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"So…this sucks." Gabriel rubbed his head and let out a sigh. He had just laid down with Sam when Castiel came home. He didn't say anything other than Sam was to stay in the house with Luke and Gabe was to come with him to the prison immediately. He thought something had happened to Dean, so did Sam. The teen wasn't taking being left behind very well.

"I don't want to stay with him…" Sam argued, following the two to the door. Gabriel stopped him from following them out.

"I know Sam, but you know why you can't come…" He sent him an apologetic look as he backed away, towards Cas' car. "I will fill you in as soon as I can, okay? Just stay here."

"Whatever…" Sam slammed the door shut. There were those mood swings.

Gabriel was now standing in a very well decorated office, it belonged to the warden. Who also happened to be Cas' other older brother? How many brothers did he have again?

"You're telling me…" Dean coughed out, fidgeting with the handcuffs Sebastian insisted he wore. Gabriel looked at him, concern clear on his face.

"And you look like shit…"

"You should've seen me a week ago…" Dean glared harmlessly at his best friend from the chair he was occupying. He was too weak to stand, but he didn't want to say anything. He might be sent back to his cell, and he didn't want to be left out of this conversation. "So, anyone got a plan?"

"The plan is for you to go to solitary confinement, and for Castiel and Raphael to keep an eye on Samuel." Sebastian left no room for argument.

"Fuck you, that isn't going to stop this bastard!" Dean shouted. He didn't even see the warden move toward him, but he felt the slap to his face. Gabriel moved closer, ready to fight the guy away from Dean, but Castiel was the first to reach Dean's side. He gripped his brother's shoulder.

"Sebastian…he is injured." The younger brother defended. The warden shot Castiel a look of impatience, but didn't strike the boy again. "You forget your place prisoner" Sebastian gripped him by his uniform and pulled him forcefully to his feet. Dean tried to hide the pain as he glared back at the jackass. "In here, prisoners stand in front of the warden and do not question him. Are we clear?"

"…Crystal." Dean glare was defiant, but didn't sit down when the man let him go. Castiel reached for Dean, but was stopped by his brother.

"And you." Castiel stood a little straighter when his brother's gaze landed on him. Gabriel decided to take the opportunity to slide beside Dean. The teen gave him an appreciative look when he looped his hand around his waist, letting Dean lean on him slightly. "What the hell do you think you are doing Castiel?" Sebastian stepped closer to his sibling. "I have never had to threaten you with a suspension before…And you still disobey the rules?"

Cas swallowed while he thought of how to reply "He only wanted to know his brother was safe…I didn't think-"

"That's exactly it!" Sebastian shouted "For once, you didn't think…And that is not like you. You have allowed this teenager to manipulate you." He shook his head and pointed to an angry Dean "People like him are not to be trusted, you know that."

"Hey, lay off him…" Gabe spoke up, trying to keep Dean from opening his mouth and getting himself a death sentence. Literally. "He was only trying to help…"

"This conversation has little to do with you." Sebastian turned his attention to the shorter man for only a moment. "So stay out of it." Gabriel gave Dean a 'Do you believe this asshole' look and Dean, having understood replied with a quiet "Right?"

"Sebastian…" Castiel got his brother's attention again. "I am sorry for not following the rules, but Dean isn't like the other prisoners…He is trying to do better and-"

"Better!?" The man huffed in disbelief "He tried to rape you in the showers!"

Gabriel's head snapped to Dean at that, who quickly looked the other way. "Someone…want to explain that one to me. Dean?"

"It…I wasn't trying to…I just…" Dean tripped over his words, nothing sounded good enough to justify his behavior because nothing was good enough…

"There are no cameras in the showers…" Cas came to the rescue "So what makes you think he attempted to 'rape' me?"

"Maybe not in the showers, but there is one right outside…Should I show it to you, or do you always run out of rooms with your clothes half on looking completely upset?" Sebastian was pissed and Dean really couldn't blame him for this one. He was an older brother after all. He knew exactly what he would do to a person if they even thought about doing what Dean had done to Castiel, to Sam. He imagined the warden had an even more colorful imagination. Dean looked at Gabriel finally and he couldn't tell if he was trying to get over the fact that Dean had attempted to rape someone, or that that someone was a man.

