Dean dropped to his knees and held his hands tightly over his ears, blood squeezing through the gaps in his fingers. Gabriel had only just managed to stop his own agonizing screams before Castiel zapped both Sam and Dean away.
"So..." Dean started as he sat on the edge of one of their crummy motel room bed, "That's what an angel sounds like when they scream?"
"That's what we sound like in pain." Castiel corrected.
Dean fiddled with the cotton in his ears, he'd been changing them for the past hour, they'd stopped hurting, but he was still bleeding like crazy. Apparently the sound had punctured his eardrum a bit. It went straight through to his brain. That's probably the reason why he could almost feel Gabriel's pain. He'd had a couple flashbacks on his time in hell, but he could muster through. As much as he was hurting, the son of a bitch deserved it. All Dean could think about was how good it felt to stick the blade into Gabriel over and over. It made him feel like a monster.
Dean took a gulp of the beer in his hand, pausing only a moment to look over at his still unconscious brother, "How long before Sam wakes up you think?"
Castiel looked over at the hunter, "Not sure. Gabriel must have used a strong power to be able to render us unconscious, but his love for your brother most definitely would keep him from causing fatal injury."
Dean flinched, "Wait wait wait wait wait. His what?"
"His love for your brother."
Dean didn't say anything. He just looked at Cas as if he was joking, but he new better, Cas almost never joked. "He love- WHAT!?" Dean stood from his bed, "What the hell are you talking about Cas?"
Castiel took a deep breath, "I- He-"
"Spit it out Cas." Dean took a few menacing steps closer.
"Gabriel has been... well... 'fond' of your brother for some time now."
Dean glared at Cas, "So what, he kidnaps him and knocks him out to show how he feels about him? Sick bastard doesn't give a shit."
"Dean..." Cas pleaded.
"Were not gonna even consider that. All I care about is that that prick threatened you guys okay? Now let's just drop it."
Castiel shifted uncomfortably and just stared at Dean. So full of hate...