Killing time - the streets (OTA)

[angel_awol]

The devil makes work for idle thumbs, or at least that's how the saying goes. Gabriel didn't need his brother's help to wind people up and normally keep himself entertained, but the same scenery was beginning to really get on his nerves. Pranks weren't helping, and he'd sorta given up with that anyway since Castiel had spoken with him

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[gobacktoheaven]

Aaron had the day off (being the boss was awesome that way), but had swung by the store to replenish the bag of candy he kept in his pocket. He'd gotten pretty good at tuning down his angel radar, but archangels still pegged the meter. So, it wasn't much of a surprise when he saw his recently-returned uncle moping along the street.

"Hey, sport, wait up!" The Nephilim walked over. "How's it going, man?" The archangel looked two steps off boiling the ocean out of boredom - an expression Aaron had gotten used to seeing on this particular face.

[angel_awol]

Awww, that was mean to say. Gabriel didn't always look like that- in fact, most of the time he was fine. But this place was small, so very very small and when it came down to it, there was already three angels, a nephilim and an archangel there. There didn't seem to be a Gabriel-shaped hole he could make mischief in.

"Kiddo!" Gabriel replied, face breaking into a broad smile. "Hey, it's all good. But better for seeing a friendly face. You giving yourself the day off?"

[gobacktoheaven]

"Best part of being the boss, right?" Aaron said, giving the archangel a hug. "What you been up to - worn out the whorehouse yet?"

He pulled out the large bag of candy (Goobers today) and offered it.

[angel_awol]

"Yeah, they told me not to come back for at least a week." Gabriel said with a grin, hugging the boy back. "Maybe next time I should just take them in shifts and not all at once?"

Ooooh, he'd got Aaron trained right. Hugs and candy? The kid deserved a medal. Gabe took a few, popping them into his mouth with relish. "Favorite nephew, hands down."

[gobacktoheaven]

"You're a real softie, once you get some candy in you." Aaron said, laughing. "But yeah, better let the whores cool off for a bit, or they might just tie you up and bring in the milking machine."

"So, what prankery are you up to today? Giving zits and unabrows to all the pretty people? Classic stuff, there."

[angel_awol]

Gabriel gave him a bright, child-like grin, shoving more candy in his face. "I'm always a softie. Come on, gemme some credit."

"Huh. No pranking right now. Trying to find myself something to do that doesn't piss off Castiel. He and Dean were planning to gank me if I didn't cut it out." He snorted at the very idea, "Not that they could, but you know."

[gobacktoheaven]

Aaron chuckled at that. "Yeah, how's that going for them? Well, I guess you'd better behave yourself to avoid their 'wrath'."

"But what to do, what to do? Have you named all the grains of sand on the beach yet?" He got it, he really did. Gabriel had the run of the cosmos, and now he was stuck in a fishbowl.

[angel_awol]

Gabriel grinned. "Yeah, I'm lying low. Hoping they forget all about it. You know how it is."

"Yeah. And then the rest of the morning I just lay on them until the ice-cream truck arrived." Gabriel said a little mournfully. "I am honestly thinking that maybe I should teach or something. Something you know... stupid."

[gobacktoheaven]

"Like classes, you mean?" Aaron asked. "You could put a spin on history, that's for sure." He'd been a bit worried, with the previous version too, that nothing the village had to offer could alleviate the boredom for the archangel.

[angel_awol]

"Yeah." Gabriel said, taking another few sweets from Aaron, chewing them happily. "Maybe not history. That stuff gets depressing. Maybe something... sex education and morals and citizenship and all that stuff rolled together. You know... how not to be a shitty human."

[gobacktoheaven]

"Yeah, history can be pretty dry, too." Aaron agreed. "I wonder, though, about this place's history. Some of the graves in the cemetery are pretty old - not that it means anything."

"Teaching the humanities, huh? Well, you've certainly seen a lot of us." He made a face. "Or 'them', I guess I should say."

[angel_awol]

Gabriel gave the young man a long look, an eyebrow raised. "They say they're old, or they look old but..." He shrugged, as if to imply that Aaron was right- it didn't mean anything.

"Oooooh, still think of yourself as human? That's cute kiddo." Gabriel teased, leaning to slap at Aaron's ass.

[gobacktoheaven]

"At least buy me a drink before you start grabbing the goods, man - sheesh." Aaron laughed. "Yeah, I thought I was human until I was 18, so I guess I still think of myself that way."

"If you still want that part-time job at the store, it's yours."

[angel_awol]

"You know, it's probably not a bad thing." Gabriel said, reaching for another playful grope, just to annoy Aaron a little more.

"I'll probably take you up on that. Just for a while, until I figure myself out." He said after a moments consideration. "Then I'll probably open a rival store across the street or something."

[gobacktoheaven]

Aaron wasn't annoyed at all, really. Amused, certainly, and nostalgic as he'd played a similar game of fake flirty with the archangel's predecessor.

"Hey, don't do that. I'd have to go whore myself out in order to make a living." He paused, pretending to think about it. "Then again, whoring is a time-honored profession."

[angel_awol]

"Really?" Gabriel said, lifting an eyebrow questioningly. "Will people pay you to leave them alone?" He was teasing of course, messing around.

"I probably won't do that. Too much work." He said, waving the idea away. "Maybe I'll just babysit or something."