Author: MyShipWillNeverSink (yours truly)
Artist: Gabedrawz
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Dean/Castiel
Canon divergent from 9x03. Dean and Cas set off on a hunt as a distraction from the guilt Dean feels for betraying his brother’s trust (again). Things go awry when Castiel falls through a frozen river, and things aren’t at all what they seem.
“Dammit, Cas!” Dean yells as he hurls himself over to the hole Cas is floating in. At the very least, he isn’t floating under the ice, so that’s something. Little blessings.
Dean reaches in to pull him out and finds it a lot harder than he expected. Goddamn water and adding a ton of weight to clothing. When he finally gets him mostly up onto the solid ice and snow, he notices a trickle of blood running down the side of his face and a rip in his right pant leg. “Fuck,” he mutters. He hadn't been under long, but his lips are already starting to turn blue, and Dean is starting to feel panic rise in his throat.
The surrounding landscape is pretty barren, and the car is parked at least a mile away. Where the fuck are they going to go? He has to get Cas warm before they can continue onward. Just beyond the tree line to their left, Dean can make out a moss-covered cabin that looks as though it’s been empty for a while. A cabin that had definitely not been there before. He pauses and wracks his brain for a memory of the cabin, but comes up blank. It goes against every survival instinct he has, but he’s feeling desperate and stupid, so he decides to take the chance.
“Son of a bitch,” he says under his breath, and leans down to pull Cas up halfway onto his back and side, right arm over Dean’s right shoulder so he can hold him in place. He starts walking towards the cabin.