"…We did have a disagreement, but it wasn't rape." Castiel spoke out after a moment of thought.

"It wasn't?" Both Dean and the warden said simultaneously.

"…No, rape is when you are forced into a sexual encounter." Castiel was looking at the floor again "I wasn't upset over the physical contact we shared…" He glanced at Dean, who looked surprised possibly "It was the words that upset me."

"Oh, please stop…" Sebastian sounded disgusted. "Fine, he will not go to solitary, but you are no longer to interact with him."

"Sebas-" Castiel was cut off once more.

"Is that understood, Castiel."

"…Yes."

"That's not-" Gabriel squeezed Dean to get his attention. He shook his head when the 19 year old looked at him. Dean clenched his fist, even his injured one, but kept his mouth closed.

"I am glad we are all on the same page, now you two get out of my office." He pointed to Gabriel and Castiel. "Go buy a new phone Castiel and I will see you tomorrow." He turned to Dean "As for you…I will have a guard escort you back to your cell. Don't give me a reason…" He threatened.

Gabriel let go of Dean slowly, making sure that he could keep his balance. "Well, this has been…interesting."

"How is Sam?" Dean realized he didn't have much time and he wanted to know about his brother.

"Did I stutter?" Sebastian crossed his arms. Gabe backed away, towards the door, with Castiel. "He's fine, I'll tell you everything later, you work on getting better okay?"

Dean was busy glaring daggers at Sebastian, but nodded his head. "Gotcha."

Cas was the one to shut the door, with one last look at Dean who waved with a sad smile. "Don't take this the wrong way…" Gabriel walked beside Cas "But your brother is a fucking dick, I like Raphael better."

"…He has always been demanding…" Castiel looked tired physically and mentally.

"When is the last time you slept?"

"I don't remember."

"We should get you home then…" Gabriel patted his back gently. "We'll figure this out."

"I need to go buy a phone." Cas informed.

"What happened to yours?"

"Dean threw it against the wall after Crowley called."

"That's Dean…" Gabe said with an empty laugh "Always making himself look good…"

"He hasn't made himself look good in the slightest." The sarcasm went unnoticed, Cas was too upset to try and understand people.

Gabriel just smiled and switched the subject "You don't have to get a phone today, just because your brother told you to right?"

"…I guess not."

"Good, because I think you need some sleep Cassie." Gabriel nodded as the two walked out the prison. Gabriel also wanted to get close to his favorite giant until this whole situation blew over.

He had no idea exactly what kind of mess Dean had started though.

Sam laid in bed, but couldn't sleep. He was so mad. "He is my brother…"

He was getting tired of people leaving him out of the loop because he was "too young" to know. Even Gabriel was doing it, and that really pissed him off. He didn't want to be seen as some sort of kid anymore. He could handle adult situation…He got away from three maniacs. Sure, Raphael helped a little, and he might have put himself in that situation by running off but he had gotten away.

"Are you going to brood all day?" Luke stood in the door way. He wasn't in favor of staying behind with the brat, but he wasn't really given a choice. Since he was here, he felt obligated to pop his head in on the little prankster.

"What do you want?" Sam didn't turn to face the ass.

"Well, since you're a flight risk, I thought I'd check in."

"I don't have any shoes…" Sam reminded him by lifting his leg and wiggling his toes for a moment "I am not looking for another run in with a gun either, so you're good."

"You know…" Sam rolled his eyes. Great, unwanted advice. "If you want to be treated like an adult, pouting in your room isn't the way to go about it..."

"And what do you know about being an adult?" Sam really didn't want to talk to the cheater about making adult decisions.

"Fine, forget it." Luke walked back to the living room. What the hell was he thinking anyway? He hated that little snot, why was he trying to help him?

