Prayers are complicated to understand, after all, they are essentially thoughts. Every thought Dean has directed or about Castiel is definitely received, and they are very distracting. And when Castiel mistakes a thought for a prayer, he flies in ready for battle to a scene he really wished he never saw. Well, he tried to tell himself that anyways.

It had been two years since Sherlock had first met Redbeard, and two years since Sherlock was lonely or sad. He found himself thinking of Redbeard more often during school, especially when he felt alone and cold. He had a whole wing of his Mind Palace dedicated to Redbeard. And I suppose that's how he got hurt so badly. (A fanfiction about Redbeard's part in Sherlock's childhood)

I promised myself long ago I wouldn't succumb to something so degrading, something so vicious. I promised I wouldn't let myself fall. But that was before him. That was before I met John. In sleep there is such bliss and peace, and as John slept on my shoulder, it killed me inside to know I was so close yet I could never touch him. *Unrequited Johnlock