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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Sam Winchester Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Michael (Supernatural), John Winchester Additional Tags: Stanford Era, Flashbacks, Time Travel, Vessel Consent Issues, Age Difference, Romance, Pining, Mutual Pining, Erotica, Memory Alteration, Memory Loss Summary:
Michael travels back to the year 2001 to try to convince a more vulnerable Dean to be his vessel, choosing the fraught time after Sam left for Stanford. When Castiel goes back to stop him, he has solid plans to dispatch Michael and confidence in Dean’s resistance…. but is utterly unprepared for the phenomenon of 18-year-old Sam.
He didn’t plan to fall in love… but maybe he was always in love, and always would be.