(Three weeks later)

"Come back home with me."

Gabriel moaned against Molly's lips. The two were locked in a hallway closet and had been for the past 15 minutes. For the past few weeks they had been literally sneaking around to see each other. After Balthazar and Amara suggested that the two cool things off until they could have a peaceful relationship. Amara said that the last thing that they needed to be doing was having sex until they fixed everything else. Right away Gabriel's first thought was, "I'll show you."

"Gabe, please don't"

Molly whimpered as the archangel bit down on her pulse point. Any time that he remotely mentioned going back home with him or having sex, Molly would clam up. She wanted it as badly as Gabriel did but at the same time she also realized that they did need to fix a lot of stuff between themselves. They had yet to make love but were getting closer and closer by the day! It didn't help that Gabriel was making himself more attractive to Molly by the moment! When they kissed or made out he tasted like the world's finest candy.

"Sugar, I love you! I know we have a lot of issues but I told you that I was committed to our little family. Sleep with me again. I know that attraction is still there."

Molly sighed at how his eyes were shinning in the dark. She reached up cupping his cheek. Gabriel didn't wait a moment before taking her hand in his and began to suck on her finger tips suggestively.

Molly tried not to think about how nice Gabriel's talented tongue would feel on her clit. He knew that he was getting to her and it wouldn't be much longer until her will power broke!

"Of course there is Gabriel! I promised my father though..."

Gabriel groaned, rolling his eyes. He stood up straight and began to fix his clothes that had been ruined in their closet making out session.

"Fuck him. I'm your husband. You know the one that you bonded with? Please me first then we can worry about Celine Dion's number one fan."

Molly shook her head before placing a chaste kiss to the archangel's lips.

"Be patient lover boy."

Gabriel was quietly pouting for a few moments before taking Molly's hand and placing it on his noticeable erection.

"If I was your lover boy I would this inside of you. Molly, I am not asking to knock you up again! In fact, I am going to make sure THAT doesn't happen. I just want to be close."

Molly gave Gabriel a sympathetic look. Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, Molly snugged her face against him.

"Soon. Gabriel, I'm in your arms. That's close"

"That is debatable."

Gabriel said in an extra sassy tone. About that time the door opened and both Gabriel and Molly turned to see Joy looking at them with a confused expression.

"Why are you both in a closet?"

Molly smirked at Gabriel at he looked down at his daughter's inquisitive expression.

"Uh..."

Joy crossed her arms over her chest.

"If you are both hiding in there eating treats I am going to be upset."

Gabriel smirked. He was more than thankful that Joy didn't have the slightest idea as to what her parents were doing. Snapping his fingers, he made a lollipop appear and handed it to Joy.

"You caught us but here you go, honey bunch."

Joy looked pleased enough with her father's peace offering.

"I saw nothing."

She replied with a smile before going off to find Jack. Gabriel looked back to Molly who was trying not to laugh.

"Good save, daddy."

Gabriel rolled his eyes before looking out into the hall making sure that there were no other sets of eyes around.

"Yeah, lucky us she doesn't realize what we were actually doing. I hate to say this but she reminded me so much of Michael right there."

Molly winced at the worried expression on Gabriel's face. Little did he seem to realize that Joy was more like her family then he seemed to know. Joy had a lot of her father and uncle's traits. Cas had mentioned it long ago and Molly was seeing it more and more with each passing day. She had Michael's sense of loyalty, Raphael's seriousness, Lucifer's sarcasm, and Gabriel's mischievousness. There was a lot more that Molly nodded but that was the key points.

"She's more like you than you probably notice."

Molly said with a smile. Gabriel turned back to his wife and gentle pushed her back against the wall. He changed the conversation back to their original subject

"So sugar, since I am on a no sex grounding period can we at least go on date?"

Molly smiled.

"Maybe if you be a good boy I can reconsider the no sex thing since we will be out of the house."

Gabriel raised an eyebrow.

"You and your changing mind is killing me, honey."

