[ it brings him no joy to feel dean suffer as he cleanses the shadows and the filth away, but castiel is an angel, and he cannot fully understand, cannot entirely sympathize, but he's glad, still, when he's finished and able to move on, to soothe the aches left behind by the scouring process. healing and saving - these have always brought him far more gratification than the fight.
still, dean's answer is a little bit puzzling, but then, dean has been puzzling him from the first moment they spoke in the pit.
It is done.
he says, because dean is clearly coherent, and castiel's meticulous work has finished. there are no cracks left, no seams left behind, no scar or mark to even show that he had once been broken, nothing save for the brand left behind by castiel's grace, and the bright, endless light of dean's soul that shines upon him like a little sun. castiel is satisfied by his work, in the end, and glad to be finished with it, because he's tired, flagging, not even near to fully recovered, and he'd spent nearly all he had left to restore dean's soul.
it was all worth it. of that there is no doubt. castiel would face a thousand more demons for the privilege of this, to be the one to find dean winchester, to save him and lift him up, to heal him and feel the incredible warmth and indomitable strength of his soul. a hundred angels laid siege to the pit, but it was castiel who finished the thing.
it will be good, to get back to heaven to rest at last. at least for a short while.
If you are ready, I will take you home again.
a pause.
You may not remember this. This place. You may not remember me. But I will find you, soon enough.
an angel's work is never done, after all, and you can be sure that castiel does not rest long, even when he needs it. there is much to know, much to learn about, orders he is sure to be issued, needs to fulfill, and a righteous man to guide and watch over. no rest for the weary - and certainly not for the angels. ]
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Date: 22 Dec 2015 04:06 (UTC)still, dean's answer is a little bit puzzling, but then, dean has been puzzling him from the first moment they spoke in the pit.
It is done.
he says, because dean is clearly coherent, and castiel's meticulous work has finished. there are no cracks left, no seams left behind, no scar or mark to even show that he had once been broken, nothing save for the brand left behind by castiel's grace, and the bright, endless light of dean's soul that shines upon him like a little sun. castiel is satisfied by his work, in the end, and glad to be finished with it, because he's tired, flagging, not even near to fully recovered, and he'd spent nearly all he had left to restore dean's soul.
it was all worth it. of that there is no doubt. castiel would face a thousand more demons for the privilege of this, to be the one to find dean winchester, to save him and lift him up, to heal him and feel the incredible warmth and indomitable strength of his soul. a hundred angels laid siege to the pit, but it was castiel who finished the thing.
it will be good, to get back to heaven to rest at last. at least for a short while.
If you are ready, I will take you home again.
a pause.
You may not remember this. This place. You may not remember me. But I will find you, soon enough.
an angel's work is never done, after all, and you can be sure that castiel does not rest long, even when he needs it. there is much to know, much to learn about, orders he is sure to be issued, needs to fulfill, and a righteous man to guide and watch over. no rest for the weary - and certainly not for the angels. ]