vail_kagami | SPN Big Bang: All the Streets Are Empty (and the Cars on Fire)

Title: All the Streets Are Empty (and the Cars on Fire)
Fandom: Supernatural
Beta: jonjokeat
Artist: mamapranayama
Rating: R
Characters: Castiel, Sam, Bobby
Summary: AU after 5.18: When they go to confront Michael, Sam takes Dean along to give him the chance not to say yes - but Dean does. Now Michael is unleashed on the world, leaving a trail of destruction as he waits for his brother to take his destined vessel and face him in their final fight.
Castiel wakes up without his grace in a world waiting for obliteration. Through the collapsing civilization he makes his way to Bobby's salvage yard where Sam still refuses to give in to Lucifer, no matter how much it hurts. Now it's up to them to save Dean and save the world from Dean's mistake - but the road is much, much longer than any of them anticipates, and every little victory comes with a price.
Warnings: temporary character death, death of OCs, demon blood, suicide attempt and references to successful suicides, Dean does not actually appear in this story
Wordcount: 20,695
Note: Written for the spn-gen-bigbang. Prequel to And this Great Blue World of Ours. Can be read independently, but the sequel is needed for those who require closure.

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Download: on AO3

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Special thanks go to jonjokeat, for her quick and very thourough beta job, and to mamapranayama who jumped in with some truely amazing artwork late in the game after my original artist had to drop out due to technical difficulties.