Who: Cas and Tony D. What: Meeting, chatting, probably teasing (on Tony's part). Where: Outside the complex When: Monday morning Rating: T for Tony, D for drinking
Castiel sat still, wrists resting on his thighs, hands dangling loosely between his knees. He was aware of the pressure on his bones and joins, he was aware of the brush of fabric on his skin. He did his best to ignore it. If he let himself get caught up in those details he's be no use to anyone and he needed to be of use. It was all he had left.
Castiel had no idea why he'd ended up in the parallel world where his few friends were years ahead of him and, yet, were struggling with the same problem. Lucifer. Castiel carried his fears alone, his closest friends virtual strangers. He tried to ignore the stone in his belly too but, when he couldn't, he'd found something else. A picked up the bottle beside him, mostly full of butterscotch liquor. (Without the milk, spirits burned his throat and he'd not gotten used to that yet).
He took a deep swallow, closing his eyes as his head tipped back, still believing himself alone.