Sam stood up from where he had fallen on the floor. He still looked mildly embarrassed, however the red flush covering his cheeks could have been from the three or four beers he had recently drank. As he walked back over to Gabriel, he looked over at his brother to see Castiel hovering over Dean and asking him if he was alright.
Dean glanced at Cas as the angel checked up on him, but soon realised that he couldn't maintain eye contact with him. Even though he had had a fair amount of booze, he felt himself feeling quite awkward and maybe even a bit shy now around Cas, because Castiel 'Angel of the Lord' was one of his only true friends, he was his best friend and he had just kissed him. Dean was also definitely not gay. But he couldn't deny he did feel something towards Cas, maybe it was because they were so close in so many ways, or maybe it was just genuine attraction. Either way, Dean knew he needed more alcohol in his system to either forget what had happened, or to be able to figure it out and talk to Cas about it.
When Dean turned away from Cas, Cas assumed he had done something wrong or that Dean had suddenly realised what they had done and now regretted it. Both possible thoughts made Castiel feel very sick.
"Dean, what's wrong?" He asked worriedly.
"I'm just gonna get some more beer, that's all." Dean smiled as he spoke but still couldn't look Cas in the eye properly. As Dean went to get some more alcohol, he also retrieved some sweets and snuck them in his pockets. He then walked over to Gabriel who was stood far too close to his brother for Dean's liking.
"Gabriel, can I speak to you for a minute, in private?" Dean asked as he interrupted them.
"Sure Deano, what can I do for you?" Gabriel patted Sam's leg comfortingly before he walked away to see what Dean was after.
Once they were away from the other two Dean began to speak. "Right, before I say anything you have to promise to not tell any of this to Sam. Okay?" Dean spoke almost whispering, suddenly feeling a lot less drunk and a lot more clear of what he was about to do. He reached into his pockets and dug out the sweets he had snuck in there earlier. As he pulled them out he made sure that they were directly in Gabriel's line of sight. He knew it was pathetic to start using bribes but he was fairly certain it would work, knowing how much of a sweet tooth Gabe was.
That definitely got Gabe's attention. "Sure. Anything for you Deano." And another waggle of his eyebrows to accompany that line. Gabriel was just such a natural born flirt and it really pissed Dean off sometimes. Especially at times like this, when he was trying to be serious with him.
Dean looked slightly warily at Gabriel, briefly wondering whether he should be doing this or not. "Believe me, you are the last person I want to be talking to about this, but you're the one who knows Cas the best and I definitely can't talk to Sam about this, he'd just turn all girly or bitchy." Dean paused for a moment as he studied Gabriel's reaction.
Gabriel's face suddenly changed as he understood what Dean was referring to. "Oh, I see! This is about you and my brother having a little moment back there isn't it?" He spoke cockily knowing this would likely wind Dean up even further.
Dean's face suddenly changed, turning into a more worried sort of look. "What? I didn't know you saw that!" He looked horrified, although he was slightly relieved at the fact that he wouldn't have to explain the whole situation to Gabe.
"How could I not? I was in the same freaking room as you at the time." Gabe was almost yelling as he spoke, partly out of excitement for the new gossip, and partly out of shock towards Dean's idiocy.
Dean just looked angry now. "Well, you didn't see anything, okay?" He spoke as he began to march away, only to be stopped abruptly when Gabriel yanked him back by his plaid shirt. "Hey! Get off me you son of a bitch!" Dean shouted at him.
Gabriel just gripped his shirt tighter and pulled him towards him, scaring Dean in the process. "Look," Gabriel half growled fiercely. "You wanted to tell me something and it involved my baby brother. It's my responsibility to look after him just as it is yours towards Sam and after how you treated me earlier, I want to know just what the problem is. Got that Kiddo?" Gabriel had a dangerous look on his face as he spoke to Dean, and it took a second or two for Dean to be able to actually form any words.
"Yeah okay, I get it." He spoke, backing away slightly as Gabriel loosened his grip on his shirt.
"Well then, spill." Gabriel was getting impatient.
"Okay, but I'm gonna go get a drink first."
"Uh uh. You are not getting out of this." As Gabriel spoke, a tray with a number of different coloured shots appeared in his hands. He passed the tray to Dean. "The purple ones are purple nurples. I know how much you like them. Now hurry the fuck up and drink them and tell me what you brought me here to tell me."
