Madam Mim
One Big Modern Mess
- Joined
- May 30, 2013
"Dean..." Jude looked conflicted as Dean poured his heart out to her. "Oh Dean..." She took his hand in both of hers and brought his fingers to her lips, gently kissing each knuckle just as she used to do. The first time he was here she had found the crisscrossing scars on his knuckles from his many hunts, and at the time she had been convinced that he had come from an abusive home. That conviction only deepened when she saw how many more scars had made their home there in the meantime. She sighed. "Dean you've never left my heart," she admitted, "and I never stopped loving you. And you do deserve a second chance. Even if you didn't, I'd give you all the chances you need."
And here it came. "But I was shattered when you left." Jude couldn't look at him. She turned his hand over to kiss a line down his finger where, had he stayed, there could have been a wedding band by now. She continued that line of kisses down his palm to the inside of his wrist. "The life of an FBI agent...you're gone most of the time and I'd be left sitting and wondering whether I was gonna get the call telling me you'd died on the job. I'm not sure I'd be able to handle you leaving again, and it would break me to know you were dead. When you left, there was always the hope you were still alive." Jude pressed another gentle kiss to the inside of his wrist before pressing his palm against her cheek. Finally she met his eyes. "I want to try again, Dean. I've never loved anyone the way I loved you, and I doubt I ever will. But at the same time...I want a family. I want a husband, children, grandchildren. I want to have that sort of a life with you, but I know that it isn't fair of me to ask you to leave your job just for me."
She was quiet for a long time. Finally Jude sighed and swept hair back from her face. She hadn't let go of Dean's hand, almost as though she feared that if she did she would lose him forever. "Let's try it while you're in town," she said finally, looking up at Dean. "And until you've solved this case you can think about what you want. If you don't like it here I can move, I'll follow you anywhere; you've always known that. But I can't come on cases with you, and we both know that that's where your time will be. But until you've solved this case, we can try again. We can start over." She pressed another kiss to his palm.
Castiel shook his head. "You haven't known me in the centuries that have passed," he protested quietly. "The things I've done because I was following orders, or for the greater good. I killed thousands of angels. I'm not a good man or a good angel, I'm not a good brother...I'm not a good being." And it was true, to him at least. Everything he'd done with the best of intentions had turned to mud in his hands. Krystal had known a man different from how he was now.
And here it came. "But I was shattered when you left." Jude couldn't look at him. She turned his hand over to kiss a line down his finger where, had he stayed, there could have been a wedding band by now. She continued that line of kisses down his palm to the inside of his wrist. "The life of an FBI agent...you're gone most of the time and I'd be left sitting and wondering whether I was gonna get the call telling me you'd died on the job. I'm not sure I'd be able to handle you leaving again, and it would break me to know you were dead. When you left, there was always the hope you were still alive." Jude pressed another gentle kiss to the inside of his wrist before pressing his palm against her cheek. Finally she met his eyes. "I want to try again, Dean. I've never loved anyone the way I loved you, and I doubt I ever will. But at the same time...I want a family. I want a husband, children, grandchildren. I want to have that sort of a life with you, but I know that it isn't fair of me to ask you to leave your job just for me."
She was quiet for a long time. Finally Jude sighed and swept hair back from her face. She hadn't let go of Dean's hand, almost as though she feared that if she did she would lose him forever. "Let's try it while you're in town," she said finally, looking up at Dean. "And until you've solved this case you can think about what you want. If you don't like it here I can move, I'll follow you anywhere; you've always known that. But I can't come on cases with you, and we both know that that's where your time will be. But until you've solved this case, we can try again. We can start over." She pressed another kiss to his palm.
Castiel shook his head. "You haven't known me in the centuries that have passed," he protested quietly. "The things I've done because I was following orders, or for the greater good. I killed thousands of angels. I'm not a good man or a good angel, I'm not a good brother...I'm not a good being." And it was true, to him at least. Everything he'd done with the best of intentions had turned to mud in his hands. Krystal had known a man different from how he was now.