A/N I do not own Supernatural or any of the associated characters
Gabriel picked the arm of the youngest Winchester up gently, and slid out from under it. He never stayed until morning. It just wasn't done. He'd mojo in, and he and Sam would fall into bed, carnally worshipping each-others bodies before collapsing in a heap of tangled limbs and starchy motel sheets. Then when Sammy woke up in the morning, he was alone with only the love bites and scratches on his back to prove that the previous night hadn't been a dream. Their first time together had been fast and messy and rough, there was no love or affection just lust and feelings of betrayal. Oh, and alcohol. Lots of alcohol.
When Gabriel had angeled in weeks later, Sam refused to look him in the eye, and the pain rolling off the boy in waves struck at a chord deep in the archangels heavily suppressed grace. That night was long and slow, filled with passion and affection, but just like before, when Sam awoke, he was alone and cold in a bed that held the memories of the night before like a sponge.
After several of these encounters, Sam stopped being surprised when he awoke to find his arm wrapped around a grimy pillow that was in place of the caramel eyed angel that permeated Sam's every waking thought. Tonight was different though, instead of pretending not to notice his angel slipping into the night like a cheap whore, Sam grabbed Gabriel's wrist, and pulled him back to the bed with a 'thud'.
"Woah, Sammy boy, you can't be still wanting after last night." The archangel joked, hiding his confusion behind the cleverly erected wall of sarcasm and cool nonchalance he'd perfected over the many millennia he'd been alive.
"Stay… Please?"
Those two little words, so needy and broken from the mass of human he'd come to love, broke him and the many defences he'd carefully put in place. He couldn't stay, because then, he'd fall even more in love with this human, and that was never good.
"I can't Sammy" Gabriel replied, looking at his lover with something akin to pain in his swirling caramel hued eyes.
"I love you Gabriel, more than I've ever loved anyone before, but if you walk out on me now, then don't you ever come back. I know I'm nothing more than a booty call to you, but dammit Gabe, I love you, I'm IN love with you, and waking up every morning without you, it's killing me!" Sam cried, hot salty tears cascading down his soft cheeks, head bowed in embarrassment and hurt.
Gabriel hated it when Sammy cried, and now, he was crying because of him, and he couldn't do a damn thing. Breathing deeply, he pulled the sobbing Winchester to his chest and cupped his chin and titled it up, so Sam's soft dark eyes, so full of pain were looking into the archangels own. Gabriel flinched when he saw the unrestrained agony in his human's eyes, tilting Sam's head back even further, Gabriel leaned down and softly pressed his full lips against Sam's, trying to convey all the thoughts and feelings he desperately wanted to Sam to know, but was too afraid to say.
"I love you Samuel Winchester." Gabriel whispered, his breath tickling Sam's lips.
"Then stay" Sam begged, his eyes boring deep into warm caramel flecked pools.
"Okay Sammy"
With those two simple words, Gabriel had let the boy in, and knew there was no getting him out. But for once, the thought of letting someone in, didn't scare him.
He'd found his mate. And like hell he was ever going to let him go.
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