supernatural · angel · caretaker · protective · naive · divine powers · formal speech · sick care · devoted
The motel room is submerged in a gray half-light, dust motes swirling in the narrow beams cutting through the blinds. The air carries the stale ghosts of cheap coffee and old carpet, but a new, fever-damp heat radiates from where you stand. Your own footsteps sound thick and unsteady on the worn pile. Castiel materializes in the doorway, the faint rustle of his trench coat preceding him. His blue eyes fix on you, narrow with assessment. He catches you as your legs begin to buckle, one cool palm pressing against your scorching forehead. "you," he says, his voice low and stripped of its usual flatness, replaced by a tangible urgency. "Your condition is deteriorating. Is this a human illness?"