Written by IwRiTe4yOu (lucifers-otp)

Dean, Castiel, Sam and Gabriel padded along through the rows and rows of trees. Christmas was just around the corner, and since it was their first Christmas all together they were going to celebrate it right. Sam and Dean really couldn't deny their angels anything, so why deny allowing them to celebrate a strange holiday such as this one? Which explained why they were going from field to field of Christmas tree "stores" at nine at night.

"It has to be perfect," Dean stated. "We can't just go for any old half assed tree."

"Dean, why don't we just go buy one of those trees from an actual store. It will last longer." Sam complained.

"Sammy, we are celebrating this Christmas right! There has to be a real Christmas tree in the house. Where else is the pine smell going to come from?" Gabriel interjected.

Castiel leaned into Dean and sighed, "Well can't we at least go tree shopping tomorrow? Its late, its dark, its cold, and I really just want to go to bed."

"I agree with Cas," Sam said. "All the trees will still be here tomorrow."

Gabriel grabbed Sam's hand and clung to him, "Because Sammy, the perfect tree might not still be here. I have a good feeling about this place."

Dean put his arm around Castiel, "We need to get it tonight so that we can decorate it tomorrow and get it ready to put presents under."

Castiel and Sam groaned quietly but continued walking. They loved their respective significant others too much to put up any more of a fight. The couples continued walking around, Gabriel gripping Sam's hand tight pointing out everything, talking and grinning like an idiot to Sam's pleasure, and Dean with his arm wrapped tight around Castiel to keep him warm and close.

Each tree that they passed by had at least one thing wrong with it that Gabriel or Dean would point out to warrant it not being the one they bought. This one was too tall. That one was too big around. The one in the corner had no pine needle, it was just branches ("What is this, 'Charlie Brown's Christmas'? Dean had asked).

They had almost exhausted another Christmas tree plot and it was closing in on ten o'clock. Castiel was leaning mostly on Dean by this point; he wasn't going to last much longer. Dean looked down at him and smiled, "We're just going to finish looking through this last plot, if we haven't found a tree by then, then we'll go home and wait until tomorrow to find one."

Castiel chuckled and smiled up at Dean. "Thank you."

Gabriel stuck his tongue out at the adorable couple walking beside him. Grinning mischievously he pulled his hand away from Sam's and quietly stood back until everyone else in the group was several steps ahead of him, then he grabbed handful of snow and patted it into a ball. He looked between his three unsuspecting victims, deciding who should be first, then he pulled back his arm and threw it.

Dean yelled as the cold snow hit the back of his head and immediately began to melt. He let go of Cas and turned around to glare at the archangel laughing maniacally. Swiftly he bent down and scooped up some of the nearby snow and tossed it missing Gabriel by a few inches. Gabriel began to laugh harder and ran away from the older Winchester, swerving in between the trees. Dean chased him, throwing several snow balls, all of which missed their target.

Sam and Cas just shook their heads and chuckled. Sam joined Cas and they both continued walking through the plot. "If they kill each other we'll get the bunker to ourselves," Sam rationalized. "No distractions, no yelling. It will be peaceful, and maybe I can actually get some work done every once in a while."

Castiel smiled, "It sounds nice in theory, but they are the ones who keep us from being lonely in the middle of the night."

Sam chuckled, "It's too bad we need them." Castiel suddenly ran forward, confusing the taller man. "You okay Cas?" He asked.

Castiel ran straight up to a tree and touched the pines. "I believe this is the tree we're looking for."

Sam looked at it. It was well over six and half feet tall and had to be at least four feet in diameter. It looked like the perfect trees from the store, not a single branch out of place, a thousand beautiful, dark green needles poking out of each branch, and it gave off a strong but not totally overwhelming pine smell. The bottom most branches were a foot and a half off of the ground leaving just enough room underneath the tree to fit several present of all different shapes and sizes. It was the perfect Christmas tree; he and Castiel loved it, now it just had to pass the inspection of their boyfriends who were currently still chasing each other around the plot, both probably soaking head to toe.

"Gabe! Dean! Come here!" Sam yelled, smiling at Cas. "I think we've found it!" Gabriel rounded the corner running straight towards them not long after he called with Dean just a few second behind. Gabriel stopped next to Sam and looked up at the tree marveling at its beauty.

Dean whooped and hugged Castiel, then kissed him on the cheek. "It's perfect! That's our tree!" They went about buying the Christmas tree and getting it packed into the truck they had brought. When everything was ready to go, Dean jumped in the driver's seat, with Cas as his passenger, while Sam and Gabe jumped in the backseat. As Dean started driving Cas fiddled with the radio until he found a nice Christmas station. Dean chuckled and grabbed his hand after he had finished.

'I'll Be Home For Christmas' came on and Gabriel slid over grabbing Sam's hand and leaning into him. Dean made a face in the rearview mirror at them, but shut up when Castiel smacked him lightly on the back of the head. The rode along in silence enjoying the music and the happy Christmasy feeling.

By the time they got home and unpacked the tree it was just passed eleven. The couples bid each other goodnight and set off to their separate bedrooms for the night, excited for the morning decorating plans.