(Lucifer is back in his cage with Sam and Michael. Sophia and Dean are alone in her house, for the first time in a long time. They had fallen asleep in bed, holding each other, still bloody and bruised. Dean is up now, and his bag is packed. Sophia wakes and looks up at him silently.)
Dean: Sophia, I need to go.
Sophia: You need some time alone?
(Dean is quiet for a long moment, considering his response. He is conflicted, devastated, but his mind is made up.)
Dean: No. I need to never set foot in this house again. It's over, Sophia. All of it. I'm done. I'm done hunting, I'm done being on the run all the time, I'm done loving somebody I can't love.
(Sophia's face is one of defeat, but also of acceptance. She is not trying to fight him at all.)
Sophia: Dean.
Dean: Please, don't, Sophia. I need to lead a normal life. I'm going. Lisa wants to be with me, and we can have more kids together. One day, all this will be a forgotten nightmare.
Sophia: We can do all those things together, Dean.
Dean: We can't. You can't have kids. With you, the hunt is never going to be over, Sophia. It's what you're here for. I never want to deal with anything supernatural again.
Sophia: I guess that includes me, huh?
Dean: I don't even want to read ghost stories anymore. This life took everything from me- my mother, my father, my brother, my chance at a normal life. Now I have to go get myself a normal life. One that doesn't include a damn supernatural thing in it. Understand me?
(Without waiting for her to say anything, he leaves the house. The silence in the house following his exit is positively deafening. Sophia is completely still, letting the tears pour from her eyes. A sob escapes her mouth, and then the silence is broken with the sounds of her hysterically crying. Invisible to her, Castiel is watching from a corner of the room, his eyes filled with tears as he watches her complete devastation.)
Castiel: I love you, Sophia.
(Days have passed, and Sophia is still emotionally wrecked, still in bed. Castiel comes to her, sitting beside her and putting an arm over her.)
Castiel: Is there anything I can do?
Sophia: I should be happy. I'm free. My work with the Winchesters is done, isn't it? Why does it feel like a death sentence?
(Castiel looks tortured as he strokes her hair, wiping her tears.)
Castiel: I wish I knew what to say to ease your pain. The last thing I have ever wanted is to see you hurting. I have never stopped loving you, Sophia. I tried to fight it when I was being punished. I tried to destroy my love for you from the inside out, and I can't. I love you, always. I can't take back what's been done, what I've done to you. But I can try to make it up to you. Let me make it up to you, darling.
Sophia: I can't, Castiel. I can't have this conversation right now.
Castiel: I understand. You need time.
(Castiel disappears, she is alone again. She sits up in the dark, feeling the stillness of her house. She begins packing things into boxes. She goes downstairs, and it is discovered that her entire house is packed into boxes and covered in plastic sheets. Her room is the last room to pack.)
Sophia(whispering to herself): Here's to a new beginning. Miss you, Sammy.
(Outside, a figure looks at her through the window from the sidewalk. It is revealed to be Sam, back from Lucifer's Cage.)
