Title: guardian
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for season 5
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Prompt: teen!chesters & Zachariah, observation
He kept an eye of them, of course. Michael and Lucifer's vessels were never let out of sight.
Few angels knew the truth. Most just thought that Zachariah watched them because of Azazel's interest in the family, and since almost no one knew what he was really doing...
So Zachariah watched and waited for the reasons why his brothers would choose such flawed vessels. He could not see it—Sam was a whining brat and Dean nothing more than a lapdog who would follow orders if it killed him. Which, actually, might be good, if things got truly dire, but otherwise? Why would the two greatest beings choose such—such humans? He honestly could not fathom it.
"Do not question," Gabriel told him, as they watched Sam leave for Stanford. "Do not disobey. Our brother's vessel is to be guarded, protected until the appointed time."
"And the other?" Zachariah asked. "Why don't we just kill him now?"
"No," Gabriel commanded. "Sam, too, will be protected."
Zachariah did not understand, but he knew that he must obey.
So he watched and he waited for the appointed time, and he never did figure out what was so great about the Winchester brothers.