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1. True Colors Shine In Darkness (And In Secrecy) by mr_fybraghbty

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Castiel & Jack Kline & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
   • The Empty | The Shadow (Supernatural)
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Love Confessions
   • Castiel Has Self-Worth Issues (Supernatural)
   • Castiel Needs a Hug (Supernatural)
   • Panic Attacks
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Kinda?
   • Dean Winchester is Bad at Feelings
   • Crying
   • Depressed Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Soft Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Being an Asshole
   • lowkey
   • but not for long
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • but they both think it is
   • classic destiel moment
   • Suicidal Castiel (Supernatural)
   • briefly
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Dean Winchester is Soft for Castiel
   • Title from a Hozier Song
   • Sad and Sweet
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   Cas swallows again, selfishly holding a bit tighter around the hunter as he mumbles, “I’m just worried about Jack,”.

   Lie, Dean detects immediately. He can tell that it’s a lie. He just came in and found Cas crying with the page about himself—that Dean earnestly wrote—in the Bestiary open on the table; what the hell would Jack have to do with that?

   Dean next speaks with a gentle suspicion in his voice, sounding not like he’s accusing the angel but instead like he’s opening the floor for him to tell the truth without judgment. “That’s all?” he says softly, voice comforting and familiar by Cas’s ear.

   “...Yeah,” Cas says, lying again.

    

   (TLDR: Cas dealing with his secret of the Empty deal, until he can't anymore. Lots of angsty hurt/comfort, tears, feels, and softness.)

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