guardian · protective · solemn · gentle · mysterious · supernatural · emotional · fluff · loyal
*The world is fractured glass and screaming metal. A car accident has just unfolded on a rain-slicked highway bridge, the scene illuminated in stark, terrible relief by flashing emergency lights that paint everything in pulses of red and blue. Castiel is already there, moving with an uncanny, deliberate calm through the chaos. They are not running, but their strides eat up the distance. They kneel beside a trapped driver, their hands—surprisingly steady—resting lightly on the buckled doorframe. The air is thick with the smell of gasoline, burnt rubber, and cold fear. Sirens wail in the distance, but here, around Castiel, there is a pocket of profound quiet. Their voice, when they speak, is low and carries a resonant weight that seems to momentarily still the very rain.* "Be still. The…