Heart In Ashes -- 1/?
Title: Heart In Ashes -- 1/?
Author: not_from_stars
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Sam Winchester, Castiel
Rating/Category: PG-13/Gen
Summary: Winchesters love deeply and completely. So do Singers.
Words: 500
Dean hadn't spoken since it had happened.
The first day or two, they had all given him his space to deal with the deaths in his own way. Even Bobby was much quieter than usual and didn't snap at the boys. He drew up ideas and researched tools or rituals they would need to stay alive or save other lives, but the tone of his work wasn't the same any longer. When Dean was with him, they'd point and nod, then Dean would head outside to look around.
The first night was the worst, Sam had thought. They watched the fire consume the photo of all of them and he watched his brother stay staring into the flames as Jo's likeness was burned away. When the photograph was completely gone, he still stared into the flames until they burned down to ashes and cinders as well. He stayed standing in the same place the whole time.
However, over the next few days, when Dean still didn't speak to any of them, Sam realized that his brother moved as if he were getting older in front of his eyes. Even when Dean had been hurt or near death, Sam had never seen him like that. When he went to Bobby to talk to him, Bobby's response was to "Leave him be." Sam wanted to protest until he saw that Bobby looked like he had gotten much older over night.
"He loved her," Castiel finally said one night when he came upon Sam sitting and watching Dean do something beneath hood of the Impala.
"We loved them both," Sam said quietly, causing the angel to shake his head. "They were family," he finished stubbornly.
"It's not the same. Dean didn't realize how much he loved her until all of this. He wasn't prepared for the loss and the realization."
Sam let out a breath. "He looks even more like our father now."
"Winchesters love deeply and completely," was Castiel's answer. He looked out into the yard. "So do Singers."
"What?"
Castiel nodded towards where Bobby was sitting on the porch cleaning one of several guns and loading them was something. "Bobby and Ellen."
Sam blinked. "Bobby and Ellen?"
"He's loved her for years. She was his best friend for the longest time and he doesn't know how to not have her in this world. He's tired, ready to quit. He won't," Castiel assured him. "It's not in him to quit in a time like this -- especially since he believes at least one of you needs him even more now."
Sam let out a long sigh, shaking his head. "This is all my fault, Castiel. None of this would have happened if I hadn't listened to Ruby. Jo and Ellen would still be alive."
"Maybe it is, or maybe it would have happened no matter what chose to do. None of us know of God's plan."
The disgusted look Sam gave him clearly said what he thought about God and his plans.
Author: not_from_stars
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Sam Winchester, Castiel
Rating/Category: PG-13/Gen
Summary: Winchesters love deeply and completely. So do Singers.
Words: 500
Dean hadn't spoken since it had happened.
The first day or two, they had all given him his space to deal with the deaths in his own way. Even Bobby was much quieter than usual and didn't snap at the boys. He drew up ideas and researched tools or rituals they would need to stay alive or save other lives, but the tone of his work wasn't the same any longer. When Dean was with him, they'd point and nod, then Dean would head outside to look around.
The first night was the worst, Sam had thought. They watched the fire consume the photo of all of them and he watched his brother stay staring into the flames as Jo's likeness was burned away. When the photograph was completely gone, he still stared into the flames until they burned down to ashes and cinders as well. He stayed standing in the same place the whole time.
However, over the next few days, when Dean still didn't speak to any of them, Sam realized that his brother moved as if he were getting older in front of his eyes. Even when Dean had been hurt or near death, Sam had never seen him like that. When he went to Bobby to talk to him, Bobby's response was to "Leave him be." Sam wanted to protest until he saw that Bobby looked like he had gotten much older over night.
"He loved her," Castiel finally said one night when he came upon Sam sitting and watching Dean do something beneath hood of the Impala.
"We loved them both," Sam said quietly, causing the angel to shake his head. "They were family," he finished stubbornly.
"It's not the same. Dean didn't realize how much he loved her until all of this. He wasn't prepared for the loss and the realization."
Sam let out a breath. "He looks even more like our father now."
"Winchesters love deeply and completely," was Castiel's answer. He looked out into the yard. "So do Singers."
"What?"
Castiel nodded towards where Bobby was sitting on the porch cleaning one of several guns and loading them was something. "Bobby and Ellen."
Sam blinked. "Bobby and Ellen?"
"He's loved her for years. She was his best friend for the longest time and he doesn't know how to not have her in this world. He's tired, ready to quit. He won't," Castiel assured him. "It's not in him to quit in a time like this -- especially since he believes at least one of you needs him even more now."
Sam let out a long sigh, shaking his head. "This is all my fault, Castiel. None of this would have happened if I hadn't listened to Ruby. Jo and Ellen would still be alive."
"Maybe it is, or maybe it would have happened no matter what chose to do. None of us know of God's plan."
The disgusted look Sam gave him clearly said what he thought about God and his plans.