Molly rolled her eyes.

"We will be out of the house."

The next week regardless of Balthazar's protest, Molly agreed to go on the "outside the house" date with Gabriel. She had a good idea where this date was headed and bought new lingerie. In some ways she didn't care either. She missed the intimacy that she had with Gabriel. It had been almost 5 years since they last made love and she was practically dying to have him touch her.

She did however, understand Amara and Balthazar's worry about them getting back together. It did seem that whenever they were having sex things seemed to fall apart around them. Maybe this time it would be different? Maybe this last time apart would be enough to fix their issues? Molly could only hope.

Molly had just pulled on her sundress when JoyAnna came bounding in and pouncing on the bed. The little girl had been sleeping in between her parents for the past couple of nights and had developed a sudden and intense case of separation anxiety.

"Mommy, I wanna come! I never get to go anywhere with you and daddy!"

Molly turned looking at the little girl sympathetically.

"You don't even know where we are going."

JoyAnna pouted, giving her mother the same scowl that Gabriel would when he didn't get his way.

"I don't care. I just want to go.""

Gabriel stepped into the room and was immediately accosted.

"Daddy! I wanna come too!"

Gabriel shook his head as JoyAnna slid off the bed and wrapped herself around his legs. She was giving him the best pouty face that she could come up with. Normally this would get her anything that she wanted from Gabriel. This time, however, Gabriel didn't have his daughter's wants on his mind.

"Sorry princess, not this time."

JoyAnna went between her pouty expression and rubbing her face on Gabriel's hand. Gabriel clearly wasn't falling for this one.

"You're cute but no."

JoyAnna walked out in a huff clearly mad at both of her parents. Gabriel and Molly exchanged a smirk. Molly turned to Gabriel,

"She's definitely your kid"

When they were about to leave JoyAnna lay on the floor coloring with Jack. She looked up to see her mother talking to Sam quietly. JoyAnna smiled at her mother in that pretty red dress that had been hanging in her closet forever!

"Princess?"

JoyAnna looked up at Gabriel who was motioning her forward with his finger. Joy quickly got up and climbed into her father's arms.

"Yeah, daddy?"

She asked. Gabriel snuggled his face into her hair.

"Be good tonight. If you don't I'll know about it."

JoyAnna peeped up at her father from her place against his chest.

"You know everything."

Internally Gabriel chuckled. If he could keep JoyAnna thinking that maybe he wouldn't be such a failure as a father.

"Yeah, I do. Now go play."

JoyAnna's slid off of his lap and went back to join Jack on the floor. She waved as her parents went out the door not giving "misbehaving" a second thought. If Gabriel was watching, she knew her chances of being mischievous had greatly dropped.

Meanwhile after stepping outside of the front door, Molly found herself in the middle of a very nice hotel room. She turned looking at Gabriel, who had unbuttoned his shirt half way.

"What's this?"

Gabriel shrugged.

"Just a room. A room where there will be no interruptions or distractions."

Molly smiled and for the first time didn't stop Gabriel as his hands began to travel up her. His fingers stroked over her thighs stopped once he felt the stockings.

"Stocking, sugar?"

Gabriel questioned as his fingers toyed with the garter straps.

"Wait until you see the rest of my body."

Molly said with a sense of confidence that she forgot that she had. Gabriel chuckled.

"You are playing with fire."

Molly turned and began to unbutton his shirt. She stroked her fingers over the muscles of his chest and stomach. After earning a groan from the archangel, Molly tugged him closer by his open shirt.

"Kiss me angel."

She cooed. Right as Gabriel began to kiss her there was a loud noise from across the room. Both Gabriel and Molly looked up to see none other then Lucifer standing casually. Gabriel immediately yanked Molly to him protectively.

"Don't stop on my account."

Lucifer said innocently. Gabriel's frown deepened. He quickly snapped his fingers making his shirt button. The last thing that he was going to do was face his brother half naked.

