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Warnings: Slash.

Chapter 12 – Brothers

Gabriel looked in into Teddy one more time, just to make sure that everything was alright with the little one. Harry would never forgive him if anything happened to Teddy.

He was slightly startled when he heard a low pop coming from behind him, his sword slipping into his hand without a conscious thought.

"Harry?" he frowned. "Wasn't Lucifer with you?" The grip on his word tightened.

"He was." Harry glanced at his sword. "Whatever he was feeling wasn't about me."

"Not about you?" Gabriel relaxed, his sword vanishing once more. "That's not possible." He looked at the door to Teddy's room, and motioned towards the end of the corridor towards the family room. Harry nodded, following after him. "Oh," Gabriel whispered, turning around to look at Harry with wonder. "He must be getting something from you through time."

"Through time?"

Gabriel was surprised when Harry took a seat on the couch beside him, leaning into him. He had never thought that Harry would feel that comfortable with him.

Harry knew that he was Loki. Knew what he had done – Gabriel was sure that Lucifer had told Harry about his less angelic acts – how could Harry feel that comfortable around him.

"Yes, through time." Gabriel felt himself relax against Harry, even if the feeling was a little strange, he wasn't used to being so close to anyone but his brothers. "If you and Lucifer share a deep bond he will be able to feel you through time and space. He may be picking up something that happened to you when you were younger. When did you start praying to my brother?"

"I… I'm not sure… I think I was around six, maybe." Harry cuddled closer. "It feels as if Lucifer has been with me forever. Don't tell him, but I kind of used him like a diary." Gabriel snorted, and Harry grinned at him unrepentantly. "I can't imagine my life without him. Even if he never replied, I never felt alone because I had him."

"Since you were six?" Gabriel couldn't see why such a young child would pray to Lucifer. He couldn't understand it.

"I.. I felt close to him. I knew what it was like to have family that didn't love you. I felt bad for him. I didn't know how, but I wanted to make him feel better. In the end he was the one who made me feel better. He gave me the strength I needed to survive."

Gabriel sighed, wrapping his arms around the wizard and pulling him closer.

"The bond you share leaves me completely baffled. I never thought I would have my brother back, but you… you gave me back my big brother. I have no idea how you did it. How you have so much control over my brother. You could ask him to storm the gates of Heaven and Hell and he would. I'm a little jealous. Our bond wasn't even strong enough to stop him from rebelling."

He couldn't stop the bitterness from tainting his words. He didn't blame Harry, and the conversation with his brother had helped, but he still felt so incredibly angry, lonely, bitter. His brother had left him. He had spent eons alone, away from home, not even feeling their Father's comforting presence. I would take more than one conversation for him to be able to over come all of that, no matter how much he hated to come across as week.

"Gabriel..." Harry' arms tightened around him, and he almost melted into the touch. He truly didn't want to come across as weak or need, but feeling that little bit of comfort did wonders. "Lucifer never forgot about you. He loves you dearly. And I didn't stop him fro doing anything at all." Gabriel glanced at the young wizard, hearing the trace of shame in his tone. "I gave in. I would rather see the world burn than lose him. You did what I don't have the strength to do. You did what was right. I was merely selfish."

Gabriel almost laughed. Selfish? From what he had heard about the little wizard, he didn't have a selfish bone in his body. Harry had been willing to give his life to save the world, could anyone really blame him for wanting to have just a little bit of love for himself?

Gabriel wouldn't call that being selfish.

It was merely what the little wizard deserved. Happiness.

If the world had to burn for it… so be it.

Gabriel grinned when he noticed where his thoughts were going.

So… that had been how it went for Lucifer?

Slowly, without him noticing, that little human's well-being started to mean more than the rest of the world.

Of course, Gabriel's feeling were completely different from his brother's.

He loved Harry, he could admit that. He wasn't in love with the wizard. It was like… like Harry was another brother. A baby brother that he wanted to protect and see happy.

He had changed a lot over the eons. Part of him was afraid to admit that if Lucifer had rebelled now instead of all those life-times ago he would have joined Lucifer. He wasn't as young, not as innocent. He was far more cynical than an angel should be. He had lost that something that made him fight against Lucifer. Something that made him have hope.

Now, no matter how hard it was for him to believe, he was finding something to fight for.

A family.

A family that the wizard cuddling up to him had so freely giving him.

A family that his own Father seemed to have denied him for such a long time.

He would do anything he could to repay Harry for this opportunity.

Even if he had to stray from the path that his Father wished for him.

"You aren't being selfish," he murmured, placing a brotherly kiss on Harry's forehead. "You deserve happiness, and if Lucifer gives you that, then I'll fight to protect it. To protect this family."

"Our family."

Gabriel's wings flared and wrapped around them, shielding them in a cocoon of Grace.

"Our family," he echoed the sentiment, closing his eyes in contentment.

A.N.: I'm sorry guys. Still no laptop. I hope to have it back in the next couple weeks, but there truly is nothing I can do :(

These last few chapters should have been one chapter, but I'm writing on borrowed laptops, it's difficult to write long chapters because I don't want to inconvnience anyone. So I hope you all don't mind the short chapters. I had thought about not posting until I had my laptop back, but I thought you would like it better like this. I hope I was right.

Anyway, thank you for reading and for all your support.

You guys are amazing.