"Dean ..."

It was so like Dean to assume that all news was bad news. He'd been given ample reason to believe that way, Castiel didn't blame him at all, but then he wasn't really sure how this would be taken either as it wasn't really good exactly. He steps closer, personal space never meant much, but now it means even less.

"The last time we spoke you said something to me. It's been the only thing that's allowed me to get through the last century. I never responded properly and I had always intended to."