Castiel Novak has a routine. That routine consists of skating, conditioning, food and sleep, and more skating. He doesn’t make time for relationships and that’s worked just fine for him. It’s part of the reason he and Meg have made it as far as they have in the figure skating world.
His usual routine is thrown for a loop when he finds himself having to share his usual ice rink with the Kansas Hunters and he comes face to face with the team captain and the greenest eyes Castiel has ever seen.
Dean Winchester isn’t the least bit shy about his attempts to get to know Castiel, and Castiel isn’t quite sure why he’s finding it so easy to get close to Dean. But maybe, Dean Winchester, local NHL celebrity, will be the one to break down the guard that Castiel has had up for so long.
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Two years ago, Dean walked away from Castiel after discovering his biggest secret—that he’s a witch. Since then, Dean’s spent his days hunting alone, filling the emptiness inside with sex, booze, and the next case.
When he gets a desperate call for help from Castiel, Dean doesn’t hesitate to go. But things in the small Maine town aren’t what they seem, especially when he comes face to face with Castiel, who insists he wasn’t the one to place the call.
Dean’s been given an opportunity to fix his past mistakes, but it means working alongside a very bitter Castiel, and Benny, a local deputy with knowledge of the supernatural, to figure out what’s plaguing Newport and why it all seems fixated around Castiel.
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Cas lets the anger dissipate from his face and points towards the tiny kitchen table. “Your clothes are over there. I washed your shirt and jacket late last night. You’ll need someone to stitch your shirt up for you though.”
Dean remembers he’s shirtless and, for both his and Cas’ sake, goes and puts them on. He doesn’t have to turn to feel Cas following his every move, and he wishes more than ever that things weren’t like this between them.
“So, that spell or whatever you just did… didn’t sound like typical Latin,” he says, hoping to fill the silence that’s crept between them.
“It’s Sumerian,” Cas answers simply. “Your wounds were so severe that the healing spells I would normally use would have been ineffective in treating them. I had to use something stronger.”
Dean makes a noise of agreement and nods. He’s clearly lingering, but Cas is the one who called him out of the blue, so he figures Cas should be the one to finally break down and tell him what’s going on.
“Dean… why are you here?”
That wasn’t what he was expecting to hear.
“Come again?” Dean asks.
“Dean, we haven’t spoken in over two years. Then, out of the blue, you show up at my place of work nearly bleeding to death with Benny begging me to save you.” A pained look crosses Cas’ expression again briefly, and Dean is taken back to that night two years ago, wondering how Cas must feel experiencing the same thing all over again. “I don’t know how you found this town, or found me, for that matter, but I have a right to know why you’re here.”
There’s anger seething underneath the surface of his skin. He didn’t just drive all the way to Maine for Cas to act like this.
“The hell are you talking about, Cas? You’re the one who called me!” He feels his fists clench tight and his body go rigid with anger. “You called me up, scared the hell outta me yelling about some monster, and then I drove all the way over here just to get attacked by whatever the hell that thing was!” To further prove his point, Dean whips his phone out and pulls up the text message from Cas. “Look, this is from you!”
Dean sees it. A brief flicker of shock and confusion in Cas’ eyes. Cas hides it quickly and tilts his head while keeping his expression impassive and even. “Dean, that’s not my phone number.”
MARVEY FOR THE SHIP ASK BECAUSE FOX HEADCANONS ON MARVEY SUSTAIN ME
(for the ship meme here)WHO SAID I LOVE YOU FIRST?They've both said 'I love you' plenty of times in their own way, though technically Harvey would've been first with, "He goes, I go." As for the actual words? Mike.
WHO LAUGHS WHEN THE OTHER TRIPS?It's less of a laugh and more of a snort-smirk from Harvey whenever Mike trips over his own feet, though usually he's standing close enough that he can grab him before he hits the ground.Usually.
WHO PAYS THE BILLS? Harvey since it's a point of pride. Though Mike's not without his own pride and sneaks in payments whenever he remembers that something's due. If it's an argument about who pays for dinner, Harvey usually wins that one.
WHICH ONE MAKES A BIGGER DEAL AROUND THE HOLIDAYS?Both of them, actually. Harvey takes care of the planning while Mike takes care of decorating (aka, putting tinsel on literally everything). Neither's really experienced a 'real holiday' given their respective situations, so they make it a big deal out of it with one another (much to Mike's initial surprise when they first started dating.)
WHO’S MORE CLUMSY?Have...you seen Mike play tennis? (S1E02.) Or actually land a paper basketball into a waste bin? (S2E13) Poor baby has the hand eye coordination of a three year old.
WHO CHECKS THEIR DAILY HOROSCOPE?Mike, during the car ride to work. Harvey claims not to believe in that bullshit but reads it over his shoulder anyway.
WHO SINGS LOUDER IN THE CAR?Mike, much to Harvey's chagrin. He makes it very obvious that he thinks Mike's a terrible singer. Mike, of course, sings louder. (Oh Danny boy anyone?)
WHO LEAVES THE CAP OFF THE TOOTHPASTE?Mike left it off literally once to see how badly Harvey would react. He was not disappointed.
