Terms of Surrender
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/JQhga0x by Krystiel_Seraph Castiel returns from the Empty, his wings restored and position as Commander of Jack’s Heaven absolute, but Heaven is still at war against rebel angels who want to reinstate Chuck and threaten all Team Free Will has fought for. While Castiel commands the Heavenly Host from the bunker; he and Dean enter an arrangement; touch allowed, sex forbidden, feelings not discussed. They tells themselves they can manage the half-way, until it becomes clear they can’t. War keeps pressing through the bunker walls, every touch means more than either of them can bear, and Dean’s attempt to drag himself back into being “old Dean” drives the knife deeper. When the line finally breaks, it breaks catastrophically: sex, separation, and a loss so profound Dean is forced to understand, too late and all at once, the true scale of what Castiel is to him. Desperate to reach Castiel in Heaven, Dean devises a plan to find Castiel on the war front. Terms of Surrender is a long, aching fic about repression, devotion, bodily longing, the final supernatural war, and the process of Dean and Cas finally getting everything they have fought for. Words: 64280, Chapters: 13/40, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Eileen Leahy, The Heavenly Host - Character Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Dean Winchester/Castiel - Freeform, post-confession, Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, post 15x18, Jack Kline as God, Canon Compliant, Canon Divergent, Jack Kline Saves Castiel from the Empty, Happy Ending, Eventual Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, mutual yearning, Mutual Repression, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn, very slow burn, Slow Build, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Baggage, Grief/Mourning, Dean Winchester Has Feelings, Dean Winchester Has Feelings For Castiel, Dean Winchester is Bad at Feelings, Castiel and Dean Winchester in Love, Castiel is in love with Dean Winchester, Love Confessions, Devotion, War, Castiel is The Commander, Castiel is Heaven’s Greatest Strategist, Castiel Gets What Castiel Wants (Supernatural), Castiel Gets What Castiel Deserves (Supernatural), Freedom, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Castiel and Dean Winchester Need to Use Their Words, Jealous Castiel (Supernatural), First Kiss, First Time, Second Time, Sexual Tension, Dean Winchester Being an Idiot, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss, Protective Castiel (Supernatural), Mutual Attraction, Mutual Desire, Hunting, Castiel is a badass, Heaven loves Castiel, Castiel and Dean Winchester Reunion in Heaven, Dean Winchester Loses Castiel, Torture, Men of Letters Bunker (Supernatural), Heaven, The Celestial Realm, Celestial war, The Being - Freeform, The Having, Choice, Castiel in full military regalia, Dean Winchester Has Sex With People Other Than Castiel, Dean Winchester Wants Castiel Back, Castiel wins read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/JQhga0x