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caffienekitty ([personal profile] caffienekitty) wrote2010-02-11 08:14 am

SPN Fanfic: A Plant of Slow Growth

Title: A Plant of Slow Growth
Warnings/Rating: SPOILERS FOR 5.13, GEN, PG13 for language.

Word Count: 475-ish
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just for fun.
Characters: Sam, Castiel
Summary: There's something Sam needs to know. (Tag for 5.13)
A/N: Someone had to go and poke the friggin' bunny. I have deadlines, dammit!



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A Plant of Slow Growth
by CaffieneKitty
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"Sam."

Sam looked up from the laptop to see Castiel, still in his rumpled and blood-stained trenchcoat, staring at him blearily from the bed.

"Hey, you're awake! How- uh, are you alright?"

Castiel's gaze drifted sideways before twitching back in Sam's direction. "Sam," he repeated.

"Okay, I'll take that as a 'not yet.' Do you need anything? First aid or food or something?" Sam got up and moved closer, jerking a thumb towards the hotel room door. "Dean's out getting-"

"In confronting Anna at the warehouse," Castiel interrupted, trying to prop himself up on his elbows and finding it far more challenging than anticipated, "I became aware of something I think you should know."

Great. What now? Sam braced himself for some new dire detail about just how screwed they all were. "What?"

Weaving on one elbow, Castiel locked eyes with Sam. "Sam Winchester. You are my friend."

Sam blinked and almost laughed. He didn't know what was more bemusing about Castiel's statement; that he'd said it with the intense gravity of someone far too drunk to be upright or that he'd said something like that at all. Maybe the trip through time and back had addled the angel's brain. Jimmy's brain. However that worked.

Actually, Castiel sounded like that kid that seemed to be in every third grade class Sam had ever had; the one that talked to chairs or brought a raw potato for lunch or smelled like mothballs. The one who latched onto him as the 'new kid' and fellow outsider. Castiel had that same earnest stare too. The lonely kid.

In siding with the Winchesters, Castiel had lost everything he'd known. Sam knew that, but it hadn't quite sunk in, since, y'know. Angel. He'd unconsciously been thinking angels were beyond social bullshit.

Castiel wobbled in his half-propped-up position, still trying to get his other elbow to cooperate, staring at Sam and squinting.

"Uh. Thanks?" Sam smiled, not sure what to say.

Castiel lost his battle with his elbows and slumped back onto the bed. His eyes, released from staring at Sam, tracked randomly across the water-stained ceiling. "I would have killed Anna to protect you. I would have died."

That hit Sam hard, like being stabbed with a pipe again. "Wow." He swallowed and nodded. "Okay. Thanks."

"All of Heaven and Hell targets you and your brother now, and yet you-" The angel reached out vaguely and patted the side of Sam's knee. "You're a good human, Sam. A good person. And you are very tall." Castiel fell unconscious again, eyes sliding closed.

Sam stared down at the comatose angel for a minute, wondering if he'd hallucinated the entire conversation. He'd spent most of last year drinking demon blood. He'd broken the final seal, let Lucifer out of Hell, and started the Apocalypse. And an angel had just called him his friend. A rebellious and lightly scrambled angel at the moment but...

"Hunh," Sam said after a while. He pulled the edge of the hotel blanket over Castiel's trench-coated form and patted the angel's shoulder.

"You too, Cas."

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(that's all.)

Post A/N: Pretentious title from a quote by George Washington - "Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

[identity profile] unoshot.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
the one that talked to chairs or brought a raw potato for lunch or smelled like mothballs.

Oh, nice! Hah. This is short but sweet. I also quite enjoyed Sam being tall.
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[identity profile] aescu.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... wow... This felt like actually watching it.
I know I'm repeating myself but Sam and Castiel sound so real, so in-character I heard them speaking in my head.
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[identity profile] aescu.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
What I forgott to add: I think Sam *needs* to hear Castiel saying that he considers him his friend, that he is willing to defend him - even with his life. I believe Sam does not consider himself worth (much like Dean) the friendship of an Angel.

It was very satisfying reading Castiel telling Sam exactly what he nees to hear :)

[identity profile] maychorian.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, this is just too cute. ♥ I'm glad Cas told him.

*glee*

[identity profile] izhilzha.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
\o/ Thank you, thank you! This is so exactly right, so exactly them--how did we not get this in the episode? (Time constraints, I suppose.)

*hugs wobbly-Cas*

[identity profile] irismay42.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww that made me got all wibbley! Of all the great lines in that episode, Castiel's "Because he's my friend," was possibly my favourite, so I'm really glad to see you appreciated it too! I think we need more Sam / Cas bonding moments!

[identity profile] deluweil.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL so cute!!!

[identity profile] ravenrants.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwww, they're BFFL's now. How adorable.

[identity profile] kalquessa.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
*draws sparkly hearts around them both*
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[personal profile] tigriswolf 2010-02-11 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is just so cute I can't stop giggling. *hee* Thank you!

[identity profile] ciaranbochna.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I can hear their voices in my head saying exactly this. Well, along with all the other ones;)
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[identity profile] saberivojo.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I love that Cas told Sam. What's the chance of that happening huh?

[identity profile] anniehow.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes! This needed to be written!

[identity profile] wistful-fever.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I really liked this.

[identity profile] sams1ra.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwwww

[identity profile] samalander-dawn.livejournal.com 2010-02-13 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
y'know I can actually hear this in my head? :)

perfect, as always :D


('And you are very tall' did cause a little wiping of the computer screen though :D)


(edited for clarity on the quote)
Edited 2010-02-13 22:42 (UTC)

[identity profile] dendritejungle.livejournal.com 2010-02-21 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I totally just "awwwed". (and snorted at the "and you are tall.") The other commenters are right: you have their voices spot-on! :D