Sorry this chapter is super short! I hope it's decent anyways!

"Autumn Hegerfield" Crowley was standing in front of the TV with his hands behind his back. "That was the girl's name."

"That mean anything to you?" Dean asked. He was also standing, leaning in the doorway of the kitchen, arms folded over his chest.

"Nope" Gabriel popped the 'p'.

"How about Alexandria Hegerfield?" Sam asked.

"What's she? Her sister or somethin'?"

"Yeah."

"A nope to that one too."

Bobby shifted his weight and frowned "Gabriel, can you please take this a little more seriously?"

"It's not my fault you guys interrupted House Hunters."

"You were watching House Hunters?" Dean face palmed.

"Do you have a problem with that?"

"Alright boys, you can bicker later." Crowley cleared his throat loudly "now back to the matter at hand, if your broken angel doesn't find his soul mate soon I'm going to get bored and go find someone else to help" he flicked his wrist "so you better get on it if you want your powers back."

Gabriel sighed loudly "it's like in the back of my head I know who it is, but there's a wall blocking me from getting to it, but like it's falling apart really slowly."

"I have an idea" Castiel announced, everyone turned to face him. "I can go into Gabriel's mind and go past this 'wall' he's talking about."

"Yeah that would be really helpful little bro" Gabe leaned back into the couch "if it was even possible. Wait is it possible?"

"I could try" Cas shrugged.

"I think you should try it" Dean offered.

"Ok we'll try right now!" Gabriel bounced off the couch and not-so-graciously stumbled over to where Cas was standing "let's do this thing!" Cas bit his lip before reluctantly holding out his hand and pressing it to Gabriel's forehead. Everyone else in the room remained silent as both Cas and Gabe's eyes slid closed, whatever was going on inside Gabriel's head causing the archangel to smirk slightly. Sam and Dean exchanged looks as they waited impatiently for either of the angels to say something. Gabe snorted out a laugh and Crowley made a face that could only mean 'what the hell'. After what seemed like hours, Cas opened his eyes and pulled back his hand. Gabriel blinked his open a few seconds after. "

So?" Sam prompted.

"I was only able to access Gabriel's memories" Castiel said "but although I couldn't get to any information on his bondmate, I was able to break down the wall a bit."

"He also got some great images of cats while he was in there. And maybe a couple dicks on accident." Gabriel obviously found himself funny.

"So if Cas was able to break down the wall a little, Gabe should be able to figure this out soon right?" Bobby asked hopefully. He was sick of having the trickster in his house.

"That's the general idea." Gabriel nodded in confirmation "Now if you'll excuse me" he plopped back down on the couch and made a motion with his hand that said 'get away from the TV Crowley'. The demon rolled his eyes, but shifted to the side so the TV was viewable once again.

Sam was upstairs in his temporary bedroom. He was contemplating whether or not he should tell Gabriel that he used to know Autumn. He knew he should tell him, but some part of him was kind of afraid of how Gabe would react.

He didn't know for sure if Gabriel had bonded with him, but it made perfect sense with the circumstances. And if he did bond with him, that meant Sam was his soul mate, and Sam wasn't sure if he liked the sound of that. Because if he was Gabe's soul mate, didn't that mean he was supposed to reciprocate the feelings?

The youngest Winchester sighed and layed back on his bed. He decided he would tell Gabriel the next time he had an oppurtunity to. Whenever that would be.

Cas watched as Dean placed a bag of fast food on the kitchen table "Since I tried to get past the wall in Gabriel's mind it should only take a short while for it to break down."

"How long is a short while?" Dean had sat down and had pulled a burger out of the bag.

"That depends" Castiel rubbed the back of his neck "if we're lucky hours, if we're not a day."

"Sounds good to me" the hunter mumbled in between bites "I wonder who it'll be".

"From what I could tell Gabriel's bondmate appears to be someone I know."

"You know a lot of people."

"True" Cas nodded thoughtfully "as long as his bondmate shows the same feelings for him then there should be nothing to worry about."

"What happens if they don't share the same feelings?"

"I go into a stage of major depression" Gabriel had just wandered into the room, probably looking for food.

"It's very unpleasant" Cas confirmed. Dean nodded in response.

"Is Samsquatch upstairs?" Gabriel asked. Sure enough he had found a box of Chips Ahoy cookies in the pantry and was piling them into his hand.

"Yeah I think so." Gabriel wandered back out of the room and up the stairs. Sam was much more interesting than Cas or Dean, and most especially Bobby. He found the moose of a man asleep on his bed.

The archangel groaned and sat down on the edge of Dean's bed. He set his elbows on his knees and held his head in his hands and began to think about his current dilemma.

He had been trying to blow it off, but that was becoming increasingly harder since Crowley threatened not to help him anymore. Castiel had been right when he said he had knocked the wall down a little, he could feel the difference. It was so annoying to know something so important, but not be able to get to it, like a small child trying to reach a cookie jar on top of the fridge.

Sam looked so peaceful in his sleep, or at least Gabriel thought so. His face was softened and his mouth was open just slightly, Gabe couldn't help it when a small smile pulled at his lips. A part of him wondered why he was so fond of the hunter, besides his abnormal height, Sam wasn't something special- No take that back Gabriel decided, Sam was definitely special. He had a great personality and always seemed to know what to do in any situation, and when he was happy about something, the way his dimples showed was something Gabe could only describe as adorable.

Gabriel felt something click in his mind right then, it took him a few minutes to realize what though. "Sam" he gasped, eyes widening "no way". He stood up and wandered over to the side of the other bed. It was so clear now. It was Sam, it had always been Sam. Resisting the urge to lean over and give the sleeping man a giant hug, Gabriel chuckled softly and wandered out of the room.

Sam woke up not long after Gabriel left. He rubbed his eyes and sat up slowly, he hoped he hadn't slept for too long. Eventually he got up and went downstairs to find a scene that was almost exactly the same as he had left it. When he caught sight of Gabriel, the archangel smiled broadly and patted the couch cushion next to him. Sam took that as a prompt to sit down, and took it awkwardly.

"Had a good nap kiddo?"

"Oh um yeah it was fine" Sam shrugged.

"Awesome."

"Any developments on finding your soul mate?" Sam asked, nervously playing with his hands.

"Maybe, a small one." Gabe ran his fingers through his hair.

"And what would that be?"

"It's a dude."

"That honestly doesn't surprise me" Dean called from wherever he was.

"Hey um" Sam lowered his voice "I kinda have something to tell you". Gabriel raised a brow to prompt Sam to continue. "The girl, Autumn Hegerfield" he took in a deep breath "I knew her."