The End of All Things

Dean Winchester likes to keep people at arms length. They're safer that way and so is he. The only person that he lets close to him is his younger brother, Sam, who Dean believes is his responsibility. Dean has even resorted to bullying in the past, just to keep people from even wanting to be around him, because he believes all he does is hurt the people around him. Although, sometimes he'll let a girl into his bed, just to make sure he can still feel something.

Castiel Novak has manic depression, social anxiety, and a serious hatred for the world outside of his art work. So, of course, moving to a new town is the second worst thing to ever happen to him, right after the untimely death of his mother. It's not that Cas doesn't like people, he just doesn't have the courage to get close to them. He freaks out and shuts down and says all the wrong things. But, it's also that he doesn't like people. He's been ridiculed his whole life for being gay and it's left him with a severe distrust for the rest of the human race.

But, when their paths cross, they slip through each other's walls with the ease and simplicity of those who have known each other since birth and a whirlwind of confusing emotions and passion ensues.