Sam wandered into the living room about ten minutes later. He shuffled his feet and looked at the ground. "Why did you do it anyway?" He was referring to cheating on Gabby, he wanted to know what kind of half assed reason the guy would come up with.

Luke was sitting on the sofa, wishing for a TV when Sam spoke to him. That was a loaded question. "Are you going to prank me more if I say the wrong thing?" He eyed the boy suspiciously.

"If I knew what you were talking about, I would probably count on it…" Sam gave the man a grin.

"Temporary truce?" Luke offered.

"…Deal." He walked to the couch and plopped down next to the man.

"I have a tendency to self-destruct..." Luke began.

"Dean would know all about that…" Sam clamped his mouth closed and shrugged an apology at interrupting.

"Your brother does seem the type…" Lucifer agreed. "…I start to feel uneasy, and I expect the worst to happen. If it takes too long, I make it happen…"

Sam looked at him, not quite grasping what he was talking about. "So…you thought Gabriel was going to cheat on you?"

Luke shook his head "…I didn't know what would happen, but something had to…It always does." Sam actually felt bad by the stare Luci had. "The suspense was driving me crazy, so…I pressed my self-destruct button and ended up hurting someone I loved in the blast."

"…Oh." Damn it, Sam didn't want to feel bad for this guy, but he sounded like his brother…"Are you trying to get Gabriel back?" He wasn't actually sure if he wanted to know the answer.

"…I would love for that to happen, but…" The lawyer sighed. "Right now, I just want to be forgiven." Lucifer knew he could never wipe the memory of Gabriel's face that night he caught him with a random man he had picked up from the bar. He lost a lot of sleep over that face, and realized too late how much he truly cared about the man. Now he was just trying to pick up the pieces of his relationship with Gabe, and salvage what he could.

"How is my brother's case going anyway?" Sam could tell when a subject needed changing, and now was one of those times. He didn't like talking about Gabriel and Lucifer's relationship. It pissed him off.

"I am making progress. The appeal should be sent soon." Luke was more than happy to talk about work.

"That's good, right?" He smiled when Lucifer nodded.

"You two are really close, huh?"

Sam's grin widened, then fell "Yeah…You know…" Sam shouldn't talk to him like they were friends, but he was feeling trapped and depressed. He wanted to talk to someone. "This is the longest I have went without seeing him?"

"Oh?"

"Yeah… Even…Even when he went on a summer trip with a few of his baseball buddies, the year before the car accident…" Sam fiddled with his hands. "He was supposed to leave for a couple months, but…"

A 12 year old Sam sighed, sitting at their kitchen table.

"Oh, honey…" Mary sat beside him and rubbed his head gently. "I know you miss Dean these last couple weeks, but you can't mope around here for a whole month…Why don't you go play with your friends?"

"I don't wanna…They're all boring." The stubborn pre-teen pouted. "I want to play baseball…" He would always help Dean practice.

"I know baby…" Mary kissed his forehead lovingly. "When dad gets home I am sure he would love to play with you."

Sam let out an exaggerated groan "He only likes to talk about his car…"

Mary laughed "You like cars."

"Not as much as him and Dean…" Sam mumbled. "Dean likes cars a lot."

"Well maybe he wants to be a mechanic, like your dad." Mary could tell she wasn't going to be able to get Dean out of Sam's mind.

"Yeah…probably. I don't want to do that…"

"Oh? What do you want to be my Sammy-bear?"

"Mooom…" He whined about the baby name, but thought about it then smiled "I want to be a mad scientist!"

Mary sighed "Dean let you watch Frankenstein again, didn't he?"

"…I don't know?"

"Aw man…" Mary and Sam both looked toward Dean "I am only gone two weeks, and you're ratting me out dork?"

"Dean!" Sam ran to his side "You're back!?" He was excited.

Mary looked at her older son with suspicion, but hugged him all the same "What did you do?"

Dean rolled his eyes "Maybe I just missed my little brother and my beautiful mom, you ever think about that?" Mary just stared at him.

"This is great, we can go to the park and play some baseball now!" Sam hugged him and ran up the stairs to grab his glove.

