Angels Among Us *A Destiel high school story*

#18 Castiel's POV

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!", my brother Gabe shrieks, as I walk into the kitchen.

He is standing by the stove, wooden spoon in hand, a look that can kill plastered to his face.

I sigh, plopping down into a nearby chair and wait for him to finish his rant.

My trench coat ballooning up as I do so.

I push it down and stare at Gabe as he goes on and on about well, random nonsense.

"I MEAN REALLY, CASSIE! REALLY?! WHY WOULD YOU JUST LET SOME GUY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU LIKE THAT?! THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED HAD I NOT INTERVENED! I MEAN, REALLY!"

I chuckle at that.

Gosh, he must not know me that well.

"Gabe, I was fine. And no, I was not going to let Dean take advantage of me! I was simply kissing him because I wanted to! So, you can stop worrying."

He shakes his head, vigorously.

Almost dropping the wooden spoon.

"No Cassie, you wouldn't know what to do. How to SAY no. NOT AFTER BALTHAZAR!"

Hearing that name brings a lump to my throat and tears start to sting my eyes.

Balthazar.

Even his name makes me want to jump off a bridge or drown in a lake.

He DID destroy me!

For the longest time after that, I wouldn't even look at anyone else, or even talk to anyone.

He had been so possessive and overprotective.

Not to mention, abusive.

I still have marks from the countless beatings he made me endure.

All the while saying: "This is for your own good, Castiel. This is so you know who really owns you."

I remember crying and begging for mercy as he would bend me over and beat me senseless.

Sometimes, he would even pluck the feathers off of my wings.

They would fall to the ground in a pile of blackest black.

Like, ashes falling from the sky.

Afterwards, he would force me into having sex and go at it for hours.

His favourite thing to do was torture me.

It was not till months later, that Gabe actually found out.

I came home late one night from one of my many 'dates' with Balthazar and he found me downstairs, crying, my angel blade pointed directly at my chest.

He had freaked and begged me not to kill myself, so I told him about what Balthazar was really doing to me.

In the end, he was sent to jail for countless offences and I won my court case and got a restraining order so that when he did finally get out, he would not be able to go near me ever again.

After that, Gabe has kept a consistent eye on me ever since.

He worries deeply that I'll get into another abusive relationship with someone else that is just like Balthazar.

But, Dean is different.

He is not like Balthazar ever was.

He loves me for me.

And, I love him.

He may be the biggest flirt ever and not too bright at some things, but I love him just the same.