"You're going to watch your brother get laid? That's fucked up."

Gabriel said.

"Well you did fake your death and made me feel things. That's another bone I have to pick with you! You little shit! How the hell did you do that?!"

Gabriel raised an eyebrow.

"Story for another time."

Lucifer shrugged before turning to Molly.

"And you Ms. Pretty must be Molly."

Molly swallowed feeling Gabriel's fingers tighten on her. She wrapped her arms around Gabriel's neck, not about to break his embrace.

"Yes. What are you doing here? What do you want?"

Lucifer shrugged.

"Well I was just in the neighborhood after dealing with Michael a bit. Lovely guy. I see why you bailed Gabe. He could make a preacher cuss. Anyhow, there is a subject I need to talk to the two of you about. It concerns a little lady with the name of JoyAnna."

Gabriel let go of Molly and had Lucifer slammed against the wall in a invisible choke hold.

"Don't you her name!"

Lucifer coughed a few times before glaring down at his little brother

"Look at you, the protective father. Must be nice I don't get to see my son."

Gabriel tightened the hold on his brother's neck.

"How do you know about my daughter?"

Lucifer sighed.

"If you would quit trying to choke me out I'll tell you. Gosh Gabe, I have never seen you this hot headed. Oh wait, there was that time when we were fighting auntie A and she tried to kill me but that was along time and a lot of tricks ago."

Molly stepped forward. She knew that it was worth listening to whatever Lucifer had to say. If it concerned Joy then they needed to hear it. She slowly stepped forward putting a hand on the small of Gabriel's back.

"Sweetheart."

Lucifer smirked.

"Yeah, sweetheart, let me down."

Gabriel looked back to Molly who was looking at him gently. He flicked his hand letting Lucifer fall hard on the ground. After a second or two Lucifer stood up and dusted off his clothes.

"Sheesh Gabriel. Never thought I would see you go all nutty of a nephilim and a kid."

Gabriel narrowed his eyes at Lucifer.

"That kid is my daughter and is going to be a lot more powerful than you and I put together. She's my wife and also more powerful than you. You'll give them some respect."

Molly flinched. That tone in Gabriel's voice was foreign. She had never heard that before. That was pure archangel. Molly could see why now they were heaven's most deadly weapon.

Lucifer meanwhile, raised an eyebrow.

"Well alrighty then. Sorry Mrs. Pretty."

He made sure to emphasize the Mrs. part. When Gabriel gave him a glare, Lucifer shrugged.

"You said give her respect!"

Gabriel growled again.

"Get on with it Lucifer. We were in the middle of something."

Lucifer chuckled.

"Yeah you were about to get your cock sucked. Anyhow, before you lose your shit on me again. I thought it would be good for you two to both know that Michael knows about JoyAnna. He wants the tot and Mrs. Pretty dead. He actually said that he was going to kill them while you watch Gabe. I know we aren't cool by any means but I don't really want to see that happen. Like it or not, JoyAnna is my niece and has the same blood that I do in her. I want to help protect her."

Gabriel didn't appear to trusting.

"How do I know that you won't take her to Michael?"

Lucifer groaned now.

"Gabriel did you forget that back in the day, long before Mrs. Pretty was born, and we were all back in heaven, it was you and I dicking around with Michael. I saw him pick on you more than you deserved. So what you went out, fucked a nephilim, knocked her up and created something that doesn't even have a name. I want to see what greatness that little creature can do. Who knows, if dad gets his head out of his ass maybe there will be a whole new chapter written about her. The book of Joy. Sounds cute huh?"

Gabriel rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, it will be really cute when she kicks you in the shins. She doesn't like strangers and knows all about who you are."

Lucifer shrugged.

"Fine. If you want Michael to kill your wife and child then have at it. Nice knowing you Molly!"

Gabriel turned looking at Molly, who looked obviously afraid. With a sigh he turned back to Lucifer,

"Fine but you have to face the others too and I guarantee you there is going to be no warm welcome."