Of Wings and Love 1/3
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candylovingangelTitle: Of Wings and Love
Author: candylovinangel
Rating: PG
Pairings: Dean/Gabriel.
Spoilers: None: Just know who Gabriel and Balthazar is
Warnings: Crack from me.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything
Summary:Gabriel comes to Dean tired and exhausted. Dean is very surprised at what he finds in bed with him the next morning.
Word Count: 3,867
Part 2 Part 3
It is late at night when Gabriel comes to the motel. He looks tired and drained as he flops onto the bed and pushes Dean’s books to the floor, the Hunter opening his mouth to say something but he stops as he can feel just how exhausted Gabriel is through their bond.
He looks at Gabriel curiously as the angel seems to have been staring at him for a moment and Dean just smiles at Gabriel and wraps an arm around the bugger and then pulls his clothed self to his side as Gabriel kicks off his shoes and presses himself into Dean’s warmth.
“You okay?” Dean asked softly as Gabriel’s definitely in a more cuddly mood than a sex mood, which well is almost never. It scares Dean, seeing Gabriel this despondent and exhausted.
“I’m fine,” Gabriel says softly as he slips under the covers and ever closer to Dean who kisses his neck and Gabriel looks back to him with a smile, when the angel looks away from Dean, there are tears sliding down the archangel’s cheeks.
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When Dean wakes he finds Gabriel gone, and he frowns at that. Gabriel didn’t seem to be in a get up and leave mood… however he starts to move when he realizes there’s a huddled mass right by his chest. He takes the covers off and he sees a little kid curled up by him, clothes that are just the right sized on him. Dean stares.
The kid wakes and the first thing he sees is hazel eyes. Then through his bond with Gabriel there’s an overwhelming sense of PANIC and the FEAR, something he’d never felt from Gabriel even as the child tries to back away and he gets too close to the bed when Dean quickly grabs him, seeing the too familiar eyes welled up with tears and giving him puppy dog eyes to rival Sam’s as the kid whimpers. Dean lets out a breath as he sits up and takes in the kid’s appearance after rubbing his eyes.
The kid was…well a mini me of Gabriel actually. He had the same eyes and his hair was fuller though, and blonder, though it still flipped at the back, though there was plenty of bangs in his eyes.
“Gabriel…” He breathed in shock and the kid looked at him with wide eyes, confusion clear as he whimpers and scrambles and gets off the bed, landing with a light thud and Dean’s pretty sure the kid angel is hiding under the bed.
“Gabriel…come on out, please?” Dean asks, still quite able to feel the fear and panic that was clearly in Gabriel’s mini self.
“I’m not going to hurt you, I would never hurt you,” He said in his best kid friendly voice as possible. He saw bright eyes staring at him under the bed. He had better control over his end of the bond.
Gabriel had helped him out with that because he’d gotten annoyed of getting Dean’s every single emotion when they were away from each other. It was only the strong ones he’d felt after that…
“Please Gabe…” He said in a soft and pleading voice. Gabriel seemed to think and then he looked at Dean some more.
“Wh…where’s my daddy?” He said at long last. His voice scared and soft and yet of course higher than it used to be.
“I don’t know kiddo…but I’m here for ya…come on out, I want to help you…please let me help you,” Dean said, he felt a pang of sadness when Gabriel had mentioned his dad. No-one knew where the bastard was and how was he supposed to tell that to the kid version of the angel he loved?
Gabriel sniffed and came out from under the bed. Gabriel had been crying…Oh God…It tugged at his heart and he was glad to see Gabriel come over to him and Dean pulled him into a comforting embrace.
“Dean…” Gabriel whispered after a moment and Dean felt a pang of relief glad that Gabriel at least remembered him.
“Yes, I’m Dean,” He said softly as Gabriel looked up at him with eyes that were quietly assessing him. He then sniffed again and let Dean run his hand up and down his back.
“Are you my dada?” Gabriel asked quietly and Dean bit back the no that wanted to come loose from his lips.
