Fic: Human

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Title: Human
Author: brightly_lit
Rating: R for language and sex, more romantic than graphic
Characters: Dean, Cas, Sam, Ellen, Jimmy
Pairings: Dean/Cas
Genre: Romance, angst, wing!kink, comfort
Word Count: 14,700
Disclaimer: Thank you, creators of Supernatural, for letting me play with your characters and other inventions for a little while.
Spoilers: Through most of season 5.
Warnings: None, except on AO3 people kept saying it made them cry. (Yes! Poor Dean ...)
Summary: Angels are perfect, obedient, devoid of free will. They weren't made to withstand the pressures and choices of being human, but Castiel, stuck in the world with the gate to heaven closed, has no other option, and the weight of it is crushing him, ultimately leading him to have to make an agonizing decision.



"Humans were born crying. They were used to it. To hear an angel driven to that was the eeriest, most horrifying sound Dean had ever heard."


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