"Do you need us to drop you off at the movie, Gabe?" Cas asked from his seat at the kitchen table, while Gabriel dashed about, checking himself over and over and one more time just to be safe.

"Um, yes! That would be great, if its not too much trouble." Gabe replied before taking the last bite of his toast and rushing off again.

Finally Gabe deemed himself worthy of Sam's eyes and Dean and Cas dropped him off out the front of the cinema, telling him to call when he wanted to be picked up.

Gabe noticed Sam wasn't there yet, so he went up to the counter and bought two tickets to the movie they'd agreed on and a box of popcorn to share.

It was only four minutes later that Sam tapped Gabe on the shoulder causing the older man to spin around and grin at the young Winchester "Hey, Sammy, you look good."

"Oh, really? Thanks." Sam smiled at him, truth be told; Sam had actually rang Cas for help on what he should wear. The young Winchester had no idea about what you should wear on a non-official 'just-as-friends' date to the movies with an attractive older male, on whom you were crushing. Cas gave him good advice as always, sometimes he took it, sometimes he didn't, today he took it and it was paying off. Gabriel kept glancing at him, eyes dragging up and down the grey v-neck and black jeans Sam was wearing.

"You look good too, by the way." Sam said shyly as they entered the cinema and found their seats in the back row.

Gabriel grinned again and acknowledged the comment, he knew Sam liked him at least a little bit, and he loved it "Thanks, kiddo."

They sat the popcorn between them and took turns shovelling the delicious food into their mouths. There weren't many people in the theatre, and they all sat near the front, leaving Gabe and Sam isolated in the back row.

Gabe let his hand touch Sam's a few times as they reached for more popcorn, Sam didn't flinch but he was aware of their skin touching, he enjoyed the contact, he had had minimal contact with others over the past few years. He knew something was developing between them, but Sam was scared, high school had traumatised him and Gabriel was still mostly a stranger; a sweet, funny, attractive stranger, who seemed pretty head over heels for him.

Sam gently laid his left hand over Gabriel's right and left it there, see, it wasn't that hard to make contact. Gabe tensed ever so slightly; he didn't want to give Sam the wrong idea by tensing too much, but he didn't want to take control and hold the other man's hand. It would probably freak Sam out and Gabriel would lose the progress he had made, so he let the young Winchester take the lead and do as much or as little as he wanted.

Finally Sam slid his fingers into the gaps between Gabriel's and curled them so he was effectively holding the other man's hand, it felt so good to hold another person's warm hand in his own.

Gabe took that as permission to curl his fingers and hold Sam's hand too, he gave it a gentle squeeze, just so Sam knew he appreciated the touch. Sam squeezed back and let out a breath he was only partially aware he had been holding, maybe this would be okay, maybe he could open himself, his heart, to this man, maybe things could get better, and he could move on, just maybe…

Nothing else happened during the movie and when the credits began to roll and the lights flickered back into life, Sam let go of Gabe's hand and gathered his belongings and rubbish.

They didn't say anything about the hand holding, but Gabriel had a huge smile on his face and Sam felt a happiness deep inside himself, he knew it was Gabriel's influence.

"So do you want to go do something else today, or have you got other plans?" Gabe asked as they made it outside of the theatre where Cas and Dean had dropped him off.

"How do you feel about going for a walk around the lake? It only takes about forty minutes." Sam asked, he kind of wanted another opportunity to hold Gabriel's hand, and he felt like going for a walk after sitting for two hours in the cinema.

"I think I can manage it." Gabe replied pulling out a candy bar and ripping open the wrapper "Want some?" he offered.

"Um, sure, thanks." Sam took the half Gabe held out to him and they began to walk towards the lake and got onto the path that led all the way around and back to the same spot.

It started again with the light brushing of hands and fingers as they walked, but it quickly escalated to full blown hand holding within ten minutes.

They were almost back to where they started when thunder cracked overhead and it began to drizzle rain. The rain quickly got heavier and soon they were running back to Sam's car, laughing the whole way.

Sam fished out his keys and unlocked the doors to his car, they both got into the car and slammed the doors shut behind them, still giggling, clothes drenched and Sam's hair plastered to his face.

Slowly they caught their breath back and Gabriel took in the soaked sight that was Sam Winchester. He noticed that some of Sam's hair was hanging over his eye and Gabe automatically pushed the wet hair back whispering "You're so beautiful."

Sam blushed and immediately went about fixing his hair "So, um, do you want a lift back to Dean and Cas' place?"

"Sure, thanks, as long as its not too much trouble." Gabe wasn't going to say no to spending an extra few minutes with Sam out of the rain.

"Its fine." Confirmed Sam as he started the engine and pulled out of the parking space.

It didn't take long to get back to Dean and Castiel's house and Sam shut off the engine. Gabe opened his door and turned to Sam "I had a really awesome day, Sam, thanks for, you know, and bringing me back. I'll see you tomorrow for lunch."

"I had a pretty great day too, Gabe, thanks for taking me out. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot about lunch tomorrow, guess I'll see you then." Sam responded.

Gabriel leaned in and kissed Sam's right cheek "Bye, Sam." He said as he fled from the car and skipped up to the front door.

Sam blushed again and whispered back, stunned, "Bye, Gabe."

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Hey guys, so howd you like it? I hope It wasn't too cliché, and im sorry for the long gaps between updates, thanks for baring with me, much love xox