Loopy Archangel
The clock struck 8:00 pm and all TVs were shut off. Dean picked up a droopy eyed Cas and Balthazar from the floor and carried them up the steps towards their room.
"We'll watch it online tomorrow," Dean promised the angels as they mumbled about missing their show. The angels only hummed in response in his arms, snuggling closer as they became more and more tired. When they left Sam shut down his laptop and stretched his limbs before looking to the angel curled up in his lap, snacking on a back of chocolates, smarty's, and other sugary crap that had the power to rot out teeth of pure gold. "That's enough, Gabriel," Sam warned, taking the bag of candy from the angel. He plopped the angel down on the floor and walked over towards the highest cabinet in the room, locking the bag in it. Gabriel let out a little whine, scampering over to Sammy and hugging the hunter's feet.
"Just one more, Samsquash! Please!" the angel pleaded. Sam crossed his arms and glared at the angel. Gabe slouched, stepping back from the hunter and looking at the ground. "You're no fun," the angel muttered. Sam grinned a little and left the kitchen, leaving Gabriel alone. The angel grinned once the hunter left and he clicked his finger together, watching as the cupboard door swung open. "Just one more piece," the angel chuckled.
"Better brush your teeth good, Gabe!" Sam shouted from the other room. Gabe flinched and shouted back an affirmative before stuffing more candy into his mouth.
Sam gently pressed an ice pack against Gabriel's swollen cheek. The little archangel gasped at the coolness of the pack, but he relaxed a little after getting used to the cool sensation. Instead of only eating one piece last night Gabe had eaten the entire bag and fallen asleep before getting the chance to brush his teeth. Now the angel was suffering from a cavity and not just any cavity. It was a cavity that Gabe had been hiding for a number of days from the Winchester family.
"We're going to have to go to the dentist," Sam told the archangel. Gabriel's eyes widened and he shot away from the hunter, gasping when his tooth throbbed.
"NO! No, dentists!" Gabe pleaded, trapping himself into a corner. Sam stared at the archangel sympathetically. Gabe's wings were flared out, feathers fluffed up and bristling like a frightened or angry cat. The glass windows rattled slightly too as Gabe's grace reached out protectively. The angels was a terrified mess.
"Gabe, it'll be okay. I'll come with you," Sam reassured the angel. Gabe refused to look at Sam. His wings were shaking ever so slightly now and so were his hands. Sam reached out, plucking the angel up into his arms. "I'll stay with you the entire time, Gabe. You'll feel better when it's over. I promise," Sam stated, running a hand up and down between the angel's shoulder blades. They sat silently for a moment before Gabriel finally looked up at the hunter and gave a small nod. Sam smiled softly and carried Gabe out of the room and downstairs to where Dean was currently chasing Balthazar. The angel was practicing turning water into whine and had managed a week scotch instead. Dean was currently trying to get the scotch away from the angel.
"Hey!" Dean shouted on seeing his brother with Gabriel. "Want us to come along?" he offered, reaching out and grabbing Balthazar by the foot. The angel screamed as the scotch shattered on the ground and Dean smirked at the upside down angel in his arms. Sam laughed too.
"I think you've got your hands full at the moment. We'll be alright on our own," Sam reassured, walking past Dean and Balthazar and heading for the Impala.
The dentist office was covered in pictures of animated children's teeth and other weird stuff that was supposed to get kids interested in brushing their teeth. Gabriel just thought it made the dentist more frightening. Who wants to walk into a room with a giant tooth on the wall that has eyes like the McDonald happy meals? Gabe shivered, looking away from the picture and back to Sam. The hunter was sitting in a chair next to the operating chair Gabe was sat on, talking to the dentist about cavities and whatnot. The dentist didn't look too scary. She had died black hair and brown almond-like eyes. Her smile was perfect, white teeth and red lips.
"You ready to get started, Gabriel?" the dentist questioned. Gabe snapped out of his trail of thoughts and looked between Sam and the dentist nervously. The dentist gave him a reassuring smile.
"Mr. Winchester can stay with you, sweetheart, don't worry," she reassured the archangel. Gabe nodded and slowly leaned back against the chair. Sam pulled himself closer, holding out his hand and taking Gabe's tightly. The dentist put a mask over her face and slipped on some gloves. "I'm going to have to give you a bit of gas to help with the pain alright?" Gabe nodded, clutching Sam's hand a little tighter. Sam squeezed back. The dentist got the gas ready and before he knew it Gabe couldn't feel a thing and everything became weird. The animated teeth on the posters jumped from the wall and started tap dancing, twirling around each other and singing Heat of the Moment of all things. The dentist said something then, her voice sounding very far away. Gabe looked up at her and the dentist asked again for him to open his mouth. The angel opened wide and the dentist reached into his mouth with her tools. He watched her for a moment, giggling a little when her head seemed to blow up like a balloon. It sort of reminded him of those Airhead commercials.
"You okay, Gabe?" Sam asked, squeezing Gabriel's hands a little bit. The angel giggled a little louder and glanced at Sam in the corner of his eye. Sam had horns on his head and his hair was a bright sparkly pink. The dentist pulled out of Gabe's mouth then for a second and Gabriel pointed towards the hunter.
"Pinky moosey!" he cackled. Sam rose a brow at his angel and looked towards the dentist. She simply shrugged.
