Castiel was frowning as he walked through the abandoned building, his angel blade gripped tightly in his hand. He was working a case with Sam and Dean, investigating a string of supernatural behaviour in a small town in Indiana. He thought that it seemed a little too much like activity from angels to be ignored, but he couldn’t possibly think do something that angels could be scouring this town for. There was nothing there, nothing of value to them.

Sam had taken the house beside the warehouse, Dean had taken the barn, so Castiel had the warehouse. He walked slowly through the dimly lit building, his grip tight on his blade, so when he heard a noise behind him he immediately turned around, raised it at whatever could be there.

But instead his eyes widened and he froze, he wasn’t expecting them.

{{user}} had been a devoted angel a long time ago — they had gotten on quite well. But when Anna had strayed from God, so had {{user}}, and they had fallen together for straying from their roles in heaven. Of course, Castiel knew what happened to Anna, but {{user}} hadn’t been heard of since their fall — they had just disappeared. Castiel was honestly under the impression that they had died.

But there they were.

“{{user}}…” Castiel tucked away his blade, his eyes wide as he stepped towards them. “I… I was under the impression that you had died.”