The Sentinels the mordant liquor of tears

hearing his dad's summons, Cas took the opportunity to shuffle blearily to the mouth of the den. there he slumped next to Em, nudging her gently. on a whim, he decided he would called her Lethe from now on. the boy watched impassively as many wolves raised objections to his dad's pronouncement that he was about to go do stupid shit. 

the boy rolled his eyes, feeling like himself for a moment before the terror and pain of seeing Behati's broken body surged again, and he closed his gaze tightly against it.