It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, breakfast was ready, coffee was being drunk...so what was the problem?

Castiel was overdue. He was huge, miserable and the baby just didn't seem to want to come out, and because of this it seemed that he was going to be snappy at just about everyone.

"Cas, you don't even know if you're overdue. You could be on track." Dean tried to assure but was glared at by Castiel.

"HAVE YOU SEEN ME? If this is normal for a child of yours, I want no more of them. I feel my stomach may rip open, my back feels as though it is breaking in half and I have a perpetual case of heartburn, which as I have continually told you, I DO NOT GET! I wish this child out and I will be damned should I need to carry him longer."

And one would think that Eclipse would be able to calm his son at this point, but that wasn't the case. The only person able to bring Castiel down from his highs of aggression, was Sam, whose calm voice and happy face would make Castiel forget about his worries and just listen to Sam explain the joys of wiggling his toes again.

Sam had been dead for two months and even being brought back by a demon didn't stop his muscles from having atrophied a bit so it took a bit of healing from Gabriel for Sam to be able to move around properly again. It took three separate healing sessions before Sam could stand and walk on his own.

One month of bed rest and healings later and Sam was able to move around properly again and wouldn't stop talking about how awesome it was to move his toes and legs again, and if Castiel was in a particularly bad mood that's all he would have to do to get the angel to be happy again.

"Hey Cas!" Sam would say and Castiel would stop ranting and raving long enough to look at the younger hunter and smile.

"Hey Sam!" Castiel would answer.

"My toes can move now, see?" And Castiel would dissolve into a laughing fit, which would inevitably calm him completely down and allow him time to reflect on his good fortune at having a child.

But today was a different case. Sam had tried to calm the angel down but Castiel wasn't having any of it. He was irritated and angry and sore and achy and he wanted this all to be done and over with but mostly he wanted to have a place to call his own. This house was too crowded and he needed to be alone with his mate and finally after some poking and prodding Sam got to the bottom of this issue and smiled at Castiel.

"We can do that." Dean said, kneeling before his very pregnant mate.

"Yeah? Before the child is to be born?" Castiel asked and Dean nodded before looking over to Gabriel.

"Is that possible?" Gabriel shrugged and nodded.

"I don't see why not. I can get you a house and furnish it and everything, but you're going to have to sustain it yourselves."

Dean nodded. He could do that, get a job and sustain a family. Why not.

"Thank you Gabriel." Dean said, being genuinely happy about the coming events.

Sam and Eclipse smiled at the happy couple and looked at each other. Once Sam had gotten his memories back things had progressed happily between the two. Though they couldn't go on any actual dates, that didn't stop them from doing what they could with each other, which mainly consisted of lying in bed and talking.

"We should move out of Gabriel's house as well." Sam whispered into Eclipse's ear, not wanting the arch-angel to feel abandoned.

"We will, when the time is right." Eclipse said, placing an arm around Sam's waist, holding him close.

"Good!"

00000000000000000000000000000000

It took a week for Dean to situate a job at a local mechanic shop and with a starting wage of 24.50 an hour, things were looking up for the happy couple. Gabriel had situated a house for the two, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a spacious kitchen. It was a homey looking house and Castiel couldn't stop thanking the arch-angel for what he'd done for them.

"It was an honor, now enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and I'll be sure to keep Sam and Eclipse away from your house for a while." Castiel smiled and nodded. He loved his father and he adored Sam, but he needed time with his mate and he needed to have some privacy and the others did understand this, which is why they had no objections to them moving out.

Gabriel bid the couple goodbye before vanishing from the house, leaving Dean and Castiel to get acquainted with the house.

Gabriel reappeared in his own home again and smiled at the smells permeating the house. Eclipse was cooking again, and by the smell of it it was something with chicken.

Walking into the kitchen he smiled at the picture presented to him. Eclipse was at the stove stirring some concoction or other while Sam was laughing and chopping some apples.

"Mind if I intrude?" Gabriel asked and watching Sam turn to face him.

"Not at all. Come on, you can help set the table."

Gabriel nodded and went to grab plates and glasses to place on the table.

"You seem happy." Gabriel said, putting the plates on the table, followed by the cups and silver wear.

"I am happy. I don't have to hunt anymore, Dean sure as hell won't anymore, seeing as how he's going to have a kid, and Eclipse will do just about anything to see us happy, which means no running off to kill baddies, so yeah...I'm happy." Gabriel nodded and sighed.

"What about you? Why don't you have a girl or two around here?" Sam asked, remembering how Gabriel used to be.

"I don't have anyone like that. I might one day, but I don't need anyone right now."

Sam knew Gabriel was full of shit but didn't have the heart to say anything and so nodded and continued chopping apples for the fruit salad that would be served after dinner.