The house was quiet; Dean had run into town to get groceries for him and Sam. Cas and Sam were apparently the only ones in the house.
Castiel had been walking past Sam's bedroom door when he heard it.
What sounded like Samuel sobbing. Frowning he cocked his head to the side and stood in silence and listened to what went on behind that door. Apparently Cas had been wrong in his thought for he could hear his own brother on the other side of the door.
"I know it hurts Sam. Trust me I know." What hurts? Cas stepped closer to the door to listen better.
"It's not fair, Gabe. I just-" Sam's sobbing seemed to get a bit harder.
"Yes, Sammy. I know." Castiel heard Gabriel move. He guessed it was to comfort Sam for the next sentence was muffled by what Cas was guessing was his chest.
"I love him but it's not fair." Who did Sam love? Was this how Dean felt when he was confused yesterday? Because Cas didn't like it one bit.
"I know Sammy-" Cas didn't particularly like the way his brother said Sam's name there, "I know just how you feel. And he loves you but not the way you want him to. I get that trust me I do." Gabriel sounded almost as heartbroken as Sam did.
What were they talking about?
Sam's voice was clear once again, "I know you do, Gabe. I'm sorry. It can't be easy for you either."
A sigh. From Gabe. Another from Sam.
"What a pair we make Sammy..."
"Both in love with our brothers yet neither able to have them..."
WHAT? Cas staggered back from the door and looked at it in shock.
"Besides, it's morally wrong anyway. So it doesn't really matter, does it Gabe?"
Castiel was in such a state of shock that instead of vanishing to leave the house he ran. He ran down the stairs, ran across the hallway, and ran out the front door and continued to run until he reached the end of the driveway and stopped; only then remembering that he was an Angel.