I don't own any of the characters, except for the Nurse Lauren (She's a friend of mine who loves supernatural)

Castiel was trying to understand what had just occurred. He had wanted to know why Dean was here but now Dean was gone. Dean had used the 'Oh look someone's calling me' excuse and left the room. Castiel couldn't help but be amused at Dean's quick escape. Castiel knew the name Winchester but he just couldn't remember why. It would probably come to him eventually but it was starting to annoy him. He couldn't recall ever meeting Dean before so it couldn't be that but…dammit…why was it so familiar. Castiel sighed and settled himself in to his rather lumpy bed. He was just drifting off to sleep when he heard it…the most daunting sound in the whole universe…

Gabriel sauntered through the door whistling.

What did Castiel do to deserve this?

Gabriel would probably make sure he was okay, then be angry at him and then be himself.

"Michael called me. He said you didn't want him to call me, how could you Castiel I mean all I do for you. I came by every day to see you and you didn't even want to tell me you were okay" Castiel watched as Gabriel paced around the hospital room waiting for him to explain himself and his actions.

"Gabriel before you jump on your high pony…" Before he could continue Gabriel cut in "Horse. High horse" Castiel laughed and stared at Gabriel before he could continue with what he was saying.

"Gabriel you couldn't get on a horse. Wow thanks for the laugh though I really needed that, your such a thoughtful brother" Despite the sarcasm dripping from his words Castiel knew Gabriel's ego would accept it as a compliment "Thanks Cassie that means a lot coming from you"

A nurse knocked on the door as she entered the room. She had come in to Castiel's room multiple times today and Castiel guessed that Michael had asked her to keep an eye on her.

"How is my favourite patient today?" She smiled brightly at Castiel. Her red hair was pulled back in to a pony tail and she was dressed in light blue scrubs. Castiel liked her she was very friendly and she seemed to care a great deal about him. He'd had a nurse when he was a child that was quite unpleasant to all of his patients. Alistair something he never did take the time to remember. But this nurse was lovely; she had insisted he call her Lauren and if he had any problems to call her instantly. He considered Gabriel a problem but he couldn't subject Lauren to him.

"Well I suppose I could do with a check-up" Gabriel flashed a smile at Lauren and a little blush crept up her cheeks. Castiel scoffed at Gabriel's attempts to flirt and looked at Lauren "Ignore him. Unless of course you like men that can only ride ponies" Gabriel glared at Castiel while Lauren tried to stifle her laughter. She moved on with her exam and checked Castiel's vitals as usual. She didn't mind doing this for Dr Milton he was a nice man and she was quite honoured that he trusted her to take care of his cousin.

"I will have you know that I am like a stallion" Gabriel puffed out his chest and held his head up high

"Before you two continue I should probably tell you that I am a married woman" Lauren smiled at Gabriel as he deflated his chest and sat back in the seat beside Castiel. She finished her check-up and left the room with a small smile to Castiel.

"So…what did Michael say about getting out of here?" Gabriel looked at Castiel expecting an answer sometime today "He wants me to stay a week or so, just to make sure everything's okay, I think he's just trying to figure out why I'm alive" Gabriel knew he didn't really want to talk about his miraculous recovery so he decided that a safer topic would be to make fun of his cousin.

"You know on my way to your room there were these nurses sat at the desk out there talking about Michael. I think there words were 'Oh Dr Milton is so handsome I can't believe he's single' and 'Ya know why he's single because he dedicates his life to the hospital' I mean seriously if only they knew the truth about the wonderful Dr Milton" Gabriel twirled around the room and clasped his chest dramatically as he talked about the things he'd heard

"Maybe we should set him up on a blind date, I bet someone in the hospital catches his eye, maybe we could set him up with Kali?" Castiel smiled sweetly as Gabriel stopped in his tracks.

He nervously chuckled as he turned to look at Castiel "Oh you remember that huh?" he smiled down at the floor

"Do I remember you moving in with me? Yes. Do I remember the fact that you were living with Kali previously? Yes. Do I know why you got kicked out? No"

Gabriel flicked his gaze to Castiel and noticed the amusement in his eyes, he huffed before responding "Well I guess she finally just got sick of my trickster ways, as she referred to my pranks, and she told me that she felt like I was hiding a part of myself from her, and then she kicked me out of my own apartment and decided she was keeping it for…I can't really remember but I am meeting her lawyer on Monday"

"Why is she getting a lawyer involved?"

