Epilogue
7 Weeks Later
Both POV

This summer has been the best summer of both of their lives. Getting away, seeing everything America has to offer, was amazing. They saw the Rocky Mountains and a giant coffee cup, they went to a rock concert and Dean showed Cas how to rock it. They saw the biggest ball of rubber bands and went to an art museum. Dean didn't want to see art, but Cas insisted, and it turned out to be pretty fun. They discovered that fireflies don't come out in cities as much as they do in the countryside and that motel rooms aren't the roomiest places ever. They also learned that people aren't the most open or accepting of people like them. They also learned that demons are a pain to kill and vampires are real too.

The first weeks of the summer were the fun parts. The last couple of weeks were different. The demon that came after them earlier wasn't the last one. More came for Cas and when Dean started killing them they started coming for him too. A vampire came after him too, saying that there was a bounty on his head from the demons. After that things like witches and shapeshifters were after them. Whatever that bounty is, it must be a lot, because everything is coming after them. Everything is pretty easy to kill though, honestly. The angel blade deals with the demons and shifters, and Cas learned to make holy water for the vampires. Witches are the most difficult things to deal with. At least with what they've encountered so far.

There's only a week left in the summer, and by the end of this week they're supposed to be back in Lawrence with their family, ready to go back to school. But something's wrong, Dean feels something is wrong. He wonders if Cas feels it too. Watching Cas pace back and forth while talking on their phone makes him curious about things. Like what is he saying to Gabriel? What is he thinking? Does he want to go back to Lawrence? Would he be alright if he just stayed here? Doing whatever? Because Dean would. He doesn't know how they could possibly leave this life behind and return to a normal one.

What they're doing is killing things, monsters, and saving humans, saving people. How can he go back to a normal life after knowing all this about the world? After knowing that he can save lives and kill things that are dangerous. Dean doesn't want to return to Kansas. He doesn't want to go back. He wants to kill things, and he wants to save people. It's all he wants. And to be with Cas. Hunting and Cas are all he wants.

On the phone in front of the impala Cas is on the phone with his brother. On Thursday they were fighting a witch and they missed a phone call and Gabriel is angry. More than angry, he's pissed, as Dean would put it.

"You didn't call me. You promised. I thought you were dead."

"I'm not dead, brother. I'm very much alive."

"Yeah, well I thought you were dead!" Gabriel yells into the phone so loudly that Cas has to pull the phone away from his ear. He turns to Dean while Gabe yells and smiles. Dean waves and smiles back, and sits up on the hood of the car. Dean must be eager to call Sammy, or to sleep. They've been awake a long time… Doing lots of things together.

"Well, I'm alive, brother. Is there anything else you want to tell me, other than you thinking I was dead?" Cas turns away from Dean and faces the sunset in the opposite direction. Cas doesn't know where they are but Dean decided to pull over in a parking lot off the highway for the night, facing the sunset over the water. "Dean has to call Sam, so I shouldn't talk to you long."

"You can talk to me as long as I want. I'm your brother." Gabe's voice is calming down now, enough that Cas can put the phone directly on his ear again. "How's your trip going?"

"It's fine. We went to the white house."

"I thought you did that last week?" Oh… Gabe doesn't know about their little fights and such.

"Oh, we went and saw it again. Dean thought we didn't have a good enough photo or something."

"That doesn't sound like Dean…" Cas can almost hear Gabe frowning on the other end. "You forget that I am the trickster, brother. I am Loki. You forget that."

"I do not forget; I simply ignore."

"Well I know you're hiding something from me, what is it? Tell me now."

"Okay…"

Cas still talks to Gabe over on the grass. Slowly he paces, and Dean can tell that he's telling Gabriel the truth. Dean's gotten used to Castiel's quirks and mannerisms. He knows easily by the unrelaxed pose and quick pacing that Cas is feeling unsettled and worried. "Cas?" He calls. Cas walks over and Dean slides down on the impala. Cas steps beside the car and Dean pulls him to stand in between his legs. "Hang up." He whispers as he reaches over and kisses Cas' ear. "Hang up."

"He can hear you. And he says he's mad at you."

"Well whatever. They came after us, we just protected ourselves." Cas frowns at Dean and puts a hand on his knee. "Hang up." He grabs Cas' hips and pulls him closer. "Hang up."

"Gabriel?" Cas speaks into the phone. "I'm hanging up now." He presses the end call button on the phone and sets it on the hood of the car. "You better call Sam."