Mary was still staring at Dean with her arms now crossed.

"…I love you?" Dean tried weakly.

His mother only put her hand up "I am sure I will get a call about it tomorrow, so just give me until then. Go with Sam, he has really missed you."

"Turns out Dean had been caught sleeping in the same room as the lodge owner's daughter…" Sam was laughing by the time he finished speaking, and even Luke shook his head, clearly amused. "Mom was dragging him down the stairs by his ear at 6 in the morning. His pleas woke me up."

"Your mother sounded terrifying…" Luke chuckled.

"Who do you think Dean got his temper from?" Sam shivered, he was smiling too, but it quickly faded into a frown and he looked at the floor a lot. Luke could realize when someone was drowning in dark thoughts…The boy was probably thinking about how much he'd lost.

"So your brother has always been a trouble maker?" Sam wasn't the only one who could distract.

"Oh yeah…" He smiled "He and Gabby were always getting into some kind of trouble."

"I am not that close with my brothers…" Luke admitted with a frown.

"You have brothers?" Sam looked surprised.

"Yes, two younger ones."

"Why don't you guy get along?"

"I refused to be a puppet." That was all Luke said before he stood up and headed to the kitchen. Clearly the subject was not to be touched anymore.

Sam stood to follow him, but stopped when the front door opened. "I am just saying Cas, details are very important…"

"How is Dean?" Sam asked immediately.

"Bi-sexual, apparently." Gabe blurted out.

Sam's face was worth it.

The next hour was spent catching Sam and Luke up on the situation.

"…I have mobsters after me?" Sam yawned, he was having trouble wrapping his head around the situation and he was exhausted.

"Not only does he drag himself into the fire, he drags his brother too?" Luke looked like he was getting a headache, this was going to be so much paper work. "How sweet of him."

"Don't worry Sam, Raphael is going to come over tonight and make sure everything is safe." Gabriel patted the boy's shoulder. He was sitting on the arm of the couch, which Castiel protested before he went and laid down, and Sam was sitting on the cushion next to him and leaned his head against Gabriel's leg. Luke was occupying the other side.

"I am pretty sure those men have no clue where you are staying, and I wouldn't let them take you anywhere Sammich…" Gabriel ran his fingers through the boy's hair gently. "Sam?"

Gabe glanced down to see Sammy fast asleep against his thigh. Gabe laughed softly, and continued to rub his head. "Poor kid was pretty tired."

"Yes, he didn't go back to sleep after you two left." Luke added. "I should leave before it gets too late…"

"It isn't even noon yet?"

"I have a lot of work to do." Luke stood up and walked toward the door. Gabriel stopped him by grabbing his arm gently.

"Hey, I am sorry about earlier…" He looked up at his ex "I didn't mean to stir up any bad feelings there."

Luke reached out and rubbed his face gently. He leaned over and kissed his forehead. "…It's fine Gabriel, you don't need to apologize to me for anything." He nuzzled against him for a moment before pulling away. Gabe smiled up at him with an odd look.

"You are being very nice, are you feeling okay?" He light-heartedly joked.

"Well, I can't always be an ass. I need time to recharge." He winked and walked out the door. "I'll be all better soon, so be prepared."

Gabriel just rolled his eyes and looked back at Sam. His leg was going numb, but he looked so adorable that he didn't want to wake him. Everyone had a moment to breathe, including Gabriel. Sam was safe and beside him.

He planned on keeping it that way.

"You know I hate it when you twits don't give me results…" Crowley pinched the bridge of his nose as he listened to the two morons babble away.

"Sorry boss, the kid is more of a handful than we thought…Are you sure he is only 14?" The man who shot at Sam asked. "He was a fucking giant…No wonder we couldn't find him."

A gun shot echoed through the building, and the man fell to the ground. Dead. The bullet went clean through his head, splattering brain matter on the larger man that was standing next to him. Crowley lowered his weapon.

"Anyone else want to question me?"

There wasn't a sound.

"Good. Now…" The man sat back down at his expensive desk.

"Bring me what is mine."