There Was A Time -DeanXCas

Chapter 10 - Passing Time

For the first time since he'd presented, Dean woke up feeling like his head was clear. His body ached, particularly between his legs and around his lower back, but after the hours long (days long? Weeks long? He had no idea how long he'd been here with Castiel) sex marathon, that wasn't a shock. He shifted a little out of curiosity and realized that he was laying on something very soft, curled around Castiel. His legs were still wrapped around Castiel's waist, pressing their lower bodies together, and his face grew hot when he suddenly remembered climbing on top of Castiel and then being so exhausted afterwards that he'd passed out before they'd unknotted.

Apparently people weren't joking when they said that heat sex basically turned you into an uncontrollable maniac. The one saving grace about the whole situation was that Castiel had been just as fervent, and Dean had the scratches, bruises and bite marks on his body to prove it. He sighed and opened his eyes, looking up at his mate. His alpha. Part of Dean had doubted that he would ever find him, and he'd never been convinced that, even if he did, his mate would want him back.

Castiel had proven him wrong repeatedly.

Right now, Castiel's eyes were shut. His dark wings were wrapped protectively around Dean. Dean's own wings were gathered close to his back. They were still sensitive, but not as unbearably so: two or three times, after Castiel had taken and knotted him from behind, Castiel had groomed his wings. It turned out to be a very pleasurable sensation, like getting a massage, but better. It was like taking a shower when you felt really dirty, and the feeling of oil being rubbed into his wings had relaxed him so much he'd fallen asleep every time.

He didn't know how long he spent staring at Castiel, committing the guy's face to memory. Castiel was handsome, with dark hair and pink lips. His body was toned, though not overly muscled - however, that hadn't stopped him from following through on his promise to pick Dean up and fuck him in midair. It was an entirely new experience indeed to literally have no traction, only his hands on Castiel's shoulders to steady him and powerful hands on his thighs fucking him on Castiel's cock.

And he needed to stop thinking about that immediately, or he was going to wind himself up all over again. Dean forced himself to look away, taking in the area around them for the first time since Castiel had brought them to - wherever they were. The area around them was lush and green, and a blue sky stretched overhead. A cool breeze wafted over his naked skin. Sun dappled through the trees, cutting the chill of the air. Dean propped himself up on one hand to better take in the forest.

"It's not a forest," Castiel said, startling Dean. "This is Heaven, and we are in the Garden."

"The - the Garden?" Dean repeated, his heart starting to race. "You don't mean -"

"The Garden of Eden, yes. This is where all angels bring their mates to bond," Castiel said. His smile was warm and full of affection, which had the effect of lessening the panic running through Dean.

"I didn't... This is..." Words were not his friend right now. Dean looked around again, with a little more awe this time. He wasn't a religious man, but even he knew the story of the Garden. The paradise that humanity had been kicked out of. He was probably the first human in centuries to step foot here - except that wasn't quite true. He wasn't human anymore. Now that he and Castiel were bonded, he was technically an angel.

"Dean, it's okay." One of Castiel's wings rose, wrapping around Dean's shoulders.

"It's not okay," Dean muttered, but he couldn't put into words exactly what was freaking him out. He'd known this moment was coming for four years now. Granted, he hadn't known that it would be an angel. But angel, werewolf, vampire - what did it really matter in the end? The bottom line was, he wasn't a human anymore and anything he hunted from now on would only make him a hypocrite. After all, he was a supernatural creature just like them. He shuddered.