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spn_bitesized: all unbetaed, so I wonder how many atrocities against English I will be able to see here in half a year's time.
For a prompt Do halos seriously count? If they do, then ALL THE HALOS. I don't care who or when or how but halo porn and halos in general are sadly missing from most of fandom.
Balthazar shows off his halo in the same nonchalant way he shows off his power, shining bleakly, cold and familiar to the touch like the vaults of the far recesses of heavens from which they had both been cast out. Castiel bites down on it, the teeth of his vessel sting; Balthazar winces momently, but pulls him closer. "Show me yours." But Castiel only shrugs. He's willing to uncover the body that is not his, but he keeps his halo to himself.
Only later, much later, in the basement that is to become a scene for the event of the centuries for both heaven and hell, Castiel lets it slip. Balthazar's eyes fly wide in surprise, but Castiel is already raising his angelic blade. A halo is settling on his hair like dust.
For a prompt Gabriel, five angels he misses
1. He misses Lucifer. Gabriel doesn't begrudge him the twenty inches of angelic steel, ripping first through the human flesh of his vessel, than, for a short disbelieving moment, through his memory and grace and immaterial feathers (and then, nothing), for he would have done the same, had he been faster or stronger. Gabriel seems to be the last to remember that Lucifer was the greatest storyteller of them all, and angels fell willingly for his stories.
2. He misses Joshua, whose hands always smelled of wet earth and moss, and his distant, tacit love for humanity, full of mercy and grief.
3. He misses Zachariah and his sense of humor, putrid and expansive, like a bloated belly of a dead big fish. In fact, Gabriel suspects that he was the only one to have both witnessed Zachariah's sense of humor and lived to tell the tale.
4. He even misses Balthazar, who could have been his companion in mischief, but was not: differences in rank and allegiances stood between them. However, when Gabriel hears of his latest exploits, he smiles to himself with unexpected pride.
5. Finally, fleetingly, in the moments he would like to call a weakness, he misses the angel he once used to be, the faith that ran deeper than thought or blood, the sense of belonging, the grace and the brothers that he called home. The changes are for the better, he knows, but cannot help missing himself. Luckily, that doesn't happen too often.
For a prompt Dean/Balthazar, substitute
"He's not coming back, you know," Balthazar says, lowering his glass. He is no substitute for Cas, too loud, too brash, too exhilarated with his newly-discovered humanity, but Dean is good at making do.
For a prompt Jimmy, memory
Sometimes, not often, but, y'know, every once in a while, he comes round to an unsettling feeling of loss, as if a sudden gust of wind had knocked the air out of his lungs. He can no longer remember the sleepy smell of Claire's breath, or what her favourite song was.
"And anyway, who needs memory," whisper the voices blotting out his consciousness, "when there are angels singing to the skies?"
For a prompt Gabriel, grave
Gabriel collects his graves: the underground caverns where Loki is tied up, the hall the Winchester boys had killed him in- The Elysian Fields Hotel is a nice addition to his collection, and, hopefully, not the last one.
spn_bitesized: all unbetaed, so I wonder how many atrocities against English I will be able to see here in half a year's time.For a prompt Do halos seriously count? If they do, then ALL THE HALOS. I don't care who or when or how but halo porn and halos in general are sadly missing from most of fandom.
Balthazar shows off his halo in the same nonchalant way he shows off his power, shining bleakly, cold and familiar to the touch like the vaults of the far recesses of heavens from which they had both been cast out. Castiel bites down on it, the teeth of his vessel sting; Balthazar winces momently, but pulls him closer. "Show me yours." But Castiel only shrugs. He's willing to uncover the body that is not his, but he keeps his halo to himself.
Only later, much later, in the basement that is to become a scene for the event of the centuries for both heaven and hell, Castiel lets it slip. Balthazar's eyes fly wide in surprise, but Castiel is already raising his angelic blade. A halo is settling on his hair like dust.
For a prompt Gabriel, five angels he misses
1. He misses Lucifer. Gabriel doesn't begrudge him the twenty inches of angelic steel, ripping first through the human flesh of his vessel, than, for a short disbelieving moment, through his memory and grace and immaterial feathers (and then, nothing), for he would have done the same, had he been faster or stronger. Gabriel seems to be the last to remember that Lucifer was the greatest storyteller of them all, and angels fell willingly for his stories.
2. He misses Joshua, whose hands always smelled of wet earth and moss, and his distant, tacit love for humanity, full of mercy and grief.
3. He misses Zachariah and his sense of humor, putrid and expansive, like a bloated belly of a dead big fish. In fact, Gabriel suspects that he was the only one to have both witnessed Zachariah's sense of humor and lived to tell the tale.
4. He even misses Balthazar, who could have been his companion in mischief, but was not: differences in rank and allegiances stood between them. However, when Gabriel hears of his latest exploits, he smiles to himself with unexpected pride.
5. Finally, fleetingly, in the moments he would like to call a weakness, he misses the angel he once used to be, the faith that ran deeper than thought or blood, the sense of belonging, the grace and the brothers that he called home. The changes are for the better, he knows, but cannot help missing himself. Luckily, that doesn't happen too often.
For a prompt Dean/Balthazar, substitute
"He's not coming back, you know," Balthazar says, lowering his glass. He is no substitute for Cas, too loud, too brash, too exhilarated with his newly-discovered humanity, but Dean is good at making do.
For a prompt Jimmy, memory
Sometimes, not often, but, y'know, every once in a while, he comes round to an unsettling feeling of loss, as if a sudden gust of wind had knocked the air out of his lungs. He can no longer remember the sleepy smell of Claire's breath, or what her favourite song was.
"And anyway, who needs memory," whisper the voices blotting out his consciousness, "when there are angels singing to the skies?"
For a prompt Gabriel, grave
Gabriel collects his graves: the underground caverns where Loki is tied up, the hall the Winchester boys had killed him in- The Elysian Fields Hotel is a nice addition to his collection, and, hopefully, not the last one.