"We've been together 6 years little bro and we've got a lot of stuff together, she kinda wants to split it legally"

"Wait I'm confused isn't your name on everything I mean you sure as hell paid for everything!"

"Well both of our names are on everything. Don't look at me like that she confused me with sex and stuff and it seemed like a good idea" Castiel rolled his eyes and decided against continuing on with a conversation that would only end in further annoyance at his brother.

Castiel was about to start a new conversation when a small knock came at the door. Dean made his way in to the room and gave Castiel a nervous smile but kept his eyes on the floor.

"Hey Cas"

"Hello Dean, did you come back to explain why you were here in the first place or why you abruptly left?" Dean finally looked up when he heard someone clear their throat. There was a man sat in the chair beside Castiel looking very amused by Dean. Cas was staring at him with what seemed like a silent plea crossed with an I'll kill you look. The man looked to Cas and gave a huge grin then he looked back to Dean.

"And who exactly are you? And why are you in my man's room?" Gabriel glared at Dean

"I'm sorry…your…your man…I…I erm…what?" Dean was looking at Cas for some sort of explanation but he was too busy trying to hold back a smile

"You heard me. You think you can come in here and steal my man with that pretty boy face and princess eyes"

"Princess eyes? I have manly eyes; these eyes have seen things, some pretty manly shit" Castiel couldn't stop the smile from breaking out on his face now "And you know what? If I was here to steal your man then pretty sure I could win him over with the few extra inches I have" Castiel burst out laughing at the mock horror on Gabriel's face

"I shall have you know that I can do a lot with my inches" Gabriel gave Dean a sly grin and winked at him "I'm gonna get some coffee, talk to you later big boy"

Dean turned to Cas to try and figure out what in the hell just happened! "So that's your boyfriend" Is what Dean decided was the best question to ask first.

"Gabriel's my brother, he just likes to mess with people. So what's up Dean?"

"I feel like I owe you an explanation but I don't want it to come across sounding harsh or anything because I really don't mean it to"

"It's okay Dean, just sit down and tell me why you came" Dean smiled at Castiel and moved to sit beside him

"Well I'm an EMT, obviously, and I've seen a few car accidents and I can honestly say that I've gotten to the point where I could judge if someone was going to live or die. And you were so banged up that I didn't really think you'd make it, so when Lisa, she's a nurse here, came to tell me you were awake I guess I just really had to come see it myself, you know see why you got to live I guess" Dean knew it wasn't the whole truth but he didn't need to tell Cas about his painful past. He looked at Castiel and he didn't look angry or upset he just looked curious.

"I get it Dean, don't worry, honestly I've been wondering the same thing, and I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not that great a person, I haven't done anything miraculous or life-changing, so I don't know why I survived" Dean contemplated what he was saying and he remembered his brother saying something similar after their accident.

"Ya know Cas, maybe you just haven't done what you're supposed to yet so you're getting the chance to" Castiel smiled at Dean, the way he'd said it was such a matter of fact way

"Listen Cas I have some paperwork that I've gotta get finished otherwise my partner is gonna kill me, she's pretty scary and will kill me if it's not finished"

"You have a partner?"

"Jo, she's pretty awesome, she likes the same music as me so never complains and she makes sure I'm awake in the mornings when I have a morning shift, and she usually has coffee for me"

"She sounds great. Dean if its okay with you, I would like to get to know the man who saved my life a little better…would that be okay?"

"Yeah man, I would like that, tell you what why don't I do my paperwork in here and we can talk or whatever"

"Dean, maybe you should come back tomorrow, Gabriel won't be here then"

"Right. Yeah I'll see you tomorrow Cas" Castiel smiled at Dean as he left the room. He'd never really had a nickname before, well except Cassie (which he hated), but he had always preferred people to call him Castiel. But he liked it…Cas.