Come Back To Me

Endings

The hardest thing about loving someone is having to say goodbye. Dean didn't do well with goodbyes in general, but this was the hardest one he'd ever face.

**20 years ago**

"Sam.. I don't know. I look ridiculous."

"Cas won't think so. Just calm down, and let me help. It's crooked."

Sam reached up to straighten Dean's tie. He'd just barely managed to wrangle his brother into this "monkey suit" with Elieen's help. With the tie straightened, Sam stepped back to take in Dean's appearance. The black suit with the emerald green tie... It really brought out his eyes, and Dean didn't know it, but Cas was out front in a matching suit with a royal blue tie.

Today was the day. It was a solid year after the day Cas had saved him, when he had got down on one knee and proposed to Dean, and just like in his dream, it was an awkward double proposal cause Dean had the same idea. And now, two years later, they're finally doing it. Dean's nerves were fried. He couldn't stop shifting his weight, and he had to ball his hands into fists to keep them from shaking. Sam beside him as his best man was the only thing keeping him grounded enough that he didn't vomit everywhere. Sam was also going to be the one to walk down the aisle with him. After his parents had died, he'd always wanted it to be Bobby, but now Bobby is... Anyway, Dean couldn't think of another person besides his brother that was better suited.

The music started up. Wise men say, only fools rush in... and as the doors opened for Dean to step out and face his future, he couldn't hold back the tears as they welled up upon sight of Cas. There he stood, looking as ethereal as ever despite being human now. Cas had stored away his grace, saying he didn't want it anymore. He wanted to grow old with Dean. His hair was carefully sculpted into a "messy on purpose" style, and his eyes were suddenly more strikingly intense than he remembered. And that damn smile... Bright enough to light up a whole room. Dean barely managed to focus through the preacher's words. All too soon it was time for the vows, and his throat threatened to close as he was asked to proceed with his vows.

"Cas.. I wrote down a bunch of words, and in the past couple months I must have read them over and over in my head a million times, but standing here right now, they're not enough. There will never be enough words to tell you just how much I love you. How much you mean to me. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to find those words, but I know I never will, because what we have is too big for words. When I was younger, I started to doubt that there was a happy ending for me. I started to doubt that there were happy endings at all, and I lived that way for so long. Until you came along and turned everything upside down, and now I have a hard time understanding how someone as perfect as you could be meant for me, but I'm so glad. I'm glad that I'm going to have you by my side. Because honestly, I can't imagine my life without you. You're my person, my home, my always and forever."

By this point, Dean was outright sobbing. Cas rubbed soothing circles into his hand as he said his vows. A beautiful speech which Dean will remember for the rest of his life, along with the night they shared afterward.

**Present time**

Even now, as he holds Cas' hand, he remembers it as if it were yesterday, but over time, his love had only grown stronger, and he couldn't fight back the tears as he watched the love of his life struggling to breathe, fighting against time and losing. In the moments of Cas' last breaths, Dean held his hand up, pressing a gentle kiss to the back of his knuckles and placed a hand gently on Cas' face.

"More than the whole world Cas. That is how much I love you. Always and forever."

It was a week later when Dean slipped away peacefully in his sleep. People would go on to say it was just his time. His soul had been yearning for it's other half and they were now together in heaven, and if that's what they needed to believe to feel at peace, then so be it. And while Dean was in heaven staring at Cas with watery eyes, it wasn't because it was his time, and his body had given out. It was because he had decided on his own terms that at the ripe age of 65 he was tired of the loneliness, and he just wanted to be happy again. So he'd taken a bunch of sleeping pills and laid down, never to wake again. And he couldn't bring himself to regret the decision. He was at peace, in the arms of his angel. He was home.

A/N: There it is! The last chapter of Come Back To Me.. Thank you guys so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed it! I know it's sad, but it's still happy in a way. They're together in the end. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done, and I even made myself tear up.. love you my dudes! 💙