Research shows that if you're scared of spiders you're more likely to find them in your bedroom. Castiel cursed under his breath. Its not fair that what you're afraid of is what comes for you. It was his second time being cornered in the alley over the course of the last two days! He quickened his pace, ignoring the echo of a second pair close behind. He was still in his right mind, no wrong turns tonight. Shoving his hand into his coat pocket, Castiel dug around for his house key, clinging to it once he did. Just a little further... you'll be fine... He assured himself.

The steps behind him were more rushed now... and... there were three of them... No chance that it was Gabriel then, much less Dean. His heart was pounding in his head as he took a tiny leap in his step. Castiel was on the break of running, full on sprint.

"Castiel!"

...?

"Cassie!"

Gabriel!? Castiel whipped his head around, "G-Gabe!?"

Two figures turned a corner just behind him, Gabriel with a wide grin on his face and... tall dark n' handsome. Castiel brought a hand to his forehead, shaking it unbelievably. "You scared me to death Gabriel! I thought they were back..."

Gabriel wrapped comforting arms around his brother, pulling him in tightly. "Sorry bro." he pulled back, grinning again before bumping his 'friend' playfully with his elbow. "This is Samsquatch."

Castiel burst with laughter, "S-Samsquatch!?" he looked up to the extremely tall man, apologetic... mostly, "Sorry about the odd nickname. It kinda runs in the family."

The man chuckled nervously, extending an arm to Castiel, "I'm Sam."

"Castiel." he smiled in reply.

Sam paused, giving him a quick look over, "Wait... are you- blue eyes?"

Castiel eyes widened, "You know Dean?!" he asked, more excited then he should be.

"Hah..." Sam scoffed, "Yeah... he's my brother..."

"I guess that means our families are meant to be~" Gabriel sang, looping his arm between Sam's. "My bro and your bro have a thing." he grinned.

"Wait..." Sam began, looking over at Cas, "You're blue eyes?"

Castiel took a humorous, light bow before lightly chuckling, "Did he tell you he was ass butt yet?"

Sam laughed a deep, stomach-rooted laugh, "No he didn't!"

Grinning, "Gabriel invite you in for a beer yet?"

"No actually." he replied, steadying himself.

Gabriel grinned awkwardly, "Well, coming in for one then?"

Sam nodded happily in response.

The three walked the rest of the length to their condo. It wasn't much, two bedrooms with a small front room and walk-in kitchen. Cute and homey, with a few 'fabulous' touches you could say. Gabriel's Celine Dion poster didn't help things much... What can you say, they were very open about who they were. Gabriel guided Sam to the sofa, climbing up and tucking his feet beneath him. He settled himself into the man's side, clinging to his arm protectively. Castiel probably would have found this extremely funny if he wasn't sympathizing with Sam at the moment. Gabriel was a little... high maintenance.

Castiel came back with a few beers, passing them out generiously, "So.." he began nervously, "Are you guys... together?"

"Yes."

"Ahh..."

Cas held back a giggle.

Obviously they had different opinions on the matter. Gabriel abandoned his beer on the glass table, concentrating on the task of tangling his arms with Sam's as he pouted. The victim, who took a nervous swig of his beer, trying to keep his eyes from making contact, choked, "So, uhh... what about you and Dean?"

Cas felt his eyes dim as he contemplated, after all, they really didn't have an established relationship. What was he to Dean anyway? A one night stand maybe? Yeah... that sounded about right, "I don't really know... he hasn't contacted me lately." he replied, nearly guzzling his drink afterword.

Both Gabriel and Sam tensed within the awkwardness, "Yeah.. well, don't feel bad. He's kind of a dick with this kinda thing."

Castiel looked up from his now empty bottle, "He sleeps around a lot then?" It was a stupid thing to ask, especially when you don't want to know the answer.

Sam groaned, "He's been known to pick up one or two girls in a bar sure, but I don't think I've ever seen him with a dude."

It was awkward silence, no sounds other then a few light grunts or the swish of beer against the glass of it's bottle. It would've been less unbearable if someone could've thought of anything to say. Just utterly uncomfortable silence. Sam however, suddenly and rather uncharacteristically perked up, shipping out his cell phone with excitement.

"What's got you started?" Gabriel smirked.

"I'm gonna call Dean over." he paused suddenly, lifting his head to Cas, "I mean, if that's okay?"

Castiel didn't want to seem too eager, but that thought excited him more than anything else, "Umm... yeah, I mean, I guess it'd be alright."

He was a terrible actor, but he didn't care. He'd been waiting all day to see Dean. It had actually kind of pissed Cas off that he hadn't come in that day, making him feel like he'd screwed up or something.

Sam fiddled with the keypad before raising it to his ear, two pairs of eager eyes on his the entire time.