Chapter 4
Cuddle Me, Cassie

Gabriel finally came around when a pained groan from his feet reminded him that he had dropped a very drunken Sam on his big moose face, and he scrambled to help the big man up.

"Sam? Come on, Sammy, get up!" Gabe grabbed him by the back of his shirt, yanking him up off the floor and as he came he left a puddle of drool on the floor where his face had been. Gabriel screwed up his face and shuddered. "Oh…well, that's attractive! Come on, you overgrown lump, wake up!" Gabe tried shaking Sam around but the Hunter just grumbled in his sleep, hanging limp from Gabes impossibly strong grip and snoozing on in a drunken sleep. Gabriel rolled his eyes at mans state and dropped him back onto the floor with a wet whack, chuckling as he groaned and mumbled in his sleep.

"Go away, Bones…Not time to play…" Sam mumbled and then he was out again, snoring soundly and the Archangel couldn't resist pulling out his phone and taking a few well lit pictures for his Album of Shame! Once he had a few perfect shots he turned his attention back to the sofa and the tooth-rottenly sweet scene that greeted him as he walked through the door earlier.

The T.V was now playing the credits and music from The Godfather - which was a great choice of movie and he had to remember to give Dean his Kudos later on - and Dean and Cas were on the sofa where Gabe and Sam had left them, but their position had changed somewhat. They lay together now rather than sitting apart, Dean had sprawled out horizontal across the cushions with one arm raised up above his head and the other arm…well the other arm was wrapped around a slumbering Castiel, who was curled up at Deans side with his head on Deans chest and his arms wrapped around him. As Gabriel watched, Dean grunted in his sleep and the smallest of whimpers escaped his lips. For just a moment Gabriel allowed himself to drift outside of his Human self and connect with his Grace, so he could see through the Hunters mind and into his dreams.

It was horrific even by Gabriel's standards.

The endless wastes of Hell spread out before him and down through the pit, amongst the fire and jagged rocks there was a bloodied rack with broken chains that hung from it. From all around there came the screams of the damned and the howling of the Hellhounds signalled the new arrivals. Gabriel thought he knew where this was going but he wasn't prepared for what he saw next. Instead of the arrival of a frightened and broken Dean Winchester…he watched in horror as the torn up figure of Castiel, his baby brother, appeared through the smoke. He was being dragged by the arm in the teeth of the largest Hellhound Gabriel had ever seen, and he was screaming and pleading to be let go. The hound dragged him into the centre of the clearing where the rack stood and from nowhere to faceless demons came and dragged the screaming Angel to the rack, securing him down with the chains which burned red hot for a moment, searing his skin.

"It won't do any good…You can't break them…" A voice spoke from behind Gabriel and caused him to jump out of the way. He watched as Dean stalked slowly towards Castiel, his head lowered like a bull about to charge and a knife in his hand. "You had your chance to run…you failed. And now its just you and me…and I am going to make you hurt more than you've ever hurt before." The voice that spoke sounded like Dean, but it wasn't Dean…it just couldn't be. Gabriel was starting to back away from the scene, too frightened to see what was coming next, but he couldn't move fast enough. He felt like he was moving through mud, the fabric of the dream was so thick it clawed at him and for a moment he couldn't imagine just how real it felt to Dean. The figure posing as Dean had reached the rack and Castiel had begun to beg and cry, but the figure lifted a blood covered finger to the Angels lips, shushing him.

"Hush now, Angel…I'll take good care of you…" Dean said as he raised his head too lock eyes with the weeping Angel.

The were black!

Gabriel shot backwards out of the Hunters head so fast it made his head spin, and when he reconnected sharply with his Vessel the force of his re-entry caused him to stumble backwards onto his ass. His breathing was harsh and he was shaking all over, unable to believe that Dean was still standing after having dreams so horrible night after night…He could hardly believe the Hunter wasn't a quivering ball of Human mush wetting itself in the corner of some psych ward.

A soft shushing noise brought Gabriel back to Earth and for one horrible moment he thought he was still in the dream, but looking up he saw that Castiel was awake and hovering over a sleeping and squirming Dean. Gabriel still hadn't dampened down his Grace completely, and on the corner of his vision he saw the outline of Cas' wings come down around the Hunter, wingtips stroking up and down Dean's sides. The contact shouldn't be perceptible to Humans but Dean let out a soft sigh at the touch and rolled towards it, whimpering a little for more. Castiel huffed out a soft laugh and brought his fingertips down to stroke Deans forehead, pushing a little of his Grace through Deans mind and chasing away the shadows that were clouding his mind. Within moments Dean had calmed again and was snoozing soundly, dreaming of better times with Sammy and Castiel sat up, clearly thinking of leaving the Hunter to his dreams. But a hand wrapped around his wrist and for a moment Gabriel thought that Dean had awakened…but no he was still asleep and close to becoming distressed again. Castiel settled himself back down alongside Dean and began stroking his forehead again, shushing him gently.

"Shhh Dean, I am here…I'll watch over you…" Castiel whispered and Dean whimpered softly, curling himself around towards Cas and slowly drifting back off again.

Gabriel turned his face away from the scene, suddenly fearful that he was intruding on a very private moment between his Brother and his Mate. He crawled forward towards Sammy's sleeping form and touched his fingers to the mans forehead, transporting them both instantly to his room and allowing Sam to land across his bed. Best to let the big guy sleep it off for a couple of hours before dropping this bombshell on him.

Gabriel made his way over to Sam's laptop that had been left in his room since Sam was never out of there anyway, and he fired it up to check on the live feeds. Castiel was back asleep with his wings curled protectively around the Hunter…

What kind of crazy love connection had Gabriel gotten into the middle of this time!