"But we were having a moment." Dean frowns, reaching down and picking up the phone. "You know, Sammy can wait… We can… you know."

"Call your brother, Dean. You have to call your brother. You know that if you don't your mother will worry if you don't call him." Cas pulls away from Dean and he jumps off the impala. "I'll be here when you're done talking to him."

"Yeah." He rolls his eyes and walks away, dialing Sam's number. Sam picks up on the first ring, as if waiting for this call.

"Dean!"

"Sammy! How's everything at home?"

"Fine…" Sam goes on and on about the science camp he's in and how him and Jess are going to win some kind of competition. Sam sounds so happy and so excited for Dean to come back home. Dean decides now to break it to him.

"Sammy… Cas and I we might not come home yet."

"What? Dean, you promised."

"Okay, Sammy, I'll come visit you and Mom, but it's awesome out here, the two of us. We're going to explore the rest of the world, I think. Cas wants to see Canada, and maybe Mexico too. And the beaches down in Brazil would be awesome. Imagine all the babes!"

"Dean, you don't have to pretend with me."

Right… Sam knows about him and Cas. He's always known, somehow. "I forgot, sorry. I'm not used to people knowing…" Of course, he's still into girls, being bisexual means he's into both males and females, but he's Castiel's right now. He's in love with Cas… "So how's everything else?"

"Fine. Your boyfriend's brother, Gabe, he's weird... Get Cas to tell him to leave me alone."

"He's only teasing, he likes playing tricks." Dean laughs, thinking about the stories Cas told him of 'Loki', Gabriel's alter ego. Loki played a bunch of tricks all around Heaven, and now it looks like he's chosen Sam as his new victim. "It's his thing, Sam. He's fine."

"Well, it's evil."

"No…" He laughs again and continues talking to Sam. Eventually he hangs up walks back to Cas on the impala. The sun has completely set now and the sky is dark above them. Cas is leaning back on the impala, looking very tired. Dean, also tired chucks the phone in the front seat and lies on the hood with Cas.

"You tired?"

"Yeah." He yawns. Dean turns his head towards Cas and sees his eyes close. "Being human is hard."

"Do you… Ever think about going back to Heaven? With Gabriel?"

Cas opens his eyes and turns his head towards Dean. "Why would I want to go back to Heaven? Earth is where I belong. My father kicked me out of Heaven because I wanted free will and to be with my brother. He gave that to me, and he gave me you. Why would I want to go back there?"

"Because it's your home. You were born there, and you grew up there. Your family is there."

"Your family is in Kansas, yet you don't want to go there."

"That's different." Dean sits up, eager to avoid this.

"No it's not. I don't want to go home. Here is my home. Don't you get that?" Cas sits up and puts a hand on Dean's shoulder. "Wherever you go, I go. That's home."

"So…" Dean turns to look at Cas. "You would hunt with me? Kill things, save people?"

"If that's what you want, then I want it too." Good, Dean thinks, because he's not going back to Lawrence, not yet, not now at least. Not for a while. "Dean…" Cas leans back down against the impala. "We're a weird pair, aren't we?"

"Yeah," Dean laughs. "A fallen angel and a stupid kid who wants to hunt things."

"You're not stupid." Cas yawns again, showing how tired he is.

"Cas…" Dean sits up straight on the impala, preparing himself for the next thing he's about to say. "Castiel, I love you."

Cas sits up so fast that all the air is knocked right out of him. "Dean… Dean…" He can't get anything else out. Dean said it. He really said it… Those words came out of his mouth. "Dean… You…"

"Yeah, Cas, I love you, man. I love you."

"Dean." Cas grabs Dean and pulls him towards him in a way he never has before. Normally Dean is in charge, but something in Cas takes over and he becomes the boss. He pushes Dean against the car and starts kissing him with a need unlike anything he's ever had before. Quickly he moves them to the back of the impala, and just as quickly their clothes are off and away.

Dean said it; those three words. Finally he said them, and now everything is perfect. Everything is how it always should have been. They are together, in love and forever together, never apart.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Everything is perfect. . . . Absolutely everything.

Well, this is it, this is the end of this fic! Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! Leave a review/comment if you want! And thanks again for reading!

I enjoyed writing this... and it's my first piece of fanfic so I know it's probably not the best, but I enjoyed writing it and I hope to write more soon!