“Y-yeah..I’m your dad,” Dean said quietly, glad at the moment that the kid version of Gabriel didn’t remember that they were mates…talk about awkward…
Gabriel nodded and Dean let out a sigh and he picked Gabriel up, the angel cuddling closer in his grip and his head resting on Dean’s shoulder. Dean had to keep himself calm; he couldn’t let his emotions get through to Gabriel, so he took in a deep breath and counted to ten.
He started packing up his things. Dean smiles at that as he picks up his duffel and goes out into the midmorning sun and he puts his stuff into the trunk. He was glad that whatever changed Gabriel had at least shrunk his clothes with him.
Gabriel seemed to get that Dean meant no harm to him as Dean shifted the quiet angel.
“Hey Gabe, wanna see my brother? His name’s Sammy. He’s gonna love seeing you,” Dean said with a grin, he knew his brother adored kids, though Sammy would just have to get used to Gabe being a kid he guessed.
“D-Dean, you has candy?” Gabriel asked after a moment and that caught Dean off guard but then he smiled, the way to Gabe’s heart was through candy, it’s always been like that.
“Yeah, one sec kiddo,” He says as he opens the impala’s trunk and finds a bag of candy he’d stashed away from the adult archangel.
“Which one do you want, Gabe?” He asked, looking to Gabriel, whose eyes had indeed lit up when he saw the candy.
“Lolly!” He said eagerly and Dean smiled and got a cherry lollipop out of the bag and he gave it to Gabriel, who happily unwrapped it and started sucking on it. He let his happiness seep over to Gabriel, who looked at him curiously for a moment as Dean closed the trunk and messed up Gabriel’s hair. Gabriel leaned into Dean happily and Dean smiled at the small angel and he rubbed his back before he went to Sam’s room and knocked on it. He heard a mumbled curse and soon Sam was opening the door.
Two things happened when Sam was in view. Gabriel screamed bloody murder and nearly defended Dean and Sam jumped back in shock at the screaming kid. Dean pulled the lollipop out of Gabriel’s mouth and went inside as he clamped his hand over the squirming, screaming child’s mouth.
Gabriel’s scream was muffled but he was still screaming but Dean brought his hand away and then stuck the lollipop into Gabriel’s mouth, shocking the kid, who took a suck on it and then took a breath. Dean pulled him close and rubbed his hand along Gabriel’s back and tried to soothe him.
“Shhh Gabe, don’t scream my ears off. What’s wrong?” He asked as he kept rubbing Gabriel’s back, the infant angel crying into Dean’s shoulder.
“Demon! Demon!” Gabriel was crying and Dean looked up in alarm at Sam, said Christo and yet no black eyes, Sam looked confused.
“Gabe, he’s not a demon, you know that,” He said in as soothing a tone he could muster, the infant still crying and he looked to Sam who gaped at him, mouthing ‘What the hell?” Dean just started to shoot it back at him when he paused.
“Wait, Gabe, he’s just got demon blood in him…look again,” Dean said soothingly, “He’s not a demon, never has been,” He muttered soothingly and he saw Sam facepalm as if just realizing it too, and Sam sat down on his bed, shirtless for the moment. Dean saw the tattoo and then grinned.
“How…how you know?” Gabriel asked with a sniff and Dean took him over to Sam.
“See that tattoo?” He said softly as Gabriel looked to Sam, cringing a bit before he seemed to take in Sam’s appearance for a moment and then he reached out and touched the tattoo when Dean got close to Sam.
“See, that protects him from demons taking him over,” Dean explained calmly and Sam smiled at Gabriel who looked up at him and then poked Sam’s chest.
“Demon taint?” Gabriel asked softly as he continued sucking on the lollipop and Dean set the angel down, glad that Gabriel was calming down. He’d nearly been overwhelmed by the fear that had gone through their bond. Now he can tell the little angel was feeling better as he poked Sam’s chest again.
“It…barely there,” Gabriel whispered and Sam smiled and reached a hand out. Gabriel eyed it warily as Dean unbuttoned his own shirt and Gabriel looked around and sat on the bed next to the two.
“See Gabe, me and Sam, we’re both protected. And you? You’re our adorable little angel,” Dean says with a smile as Gabriel reached out and touched the tattoo on him and it seemed to tingle under his touch. The toddler angel put his hand to Dean’s chest and then cuddled up against Dean’s chest.
