Something Good In All My Bad

It's been two months since Cas was taken by the Empty. Two months since Chuck was defeated. Since Jack left. Since it became just Sam and Dean. Again. Back to basics. Dean should be happy. He thinks he should be happy; the world has been “saved.” The ultimate enemy has been defeated. But he isn’t happy.Eileen convinces him to do something for his birthday. Nothing big. Just a pie — not cake — and some pizza.“Can we dig into the pie now?” Dean sticks out his bottom lip, playing it up. This may be the most he’s talked in months, but the dinner has been fun, teaming up with Eileen to tease Sam always lightens the mood."Hello!"All three adults in the room startle at the greeting and turn to find Jack standing at the top of the kitchen stairs, his hand raised, a small smile on his face. “I brought someone with me.” He moves out of the doorway and Dean hears the familiar sounds of shoes on concrete before he sees Cas step around the corner.AKA: Two months after Castiel is taken by the Empty, Eileen and Sam pull Dean enough out of his depressed state to celebrate his birthday. Dean’s birthday present ends up being the return of Jack and Cas.