All That Remains
Author: @doctorprofessorsong Artist: @fluffsnake Rating: M Word Count: 16,925
Tags: Major Character Death, angst with a hopeful ending, faith in the face of impossible odds, a frankly concerning number of references to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, I promise it's a soft landing
Summary
Inspired by Demon Dean killing Sam with the First Blade in Atomic Monsters, this fic asks what if Cas was forced to kill Dean to save him from the MOC and he made a similar deal with the Shadow? Dean and Cas both believe they'll never find a moment of true happiness, so making a deal with the Empty is a win for each of them. But intervening canon events make that prospect more difficult with each passing day.
Excerpt It’s the only way, no matter how desperately his heart wants to resist the cold, suffocating reality of it. Part of Cas wants to scream at the injustice. He wants to turn back time and somehow undo all the choices that led them here.
The road to Cas’ personal Hell was paved with good intentions, but that won’t stop them all from burning in the flames. 40 years in hell and he never turned, but Dean’s only one man. He took on the Mark to save humanity only to lose his own in the process.
If he could, Cas knows Dean would ask him to end this for him. He knows that. So he's going to stop Dean, even if he crushes his own heart in the process. Tonight is the night he kills the monster Dean Winchester has become.
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