We don’t have to talk about it, Dean. There are more pressing matters at the moment.” Castiel headed towards the door, and Dean watched him walk out.

Dean squinted to clear the moisture that had gathered in his eyes. “Yeah.”