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"It was no big deal" Dean sat down on the edge of his bed. Crowley had dragged Cas away, and now only Sam and Gabriel were there to witness Dean's much-needed explanation. "I was sleeping, he was watching, I woke up, and he was just being... himself. And we started talking about you two-"
"You were talking about us?" Sam gave a slightly confused look, although he was already very confused so now he just looked ultimately confused.
"Yeah, y'know I was just asking Cas some things about how this whole bond thing works and he was answering."
"And then?" Gabriel prompted.
"Well we were talking and I don't know it just sort of happened."
"What exactly happened?" Sam pressed on, wanting the full extent of the story not just bits and pieces.
"Ok who kissed who? I can't see my little bro being that straightforward so I'm going to assume it was you unless you say otherwise." Gabriel crossed his arms and waited for Dean to confirm his theory.
"No, it was totally the other way around!" Dean insisted. "You know why am I even explaining this to you?" The oldest Winchester suddenly grew defensive. "It's none of your business." He looked between Sam and Gabriel momentarily and then stormed out of the room.
"Jeez, touchy much?" Gabe rolled his eyes. "We should get some breakfast, I'm starving!" The angel began to make his way out of the bedroom and Sam followed promptly.
Downstairs Bobby was in the kitchen standing by the coffee machine, a pot brewing at the moment. There was no sign of Dean, and Cas was still gone. Bobby acknowledged the boys' entrance with a silent nod, probably not wanting to get into any of the drama that had just occurred upstairs. Sam opened the pantry and retrieved a box on knock off brand cereal, Gabriel must've been in sync with him because he had pulled a jug of milk out of the fridge.
"So what are we gonna do today Sasquatch?" Gabe asked as he sat down at the table.
"Um, I don't know" He shrugged, unrolling the bag of cereal inside the box.
"Take a look at this" Bobby tossed a newspaper into the table, and Sam picked it up.
"Man found dead. Heart Missing." Sam read the headline aloud "well that's pretty straightforward, you think it's a werewolf?"
"That's my best guess" Bobby confirmed. Sam scanned through the page looking for where the case was. "Spencer, Iowa. That's not far from here, only about 2 hours."
"Yeah I know" The coffee was done and Bobby was pouring himself a mug.
"We can go hunt it together Sammy!" Gabe perked up at the thought.
"Just us? Are you sure? I think it would be smarter to get Cas and Dean" Sam gave a questioning look.
"It'll be a great bonding experience!" Gabe grinned "plus I can handle one little werewolf! Archangel, remember?"
"Yeah an archangel without any special powers" Sam scooped a spoonful of cereal into his mouth.
"I can still help" Gabriel protested "come on it'll help me get closer to getting back to normal!"
Sam sighed "I don't want you getting hurt again."
"Aw, going on all protective on me?"
"Maybe I am" the hunter decided "you're never going to get better if you keep running into more trouble."
Gabriel rolled his eyes and snatched the newspaper from Sam. He looked over the article for a few seconds before looking back up to make eye contact with the hunter. "Come on it looks like an easy case! I promise I won't screw anything up! And it should only take like two days max!"
Sam looked up at Bobby as if to ask for help, but all he got in response was a small gesture that said 'you can handle this on your own'. "Ugh fine" he gave in "but we have to at least tell our brothers that we're going to be gone."
"Deal" Gabriel's smile very closely resembled one of the Cheshire cat's.
"Cassie!" After what seemed like hours of searching for the angel, Gabe found his brother sitting in the bed of an old truck. "What're you doing out here?"
"Thinking" Cas responded lazily "where's Dean?"
"Upstairs sulking" Gabriel sat down next to the other angel "you should go talk to him".
"I don't know if that would be wise" Cas looked down at his lap.
"I think it would be" Sam commented "I haven't seen him all day".
Castiel seemed to take this into consideration "I think he is angry at me though".
"Well you need to make up!" Gabriel exclaimed "Me and Sammy are going on a hunting trip and you two can spend some quality time together!"
"You are going on a hunting trip with Sam?" The angel eyed the Winchester for a moment "don't you think that would be unwise? Seeing as you are still recovering from the last time?"
