Authors note at the bottom

It was cold. Now, normally that wouldn't bother him but then again, normally he would have an archangel next to him, little huffs of peppermint or chocolate scented breath in his he was cold now, and there was no Gabe next to him.

He began to panic, because no this was how too many of his dreams started, Gabe missing, but he always found him , just not in the way he wanted to.

"gabe?" He whispered to the empty hotel room, hoping that maybe he was just in the bathroom. No response. Now he was really starting to panic.

He climbed out of the bed and shivered a bit when his feet hit the rough carpeting, frost quickly melting under his feet,. He looked up to the door ,and sure enough it was cracked just a bit.

As he stepped out into the night air he was really regretting not getting shoes or a jacket , but he was too worried to care. Unfortunately he didn't notice the door click closed all the way, and he didn't have the room key with him.

He walked up and down the parking lot, twice, but there was still no sign of Gabe. Figuring there was nothing else he could do without at least shoes he went to go back into the room and change, but when he got to the door he saw it latched shut and almost kicked himself for being so stupid.

"goddammit! only me huh?" he was about to go bang down dean and cas' door, then he saw the note. It was on a half sheet of paper and the words were starting to blur because of the snow and frost in the doorway, but he could still read most of it and tell that it was gabe's handwriting "went out. be back soon. don't get into too much trouble, sammich. -gabriel"

He figured he could just wait until gabe got back since he probably had the room key, instead of interrupting dean and cas ,since he couldn't be THAT much longer could he?

He was was gone all night. and when he finally did show up in the wee hours of the morning, sam was so cold he couldn't even muster the energy to give him shit about being gone for so long.

"sam!" Gabe ran up to the man huddled in the doorway in nothing but a pair of pajama pants and a tshirt . "what're you doin' out here?"

"you were missin'.. f-found your note, forg-got the hotel key, so i figured i'd just wait for you"

Gabe just nodded, because even though sam thought he had kept his dreams secret, gabe had watched and suffered right along with him, feeling like an ass for how often his "death" by lucifers hand showed up.

"its okay, i'm fine ,alright?now lets get you back inside before you freeze m'kay?

Not even waiting for an answer he picked him up and carried him, bridal style, back to the bed, and started running around collecting the blankets and towels from the room.

Bundling him in the top sheets and comforters first, then finally moving to putting the freshly microwaved towels (hey he had nothing else ok?) around his feet and along his back, before crawling in next to him himself.

"better?" Gabe asked , scooting in closer to try to get him as warm as possible.

Sam wrapped his cold arms around Gabes middle ,and snuggled into his chest before, with a nod and a yawn, emiting a barely audible "mm-hmm"

Sam closed his eyes and pretended not to notice when he felt Gabe wrap his arms around him as well. They both fell asleep quickly after that , and for the first night in a real long time, snuggled into Gabe, he didn't have nightmares.

(yeah i know ,crappy clichéd ending, but my muse ran away. happy birthday! it also probably has atrocious grammar but o well)