tfwbigbang | Promo: to treat a soul with grace and love (Reply)

Title: to treat a soul with grace and love

Author: fogsrollingin

Artist: jenniferb-art

Rating: Mature

Ships: queerplatonic wincestiel

Expected word count: 7k

Major warnings and tags: acknowledges canonical rape of Sam Winchester

Summary:

S12 canon divergence. Dean carried a cosmic suicide bomb into a meeting with God and his sister, Amara. Cas was thrown clear across the state by a powerful banishing sigil, and Sam got shot and kidnapped and tortured, all while thinking his brother was dead.

And Mary Winchester was resurrected.

Extract: The three of them knew by now how to handle each other under these much too frequent circumstances. It was rarer for Castiel because he was an angel and so he rarely endured the torture they did, but they figured it out quick when Castiel's wings had been forced into tangible existence and battered bloody. In helping him recuperate in the bunker, they discovered there was some kind of emotional-spiritual connection he had with his wings. Baring them to reality was opening himself up as raw as an angel could get, apparently. Just a gentle touch and Cas broke down. Water, a soft cleanser, careful strokes and affectionate kisses and it was like a direct line to the angel's heart.

When it came to Dean, Castiel often took point because Dean didn't even remember a time when he was afraid and didn't have Sam to hold, to protect. It was an instinct now, backed by comforting logic, and in an effort not to rob him of it when he needed it most, it nevertheless kind of put Sam out of commission when it came to orchestrating anything more for him. That's where Cas came in, where he could add another dimension to it. Literally.

And finally there was Sam.

Of course, Sam being Sam, he was a little trickier.

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