"I'll be fine Cas!" Gabriel slapped his hand to Cas's back "we need to bond some more and this is a great way to do it!"
"If you say so" Castiel still looked unsure about the idea, but didn't protest.
Dean was in fact upstairs. He wasn't sulking though. No most certainly not sulking. A knock on the bedroom caused him to be jerked out of thought, and he slowly stood up, not in the mood to socialize. He turned the doorknob and pulled the door open a crack, almost shutting it when he saw the familiar face staring back at him. "Hey Cas" he pulled the door open wider so the angel could step inside.
"Hello Dean" his words were expressionless as usual.
"What's up?" Dean asked casually.
"I wanted to talk to you" He stated solemnly.
"Alright" Dean sat down on the edge of his bed and prompted Cas to continue.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry."
"Sorry? About what?"
"I shouldn't have been so abrupt earlier" he paused to find the right words "I did not mean to upset you".
"What- you didn't upset me Cas! I was just surprised, that's all."
"Are you sure Dean?"
"What? Yeah of course I'm sure" he put on a smile to prove his point. Cas returned the gesture.
"So what now?"
"What do you mean what now? We just go back to normal! Forget about that stupid little incident!" Cas looked down at the ground. "I mean unless you don't want to" Dean looked over Cas curiously.
"Well I talked to Gabriel and-"
"Oh lord, don't take advice from him." Dean groaned, just imagining the things he would tell Cas to corrupt his innocent mind.
"Ok I won't" Castiel turned so he was facing the door "I'm sure you have things to do so I'll just go... Do something." He began to walk out of the room, but was held back by a hand on his shoulder. He turned to face Dean "can I help you with something?"
Dean's expression was impossible for Cas to read. "Can I just" they were merely inches away from each other "can I try something?"
And then they were kissing again.
"Jeez how much stuff do you need?" Gabriel was watching Sam pack an overnight bag. In reality he had only packed a few things, a change of clothes, his toothbrush, a knife, but it was a lot compared to Gabriel who wasn't bringing anything.
"Well unlike you, I actually change my clothes- wait do you even change your clothes?" He scrunched up his nose as he looked over Gabe, he was wearing the same thing he had been wearing all week. "Dude, do you even shower?"
Gabriel snickered and Sam groaned "go shower now, or I'm not taking you anywhere."
"Sammy, I'm an angel, I don't need to shower."
"You reek" Sam suddenly realized.
"Do I?' He lifted his arm to his nose and sniffed it curiously. "I forgot that happened... Angel powers kind of stop that from happening..."
Sam crossed the hall quickly and pushed open the door. He turned on the lights and pulled a towel out from under the sink. He slid open the glass door to the shower and turned on the water. "There" he turned back to Gabriel "now take a shower".
The archangel looked from Sam to the shower "let's hope I don't hurt myself."
"You can take a shower by yourself Gabe."
The archangel sighed "I've never taken a shower before! I don't know how-"
"No Gabe."
"It was worth a shot" he chuckled and slid of the dark green coat he had been wearing for who knows how long. Sam took it from him and sighed.
"Give me your clothes and I'll wash them."
"Really? You'd do that for me Sammy?" His voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"Yeah, yeah just hurry up." The archangel huffed and began peeling layers of clothing off of himself. Sam turned to face the other direction once he began to pull down his jeans.
"Don't miss me too much while I'm gone" Sam laughed and rolled his eyes even though he knew Gabriel couldn't see him.
As soon as Gabriel was out of the shower and dressed, Sam picked up his bag and they headed outside. "Be careful you two" Bobby consoled.
"Yeah extra careful" Dean crossed his arms over his chest "I still don't think you two should be going by yourselves."
"We'll be fine" Sam assured.
"I'll make sure Sammy's safe" Gabe promised, clutching onto the hunters arm.
"Yeah alright. Call me when you get to a motel."
"Got it." Sam pulled open the door to an old van and climbed inside.
"This looks like a pedophile van" Gabriel commented as he climbed into the passenger side.
"It's all we got" Sam shrugged and turned the key in the ignition. Gabe grabbed the knob that controlled the radio and soon enough early 2000s pop music was blaring throughout the car.
Sam was glad it wasn't a very long drive.