Author's Note:

I'm still having a mild panic attack over "Clip Show," so apologies if that effects my writing. It was just ASDFGHJKL. Anyway...thank you to Perry123 and Phoenix-Autumn for the reviews! I really appreciate the vote of confidence. For clarification, I wanted to add that Gabriel did die, but he's back. The Winchesters don't know yet, but Castiel has been visiting him. Here's chapter 2 - enjoy!


Chapter 2 - Well That Was Awkward

Sam was not at all surprised that Dean was insisting on staying in the Impala while the younger hunter went into the gaming store to talk to Kasey. While Sam had found "The Profound Bond," the fan fiction that Dean had been assigned, both well written and largely accurate when it came to the chemistry between Dean and Castiel, the older hunter had initially reacted with horror and had since refused to say anything about it.

Upon walking into the shop, Sam noticed immediately that Kasey had been waiting for him. She was practically bouncing up and down with excitement, and the phone was pressed to her ear.

"You were right, Becks, you were right! He came back! It's just Sam though, I don't see Dean. At least one of them came back, right?" Kasey was stage whispering into her phone.

"Tell Becky I said hi," Sam said wryly, knowing that there was little he could do to discourage Becky's fascination at this point.

Kasey repeated the message, and the resulting squeal was loud enough for Sam to hear. "I gotta go, Becks, but I'll call you right back!" Kasey promised before quickly hanging up. She turned her full attention to Sam and smiled shyly. "Hi."

"Hey, Kasey," Sam said with a smile, trying to put her at ease. "Sorry Dean isn't here. He's still...stewing."

"Is he angry?" Kasey asked nervously.

Sam laughed. "Not exactly. Well, yes, he is pissed, but I think he just really hated reading porn about himself."

"What about you?" She asked tentatively.

"Okay, honestly? You're a great writer, Kasey, you really are. I'd suggest pursuing a career in that. Like, a real career. Not writing porn about two brothers who most people think are fictional." Sam was trying hard to hammer home a point here. The girl had real potential as a writer, and she should take advantage of it.

Kasey's entire face lit up. "Really? You thought my stories were good? You weren't freaked out or anything?"

"I was...a little caught off guard," Sam admitted. "I loved 'The Profound Bond' though, I found it very accurate." He grinned at her in spite of himself.

"Everyone ships Dean and Castiel," Kasey informed him with a sly smile. "Most of my stories are about them."

"Everyone does what now?" Sam asked, confused.

"It means we all think they should be in a relationship," She clarified. "A lot of us think that about you and Gabriel too."

Sam shifted awkwardly. "Uh...how far do the books cover, exactly? Do you know what happened to...?" He let the question hang, not wanting to ruin it for her if she didn't know.

"Oh, Gabriel's not dead," Kasey stated matter-of-factly.

Sam did a complete double take, staring at her dumbfounded. "What are you talking about?" He demanded. "Of course he's dead; Lucifer stabbed him."

Kasey rolled her eyes. "Let me rephrase that. Gabriel's not dead anymore."

Still feeling a little shell shocked, Sam wasn't able to form a coherent sentence for a few minutes. "How do you...?" He tried to ask.

"It was in the books," Kasey said with a shrug. "God brought him back and charged him with watching over you guys and Castiel to make sure you survived the apocalypse intact. Didn't you wonder how you managed to pop back out of Lucifer's cage almost immediately without any real lasting problems, other than the odd nightmare? Gabriel saved you."

Sam was now completely incapable of speech. How the hell did some teenager know all this stuff that Sam would have killed to know? Reluctantly, Sam admitted to himself that reading Chuck's books might not be such a bad idea.

"You see? Gabriel's alive, and you two can be together!" Kasey cried excitedly.

Sam snapped out of it almost immediately. "Woah, there, let's take it easy. It's not like I'm harboring a latent crush on the guy."

"Sam," Kasey said, almost chidingly. "How can you ignore what's so obvious? He took a liking to you in the beginning, back when you thought he was a Trickster, and he started watching you guys. You know why he did the whole Mystery Spot thing, right? He was trying to snap you out of the path that was leading you towards Ruby and Lillith!"

Forcing away the returning dream of killing Chuck for making stuff like that public knowledge, Sam focused instead on the Gabriel part. "Wait, he did what? How was killing Dean supposed to keep me away from all that crap?"

"Because," Kasey emphasized as though explaining to a child, "if you accepted Dean's passing and didn't start working towards revenge, you would have been off of the path that led you to those demons. Looking for revenge is what popped Lucifer's box. Gabriel knew what was coming, so he tried to help you stay away from it."

"Okay, I can sort of see that, I guess," Sam admitted. "What about the TV land crap though? What on earth was the point of that?"

"Duh, he loves his family." Kasey pointed out. "For a while he thought that letting everything play out would keep the most angels safe, but you guys managed to convince him otherwise, and that's why he died for you guys at that hotel. Well, more for you, Sam. He's got a soft spot for you."

"Look, Kasey, how much of that is from the books and how much is you reading into it?" Sam asked with a frown.

"I swear, it's all in the books. It's one hundred percent true. Also, you can tell Dean that Castiel is madly in love with him and just doesn't know how to express it." Kasey grinned, pleased with herself.

Sam rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that's all I need. Great. Okay, well thanks for letting me know about Gabriel, Kasey. I'll consider passing along that last part, but we'll see how Dean is when he cools down from the whole porn thing."

Kasey looked smug. "You'll all end up together. It's meant to be."

"Right. Well, thanks, I guess. See you." Sam gave a half hearted wave and strode quickly from the shop, catching with one ear Kasey's greeting to Becky as she called her friend back.

Sliding into the Impala, Sam poked Dean and gestured to the road. "Drive on, dude. Let's get out of here."

"With pleasure," Dean muttered. "So, how'd it go in there?"

"It was interesting. Kasey was able to tell me some stuff, via Chuck, that I didn't know about, so that was good." Sam didn't elaborate, and focused pointedly on something out the window.

"Did she say what possessed her to write porn about us and angels?" Dean demanded, still irritated over the story he'd read. He was never planning to admit that it was not only well written, but a pleasure to read.

"Apparently we've just got amazing chemistry," was all Sam offered.

"It's still freaking weird," Dean mumbled, but he let the subject go.

As Sam starred off into the distance, all he could think about was the archangel that was apparently not only alive, but watching over the brothers. Somehow, Sam couldn't see that as anything other than the best thing to happen to them in a long time.