“Comfy…home,” Gabriel whispered and Dean realized Gabriel must feel his own Grace in him, in Dean and he looked to Sam, who was smiling at the sight, and he had a camera, and it flashed. Dean scowled at Sam.
“Hey, Gabe? What do you remember?” Dean asked the infant angel who was quiet for a moment. Gabriel opened his eyes after a minute.
“Hurt…Tired and a meanie ..then coming to you, Dada,” Gabriel whispered, “Then you taking care of me, keeping me close…You safe…” Gabriel whispered and Dean stared at the infant Gabriel and then to Sam who looked shocked as well.
“Did he just…call you ‘dada’?” Sam looked shocked and Dean took in a shuddering breath and nodded. He then looked to Gabriel.
“Hey Gabe…you hungry?” Dean asked the child in his arms and Gabriel bounced in his arms happily.
“Yes, Dada! Can we has pancakes?” He asked excitedly and Dean smiled and messed up Gabriel’s hair.
“Of course we can,” He said as he put Gabriel on the bed and buttoned up his shirt, or tried to but Gabriel stopped him and pressed a hand to Dean’s chest.
“What is it Gabe?” He asked curiously as the tiny archangel looked up at him. He was pretty sure Gabriel could sense their bond as he watched the child look confused for a minute.
“Home,” Gabriel whispered at last. And Dean figured he could probably sense his own grace from how he had created the bond in the first place. Gabriel pulled his hand away after that and let Dean button the shirt back up as sam was soon dressed and Dean lifted Gabriel up and the child happily cuddled up to him, head by Dean’s chest.
“Sam you drive,” Dean said calmly as he gave Sam the keys while he got in back and sprawled out on the seat and wrapped his arms around Gabriel once he and the child were settled in the back. Sam looked back at them and smiled as he started up the Impala, Gabriel resting his head against Dean’s chest, eyes closed. Dean did a little experiment then and reached through the bond to Gabriel.
The young archangel was scared, that much he knew under the supposed calm exterior. Gabriel seemed to feel lonely too and Dean felt bad for that, they usually talked so much more. He shifted his hands around Gabriel’s form and kissed his head and opened his eyes.
“I’m not going anywhere without you Gabriel,” He whispered to the angel as he took that moment to wrap himself around Gabriel’s much smaller Grace, letting the angel know the truth of his words. Gabriel looked up at him and Dean felt a happy warmth from the angel as his grace responded happily to Dean’s touch.
I will never leave you Gabriel, He pressed on, seeing Gabriel look up at him and tilt his head a bit, confused but there was warmth and protectiveness in Dean’s every word that the tiny archangel smiled at him.
“Thank you, daddy,” He whispered as Sam drove around town looking for a place to eat. Sam then pulled up to a Denny’s and parked and they got out and Dean set Gabriel down and held the boy’s hand as they started to go toward the door.
Gabriel instantly tensed as a man went past them and Gabriel clung to Dean’s side and as they went inside, Gabriel started whimpering and he hid behind Dean’s leg. This confused Dean for a moment, and when the waitress led them to the table, Gabriel scrambled to get to the window and he grabbed the salt shaker.
“D-Daddy…” He whimpered fear clear through their bond. Gabriel clung to him even as they ordered and the waitress cooed over him. Dean wasn’t sure what it was bothering the child who now barely managed to eat his pancakes.
“Daddy…I wanna go home…please daddy…” Gabriel whimpered and Dean frowned at him and messed up his hair and pulled him close and Dean nodded and they started to leave when he noticed Gabriel still had the salt shaker.
Then someone tried to grab Gabriel and the kid was screaming and then he threw salt on the woman who yelled and Dean saw black eyes and within seconds the entire restaurant was on its feet. Every single damned person a demon. FUCK. Dean snatched up Gabriel and tried to go for the exit with Sam, only to get blocked by demons. Gabriel started crying in his arms as he kept a tight hold of the toddler archangel.
“Give us the child and we will let you live,” The Waitress hissed, eyes flicking black. Dean snarled at her and kicked her away.
Gabriel was shivering in his arms and Dean looked to Sam and they nodded to each other as Dean pulled out the Colt, aimed and fired at the waitress, killing her.
