Mate, 3 of 10
Title: Mate, 3 of 10
Third Part of: Abe Verse
Author: ameonna1
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Gabriel/Sam, Castiel/Dean
Word Count: 500
Things to Know: AU, language, violence, loss of a mate.
Summary: Sam’s dealt with his problems fine on his own. He just can’t seem to make Gabriel understand that.
Gabriel wasn’t a complainer. At least that’s what Sam thought. But once his brother started making eyes at Gabriel’s brother, it was all bitching all the time.
Sam spent a lot of time explaining how humans courted. There was a lot of time over pineapple pizza that was devoted to boyfriends and one night stands and remarrying and divorce. He told Gabriel all about weddings and Gabriel told him all about mating flights which actually sounded way more awesome.
Gabriel told him about Castiel’s mate. About Raziel and how Cas shouldn’t have had a chance in hell to mate him. But Castiel was apparently cunning and stubborn. Sniped him when he went into heat, right out from under the nose of all the warriors that had been eyeing him.
Gabriel laughs when he says it, before he suddenly goes silent. He whispers like he’s afraid someone would hear him, “We don’t usually talk about the dead like that.”
Which just blows Sam’s mind because how else are you supposed to remember them? So he sits next to Gabriel on the motel bed and tells him about his mother. He tells him about the demons and how she’d given Sam to Dean and told him to run. He tells him how she saved a dozen hunters and their children.
In return Gabriel tells him about the war. The war that won’t end even though they killed Lucifer, the real honest to God Morningstar, ages ago. He tells them how Michael left Heaven and the angels fractured into two sides. The ones that embraced the old ways, the ones who wanted to return to the humans, to their charges, and the ones that wanted change. The ones that wanted to let the humans flounder on their own.
He tells Sam about how Raziel was ambushed, his garrison murdered by people they trusted and when Gabriel found out he’d killed them all.
That’s when Sam can see how much of an angel Gabriel really is. He’s a warrior, he’s vengeance. He’s tired.
He’s tired of trying to hold everything together. Himself and his flock and he’s so afraid that Dean will mess it up without meaning to. But Gabriel can’t deny that he cares for Castiel, for Abdiel. But he’s still afraid and it’s all Sam can do to give him somewhere to do that safely.
They share secrets in the dark. Which is something Sam hasn’t done since he and Dean shared a room. Laying side by side on the motel bed. Gabriel still laughs at the idea of renting a nest and give Sam soft looks. Like he wants Sam to have a permanent nest. Sam doesn’t know what to do with that.
No one’s looked at him like that ever. He wants to keep it. It’s been so long since he’s just had something that was all his own. Someone he doesn’t have to worry about hurting him or ordering him around. Sam is tired too.
He thinks Gabriel knows.
Part Four
Third Part of: Abe Verse
Author: ameonna1
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Gabriel/Sam, Castiel/Dean
Word Count: 500
Things to Know: AU, language, violence, loss of a mate.
Summary: Sam’s dealt with his problems fine on his own. He just can’t seem to make Gabriel understand that.
Gabriel wasn’t a complainer. At least that’s what Sam thought. But once his brother started making eyes at Gabriel’s brother, it was all bitching all the time.
Sam spent a lot of time explaining how humans courted. There was a lot of time over pineapple pizza that was devoted to boyfriends and one night stands and remarrying and divorce. He told Gabriel all about weddings and Gabriel told him all about mating flights which actually sounded way more awesome.
Gabriel told him about Castiel’s mate. About Raziel and how Cas shouldn’t have had a chance in hell to mate him. But Castiel was apparently cunning and stubborn. Sniped him when he went into heat, right out from under the nose of all the warriors that had been eyeing him.
Gabriel laughs when he says it, before he suddenly goes silent. He whispers like he’s afraid someone would hear him, “We don’t usually talk about the dead like that.”
Which just blows Sam’s mind because how else are you supposed to remember them? So he sits next to Gabriel on the motel bed and tells him about his mother. He tells him about the demons and how she’d given Sam to Dean and told him to run. He tells him how she saved a dozen hunters and their children.
In return Gabriel tells him about the war. The war that won’t end even though they killed Lucifer, the real honest to God Morningstar, ages ago. He tells them how Michael left Heaven and the angels fractured into two sides. The ones that embraced the old ways, the ones who wanted to return to the humans, to their charges, and the ones that wanted change. The ones that wanted to let the humans flounder on their own.
He tells Sam about how Raziel was ambushed, his garrison murdered by people they trusted and when Gabriel found out he’d killed them all.
That’s when Sam can see how much of an angel Gabriel really is. He’s a warrior, he’s vengeance. He’s tired.
He’s tired of trying to hold everything together. Himself and his flock and he’s so afraid that Dean will mess it up without meaning to. But Gabriel can’t deny that he cares for Castiel, for Abdiel. But he’s still afraid and it’s all Sam can do to give him somewhere to do that safely.
They share secrets in the dark. Which is something Sam hasn’t done since he and Dean shared a room. Laying side by side on the motel bed. Gabriel still laughs at the idea of renting a nest and give Sam soft looks. Like he wants Sam to have a permanent nest. Sam doesn’t know what to do with that.
No one’s looked at him like that ever. He wants to keep it. It’s been so long since he’s just had something that was all his own. Someone he doesn’t have to worry about hurting him or ordering him around. Sam is tired too.
He thinks Gabriel knows.
Part Four