[ It's not as straight forward as someone killing him, there are layers. Jack sighs and rubs his hands on his jeans, looking up at Castiel from where he's still sitting. ]
You died before I was born. I brought you back, I woke you up in the Empty, and the Shadow let you go, but it was angry. When I went to Heaven, it hunted me down, and you offered yourself in exchange for me. The Empty said it would come for you when you didn't expect it, when you were happy. You told me not to tell Dean and Sam, and I never did.
[ That was a hard secret to keep because Jack knew how much it would hurt them, but for all he knew, they would both be mortal and dead by the time that Castiel died again. The two of them had long life spans, there was no knowing when it would be, which is what Castiel said too. It's the only secret that Jack really did keep that whole time, and part of it was because of his guilt, that Castiel did that for him. ]
I don't know what happened. You and Dean were fighting Billie, and I think you might have called the Shadow to you somehow. You weren't happy but maybe it came for you anyway. It took both of you to the Empty. Dean didn't give me a lot of details, you know how he is.
[ Not the person most likely to share. Jack also didn't ask. ]
Chuck killed everyone. All our friends and allies, all the other lives in Heaven and Hell and on Earth. He left only the three of us alive, so we would suffer too before the end. So your loss, while terrible, was one of many. It only happened a day or so before I came here.
[ That amount of pain and grief, it was overwhelming, and Jack hadn't begun to unpack any of it. ]
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[ It's not as straight forward as someone killing him, there are layers. Jack sighs and rubs his hands on his jeans, looking up at Castiel from where he's still sitting. ]
You died before I was born. I brought you back, I woke you up in the Empty, and the Shadow let you go, but it was angry. When I went to Heaven, it hunted me down, and you offered yourself in exchange for me. The Empty said it would come for you when you didn't expect it, when you were happy. You told me not to tell Dean and Sam, and I never did.
[ That was a hard secret to keep because Jack knew how much it would hurt them, but for all he knew, they would both be mortal and dead by the time that Castiel died again. The two of them had long life spans, there was no knowing when it would be, which is what Castiel said too. It's the only secret that Jack really did keep that whole time, and part of it was because of his guilt, that Castiel did that for him. ]
I don't know what happened. You and Dean were fighting Billie, and I think you might have called the Shadow to you somehow. You weren't happy but maybe it came for you anyway. It took both of you to the Empty. Dean didn't give me a lot of details, you know how he is.
[ Not the person most likely to share. Jack also didn't ask. ]
Chuck killed everyone. All our friends and allies, all the other lives in Heaven and Hell and on Earth. He left only the three of us alive, so we would suffer too before the end. So your loss, while terrible, was one of many. It only happened a day or so before I came here.
[ That amount of pain and grief, it was overwhelming, and Jack hadn't begun to unpack any of it. ]