“Gabe, don’t look okay? I don’t need you seeing this,” He says in a firm voice and Gabriel does as he’s told, hiding his head in Dean’s shoulder. The reports of the gun are loud and Dean curses when they’ve only taken down a small number of the demons.
Gabriel whimpers and he shivers against Dean, who has his arm still held tight around Gabriel.
The kid then starts glowing as gold colored wings comes from his back and Dean feels like some of his energy got sapped out of his body as he nearly stumbled and there’s suddenly a high pitched tone…
Suddenly Balthazar and Castiel are there and Gabriel’s crying loudly and the tone is gone and his little wings are fluttering against Dean’s neck.
“What the-“ Sam’s saying and the two other angels look surprised but they spare no other second to question it as they slaughter the rest of the demons there.
Dean looked to Gabriel, who’s still whimpering and Dean stows away the colt and puts a hand to Gabriel’s forehead, the toddler shying away a bit as if scared that Dean will hurt him or yell. Though Dean doesn’t do that even as he feels that Gabriel’s far too warm.
“You did great,” He said softly as Gabriel looked up to him with wide hazel eyes. Balthazar finished wiping off his sword and turned around and blinked, looking at Gabriel in shock.
“Well fuck, so that’s where he wandered off to…” Balthazar muttered as Castiel nodded seriously and Dean took Gabriel out to the car, sitting in the front passenger seat as both angels followed and Sam took the wheel.
“So…He brought you two here didn’t he?” Dean asked after a moment of silence.
“Yeah. He shouldn’t have been able to do it, like that, his grace is too weak…,” Castiel said with a head tilt before Balthazar laughed.
“Cas, he didn’t use all his grace, he borrowed power from the schmuk holding him, also helps Gabriel that their bond actually allowed that,” Balthazar said with a smirk as they got back to the hotel and Dean got out and went into the room with Gabriel, who was barely conscious.
“Sam! Get me a cool cloth!” Dean yelled as they got in and Sam immediately obeyed.
Balthazar leaned against the doorframe as Castiel went to where Dean had put Gabriel down on the bed. Sam came back with the cloth and Dean put it on Gabriel’s forehead.
“You not mad Daddy…I mean to tell you but…I too scared…” Gabriel whimpered as he looked pleadingly at Dean who smiled at him.
“It’s alright Gabriel, you were awesome,” He said warmly and Gabriel smiled and let Dean take off the jacket. He knew Balthazar and Castiel as well as Sam were watching him with Gabriel. Gabriel shifted and hugged him with a smile on his face as he slept, cuddled up to Dean.
Dean looked up to Balthazar and Castiel.
“Now you said he wandered off? So I assume you know what happened to him,” Dean said, his eyes and voice hard as he looks between the two angels.
“Yes Dean…we know what happened in fact…we’re the reason he’s like this,” Castiel said calmly.
Balthazar rolled his eyes and started to recount what happened while conjuring up some wine…
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14 hours earlier…
“And you’re using me as bait because I’m what, a pretty face?” Gabriel said with a smirk, fully grown, fully archangel. Balthazar rolled his eyes as he drew symbols in the dirt nearby.
“You know why, Raphael will be attracted to you like a fly on dog shit,” Balthazar said with a smirk and Gabriel wrinkled his nose.
“You did not just compare me to dog shit,” Gabriel said, sounding affronted. Castiel’s mouth twitched in a faint smile, “Brother I believe he was just trying to make an appropriate metaphor for the situation. You know you are the only one who can lure Raphael here. We all know he would like to have you at his side, or at least helping him,” Castiel said calmly as Balthazar chuckled.
“So…what is it supposed to turn him into a kid or give him the mentality of one?” Gabriel asked as Balthazar chuckled.
“Both, it’s supposed to do both, but his mental age will regress first before his vessel will,” Balthazar said with a smirk. Gabriel shrugs and looks around.
“It’ll give you enough time to snag his grace huh?” He says to see Castiel nod.
“Fine let’s get this started,” Gabriel said with a sigh and Balthazar and Castiel nodded, hiding in the woods behind Gabriel who stood in the circle of runes, holding his hands out and making his vessel glow, hell pulse with energy and then the runes lit up as storm clouds gathered in the area, wind blowing his hair about fiercely as thunder cracked through the sky.
