So glad you enjoyed this - I also love outsider pov of the Winchesters, so it was a treat to write this. There's so much wank out there about 'quash the codependence' but it's what I love about these characters! I also love how fascinating Castiel was as an angel, something we didn't know what to make of entirely, in early seasons - that's my favorite version so I wrote it in here. The beauty of fic!