My door opened and the very subject of my worries walked in. "Oh, you're awake!" he said cheerfully. "And it looks like your wings are good as new!" He sat next to me and eyed me intensely. "What's wrong, honeybuns? Are you ok?" I managed a weak smile. "I'm ok. The wings just throb a bit, that's all." He looked me in the eye and seriously asked me: "May I?" indicating my wings. I nodded, preparing myself for a bit of poking and prodding. Gabe crawled on my bed and sat behind me on his knees. "Ok, sweetheart, now stretch, please." Smiling ruefully at his physicians voice, I obliged. His fingers very gently combed through the plumage, tenderly feeling the muscles and tendons underneath. I had to do my very best not to shiver in pleasure. That felt so nice! "Fold, please." Sighing, I obeyed, laying them neatly against my back. Gabe came around to face me, looking very pleased. "Beautiful, just beautiful. It's like you never lost them. Just take care not to over excert them the next few days, ok?" I smiled a genuine smile. "Can... Can I wrap them around me?" I asked, hoping for a positive answer.
Gabe gave a radiant smile and hugged me tightly. "Of course you can, Gwenny." Imediately I wrapped my wings around us both and revelled in the warmth. Gabe pulled back a bit, blushing. "Eeehhh, Gwenny..." he swallowed hard. "... this is actually a very, er, intimate gesture among angels..." I cocked my head. "Intimate?" He nodded, swallowing again. "More intimate than taking a girl to your own private Heaven and making love three times in a row?" He threw his head back and laughed. "When you put it that way... No. But it is a thing we rarely do. Only in times of duress and ehm... When we ehm... are... Intimate." I chuckled. "I got that... I felt your wings around me, Gabe. In comfort, protection and after being... Intimate." He raised his eyebrows in wonder and stepped out of my embrace. "You did?"
I nodded. "Is that so weird?" Gabe pouted an tilted his head a bit. "Not totally unheard of, but I've never heard of a human feeling Angelwings..." I smirked. "But I'm not totally human, right?" More thoughtfull pouting. "No, technically not. Can't fault you there, but I also never heard of an Earthangel feeling other wings than their own." He manifested a sucker and popped it in his mouth. After a bit, he popped it out again and said: "Let's get another view on this. Castiël, I pray you come help your older brother out." With a flutter, Cas popped up, and I thought I could see a flurry of black, just before the fluttering stopped. "Gabriel? What's so urgent you pray to me, instead of just coming over to get me?" Cas sounded baffled. Gabe inclined his head a bit. "Cassie, please tell me: have you ever heard of a human or any other creature, other than actual angels, feeling Angelwings?" Cas frowned. "Unless they were fully manifested, no. Why do you ask?"