His wings manifested as solid gold light for the moment as he waited. Then a flash of lightning and Raphael was there.
“Gabriel,” Raphael said in his female vessel, looking over the younger Archangel, who lowered his hands and his wings seemed to fade away.
“Raphael, nice to see you survived it,” Gabriel said casually as he looked to Raphael, “What happened to your other meatsuit?” He asked causally, which got Raphael to smile slowly. In the forest, Balthazar held an artifact and was quietly chanting over it.
“Why don’t you ask Balthazar, I’m sure he’d happily tell you the story,” Raphael said with a sly smile and there was the snap of fingers and Balthazar howled in pain as the artifact dropped right when he finished the spell. There was a flash of Gold and the beam of light hit Gabriel squarely in the back,
Raphael had stepped aside so that Gabriel ended up the unfortunate shield. Gabriel’s eyes widened and the light exploded from him. He looked dazed for a moment before he pushed Raphael back and said a chant in enochian that sent Raphael back to Heaven.
Gabriel staggered for a moment, hand to his head before he looks around and to Balthazar collapsed on the ground. Gabriel stumbled over to him even as the artifact shattered.
“B…Balthy, wake up ya mook…” Gabriel mutters and Castiel is looking at the archangel in alarm as Balthazar shift and looks up to Gabriel.
“You…you haven’t called me that in over a thousand years, Gabriel…” Balthazar muttered and Gabriel only tilted his head a bit as Balthazar looked to the artifact.
“Well crap…we’re screwed,” Balthazar mutters as Gabriel pats Balthazar’s head and shifts a bit and reaches out and starts to massage Balthazar’s wings, the other angel stiffening in surprise.
“What are you doing, Gabriel?” Balthazar asked sharply.
“Massaging your wings Balthy, Daddy always said to keep you fledglings calm. You’re not calm,” Gabriel says lightly, Castiel watching in amazement as Gabriel’s years regress in his mind first until the archangel is suddenly jerking away and looking at them in confusion.
“What now?” Balthazar asked as Castiel looked to Gabriel and started to approach. Castiel tried to get to his older brother but Gabriel shied away from him, like a small child would shy from a stranger.
“Get away from me!” He snapped at Castiel, fear, real fear coloring his voice even as Balthazar got up.
“Gabriel-“ Castiel started to say even as Gabriel backed away from them. Fight or flight instincts for sure and Castiel tried to follow, but Gabriel had been gone within two beats of all four wings.
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Balthazar’s mouth twisted in a bit of a smile as he finished recalling the story.
“We should have expected him to go to you, but we weren’t really able to predict where he’d go at that point,” He shrugs, “He only summoned us because you and Sam were in danger and we were the only angels he could remember, even if by sight.” Castiel said calmly.
“We should move. The demons know what happened. How I have no clue, but still we have to go before we get surrounded again,” Dean says urgently as he gets a hold of Gabriel.
“Cas can you zap me to Bobby’s? Sam can you drive the Impala there?” Dean asked, the urgency in his voice though spoke he wouldn’t take no for any answer, and they agreed.
Dean looked to Balthazar, “This is your screw up, so if anything happens to Gabriel, I’ll kill you myself,” Dean growled and Balthazar bit his lip.
“Dean…this is likely going to be permanent. There are very few things that could change him back…One is an archangel, another is God and then the artifact but that is rubble. The last one…well the last one is one only you can do,” Balthazar says before vanishing. Castiel then takes Dean and Gabriel to Bobby’s place.
Bobby yelps and then sees Cas, Dean and the child in Dean’s arms with gold wings and says one word: “Idjits.”
Author: candylovinangel
Rating: PG
Pairings: Dean/Gabriel.
Spoilers: None: Just know who Gabriel and Balthazar is
Warnings: Crack from me.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything
Summary:Gabriel comes to Dean tired and exhausted. Dean is very surprised at what he finds in bed with him the next morning.
Word Count: 3,867
Part 2 Part 3
It is late at night when Gabriel comes to the motel. He looks tired and drained as he flops onto the bed and pushes Dean’s books to the floor, the Hunter opening his mouth to say something but he stops as he can feel just how exhausted Gabriel is through their bond.
