A/N: Hello All. Thank you for the positive feedback, views and reviews.

Apologies for the Typo - Thanks VegasGranny for pointing that out.

Chapter 1 has been Updated with the fix and I edited it again for clear spacings. It was late when I first posted it I clearly missed a few things.

Little swearing in this so there's you warning

Any who... Enjoy.

Chapter 2: The Morning After

Gabriel didn't sleep, he never had to before so pretending to felt a little awkward.

Sam had curled his arm around Gabriel trapping him for the night, at one point Gabriel attempted to free himself but Sam turned on his side and his lanky leg hooked over both of Gabriel's meaning his escape was impossible without waking him up abruptly or revealing one of his tricks.

Sighing he relaxing into Sam's hold, he played with a few loose brunette strands that annoyed Sam in his sleep, it was reaching close to 07:00AM and Gabriel could sense that Sam was both an early riser and a maniac when he woke up even a minute late.

As if Sam had read his mind hazel eyes blinked open, feeling a body on top of him made Sam subconsciously pull it closer

"Hey Sammy... rise and shine, Kiddo"

Sam remembered what happened, snapping his head down towards Gabriel, messing his hair up "Oh, hey... can I get up?"

"Your holding me, Sam" Gabriel wriggled to prove his point

"Ah, right" Sam slipped his arms free allowing Gabriel to shimmy away "Thanks for this, by the way"

"Not a problem, Sam. You crashed out pretty quickly, guess you needed it"

"Yeah" Sam rubbed his eyes hard and got up to stretch, his shoulders popped after reaching out towards the ceiling with his hands clasped together "is it alright to get a shower or..."

"Yeah, be my guest, I'll make us some coffee, I'll need to take Cream for a small walk to give her some air"

"I forgot to ask, how are you allowed a pet in here?"

"Well, I'm not really supposed to but no-one could take her and she's quiet, she's a secret so..."

"Don't worry, I made sure to keep Cream out of the shots I've got and I'll keep my lips sealed. First apartment I had I snuck in a dog, his name was Bones, had to leave him, I think I've seen him with another family" Sam reflected, he had forgotten about Bones, he didn't know why he had brought it up.

"Go for your shower, I'll be back in a few minutes. Oreo, up" The young Jack Russell bounced up, was caught and rested against Gabriel's chest, "You know the drill, keep quiet alright?" Gabriel tugged his more bulky jacket and made quick pace of leaving.

Sam showered, having the bend his knees quiet deeply and adjust the slightly cool lukewarm water, guiltily taking some of Gabriel's strawberry scented shampoo Sam washed and dried himself and changed into yesterday's clothes, they didn't smell thankfully and Sam's bag was still propped up against the couch, it had moved slightly so either the dog took interest or one of them knocked it while they slept on the couch.

Sam took his time going through his photos from yesterday, despite not touching alcohol for years last night's events was practically a blur. He spotted the coffee, still surprisingly hot with a little slice of toast next to it, Sam ventured out for butter and by the time he finished his toast, coffee and cleaned up after himself Gabriel returned talking nonsense to his dog

"Hey, glad you're still hear"

"Why would I go?"

Gabriel froze "Huh, don't know"

"Have you ever been caught with Cream?" Sam changed the subject

"No, don't get me wrong, they've been suspicious but they've never caught her"

"They?"

"Uh, the office workers, you should have seen the looks I got when I first tried my technique, it was summer and I'm walking out the door, returning not twenty minutes later and then coming back looking all giddy. Even you would be suspicious"

"Yeah, a little but did you ever think of putting her on a box, more discrete, you'd just need to carefully cover up an air hole"

Gabriel bit into a chocolate bar, "Mmm, good idea. She's not gonna grow much so yeah, hopefully the Art Department won't miss a box or two, trial and error, you know?"

"Yeah," Sam caught a glimpse of the time 07:35AM "I should probably go"

"Class first thing?"

