Cloud did join Shinra, but he just did his tour and got out. Once discharged, he moved under the plate, earning gil by doing odd jobs and monster hunting in the wastes around Midgar. On this particular day, it wasn't a monster he found, but a shot-to-hell SOLDIER who wasn't quite dead. A story of building a new life, gaining new friends, and a past that isn't quite done. (multiPOV)

Castiel followed Sam and Dean into the hotel in is small act of loyalty has consequences, of course. Now he has to learn how to live as a grounded angel, Dean has to learn how not to fight for his brother, and Lisa has to learn how to survive having the supernatural in her everyday life. WARNINGS in chapter 1.