When Zachariah dies, the illusions he’s created die with him. But before they collapse completely, sometimes they collide. That’s how Castiel goes from cradling Dean Winchester’s broken body one moment, to finding himself face to face with Dean Smith in the next.
This story starts in the moments after 2009 Dean is pulled from the Endverse back into his own timeline. We follow Endverse Castiel as he’s sucked into the Terrible Life Verse. Confronted with Dean Smith, Castiel begrudgingly tries to deal with the fact that he’s still alive and that he’s stuck with some strange Dean. (Worse yet, he might be developing feelings for this other man.)
But is Castiel the only one who slipped between the cracks between one world and another? And how and why did Castiel end up in Dean Smith’s apartment?
Dean Smith’s a hard-working omega who’s got it all. A nice apartment, a good job with an upcoming promotion, friends and family who care about him. Hell, he’s even got some alpha buddies to help him out during the worst of his heats. The only thing he doesn’t have is a steady relationship, but Dean’s more of a married to his work kind of guy. Which is what he keeps telling himself over and over once the new guy, Castiel, starts flirting with him.
Oh, and did I mention Dean’s an omega who can’t smell? That tends to complicate the whole “relationship” thing when everyone’s sniffing around for their true mate.
You're born with your soulmate's last name on your wrist. All his life, Castiel's waited to finally get to meet his Winchester soulmate. So when he starts college and meets Sam with the name Novak on his wrist, it seems like a no brainer. Even if all Castiel ever feels towards Sam is friendship. The soulmate marks are never wrong, after all, so maybe they should just try harder.
... Of course, there are other Novaks and Winchesters out there.
Castiel has inherited the crown after years of turbulence. His family has not been good to their people, and Castiel has much to atone for. He works so hard to bring peace, but his attraction to a kitchen boy might throw all that he’s worked to build into jeopardy…
Prince Dean is the most beautiful omega anyone’s laid eyes on. Flowers bloom for the chance to see him, animals climb into his room simply to be in his presence, and not a person in the kingdom can say enough for his beauty. He is universally praised for his lovely green eyes, his freckles, his plush lips and the subtly strong lines of his cheekbones. His family hopes to use that to find a good match and secure an alliance for their kingdom.
The gods have other plans.
Naomi, goddess of beauty, hears more and more tales of the young omega’s beauty and she hates him for it. The fact that mortals and nature alike would hold anyone’s beauty above her own is intolerable. So she sends her son Castiel, god of love, to infect Dean with an undying love for a monstrous person as punishment for his hubris.
Fate has plans of its own…
[A retelling of the Classical myth “Cupid and Psyche.” Castiel is cast as Cupid, Dean as Psyche, and Naomi as Venus.]