He looks at Gabriel curiously as the angel seems to have been staring at him for a moment and Dean just smiles at Gabriel and wraps an arm around the bugger and then pulls his clothed self to his side as Gabriel kicks off his shoes and presses himself into Dean’s warmth.
“You okay?” Dean asked softly as Gabriel’s definitely in a more cuddly mood than a sex mood, which well is almost never. It scares Dean, seeing Gabriel this despondent and exhausted.
“I’m fine,” Gabriel says softly as he slips under the covers and ever closer to Dean who kisses his neck and Gabriel looks back to him with a smile, when the angel looks away from Dean, there are tears sliding down the archangel’s cheeks.
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When Dean wakes he finds Gabriel gone, and he frowns at that. Gabriel didn’t seem to be in a get up and leave mood… however he starts to move when he realizes there’s a huddled mass right by his chest. He takes the covers off and he sees a little kid curled up by him, clothes that are just the right sized on him. Dean stares.
The kid wakes and the first thing he sees is hazel eyes. Then through his bond with Gabriel there’s an overwhelming sense of PANIC and the FEAR, something he’d never felt from Gabriel even as the child tries to back away and he gets too close to the bed when Dean quickly grabs him, seeing the too familiar eyes welled up with tears and giving him puppy dog eyes to rival Sam’s as the kid whimpers. Dean lets out a breath as he sits up and takes in the kid’s appearance after rubbing his eyes.
The kid was…well a mini me of Gabriel actually. He had the same eyes and his hair was fuller though, and blonder, though it still flipped at the back, though there was plenty of bangs in his eyes.
“Gabriel…” He breathed in shock and the kid looked at him with wide eyes, confusion clear as he whimpers and scrambles and gets off the bed, landing with a light thud and Dean’s pretty sure the kid angel is hiding under the bed.
“Gabriel…come on out, please?” Dean asks, still quite able to feel the fear and panic that was clearly in Gabriel’s mini self.
“I’m not going to hurt you, I would never hurt you,” He said in his best kid friendly voice as possible. He saw bright eyes staring at him under the bed. He had better control over his end of the bond.
Gabriel had helped him out with that because he’d gotten annoyed of getting Dean’s every single emotion when they were away from each other. It was only the strong ones he’d felt after that…
“Please Gabe…” He said in a soft and pleading voice. Gabriel seemed to think and then he looked at Dean some more.
“Wh…where’s my daddy?” He said at long last. His voice scared and soft and yet of course higher than it used to be.
“I don’t know kiddo…but I’m here for ya…come on out, I want to help you…please let me help you,” Dean said, he felt a pang of sadness when Gabriel had mentioned his dad. No-one knew where the bastard was and how was he supposed to tell that to the kid version of the angel he loved?
Gabriel sniffed and came out from under the bed. Gabriel had been crying…Oh God…It tugged at his heart and he was glad to see Gabriel come over to him and Dean pulled him into a comforting embrace.
“Dean…” Gabriel whispered after a moment and Dean felt a pang of relief glad that Gabriel at least remembered him.
“Yes, I’m Dean,” He said softly as Gabriel looked up at him with eyes that were quietly assessing him. He then sniffed again and let Dean run his hand up and down his back.
“Are you my dada?” Gabriel asked quietly and Dean bit back the no that wanted to come loose from his lips.
“Y-yeah..I’m your dad,” Dean said quietly, glad at the moment that the kid version of Gabriel didn’t remember that they were mates…talk about awkward…
Gabriel nodded and Dean let out a sigh and he picked Gabriel up, the angel cuddling closer in his grip and his head resting on Dean’s shoulder. Dean had to keep himself calm; he couldn’t let his emotions get through to Gabriel, so he took in a deep breath and counted to ten.
He started packing up his things. Dean smiles at that as he picks up his duffel and goes out into the midmorning sun and he puts his stuff into the trunk. He was glad that whatever changed Gabriel had at least shrunk his clothes with him.
Gabriel seemed to get that Dean meant no harm to him as Dean shifted the quiet angel.