"This happens sometimes," she told the hunter. "Perfectly normal." She grabbed another tool and started working on Gabriel's tooth again. Gabe tried to talk with his mouth full, but it just sounded like mush. He went on about stupid stuff he and his brothers used to get up to back in heaven and even mentioned a few inappropriate Casa Erotica moments that would have probably freaked the dentist out if she could actually understand what the archangel was muttering. Gabe thought he was making perfect sense though. The tooth posters were still dancing around him and lolly-pops were floating around Sammy's head, throwing skittles and M&Ms. He didn't know what was happening, but it was freaking cool. "All done!' the dentist cheered, pulling away from Gabe and adjusting the angel's chair so he was sitting up. Sam reached out for his angel, picking Gabriel up and holding him close as he swayed back and forth.
"How long will this last?" Sam asked, readjusting the angel in his arms when Gabe tried to crawl onto the hunter's head. The dentist smiled a little and ruffled Gabriel's hair.
"It's different for some people, but I think it'll just last a few hours for him," she stated. She pulled out a sticker and placed it onto Gabriel's chest. "Present for my patient," she said with a warm smile. Gabe glance down at his chest and watched as the picture of Cookie Monster dressed in a dentist coat started dancing and throwing cookies in the air. The angel giggled and both Sam and the dentist laughed with him.
"Thanks against, Doctor," Sam said, turning his back and walking out of the room just as Gabriel started singing Candy Man.
"Comes on, Swammy! Swing with me!" Gabe slurred groggily. "Who can take a swun rise, Spwinkle it with dew and a miracle or too! The cwandy maaaan! The cwandy man caaaaan!" Sam walked out of the dentistry and pushed Gabe into his seat in the impala and strapped the angel in. Gabe started the next verse and Sammy let out a long sigh.
"Don't suppose you're going to nap the rest of the ride, huh?" he questioned. Gabe shook his head, still singing. Sam plopped down into his seat and started up the Impala. "Well, better than Dean's stuff, right?"
"CAAAAANDY MAAAAN!" Gabriel shrieked, rattling the windows. Sam pulled out of the parking lot. Maybe not.
Sam pushed the door open and found Dean on the couch with Balthazar and Cas piled on top of him.
"Dwean, why's he wearing my coat?" Cas questioned, head flopping to the side as he watched the computer screen balanced on Dean's knee.
"Maybe Jimmy was a DC cosplayer?" Dean suggested. Cas' frown stayed on his face and Balthazar nudged his little brother.
"Hey, don't worry, Cassie. You both look sexy in it, am I right, Dean?" Balthazar teased, waggling his brows. Dean rolled his eyes at the angel and continued watching the show. Sam cleared his throat and everyone looked up at the new faces in the room.
"Hey!" Dean shouted, smiling a little. "How'd it go?" Sam shrugged and sat down on the other end of the couch, balancing Gabe in his lap.
"Alright. They didn't have to pull anything so that's good." Sam glanced down at Gabriel, noticing the angel was poking at his golden feathers and giggling in a high pitch voice. At least he had stopped singing. Sam had wanted to take an angel blade to the face after the tenth verse of Candy Man. "He's a bit loopy though." Balthazar scoffed, eyes flicking back and forth between the computer screen and his brother.
"I'll say he is," the middle angel huffed. "Gabby, What did the smoking hot Starburst say to the Mars Bar?" Gabriel stared at Balthazar, waiting for the punchline. "Going my Milky Way?" Gabriel burst into a spring of laughter, rocking back and forth and almost falling off of Sam's lap. The others only stared with brows raised and amused smirks on their faces.
"If I didn't feel so bad for him I'd tape this for later," Sam stated, hiding a smile behind his hand as Gabriel rolled around cackling while Balthazar started tossing out a never ending string of stupid candy jokes. Dean whipped out his own phone and cackled evilly.
"I'm alright with being the mean parent tonight," Dean chuckled, pressing the video icon on his phone and filming Gabe and Balthazar. Cas simply rolled his eyes at his brothers and hunters and grabbed the laptop from Dean's knee, pulling it with him out of the room and to Bobby's office. Bobby looked up as the angel entered. Custos barked happily by the old hunter's feet and Cas jumped onto the couch pressed against Bobby's wall. He rewound the video a little bit and snuggled down into the cushion comfortably. Bobby smirked.
"Couldn't concentrate on your show, idgit?" Cas nodded, pressing play again.
"THE CAAAAANDY MAAAAAN CAAAAN!" Gabe's voice screeched loudly startling Bobby, Cas, and Custos. They all looked towards the shut door with wide eyes.
"Damn it, Gabe! Enough with the singing!" Sam's voice shouted loudly. The archangel only continued and Cas let out an irritated sigh before shutting the laptop and making his way to the door again. Bobby frowned at the angel.
"Where you off to?" he asked.
"Neighbors," Cas stated. Nothing here seems to pester them," the angel stated before exiting the room. Bobby laughed and went back to reading while Custos' head flopped back down on the floor to rest. Gabe's singing suddenly cracked the window then and Bobby shut his book, getting up from his chair and heading for the door with Custos at his side.
"Wait up, idgit! We're coming with!" Bobby shouted, rushing out the door and following Cas to the neighbors.
Kudos to anyone that guessed what Dean, Balthazar, and Cas were watching. I'll give you an extra hint: the premier was Friday. Thanks for reading!
P.S. I'm sorry if Candy Man is now stuck in your heads. Well, no I'm not. Mwhahaha!