p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"For weeks, Gabriel watched over Sam. Sam left Dean after another argument, leaving to be on his own. He watched Sam stargaze out along the highway, ached for Sam when his eyes shed tears and thoughts of his brother crept across his brain and deadened the light in his eyes. He used every ounce of will in his being to not go to Sam, to not answer his sincere prayers./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Even more time passed before Gabriel decided to let Sam know he mattered, before he caved under the guilt of watching without communicating. He made sure Sam knew he was important, knew he was loved, knew people cared about him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Gabriel reassured Sam with every soft kiss and brush of his hands that he was loved and did not deserve to beat himself up like this. Things started slow, with cautious and calculated kisses to his forehead and jaw, until Sam took a deep breath and began responding to the angel. His larger hands encompassed Gabriel's and brought them to his lips, wordlessly encouraging Gabriel to continue./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"With every gentle cant of his hips and warm words, Gabriel tried to fix Sam's emotional state. Every quiet whisper and touch translated to "Sam, you are loved."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"They lay silently, Gabriel in Sam's arms. Sam wasn't at his 100%, but with more time and reassurance, he would get there. With their breathing and heartbeats making themselves familiar once more, Sam drifted into the most peaceful sleep he had had in months./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Even more time passed before Gabriel decided to let Sam know he mattered, before he caved under the guilt of watching without communicating. He made sure Sam knew he was important, knew he was loved, knew people cared about him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Gabriel reassured Sam with every soft kiss and brush of his hands that he was loved and did not deserve to beat himself up like this. Things started slow, with cautious and calculated kisses to his forehead and jaw, until Sam took a deep breath and began responding to the angel. His larger hands encompassed Gabriel's and brought them to his lips, wordlessly encouraging Gabriel to continue./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"With every gentle cant of his hips and warm words, Gabriel tried to fix Sam's emotional state. Every quiet whisper and touch translated to "Sam, you are loved."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"They lay silently, Gabriel in Sam's arms. Sam wasn't at his 100%, but with more time and reassurance, he would get there. With their breathing and heartbeats making themselves familiar once more, Sam drifted into the most peaceful sleep he had had in months./p