“Crowley, let him go.” You demand, walking through the glass windows of the factory.
“I’m sorry who’re you?” Crowley asks, pulling his hand away from one of the spikes drilled into Samandriel’s head.
“Like her?” Dean asks, “a mutant with some... special skills and some spell knowledge.”
“A mutant?” Crowley asks, leaning back against the table that is littered with torture objects, “and what are her special skills?”
Some creepy doctor pushes a screw deeper into the angel’s head and in an instant glass shatters around, multiple sharp pieces going into the doctor’s back.
“Interesting,” Crowley smiles, letting the doctor drop to the floor, “how did you kill a demon with simply glass?”
“Let Samandriel go and I’ll tell you.” You say, stepping towards Crowley.
“Nice try.” Crowley says, smashing his fist into one of the screws in Samandriel’s head.
You and Samandriel scream in sync and you scratch Crowley with a couple shards of glass before he zaps out. Demons rush after Dean and Sam while you run to Samandriel, stopping in front of him and pulling the screws out of his head.
Cas starts helping you pull the screws out and once you both are done he zaps you three out of the factory and back to the Impala.
“You cannot take me back to Heaven,” Samandrial says urgently, “I told Crowley secrets that not even we know.”
“What secrets?” Cas asks.
“Like Naomi, and the angel tablet.”
“Who’s Naomi?” You and Cas ask together, eyebrows scrunched in confusion.
“Who’s Naomi? We’re being controlled Castiel, I’ve been under her influence too but you have to fight it.” Samandriel says, leaning against you for support.
Cas’ face goes blank for a couple seconds and you wave your hand in front of him,
“Cas, you still with us?"
Cas silently looks over at you and Samandriel. Suddenly he lunges at Samandriel with his angel blade. You push Samandriel backwards, shattering the glass of the Impala and forming a shield of glass in front of you and Samandriel.
The glass solidifies around the middle of the angel blade, stopping Cas from moving it any further. Your wide eyes stare into his focused ones and something tells you that this is not Castiel.
“Cas what the hell are you doing?!?” Dean shouts, him and Sam running towards you three.
Cas’ eyes clear and he looks up at Dean. You take this distraction and swing the blade away from Castiel, glass shattering once it hits the ground.
“It’s not his fault, it’s Naomi.” Samandriel gasps out, hunching over in pain.
Before Cas can react Dean grabs his arm and makes him look over,
“Dean,” Cas whispers, “I don’t know.”
In a second Cas is gone. You, Dean, and Sam look around but there’s no sight of him. Samandriel falls against you, breathing deeply.
“We need to go somewhere where Cas can’t find us.” You say, shuffling Samandriel around so you can hold him better.
Before Dean says anything Sam intercepts, “Dean she’s right, we don’t know what’s wrong with Cas right now but we can talk about it when we’re safe.”
Dean nods, sighing before looking over at Samandriel, “do you think you could zap Y/n and yourself somewhere?”
“I think so,” Samandriel says, standing a little taller, “but I’d need to see the place.”
Dean places Samandriels fingers on his forehead and thinks of a place, there’s a sudden wooshing sound and then you and Samandriel are inside, somewhere with lots of sigils already painted.
Dean sends you a quick text, ‘Me and Sammy are gonna meet you there, take care of Samandriel.’
“Okay Samandriel, um- how about you sit on the couch for a second.” You say, guiding him to the couch. He sits heavily, sinking into the couch.
You sit next to him, thinking for a couple seconds about the next move. You look over and see the blood caked to multiple parts of his body, a shower would probably do him good, as well as a change of clothes.
“Do you think you could take a shower?” You ask, situating yourself so that you’re fully facing Samandriel.
“I don’t need a shower.” He mumbles, lifting his fingers up so he can snap himself clean.
“Okay but,” you say, grabbing his hand and intertwining your fingers with his so he can’t snap, “Castiel had to take a shower when he first came back from Purgatory. You really shouldn’t overexert yourself.”
Samandriel nods in understanding, following you when you get up and lead him into the bathroom. You adjust the shower so the water is warm and when you turn back around Samandriel is already undressing.
“Okay hold on!” You exclaim, stopping his hands from going to his pants, “there are towels and everything you need in here so just wait until I’m out before you take your pants off.”
