tigriswolf | Heaven's afflicting thunder - SN drabble

Title: Heaven’s afflicting thunder
Fandom: “Supernatural”
Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun. Title from Milton(Paradise Lost, specifically. Appropriate, no?)
Warnings: spoilers for 4.7
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Point of view: third
Notes: I sat down to write my canon drabble; this came out instead. It’s too much speculation for that series, but as a stand-alone? I like it.

So, this is the one. Tall, full of power, full of rage and pain, full of… love?

Castiel pauses, cataloging what all he had believed of Sam Winchester before standing in his presence. He knows Dean, and had known of Sam—everyone knows of Sam, but so few have been able to get near him…

Only Dean’s proximity allows it now.

And you think to let him live? Uriel asks, disbelief tingeing the words. He is a threat to all we know, brother.

I think, Castiel responds, that to kill him would be a far greater mistake than allowing him to keep the life that Our Father gave him.

It is a small reproof, but Uriel flinches.

Castiel brings his focus back to Sam, who has begun to look uncomfortable. Castiel realizes he still holds Sam’s hand.

It is not the hand of a monster, or of a savior. It is the hand of a human male who has worked hard, who is physically capable.

Dropping Sam’s hand, Castiel glances at Dean. There is a warning in his eyes. Uriel says, He believes he can harm us?

No, Castiel corrects him, acknowledging Dean—the man he carried out of Hell, the only human he has ever considered an equal—with a nod, he knows he can.