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Castiel, Dean and Gabriel had moved from the couch to the table in the hours since Dean's arrival. The empty takeout boxes from their dinner had been just pushed to the side as they continued to try and come up with some sort of plausible plan to get Poppy back to trusting Gabriel once more. It was a lot harder than they thought it would be.

"Okay, the only way you're gonna get her to even think about getting back with you is if she sees you, a lot, and you try to woe her." Dean stated not for the first time in this conversation. It seemed to him they were going in circles, mainly cos Gabriel refused all the suggestions they made claiming they were to soppy and not him, or to outrageous that Poppy would not appreciate the gesture.

"Really Dean, woe? And can I just point out that the last time I saw her she said she didn't want to see me again?" Gabriel replied sarcastically, he was getting fed up now. It was late and he wanted to go to bed. He knew this was pointless and they had yet hit upon any idea he would even consider trying. Especially when he knew it was going to fail. He was not going to make an ass out of himself on some fool's errand.

"But if you don't, you wouldn't be able to get her back. Dean is right." Castiel argued at him. He was getting to the point where he would very much like to hit his brother, he was being far too obtuse for Castiel's liking.

"I am not taking up stalking the woman, just putting it out there." Gabriel said simply. He wasn't going to follow Poppy round begging her to take him back. He had his reputation to protect here. Plus he was pretty sure stalking was illegal and he would prefer not to have Dean-o arrest him for doing just that.

"Maybe you could turn up at places she likes to go, take up the same hobbies as her?" Castiel suggested in a last ditched attempt to find a plan, though even he knew that it was a lame suggestion.

"Pretty much they only thing she does is work. That's her hobby." Gabriel replied shutting that one down before it could even get started. He knew she ran the florists on her own, did they really think she had time to spend outside of it? I mean she worked more hours than he did and he was an ER doctor.

"Then go and buy flowers from her." Dean said as if it really was that simple.

"Excuse me? And who am I going to be sending them to? Cos I think Anna might start getting suspicious if I keep giving them to her." Gabriel replied with a roll of his eyes. Just what was Dean-o thinking?

"Who's Anna?" Dean asked with a frown, wondering if this was some other woman Gabriel had on the go, and if it was the case, then why were they even bothering with this?

"Our sister." Gabriel replied as if he should have known that. But then one look at his brother's boyfriend's face he realised he had been unaware. Oops. Oh well that was Cassie's problem to deal with.

"You have a sister?" Dean asked turning to Cas with a slightly puzzled look, though Castiel could also see hurt in his eyes that he hadn't told him that fact about his family. Though to be honest Castiel had spoken little about them at all.

"Yes, though I haven't spoken to her since my return. But that doesn't matter, how about sending the flowers to Poppy?" Castiel asked turning back to his brother and refusing to be drawn into a conversation about Anna with Dean. He had seen how close he was with his brother, he doubted he would like the fact he hadn't spoken to his sister in almost a decade.

"I did that the first time round. Be kinda stupid repeating it." Gabriel replied going with the flow. Castiel and Dean could work out there family issues later, when he wasn't around to see them 'discuss' it.

"Not if you did a different take on it." Dean suggested taking his cue from Cas. If he didn't want to discuss it then fine, he knew he would eventually, and he didn't want to push him into something he wasn't ready to reveal. It was the foundation of their relationship in Dean's mind. Waiting for Cas to talk to him when he was ready, and so far, it had gone… okay. But he still felt hurt that he hadn't told him about his sister, even if he hadn't seen her since his return, she was still his sister.

"Such as?" Gabriel asked with a raise of his eyebrow. How could he buy Poppy flowers in a different way? The last time he checked there really was only one.

"Well it's gonna take more than one meeting right? So why not go in every day and buy her a different flower, something meaningful to her or the best bloom in the store or something?" Dean suggested with a shrug. If he liked a guy who worked in a flower shore it was what he would do.

"You think I would know which the best flower in her store was? They all look the friggin' same to me." Gabriel argued, but he could see almost see way he could make this work. It was in fact the best idea they had come up with yet, and he was kinda getting feed up with this planning meeting. He wanted sleep, right now.

"Something meaningful then." Castiel stated getting keen, this was the first suggestion his brother had not said an outright no to.

"Like what?" Gabriel asked raising his eyebrow now at his brother. He wondered what suggestion Castiel would come up, see how much he actually knew the woman they were trying to pair him with.

"How about a flower that matches a flower fairy?" Dean suggested when he saw Cas open his mouth and close it with a frown. Dean had no better idea than his boyfriend did, but he remembered the name of the store. Maybe that would help.

"You what now?" Gabriel asked in complete disbelief. What the hell was Dean talking about now? What the hell was a flower fairy?

"This." Dean replied pulling out his phone and doing a google search to find the images of the flower fairies from the book written in 1927 by Cicely Mary Barker in England. Once he had them he handed it to Gabriel so he could see what he meant, and let's be honest, there was no accident in the fact that the picture he showed the man was of the Poppy Fairy.

Gabriel took the phone and looked at the picture on it and whistled through his teeth before turning to Dean with a smirk.

"Wow, I had no idea my little bro had turned heterosexual, or you had become a girl Dean-o. How did I miss this?" He asked in his usual jokey tone.

"I have a niece." Dean defended, though even he could see the major hole in that argument.

"Who is barely a few weeks old. No. I have another idea, if I do this." Gabriel replied handing the phone back to Dean and letting him off. Though he would really like to know how the guy knew about that. But first things first, he did have a kind of idea.

"So we have a plan." Castiel stated as if there was no question Gabriel would not go through with this, even if his brother did seem kind of reluctant.

"Seems like." Gabriel mumbled. It was the best they were going to come up with after all. And at least this way he could control what was happening.

"Awesome. Right, I think it's time for bed." Dean stated with a cheery tone. And hearing it, Gabriel was sure that it was more that he wanted him to leave him and Cas alone. Well that sounded good to him.

"Yeah. Night lovebirds." He replied standing and making his way out the door and to his room.


Dean watched and waited until he heard Gabriel's door open and close before he spoke.

"why you never tell me you had a sister?" He asked, cos while yeah, he was okay with waiting for Cas to explain why he didn't talk to her, he would have liked to know she existed.

"Because I didn't want you telling me I should go and see her." Castiel replied with a sigh. He had known this conversation was coming ever since Gabriel had mentioned Anna. He just wished that Dean wasn't going to go all 'she's family' on him. He did not need that. He had no idea how she would take him turning up on her doorstep once more. I mean he had refused to attend her wedding, or even send a card on the birth of her children. He doubted she would want anything to do with him.

"Don't you want to?" Dean asked, not in accusation, but a genuine wish to know what Cas wanted.

"I will eventually, but in my own time." Castiel replied with an attempt at assertion. Dean had not sounded like he was going to force him to go and see her, so many he would respect his position in this. He hoped he would.

"Okay. Just know I'm here for you if you ever need it." Dean responded reaching over and taking Cas' hand. He heard the slight waver in Cas' attempt at stating his position and he didn't want him to think he would ever force him to do something he didn't want to. That wasn't his way, not with this or anything else.

"I know you are Dean. Come lets got to bed." Castiel replied with a smile as he turned his hand under Dean's and smiled at him with sincere gratitude for his response. It seemed Dean would surprise him at every turn. And the surprises were always good, or at least they were so far in there relationship. But how long could that last? Castiel pushed that question from his mind as he led Dean to his room. There was no point speculating on the future. He needed to concentrate on the here and now.