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Chapter 6: Afterword

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When I wrote this story, I was at a difficult point in my life. I had always intended to write a sequel or a time stamp where Cas and Dean are happy together. At first I told myself I couldn’t write it until I was in that better place myself. When I got there, I realized there wasn’t more story to write. Not really.

But if you want it, here goes:

Cas finds a therapist who deals with lots of different creatures. He ends up in group therapy with another Pranat named Balthazar who will ride or die with him forever. He also meets Charlie there, and with her love of meat (she’s a werewolf) she becomes a regular for burgers at Dean’s diner. Cas gets his life together. Sometimes it falls apart again, but he’s pulled himself up from the worst now so he knows he can do it. And when he forgets, Gabe and Dean are there to remind him.

For anyone who needs it, please visit
Suicide.org for a list of international suicide hotlines.

Cas, Dean, Meg, Gabe, Sam, Benny and I are all pulling for you.

Notes:

*The title of this work comes from the Zac Brown Band song, which you can listen to here.

*The monster species, the Pranat, come from the idea of Pranic Vampires, a type of psychic vampire who’s name comes from the Hindu word which means all cosmic energy. I thought that was very cool. I hope you do, too.

*I took some liberties with driving times and distances. Every time I thought I had Cas’s route planned, something in the timing changed. Pretend it makes sense.


All that said, I really hope you enjoyed this, and if you did, please leave a kudos or a comment. I'm headed to knee surgery soon, so I would love to hear from you while I'm recuperating, and while you're at it, check out some of the other PineFest stories, and send some love to my artist, keylimedean! I really still am in awe of the luck I got when she chose my story. Wow.