'In here,' one of them muttered, as he tried the handle to the kitchen door. 'Alohomora.' The door clicked open, and the Death Eater crept slowly inside. John's heart raced, and he pushed his mother even further into the shadows.

Castiel is a microbiologist, tasked with finding the cure to the Croatoan virus that's slowly destroying the food chain. He and a group of scientists board the USS Impala, a submarine led by Commander Dean Winchester. But when things start to go wrong, Cas makes a decision that changes everything.

Dean is in his final year of high school when a new foster kid arrives to stay with them. Castiel, bruised and disheartened, keeps mostly to himself. With the prospect of college looming ahead, Dean and Cas must find a way to navigate the year.

Dean's father died to protect the King on a pilgrimage to receive the Goddess's blessing. Now Dean hears his father's voice in his dreams, calling him to his grave. The only way up is to pledge himself to the King, for the rest of his life. Castiel rules, his kingdom rent in half by a civil war his uncle started, and resents the need for a Lionheart. But the pilgrimage must be done

Dean is a little boy much like any other, until he finds a boy buried in the snow, and his life is changed forever