Six years ago, Dean experienced something he can't forget and no one can believe. But while everyone else believes his dangerous life is meant to be some kind of penance, Dean feels driven to prove himself worthy of the miraculous. Can miracles happen a second time? Is the mysterious blue-eyed stranger really the angel of his dreams? Or has Dean truly lost his mind after all?

The Convicted Laborer program. Criminals are fitted with shock collars and their contracts are sold. They spend their sentence performing manual labor, earning valuable skills and work experience. The program is a true benefit to society. When Castiel sees a contract with a familiar name, he is quick to bid. Now it's time to go and collect his new laborer. What could go wrong?

When former POW Castiel Novak returns home to find everything gone, the last thing he needs is a murderous punk carjacking him at gunpoint. But maybe this is a second chance, one for a new beginning? Maybe, through Dean, Castiel can find a way to erase his own past, and provide Dean with the future he never had? After all, it's not like Dean has any better options, right?

Dean held Castiel on the roof of a thirty-story building, whispering words of love even as he forced him off the edge. What brought them to this point? How could a dedicated bodyguard betray his client so badly? And why would Dean insist Castiel was safe even as he sent them both falling towards the street below? A multi-chapter reverse-chronology story.