This is achingly beautiful. What an incredible punch so few words can deliver. You can see so much growth in Castiel, and yet at the same time, there is a constancy he received from the Winchester brothers that follows him to now.

Stellar work of fiction. The whole thing hurts in that I feel the loss of the past as an ever-present companion, and yet, even through all that, the end has hope in it. He gets to visit Dean...I wonder, though, does he get to see Dean in that heaven, or is it just that Castiel gets the comfort of knowing Dean is there?

This drabble triggered so many thoughts in me. I thank you for that! I'm glad you wrote this. :D