Title: blood in the water

Disclaimer: not my characters

Warnings: spoilers for aired season 5

Pairings: Gabriel/Sam, implied Dean/Castiel

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 330

Point of view: third

Prompt: Gabriel/Sam, they poured blood into his mouth

Gabriel's never really hated humans before. They've just always been there, little puppets for his amusement. If God loved them so much, maybe He'd show up and fix the things when Gabriel broke them, you know? But He hasn't yet, so here's hoping, right?

Anyway. He's never hated humans before.

But this—Dean's not moving in the corner, blood pooling around his head, which, as far as Gabriel knows, is not a good thing at all. Humans bleeding is generally bad for their health. And Sam—half a dozen men are holding him, at least three as big as he is, forcing his mouth open and pouring blood down his throat.

So, no, Gabriel has never hated humans before. He's never killed them just for existing before. He's never smote them except in one of his games, when they deserved it anyway.

But these men, they deserve it. They deserve it a lot.

Once the men are pieces of dust in the muggy air, Gabriel goes to Sam. He yells for Castiel, wondering why the kid isn't there already, helping his human, and gets a short response—dodging Zachariah, what?

Your boy's in trouble, he says. I suggest you hurry.

Gabriel makes sure Dean stops bleeding, but he doesn't know enough about human physiology to actually get in there and fix whatever's broken. He looks down at Sam, blood still on his face, and gently wipes it away.

He's never hated humans before, but he's never really loved them, either. Sam blinks up at him, finally back from wherever he took himself to escape, and mutters, "Dean?"

"He'll be fine," Gabriel says as Castiel pops in to make it true. You tell me what to do, Gabriel says, and I'll heal him.

Together, they mend their humans and Gabriel vows to keep a better eye on the stupid kids, because humans are a vicious pack of animals.

They do have their highpoints, though, he thinks, watching Sam check on Dean.