all-the-ships-love: fromcenotaphy:i am about to go absolutely feral bc i just realized that this sce
all-the-ships-love: fromcenotaphy:i am about to go absolutely feral bc i just realized that this scene only makes sense if dean is just…100% full of shit, here. performing for sam maybe (tragic because sam clearly doesn’t give a shit) and/or (more likely) for himself. dean’s terrified of castiel’s closeness and this entire confused “oh i’m weirded out bc cas is being weird” act is just that, an act. because the dude, where are you gonna sleep doesn’t make sense. they just spent half a year traveling together in purgatory. dean knows castiel doesn’t sleep. and castiel knows dean knows this, hence castiel’s puzzled expression when he corrects him. and you know what else? YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? since castiel doesn’t sleep, the logical thing for him to do while SITTING AWAKE IN A LAND OF MONSTERS would be to WATCH OVER DEAN (lol and benny I guess) which is why he says i’ll watch over you like it’s such an obvious thing. he’s reminding dean. duh, i’ll watch over you. that’s what they do. that’s how it works. honestly? he probably interpreted dean’s i need my four hours as a request to be watched over because god knows it’s risky to sleep alone in purgatory. which is why dean’s response is so heartbreaking. that’s not gonna happen. yes cas watched over him in purgatory. yes dean put his arms around cas on the shore of a river. yes dean prayed to him every goddamn night. yes dean said i need you and i’m not leaving here without you. but this is earth. rules have changed. dean is terrified all the time by what he feels and how he’s perceived. terrified in a way he never was when he was surrounded by monsters and death crouched behind every tree. that’s not gonna happen, dean says, and smiles like it’s a joke, and the fear is so thick around him that it’s a wonder he can breathe. Omg. I… never even thought of this… -- source link