A Long Hunt

Damaged Wings

Sam was driving carefully down the West Virginian roads, searching for a good motel to stop at. Since Dean had made them leave their old one.

Dean was continually pushing his brother to hurry up. There were puddles of blood everywhere. The Impala was already starting to get the coppery smell of the angel's blood.

Dean had tried applying pressure to wounds to slow the blood flow but it wasn't working very well. He was still running his finger though the angel's hair. The hunter was staring deep into the angel's infinite dark blue eyes. God he missed those eyes.

Suddenly, Sam hit a huge pot hole and Castiel screeched in pain. "Damn it Sammy!" Dean cried out as he tried to calm his lover with soft gentle kisses.

"Shit! Sorry Cas!" Sam apologized. "We're almost there, about three minutes away."

"Thank God." Dean murmured as he momentarily looked away from his angel and out storm damaged roads.

Castiel suddenly called Dean's attention as he tried to speak "H-how bad?"

The angel's words were choked and his throat sounded rough.

"You're not too bad Cas." Dean lied in an attempt to comfort his lover.

"No..... how bad...- what did I do?" Cas gasped out. It sounded like he wanted to cry.

Dean suddenly understood what he was asking. Castiel wanted to know what kind of damage he had done to West Virginia.

The hunter opened his mouth to respond but Cas spoke first "Don't try to lie again Dean."

The angel knew that Dean had lied about how bad his body was and he didn't want him to lie about the damage. He needed to know what he did. Even as his body screamed in pain from open wounds and his throat burned the angel wanted to know what he had unintentionally done.

"It's.... It's pretty bad Cas..." Dean mumbled softly.

A strangled cry came out of the angel's throat.

"It's okay baby. We can fix this." Dean said as he tried to reassure his partner.

Sam stopped the Impala in a parking lot and said "I'll get some rooms." Then he got out of the car and rushed towards the main office building while Bobby tailed behind.

"I love you Dean.' The angel stuttered.

"I love you to angel, but please save your voice for now for when you really need it." Dean begged the angel.

"Well what if I really needed to tell you that I loved you?" Cas asked grinning slightly.

"You're a fucking smartass you know that right Cas." Dean said grinning back, and stroking his angel's hair gently. He had missed his angel so damn much.

"I.... I missed you Dean. I knew you would find me." Castiel choked out as tears began to leak from his eyes.

Dean's eyes started to get misty again now too. Cas had so much faith in him. The hunter knew had had absolutely no reason to deserve this amazing being.

"I... I don't think I would have found you if you didn't come into my dream Cas." Dean admitted as he stared deep into the angel's eyes.

The angel coughed and gave his partner a small smile. "You were on the right path. I.... I just gave you a boost."

"You're amazing Cas." Dean said with a said look in his eyes. "I could have found you sooner if it had just taken a damn nap." The hunter hated himself for being so persistent. If he had known that his angel was a single dream away from rescue Dean would have taken a short nap long before.