"Uh, kind of"

"Sam, I'm not gonna hold you prisoner but I don't want you working yourself back into a state if you don't start until midday" Gabriel firmly spoke

"It's not that, my Brother's coming down today around 11:00AM, I'm not technically in College today. I get Wednesdays off so that's good. I promise I'm just going to Upload my images onto draft templates and then I'm heading home to clean up, change and get something ready for my Brother, apparently he's wanting to tell me something that's not phone-material"

Gabriel's eyes had softened, he tilted his head down, "OK" His head snapped up, radiating happiness "Good, mind if I join you? My first shift starts at 10:00PM so I'll make sure to kick you out of the room well before you lose yourself in your work"

"Great" Sam smiled back "Shall we go?" He swiped up his bag.

Gabriel opened the door after giving Oreo one last generous ear-rub and gestured for Sam to lead the way "After you, Big Boy"

Sam chuckled "Won't she get lonely?"

"Nah" Gabriel locked the door and checked it for security "I make sure to pop my head in the door when I've got a few minutes free, it's not completely fair but I take her on weekend trips to show I do care and wish things were a different, I'm only here another few months so... I guess I'll need to start searching for jobs and dog or animal friendly apartments"

"You haven't started?"

"Not everyone is a machine, Moose" Gabriel gently nudged into Sam's side

"True, Dean begs me to slow down whenever he visits, he knows I'm either thinking of Photography or work related to it if my head's not jammed in a screen"

"Dean is..?"

"My Brother, I'm not with anyone. If I was I'd probably be dumped for spending so much time in that Studio"

Gabriel gave Sam a look, concern mixed with hidden sadness 'Who wouldn't want you, Sam? Your dedication alone to your work is amazing...' "I think anyone would be lucky to have you"

Sam ducked his head, hoping to hide his blush behind his bangs as he smiled sweetly.

Both their bodies seemed to move on automatic as they entered the Studio, Everyone, old or new was made well aware to never sit at Sam's desktop; Sam hadn't asked or freaked out over it - by no means was he a Diva, that wasn't in his nature by any shape or form - but whenever someone saw him working it was always at the same desktop and was never be to disturbed - a silent rule his class has made for him behind the Winchester's back. Even Gabriel had known, he'd be 'warned' about it during his first day. He'd witnessed Sam from afar and realised why everyone. He was impressed and worried that Sam hadn't moved in hours but kept pushing and pushing himself until a blonde woman literally dragged him away.

Shaking the memory out of his head he realised he was sitting right next to Sam at the same desktop while the few others who came in this early were spread apart within the Studio. Gabriel had to double take Sam's work, there was a "Sweet Mood Board - Draft 1" uploaded on the screen, it was all Gabriel eating and picking his sweets, Sam's favourite or what Gabriel thought was his favourite image was the last taken picture from the previous night, Gabriel could only blink, Sam hadn't edited this photo or touched it up as far as Gabriel was aware if he had Gabriel hadn't realised.

Something that bothered the Model was that it didn't look like him. Gabriel didn't mind overlooking work he'd been asked (or paid) to do, but that image made Gabriel feel like an alien

"Is that really me?"

"Yeah," Sam replied, clicking away "all you unless you have a magic twin I spent the night with"

"It's just... I don't see me"

Sam stopped mid-type "What do you mean?" A confused look bore onto Gabriel

"It's just... the accident of it, does- It that really how you saw me?"

Sam analysed his image then looked back to Gabriel "You were in your own element last night, I just managed to capture it"

"I know but..."

"I can get rid of it if you're uncomfortable with it being shown"

"No, don't you dare. Not being a narcissist or anything but if you like it then keep it, I gave consent for you to take photos but I just didn't expect something so professional-looking"

"Thanks... What bothers you about it?"

Gabriel breathed out a stuttered answer, sighing. He'd annoyed himself voicing his comments "It's nothing..." Gabriel dropped his chin to his chest, shaking his head

"Gabe?"

"I'm just being an idiot. But honestly? I think you're too good, that's my problem. That image looks like it should be a poster for a movie or on a magazine cover or something, you're talent is breath taking and yet you hide it away from everyone" Gabriel had raised his voice without noticing to prove his point.

