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If you haven't already, now would be a good time to go read 'Strangers to Brothers'. I mean, it's not entirely necessary, but it might help a little.
Enemies to Lover, Part One
Gabriel hates losing. He hates feeling powerless, insignificant. He hates that there are people stronger than him, more powerful than him.
He hates it even more when people he knows are inferior are able to bring him down. When he knows he can defeat them easily.
And in the past, he would. He would unleash the rage and bring the world to its knees.
But he knows he can't. He has to protect Peter.
He has to protect Peter. It's a strange thought. There was a time, not long before, he would have given anything to have killed the nuisance.
And even when he found out they were brothers, he still desired to destroy him, steal his power and leave him for dead.
But now…
They are brothers. He has to protect his brother.
And he can't do that if he lets himself go. He is no use to Peter if he's on a warpath.
He wishes Peter was at his side. Because Peter is the only on Gabriel is willing to admit is more powerful than him. Because, while Gabriel can use the powers of the dead against his enemy, Peter can use their own strengths against them. He could do anything he wanted.
But Peter is powerless, and Gabriel must protect him.
He realizes, as Flint brings him down with a well placed fireball, that, no, he isn't any good to Peter evil.
But he isn't any good dead either.
And for a moment, there is a flash, just a flicker of fear.
Just the tiniest hint of fear, that he can't protect him.
But even the smallest of fears is enough to fuel Knox.
Knox brings him to the ground with a graceful ease. After a few punches, Gabriel is certain he has become one with the ground.
Then Knox stops, back up a few paces, and Gabriel wonders, why he has stopped.
It is only a moment before he understands. He feels a sudden energy bursting through him with unbelievably pain. He's felt this pain before.
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