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For a long time, Castiel thought that every earthly possession other than the immediately necessary was excess to requirement. But Dean – Dean who named his car, who keeps a photograph of his mother in his wallet, some thirty-plus years after her death, who still has the crumpled ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign with a sleeping pelican emblazoned on it from the Microtel outside of Roanoke where he first kissed Castiel, clumsy and unsure, under the unsteady fluorescence of an exhausted bathroom bulb – is sentimental.
It puzzles Castiel, where Dean draws the line between what is meaningful and what it is worthless.
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“By all means,” Lucifer says, “you can try to hurt me, to atone for your mistakes. But they are your mistakes. I didn’t manipulate you. There was no sleight of hand, Castiel—you were weak. I was exactly what I’ve always been, and you were too stupid, and broken, and desperate to see it.”
Castiel breathes through his teeth. “Kelly?”
Her voice is soft. “I’m here.” She reaches forwards to touch his wrist, hand angled to stay out of the way of the angel-blade still tight in his grip.
“So, now what, Castiel?” Lucifer says. “Are you gonna make me pay? Will you like yourself, then? Would you even know where to begin?”
Castiel thinks he knows where to start.
(12.23 adjacent coda)
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Castiel takes a deep breath and rings the doorbell. He doesn’t need to run through what he’s going to say – he’s already planned and edited and rehearsed it a thousand times. He is going to ask Dean Winchester out to dinner. If it’s not too forward, he’ll say, perfectly charming. You see, I’ve seen you around the neighbourhood and you always seem so earnest and I’d really like to get to know you bette— The door swings open, and Castiel panics.
He intends to excuse himself. He means to apologise and come back some other time. However, in a moment of blind fear, what comes out of his mouth instead are the words, “Could you spare a moment for Jesus Christ?”
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Coda to 15.01, "Back and to the Future".
Sam steps away to try to keep it together. Castiel finds him.
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23 Nov 2025
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It takes time for the levee to break, of course.
Dean takes everything that happened and he pushes it down, and he pushes it down, and he keeps moving, because if he doesn't he'll drown.
Coda/fix-it for 15.18 "Despair".
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- Part 1 of season 15 fix-its
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23 Nov 2025