Sam had to push himself away from his desk and really stare at Gabriel "What's wrong? You weren't like this earlier"

"Sam, I've..." Gabriel sighed, knowing Sam needed to hear this "I've overheard lecturers saying that people are ready to contact you for real jobs but they're afraid to lose you. Some of your work was sent away a few weeks ago and contractors have been ready to bash down those doors and swipe you away. Truth is I don't want you to go, despite only just getting to know you I don't want to hear or see you breaking because of yourself. You overwork yourself enough as it is here and this isn't the real world yet, this is simply practise and look at you, you've already passed out once that I know about and you're not exactly eating right for someone of your build"

Sam could do nothing but blink "They sent my work away, I don't remember them asking about that"

Gabriel had to hold back scoffing, of course that mattered but Sam wasn't thinking about his health which frustrated the Model. He noticed it was reaching 10:30AM and though he hated the idea of it he had to push Sam away "Sam, didn't you say you were going to meet Dean-o at eleven?"

"What?" Sam noticed and sighed hard, lulling his head down "Oh... shit!" Sam messily dug out his phone

"What are you doing?"

Sam didn't reply, only focussed on his phone "Dean, it's me... yeah, yeah I know, OK. Yeah... I'm sorry. I'll be back as soon as I can, see you later. Jerk" Sam huffed "Dammit!"

"See?"

"Shut up," Sam lightly jibbed "Can we talk about what you've said later, I have to meet Dean and my next bus is in about twenty minutes"

"Sure, here" Gabriel passed Sam his number, it was printed on an old business card he owned, his number hadn't changed though.

"'Angel Cakes'?" Sam hoped he wasn't pulling too much of a face

"It was a stupid idea I never really followed through with, don't judge me" Gabriel pointed back half-heartedly

"I wasn't," Sam quickly saved all his work, he stole a quick glance at Gabriel and then back to his favourite image, the Winchester couldn't understand the problem but he exited the file and packed away all his gear to distract himself. "I gotta go, see you later Gabriel"

Gabriel couldn't look at Sam while he left "Take care, Kiddo" He mumbled to himself after Sam practically bulldozed his way out the door. Becky frantically waved over to him and bustled up to him like the world was ending.

"Hey Gabe! Ready to finish the shoot?"

Plastering a smile on his face Gabriel and nodding, the Model was dragged along by the enthusiastic blonde for the long day ahead of him.

Sam was lucky he caught his bus, the driver knew him so the fare was a given a mini discount and Sam sunk into his seat, his phone buzzed signalling a call

"Hey Jess,"

"Saw you leave with Gabriel last night, he's the Model for the Art department, right?"

"Very funny, Jess. He just bought me dinner and let me stay the night" Sam regretted his words instantly

Jessica gasped dramatically down the phone "Oh! My! Gwahd!"

Sam had to pull the phone away from his early briefly "Ow..."

"Sam that's awesome! Give me details!"

"Ew, Jess. It's not like that. We just talked, I showed him my work and I took some photos of him"

Jessica whined down the line "Sam, you're such a buzzkill. Come on, Gabe and I talk a lot, I'll try to persuade him..."

Overwhelming fear washed over in Sam's gut "Jess, no!"

His 'best friend' simply laughed maniacally down the phone, "Oh Sam, too late"

"I hate you" Sam whispered down the phone

"Don't lie to me Winchester, you love me and youuuu know it"

Sam rolled his eyes, his stop was up next "Gotta go, Jess. I'll send Dean your love too"

"Aww, tell him I'm asking for him"

"I will, bye"

"Bye"

Sam hung up the phone and rushed off the bus, uttering his thanks he dashed off to meet Dean. By the time Sam got to his apartment the Impala was shining against the daylight with Dean sitting on her hood watching the clouds pass him by

"Hey Bitch, took you long enough"

Extra: OK. Not what I originally planned - especially the serious tone it took - but the idea popped up and I couldn't stop myself going.

I've now also had to order this Story a little differently now but it will still be the same.