WHO IS MORE UP TO DATE IN POP CULTURE?Both. It's always competition.
WHO INSISTS ON GOING TO SEE THE NEWEST MOVIES?Again, both. Gotta keep up to date on the latest movies.
WHO CRIES WHEN THE ABUSED ANIMAL COMMERCIALS COME ON?Mike. Harvey, however, is the one who comes home with the puppy he found on the street and still claims not to have a heart.
WHO’S THE LIGHTER SLEEPER?Neither. They have five alarms between them to get them up on time.
WHO BELIEVES IN GHOSTS?Mike.
WHO DOES THE GROCERY SHOPPING?Both, when either has the time to go shopping. They usually eat out.
WHO UPDATES THEIR FACEBOOK STATUS MORE OFTEN?Mike, usually once an hour, usually with a selife.
On this day I want to say I am having random Dean/Cas/Jimmy feels and now I am having revived Stiles/Stuart/Derek feels and I blame you. Also you are gorgeous and I love you
omg halz i am crying what is wrong with you
i went through all the fics in the derek/stuart/stiles tag and a lot of them were not in english and then there was literally only 1 fic that i wanted to read, i’m maybe 1/4 of the way into it and the jury is still kinda out for me, but apparently after dcj i have a twins thing now ugh *bangs head on wall*
i’m also real worried about when i’m going to end up seeing that fishman movie and that’s going to awaken something
halz i am a disaster
BUT I SAW YOUR PROMO AND I AM SUPER PUMPED FOR YOUR DCBB!!!!!!!!!!
So I have to get your official thoughts haha. Do you think there was any meta to Snart ever coming back or do you think that's it for him?
It’s so hard to say.
There’s still no press release about the status of Wentworth Miller’s contract being renewed for another season or not, unlike Katie Cassidy and John Barrowman, whose status they’ve made clear already.
This episode was fantastic though, and they’d be fools not to bring him back. But within canon, they’ve squandered every chance they could use, and instead hammered his death home multiple times. They did it on Legends first, with Mick sending him back on his path and telling him he has to fulfill that destiny because it makes him a better man. And now they’ve done it on The Flash by having him repeat the line he goes out with. Hell, they did it when they had the speedforce tell Barry that he died in part because Barry inspired him. That solidified that death.
If I were doing a purely canon textual analysis - he’s dead and staying that way.
Which is something I’ve suspected ever since he was a hallucination for Mick. Fool me once (hologram), shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I wondered then if they were serious about bringing him back or just wanted to use him, and what they were planning. And they had a perfect opportunity to make him an aberration the way that Amaya is, or else to use the Spear and have Mick bring him back to life, but they didn’t take it.
If I were to take a step back, I still maintain they’d be fools not to continue using him. But I’ve said that from before they ever killed him, sure they’d never do it because he’s such a popular character. As someone in marketing, it personally offends me that they would let him stay dead because it’s such a waste.
Bringing him back would be amazing. The fans love him. He’s a phenomenal actor. He’s an important character. They might have been waiting until this episode to see the fan reaction, and it’s possible that the ‘no strings on me’ was a hint at a changing fate instead of an ending. Realistically, there are still ways to bring him back and do right by it.
But.
But The Flash isn’t Arrow. It hasn’t (permanently, for more than one episode) ever brought a character “back” to life.
So I’d say, honestly... don’t hold out hope. Unless we get a press release saying he’s back, and even then, we had him “back” this season, just shadows and hallucinations and falsehoods, or else past versions of him.
Barry’s leaning against the computer console, He’s playing with his hands. Trying to not reach out and touch. He’s missed him for so long and now that he’s standing here, in front of him, Ronnie Raymond. The man that he left behind in that Hotel Room almost three years ago. The man that he spent four long days with exploring and getting to know each other. He didn’t want to leave him, honestly but he didn’t want to stay either. He was getting too close, too soon.
Barry looks up at him, Ronnie’s standing a little far off, His eyes trained on the floor. He doesn’t regret the time that they spent together, He’ll never regret it.
“Never. I don’t regret it. But I regret Leaving you. I didn’t mean to. I got scared and didn’t handle it with the proper care. But Ronnie believe me when I say I don’t regret the time that we spent together.”
best quality:Loyal!! So damn smart!!!!! Would die for his friends but they don’t seem to care!!!!!!
worst quality: Honestly…. I’m sure he has flaws but I can’t think of a single one…
ship them with: Cyndi, Julian, Lisa, Barry (if it’s an au where he’s not being shitty), Hartley (once again if he’s not being shitty)
brotp them with: Caitlin!! They’re qpps fight me. And Barry when he didn’t take Cisco for granted. And Iris too!!
needs to stay away from:Every. Single. Harrison. Wells.
misc. thoughts: Tbh I would die for him???? He’s so good and such a badass and he doesn’t even know how powerful he is. I’m waiting for the day he realizes he’s more powerful than Barry but that’ll never happen since the show is called The Flash and not Vibe. But that’s what we have the dctv-vibe blog for, right?