You let go of his hands and hurry out of the room, closing the door behind you. Taking a breath you sit back on the couch, rubbing your hands over your face you realize you didn’t give him any clothes.
“Okay Samandriel,” you call into the bathroom, “here are some clothes.”
You close your eyes and put the clothes where you think the counter is then quickly retreat back onto the couch. You open your eyes when you hear Samandriel yelp and then the shower turns off.
He comes out soon after in the clothes you gave him, his hair still wet. You pause for a couple seconds, admiring how adorable he looks in the plaid that you stole from, you think, Dean’s duffle.
“The water got very cold.” Samandriel mumbles.
“Yes, it does that when you’ve been in the shower for a long time,” you say, grabbing an extra towel, “let’s get your hair dry.”
Samandriel quietly sits back on the couch, back turned for you, waiting for you to dry his hair.
“Oh, um - okay.” You whisper, expecting him to dry his own hair. But instead you grab the towel and rub it gently over the angel’s hair until it’s almost dry.
“Thank you.” Samandriel says, lifting his hand up and feeling the softness of his hair.
“Would you like me to brush it?” You ask, wanting to feel how soft his hair actually is.
“Hmm, yes please.” Samandriel decides, turning back so that his back faces you again.
You hesitate for a couple seconds before asking, “Do you want to lay back more?”
Samandriel mumbles a ‘sure’ then leans back, resting his head in your lap and looking up at you with a smile. You feel yourself blush, not believing that you actually asked Samandriel if he could put his head on your lap and let you play with his hair, even if those weren’t the exact words.
Sighing to regain your composure you slowly start carding your fingers through his hair and you can’t believe how actually soft it is. You twirl a piece of hair between your fingers and Samandriel sighs, relaxing further into your lap and the couch.
You check the wounds on his face and are pleased to see that they’re already healing up. Samandriel cleaned them during his shower and you’re happy to see them without infection.
Samandriel’s eyes flutter closed as you continue to play with his hair and soon your eyes follow. You remain in a hazy half-sleep until Dean and Sam show up.
“He sleeping?” Dean asks, gesturing to Samandriel who still has his eyes closed.
“Angels do not sleep.” Samandriel replies, getting up and stretching. You follow his lead, stretching your arms out and then your legs.
Sam and Dean get to work on painting sigels that will hide the house from the angels, they decide against sigils that keep the angels away because of Samandriel.
“We picked up some food.” Sam says, gesturing to the bags that were sitting on the table. You rush over, grabbing some food from inside the bag before sitting down at the table.
“Thank you.” You sigh before beginning to eat the food. Samandriel watches in silence and when you offer him some of your food he shakes his head with a smile.
“I see Alfie here is all cleaned up,” Dean says before looking over at your dry hair, “and you two didn’t take a shower together.”
You slap Dean’s arm, “Of course we didn’t take a shower together.”
Dean just raises his hands before continuing to chow down on his burger. You four sit in silence as three of you eat.
“Okay so sleeping arrangements,” Dean starts, “there’s two bedrooms here, so you can share with one of us or sleep on the couch.”
Dean wiggles his eyebrows and you flick him on the forehead before responding, “I think I’ll take the couch, thanks.”
Sam laughs as Dean grumbles but goes and grabs a beer before retreating into his room. Sam follows-suit, saying goodnight and then closing the door to his room.
You yawn as you go brush your teeth then flop onto the couch, shivering from the slight chill in the air. Suddenly your body is encased in warmth and when you look up you see Samandriel standing above you and a blanket now resting on you.
“Thanks.” You mumble, looking up at him with a smile.
“Do you want me to... brush your hair.” Samandriel offers, his cheeks tinting pink.
“Uh yeah, sure, if you want to.” You say, sitting up so that Samandriel could sit beside you. When he makes himself comfortable he gently guides you back down into a sleeping position.
You situate yourself and then relax, letting Samandriel play with your hair. He copies simililar movements to the ones you used and slowly you’re falling more into sleep.
“I will watch over you.” Samandriel whispers as he watches your eyes close. You mumble a soft ‘thanks’ before dozing off, feeling safe in Samandriel’s presence.