Title: Little Brothers Need Looking After
Prompt: Written for natt_barn's Christmas stocking on livejournal.
"It is not funny, Gabriel," Castiel informed his older brother flatly.
It didn't actually affect the archangel's laughing fit. A human would have passed out from lack of breath long ago.
"It's freakin' adorable, that's what it is," Gabriel wheezed out between peals of laughter.
"The experience was unsettling. My reaction was uncontrollable."
"That's . . . that's the idea," Gabriel doubled over again, falling off the cloud. "I wish I could have seen their faces."
"Sam had no emotional response," Castiel reported reluctantly. It had been a long time since the Messenger had last laughed, and Castiel would prolong the experience if he could, even if it came at his own expense. "Dean and Meg seemed rather shocked."
Gabriel choked on his own laughter, and Castiel hauled him back up onto the cloud by the archangel's collar. "I miss all the good stuff up here," Gabriel sighed, leaning heavily on Castiel and wiping away the tears of mirth.
"You could come with me . . ."
"No, Castiel," Gabriel cut him off. "Not yet."
There was a long moment of silence, which made Castiel uneasy, and then Gabriel was trying to hide his snickers in Castiel's trenchcoat again.
"You really are . . . too cute . . . for your own good," Gabriel snorted. "I should change you into a kitten. Bet even the hardened-hunters can't resist the cuteness of a kitten."
"I would prefer to retain my current vessel, Gabriel," Castiel told him firmly.
"Aww, but wouldn't . . . wouldn't . . . your Meg . . . just love to have a soft . . . little kitten," Gabriel wheedled, still laughing too hard to get out more than a few words at a time.
Castiel frowned. "I very much doubt it. Demons are not known for developing attachments to baby animals . . . Gabriel?"
Castiel was alone on his cloud.
He might have neglected the detail of Meg's species when confiding in Gabriel. On the positive side, Gabriel was no longer hiding in heaven, and Meg wouldn't be able to hide from an archangel. Gabriel could be very protective of his younger siblings.
Castiel decided that he would very much like to watch.