Chapter 1
Bring It On!

"Dean…It happened again…" Cas sighed heavily as he walked in with his tie wrapped around his neck and knotted behind his ear. Dean didn't even have enough mental strength to look shocked anymore, this had happened so many times already and he was sick of explaining it to him.

"Damn it, Cas, again? How many times is this?" Dean grumbled, but he got up from his chair and met the Angel halfway.

"This is a very tricky article of clothing, Dean!" Cas pouted as Dean undid his tie with one sharp tug and set to the task of re-tying it neatly around Cas' neck. They stood uncomfortably close but neither seemed to notice, they were far to busy locked into a staring match while Deans fingers finished their task with practiced ease, flattening out his collar with a pat. Sam - who was more than used to this behaviour by now - barely noticed the couple but Gabriel couldn't take his eyes off his little Brother and his Charge.

"There! All done and looking good, Angel…" Dean said, smiling as Cas' eyes lit up at the compliment.

"Thank you, Dean. I do not know what I would do if you weren't here to help me…" Cas replied and placed a hand on Deans shoulder, squeezing it gently. After a few moments with more staring, they broke apart and Cas turned to Gabriel.

"Are you ready to go, Brother?" Castiel asked and Gabriel could only nod dumbly at his oblivious baby bro.

"Yeah, yeah sure…oh damn, you know what, I forgot something in my room. Give me a minute would you…" Gabe said, nudging Sam sharply in the ribs. "Sam…would you come help me in my room…" Sam sat staring at Gabe in complete confusion and Gabriel kept grinning at him and twitching his head towards Cas and Dean.

"Ehhh…no? You can't go alone? Jeez, Gabe…" Sam said, he couldn't believe how annoying the Archangel could get at times.

"Sammy! I -REALLY- need you to help me find my thing…in my room…" Gabe pressed on, winking and wiggling his eyebrows. Sam looked totally confused for a second, then he screwed up his face and shuddered.

"Oh yeah I just bet you do Gabe…OW!" Sam squealed as Gabe kicked him sharply on the shin under the table.

"Sammy, get your ass into my room this instant!" Gabe whispered harshly and took off quickly down the hallway towards his bedroom. Sammy grumbled and limped off after Gabe, wincing. The Ex-Trickster could be really mean when he wasn't getting his way, as Sam knew all too well. The Giant Hunter was one of the Archangels favourite targets and all too often he wound up the butt of some really bad jokes.

Dean and Cas exchanged a look and Dean pointed towards the doorway were his little brother had disappeared off after Gabriel.

"Did they just…"

"They did…"

"You don't think they are…do you?!"

Castiel screwed his eyes shut and shook his head. That was something he never wished to think about.

"I really do not wish to find out, Dean…"

"You don't think they are…do you?!" Gabriel squeaked in excitement and Sam groaned, falling backwards onto the bed with his hand over his eyes.

"I really don't wanna know Gabe!" Sam sighed, watching the Archangel pacing back and forth across the floor. Leave it to Gabriel to be the one opening the can of worms that Sam had been trying desperately to ignore. Whether or not Dean and Cas were…doing the do!…He really didn't care! He didn't! He was so much happier just ignoring their touchy-feely behaviour in favour of a quiet life, but no that wasn't good enough for good ol' Loki and his ADHD! Now Sam would never be able to stop seeing all the little things they did, all the signs that pointed towards a relationship that went far deeper than just friends…All the little signs…

"…The Seven Signs…" Sam mumbled and Gabe gave him a confused look.

"Come again, Samsquatch?" Gabe asked, using another of his stupid nicknames for Sam. He was forever coming up with new and annoying ways of getting Sam's attention, and stupid nicknames were in the number one slot. This time though Sam choose to ignore it.

"The Seven Signs. It's a Human phrase, 'The Seven Signs That You're Married." Sam explained and when Gabriel continued to look lost, he rolled his eyes at the clueless Archangel. "You got a pen and paper?" He asked and Gabe, who always had to go bigger and better, snapped his fingers and poofed into existence a full White Board and Black Marker. Sam took the pen and began to write out a list on the board, ticking of the first one as he went. Gabriel hovered over his shoulder, trying to see what it was he was writing and about halfway through the list he tried to take the marker from Sam. The young Hunter lifted the pen high out of Gabes reach and slapped at the Angels hand, trying to hold him away from the board while he finished up. When he was finally done he took a step back to admire his work.

The Seven Signs

1. Unnecessary Touching/Fixing Clothes
2. Non-Verbal Convos
3. Date Night
4. Bickering/Nagging
5. Sleep Or Sex
6. Own Language
7. Sacrificing

Gabriel read over the list, squinting and moving closer to or further away from the board as he read. He tilted his head from side to side, and finally he looked at Sam.

"Its official Sam…You should have been a Doctor with handwriting like that." Gabe joked and dodged out of the way as Sam threw the Marker at him. Sam used the moment of confusion to charge forward and grabbed the smaller man around his waist, lifting him into the air and slamming him back down on the bed behind him, but Gabriel was back on him in an instant and as he fell backwards onto the bed he made a grab for Sam's shift, yanking him down with him. The two began a frantic wrestling match and just as Sam came out on top, pinning poor Gabe to the bed underneath him…Dean and Cas appeared in the doorway…

"Sammy, what the hell is taking so…" Dean stopped in his tracks and squealed, quickly covering over Castiel's eyes but staring in complete shock at his panting and sweating little brother practically mounting the ass of a very flushed looking Gabriel.

"WHAT THE HELL, SAM?!" Dean screamed, quickly backing out the door and dragging a completely confused Castiel out with him. "HANG A FREAKIN' SOCK NEXT TIME, DAMN IT!"

"Wait, Dean! This isn't what it looks like!" Sam called after him, trying to scramble off the bed but falling off the end in his haste to reach the door.

"Oh yeah, sure it isn't! I should have known!" Dean ranted as he stormed off down the hall towards the main room, followed closely behind by his dishevelled Brother.

"What the hell does that mean?" Sam snapped and Dean rounded on him.
"Don't treat me like an idiot Sam! I should have know…all the 'hanging out' and joking around…and how you are constantly touching him for no damn reason! It all makes sense now…" Dean still had a tight hold of Castiel and was dragging him towards the door. "Well don't let us interrupt you two lovebirds, have protection, use fun!" And with a slamming of the bunker door, they were gone and the room rang in the silence. Sam stared up at the door in shock, trying hard to process what had just happened as a laughing Gabriel appeared in the room. Sam looked around at him and pointed towards the doorway that his brother had just disappeared through.

"Did he just…did he seriously just…"

"Oh yeah, he did…"

Sam took a few minutes to come to his senses, standing struck dumb in the middle of the room. When he had finally made sense of the situation he huffed and shook his head.

"Come on, Gabe!" Sam snapped, turning and storming back out towards Gabes room with a gleeful Angel in tow.

"What are we gonna do Sammich?" Gabe asked, eyes glinting with mischief.

"We're gonna prove that those two are together, whether they know it or not, and we're gonna teach that hypocritical jerk a lesson he'll never forget! But first…We're gonna need a video camera…"