We All Fall Down

“Don’t worry, I can do the sigils. If there are any I miss you can let me know. I don’t want you exerting too much energy.” Hannah offered a tight lipped smile. She just wanted some time to herself at this point. All of the emotions had drained her and she just needed some rest.

Before she was able to say anything more, Ramiel started back up again. Now she felt even worse than before. Of course Hannah cared about Ramiel, they were sisters and nothing would change that, but Ramiel didn’t know her, not really. The only thing that Hannah could offer in return was a tired smile and a taking up of Rami’s hand. 

“I care about you, too. Who knows, maybe we’ll grow even closer over our time together.”

“Yeah. Maybe we’ll actually get to know each other now.” she laughed slightly. Ramiel was fully aware that she was, to the bone, a watcher. It had been her title, even, back in the day. She’d been a watcher. So she watched everyone. Even in Heaven, the Silver City, she watched. A lot of the time it had been unnoticed but she knew almost every Angel to some degree. Knew a thing or two about them in any case.

Castiel gave his older sister a gentle smile, “Aren’t all of us anymore?”  Ever since the fall, all of the angels were technically broken.  The only thing was that some were more broken than others and some had been broken far longer.  Not to mention the suffering that those who related to humanity had to go through.  The younger angel nodded slowly, “I suppose that would be nice.”  He didn’t necessarily need food and warmth, but they had become a comfort to him since his time as a human.  “Are you sure you don’t mind, Ramiel?”

“Food is lovely, whether we need it or not. It’s great for bonding over and killing time.” she smiled gently. “I promise you, I could never mind spending some time with you.”

Are you okay?

Are you hurting? In pain?

“It isn’t. It truly isn’t.” What had they done to deserve this? Their Father had abandoned them so long ago, and now in the angels hour of need, he still refused to appear. “We all need to stick together and protect each other.”

“I can do that. I can stick with you... if you’ll stick with me I’ll be here for you.” the Archangel insisted. “I... we can be stronger together. Protect each other.”

Hannah nodded once with a smile. “Go ahead and gather up your things then we’ll leave. We can check into a new motel once we get there.”

Looking back on Heaven, before all of the insanity, she remembered a sense of calm and serenity that Ramiel was talking about. Angels got along and weren’t fighting to be the one to lead. She supposed that was their Father’s doing. 

“New motel means more sigil drawing for me.” she sighed, though she knew she needed to move soon anyways. “That’s a lot of blood.” she groaned. “I mean, the sigils I use require- never mind.” she shook her head.