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positively one of my favorite scenes of castiel
Fictober Day 5
prompt: "It's a new day, let's go"
Fandom: Supernatural
Character: Castiel, Dean Winchester
Rating: General
Summary:
Cas’s POV: The drive to Maine to find Raphael was long and treacherous for Castiel. He was used to flying wherever he needed to be in an instant, it was Dean who insisted they drive (Season 5 episode 3)
“Dean perhaps we should stop for a few hours so that you can sleep,” Cas suggested after hours of driving across the country in the middle of the night.
Dean sighs. “I’ll be fine.”
“Your lack of sleep impairs your driving. You keep swerving in and out of the lane.”
“You know if you wanna zap your feathery ass to Maine without me you can. You didn’t have to ride with me, I can just meet you there.”
“If I go early Raphael may sense my presence while I wait for you.”
Dean nodded and kept driving. After another few minutes, he drifted lanes again causing Cas to have to grab the steering wheel to keep them out of sudden danger.
“Dean I am begging you to get the necessary hours of sleep required to operate a moving vehicle.”
Dean rolled his eyes. “Fine, but I refuse to pay for a motel room. I'll pull over and sleep in the car if you insist.”
“I could dri–”
“Absolutely not,” Dean interrupts as he pulls to the shoulder of the road.
Time stretched on as Dean slept. Minutes felt like hours, and all Castiel could do was watch him. The way time passed in a human vessel was something he was still adjusting to, especially when Dean insisted on traveling by car, refusing to let them teleport. It meant Cas was forced to experience each drawn-out minute in its full, deliberate passage.
For the hours Dean slept, Cas could do nothing but think—about his place in this war and his role in the universe. He thought about those who had betrayed him, and those he had betrayed in turn. About being abandoned by his God, his creator… his father. But above all, his thoughts lingered on the human he had grown close to, the one now sleeping in the front seat while he sat quietly in the back.
Dean was simply human. Not an angel, not a divine being, just one of God’s many creations. So what exactly made him so special? He was Michael’s vessel, a chosen hero, but he was also just a man… imbued with a strength that few other humans could ever hope to possess.
Often Dean’s actions confused Cas. He fought battles not for glory or recognition not even for the pursuit of justice, but for the people he loved. for reasons that seemed… imperfect, yet profoundly human. He was like a star, bright but destined to burn out. And perhaps it was that impermanence that made him so fiercely alive.
When Dean did finally wake up it was under Cas’s watchful eye. He rubbed his hand over his face and sat up to see Cas sitting in basically the exact same position he was in when Dean went to sleep. It was about 5 am and the sun was just rising.
“You been there all night?” Dean asked in a tired and raspy voice.
“Where else would I have been?”
“I don't know man. You can fly. It's not like I have you on a leash.”
Cas just tilts his head to the side.
“Whatever.” Dean sits up and takes his keys out of his jacket pocket. “It's a new day, let's go.”
Cas gets out and moves to the front passenger seat and the two of them head off towards Maine in their crusade to find Raphael.




- Warsan Shire, "In Love and In War" from Teaching my Mother how to Give Birth
2×01 || 5×03
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