Guardian Angel

My forever

Y/N's POV

I stepped forward and realised I was out in the woods, standing on a rocky surface beside a small stream that was trickling past at a gentle, soothing pace. The small rocks were scattered around, but not enough to completely cover the sandy dirt that sat underneath. I looked up to see a beautiful blue cloudless sky between the tall trees. It was a stark change from the black empty I had been floating in, but once again I felt calm and happy.

"Hey" I heard the deep gruff voice and turned to see an older man sitting in a fold out picnic chair. He wore blue jeans, a white shirt covered by an open green flannel shirt and his dirty green baseball cap had scruffs of greying hair jutting out from underneath. "You lost?" he asked

"Uh, confused more like it" I said

He nodded his head, "Yep, well, welcome to heaven" he said, making it sound like I had just gone to my local shop.

"Heaven?" I looked around at the open woods and the stream in front of me

"Yep. This isn't usually where folks come in, but seems you found the back door?"

I didn't know what to say I just looked at the trees and all the natural world around me. The man spoke again, bringing me back, "Name's Bobby and you are?"

"Y/N" I replied as I turned back to him and gave a slight smile.

He glared at me with a shocked expression and then looked me up and down quickly before he asked, "Castiel's friend?"

I lost my smile as I met his eyes, stunned myself, "You know Castiel?"

"Yes. It's a pleasure to finally met you Y/N" he said and I just stared at him.

Who is this stranger? Is this God? I asked myself as I looked the man over again. No. Not God, but he knows Castiel.

As though he could read my mind Bobby said, "I'm a friend. Nobody of real importance, but I was here when Castiel needed to chat"

The confusion was probably clear on my face because he chuckled and added, "Cas has been here on occasions and now I say that you are probably aware of his choice of topic?"

This man was important. Or at least Castiel believed him to be if he visited him to chat. The choice of topic? Could he really be saying that Castiel came here to see Bobby when he was in Heaven, and that they spoke about one thing only? I stared at him for the longest time, but finally said, "Me? What? Really?"

"You had that poor boy so confused" he stopped and smiled "it was great to see"

"Castiel came here to talk about me?"

I heard the fluttering of wings as Castiel appeared beside me. I turned as he met my eyes, smiling widely, his arms wrapped around me as he said, "Oh Y/N, you're here"

I hugged him back and closed my eyes, feeling his warm body against mine as a wave of relief swept through me "Castiel. I'm so happy to see you"

He held the embrace but leant back before pressing his lips against mine.

The kiss was full of so much passion and it wasn't until Bobby cleared his throat that either one of us remembered he was even there

Castiel glanced over and said, "Bobby. This is Y/N. The one I was sent to watch over"

"I gathered as much"

Meeting my eyes again Castiel stared at me as he said, "The one I love"

I kissed his cheek and gave him a squeeze "I love you too Castiel"