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by MrBotanyB
Look at it this way: Their trip to the far end of space and time to chase a (very) long shot at freeing Dean from the Mark of Cain could have ended a lot worse than it did. It wasn't even the worst idea they'd ever had. The so-called Restaurant At the End of the Universe loops endlessly in time through the final hours of Creation while guests dance, eat, and drink until the very last of last calls. A consequence of it being a time loop is that anybody who visits can meet everybody else who was ever there. Even a centuries-dead witch who likes the challenge of lifting unbreakable curses.
It didn't work out like they'd hoped, but they didn't die. And Cas did get stranded there for a bit but they got him back. Eventually. So it was fine.
That was then. And now, Sam and Dean are out of ideas for getting Cas out of the Empty. Dean has been thinking a lot about realizing important truths too late, and missed chances, and (very) long shots. And he wonders if the key to rescuing the Cas he lost might just be enlisting the help of the Cas he left behind nearly ten years ago.
If it doesn't work, at least he'll get to see Cas one more time.
Words: 62235, Chapters: 10/10, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Rowena MacLeod, Eileen Leahy, Original Characters
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy References, Milliways (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Alcohol, Bartender Castiel (Supernatural), Waiter Dean Winchester, Warning - Many Original Characters, Not Canon Compliant with Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), In That Dean Doesn't Die, And There Is No Blurry Woman, DeanCas Pinefest
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