Single sentence fic: 12.09 coda
An AU version of how the deal went down
It's almost 1:00 a.m. when Cas and Mary finally find Sam, bloodstained and broken, bruise just starting to blossom on his jawline, cradling Dean's body, only able to whisper he got us out in a hoarse tear-wracked voice; and if either of them notices powder burns around the bullet wound directly over Dean's heart, they spend the long dark days afterward very carefully not speaking about it.
It's almost 1:00 a.m. when Cas and Mary finally find Sam, bloodstained and broken, bruise just starting to blossom on his jawline, cradling Dean's body, only able to whisper he got us out in a hoarse tear-wracked voice; and if either of them notices powder burns around the bullet wound directly over Dean's heart, they spend the long dark days afterward very carefully not speaking about it.