Dean just nodded as Gabriel spoke, and downed a few of the shots. He soon began to feel much more relaxed and comfortable talking to Gabriel so he began to speak. "So basically, I really like Cas, I mean seriously like him. Way more than as just a friend, and if this was anyone else the this wouldn't bother me at all, I'd just bang them and be done with it but this is just so much more complicated." Dean admitted.
"Because he's a dude?" Gabriel interrupted.
"Well yeah of course there's that, but there's also the fact that he's my friend, my closest friend and I wouldn't want to fuck up our friendship because of something stupid–"
"You think this is something stupid? Is that how you feel Dean?" Gabe asked, actually being serious for once.
"No, that's the problem, there has been very few people I have actually wanted for more than a shag and Castiel just happens to be one of those unlucky few. And that's not even the end of the list of problems, I mean you know what he's like with human stuff, he doesn't understand a lot of human nature or culture or relationships. I don't know how he really feels about me and I know whatever happens one of us is going to get hurt. It's taken me years to realise just how much I care about him and I don't want to suddenly find out that he doesn't like me like that because he doesn't understand anything other than how friendships work. But obviously the whole guy thing is kinda a big issue too." Dean sighed, quickly glancing at Gabriel before resting his eyes towards the floor.
"You were right to come to me about this Dean. Like you said, I do know Castiel the best; however I'm pretty sure you know him a lot better than you think. But I don't think you realise how much he really does care for you. He has sacrificed so many things for you in the past and he always comes when you need him. I'm sure that shows at least a hint of love, even if he doesn't know that it's there." Gabriel talked to him comfortingly.
Dean listened carefully to what Gabriel said to him, trusting him but unsure as to whether to believe what the angel was telling because of the doubts his mind was supplying him of everything turning out well. After all, the only way anything ever seemed to end around the Winchester boys was in death, so he found it very unlikely that he would get this one shred of happiness.
"Do you think I should say something to him?" Dean asked quietly.
"That's entirely up to you, Deano." Gabe added helpfully.
"I wouldn't know where to start though. He thinks he's done something wrong because I wouldn't look him in the eye after we almost kissed. I don't know what I can say to him without sounding like a chick. And if I tell him I really feel and he doesn't feel the same then I will have just ruined the best friendship I've ever had, and lost the one person who means more than anything to me – apart from Sam obviously – and that's the last thing I would want." Dean couldn't believe he'd just admitted all of that to Gabe. He was a manly man and this had gotten way too chick flicky for his standards but he hadn't cared, he was slowly getting more and more drunk and the alcohol was really affecting how much (or rather how little) control he had over what came out of his mouth. In a way he was grateful because he really did need to get some advice on this situation, and he wanted this whole mess sorted out soon.
"Dean, I know what Cas is like, and I also know that if he didn't feel the same way he would still want to be your best buddy who takes care of you and makes you laugh when he takes something so literally and has no clue what is going on. But trust me, you don't need to even think about that because he quite obviously feels the same way about you as you do to him, he just probably doesn't understand it as love, rather something that he has always felt for you and has just accepted as part of interacting with humans. I'm sure he would be more than grateful to be taught what these feelings actually are."
The alcohol had built up in Dean's system quickly and now he was pretty much wasted, but still taking in every word Gabe was telling him. "Dude, you are awesome. Thanks man." Dean just smiled as Gabriel gave him a weird look.
"And you are hammered." Gabriel spoke whilst frowning. "C'mon we should be heading back to the main room. Cas will no doubt be worried and hopefully Sam is missing me." Gabe smirked at his own comment.
Just as they started to head back, Gabe decided to add in to their conversation something hugely important, that Dean should have probably thought about before even considering this whole conversation with Gabe. "Oh Dean, I know you've probably forgotten this because you're kinda drunk at the moment, so I'm just gonna remind you that Castiel is an angel. Remember that tiny detail that means celestial beings can hear every word someone is saying, especially if you mention their name? Well yeah, my baby bro just heard every frickin' word you just said, so you might wanna go catch up with him, before he either snogs you or disowns you." Gabe had suddenly turned from the most gentle, caring person, into this hyperactive puppy with an evil streak. He was still the best trickster ever, even if it only involved just keeping the slightest bit of information from someone.
Gabriel just stood and watched as he heard Dean murmur 'shit' under his breath and began to run in his drunken state, his only task to find Castiel to find out how much he had heard, and how he really felt about Dean.
A/N Thanks for the reviews! Especially for all those ideas xD I'm seriously shattered again so sorry in advance for any typos. Also, Cas and Dean were totally meant to get together in this chapter, I have literally how they didn't but there you go, so no actual Destiel but there was some drunkness :P