Fingers clutch the gun tighter, bottom lip trembling as tears unwillingly well in his eyes, leaving his vision blurred, distorted ; some part of him wants to believe it, believe that this is Castiel, or some version of him, and that their reunion was some sick, cosmic joke on his part ; a way of tormenting his already tattered soul, tearing and shearing at the parts still left half-way whole.
After all, God was a sick man —— a masochist, a sadist, a goddamn psychopath. That had been proven time and time again, in more ways than both Dean and Castiel could count. After all, this feels too real to be a part of some grand illusion — when he looks at him, he can feel it in his gut.
The gun is lowered with precision, the safety flicked on with a lazy brush of his thumb. Wariness still stretches his features taut, leaves his eyes hollow ; suspicion and mistrust are apparent as the hunter takes a step forward, until the bare skin of a scarred palm can brush across once-familiar jaw, breath hitching at the warmth and divinity that he can feel underneath. Shaky fingers drop back to his side ; virescent hues lock with bright blue orbs for a few long, silent moments ; a short, emotionless laugh reverberates through the night air.
“ You are him. Holy shit… You’re actually fucking him. ” You’re not the one I left behind.
The pistol is holstered in favour of his blade, finger running across the etched pentagram before the silver blade smoothly digs into the skin of his palm, crimson welling to the surface, held out for the angel to see.
“ Not dead, not fake, ” Dean continues. “ Just so ya know. ”
A glimmer of disdain still lingers in his worn features as he eyes the angel, slipping his knife back into its place at his side, feet taking a wayward step back as he looks around the field, breath ghosting in the chilled air. The trickster still lingers, once again slipping from his grasp ——— though, he may just have to wait before picking back up on his trail.