John Winchester's life, as a pawn in the ultimate game. He lived with the painful consequences of the hard choices he had to make. He had the focused attention, the minimal help and the unearthly love of Heaven's least known bureaucrat for most of his life.

All the truly great bureaucrats had their time in the trenches. Crowley and Naomi had a secret work relationship for decades. Premises of the story: Crowley not having a soul (S8, E2) is unusual for a demon. To get close to becoming human again (S8, E23) he had to have one. My solution - Naomi found it and gave it back to him. Naomi is able to hide her grace Naomi is alive.