So let me get this right, someone asked an intriguing question about the possible deeper psychology behind Cas removing Sam's wall, and everyone is demonizing them?
It is interesting how some people want Destiel to be so deeply etched in every non-relevant piece of subtext, projecting their own desires for self-actualisation on moments that mean nothing beyond the text, right up until an idea they don't like is presented.
The psychology of psychodynamics underpins that behind every behaviour - every thought - there's an obvious concious thought process, and a less obvious unconscious thought process. On the surface we see Cas remove Sam's wall because it will distract Dean, however, it is clear there are deeper thought processes happening because he could have done so many other things instead, up to and including killing the Winchesters.
Cas wouldn't do that! I hear you say.
Yes, he wouldn't, and why wouldn't he kill the Winchesters?
Because he's in love with Dean and Sam gets a pass for being Dean's little brother (remember Cas saw Sam as an abomination for the first couple of seasons).
Let's also look simply at Cas' life, he has spent millenia serving and devoted to a father he never met, pouring love and his existence into an entity that never gave the same in return, just commanded he have faith. Cas has never known what it is to feel loved, to be seen and acknowledged as an individual rather than part of the collective. He is touch and affection starved, and the human he's fallen for has shown time and time again he's willing to throw away his life and his purpose for a brother tainted by the Devil.
If Cas kills Sam he knows Dean will hate him, but breaking Sam's wall doesn't end his life and Cas still isn't human enough yet to realise that won't matter to Dean. So yes, it is entirely plausible that in that moment the unconcious part of Cas' mind preocupied with base instinct, fear, desire and selfish motives considered how removing Sam from the equation might balance out more of Dean's attention on him.
If any of you are baulking at this question because you're seeing implied wincest, that says more about you than the person asking it. Sam is Dean's brother - arguably his surrogate son - Dean feels a familial and parental need to guard and protect him. Sam has always come first to Dean at this point in the show, it has been the two of them against the world so of course that is a difficult dynamic to find your place in. It's a similar concept to a single parent dating for the first time since the break-up, the age old tale of animosity between the step parent and child. There is so much psychology to it (beyond Freudian) I'm not even going to start delving deeper.
Point is this question was intriguing and founded in sound thought that raised a multitude of possible answers depending on the branch of psychology - and fanons - you subscribe to. It's a different and more complex take on s6 villain Cas that actually makes his journey in that season more sad to think about. He was alone, he was scared, he was fighting for his life with the weight of heaven on his shoulders so yeah, maybe a deep dark part of his still barely human psyche wanted Dean all to himself.
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