“Hey Gabe, wanna see my brother? His name’s Sammy. He’s gonna love seeing you,” Dean said with a grin, he knew his brother adored kids, though Sammy would just have to get used to Gabe being a kid he guessed.
“D-Dean, you has candy?” Gabriel asked after a moment and that caught Dean off guard but then he smiled, the way to Gabe’s heart was through candy, it’s always been like that.
“Yeah, one sec kiddo,” He says as he opens the impala’s trunk and finds a bag of candy he’d stashed away from the adult archangel.
“Which one do you want, Gabe?” He asked, looking to Gabriel, whose eyes had indeed lit up when he saw the candy.
“Lolly!” He said eagerly and Dean smiled and got a cherry lollipop out of the bag and he gave it to Gabriel, who happily unwrapped it and started sucking on it. He let his happiness seep over to Gabriel, who looked at him curiously for a moment as Dean closed the trunk and messed up Gabriel’s hair. Gabriel leaned into Dean happily and Dean smiled at the small angel and he rubbed his back before he went to Sam’s room and knocked on it. He heard a mumbled curse and soon Sam was opening the door.
Two things happened when Sam was in view. Gabriel screamed bloody murder and nearly defended Dean and Sam jumped back in shock at the screaming kid. Dean pulled the lollipop out of Gabriel’s mouth and went inside as he clamped his hand over the squirming, screaming child’s mouth.
Gabriel’s scream was muffled but he was still screaming but Dean brought his hand away and then stuck the lollipop into Gabriel’s mouth, shocking the kid, who took a suck on it and then took a breath. Dean pulled him close and rubbed his hand along Gabriel’s back and tried to soothe him.
“Shhh Gabe, don’t scream my ears off. What’s wrong?” He asked as he kept rubbing Gabriel’s back, the infant angel crying into Dean’s shoulder.
“Demon! Demon!” Gabriel was crying and Dean looked up in alarm at Sam, said Christo and yet no black eyes, Sam looked confused.
“Gabe, he’s not a demon, you know that,” He said in as soothing a tone he could muster, the infant still crying and he looked to Sam who gaped at him, mouthing ‘What the hell?” Dean just started to shoot it back at him when he paused.
“Wait, Gabe, he’s just got demon blood in him…look again,” Dean said soothingly, “He’s not a demon, never has been,” He muttered soothingly and he saw Sam facepalm as if just realizing it too, and Sam sat down on his bed, shirtless for the moment. Dean saw the tattoo and then grinned.
“How…how you know?” Gabriel asked with a sniff and Dean took him over to Sam.
“See that tattoo?” He said softly as Gabriel looked to Sam, cringing a bit before he seemed to take in Sam’s appearance for a moment and then he reached out and touched the tattoo when Dean got close to Sam.
“See, that protects him from demons taking him over,” Dean explained calmly and Sam smiled at Gabriel who looked up at him and then poked Sam’s chest.
“Demon taint?” Gabriel asked softly as he continued sucking on the lollipop and Dean set the angel down, glad that Gabriel was calming down. He’d nearly been overwhelmed by the fear that had gone through their bond. Now he can tell the little angel was feeling better as he poked Sam’s chest again.
“It…barely there,” Gabriel whispered and Sam smiled and reached a hand out. Gabriel eyed it warily as Dean unbuttoned his own shirt and Gabriel looked around and sat on the bed next to the two.
“See Gabe, me and Sam, we’re both protected. And you? You’re our adorable little angel,” Dean says with a smile as Gabriel reached out and touched the tattoo on him and it seemed to tingle under his touch. The toddler angel put his hand to Dean’s chest and then cuddled up against Dean’s chest.
“Comfy…home,” Gabriel whispered and Dean realized Gabriel must feel his own Grace in him, in Dean and he looked to Sam, who was smiling at the sight, and he had a camera, and it flashed. Dean scowled at Sam.
“Hey, Gabe? What do you remember?” Dean asked the infant angel who was quiet for a moment. Gabriel opened his eyes after a minute.
“Hurt…Tired and a meanie ..then coming to you, Dada,” Gabriel whispered, “Then you taking care of me, keeping me close…You safe…” Gabriel whispered and Dean stared at the infant Gabriel and then to Sam who looked shocked as well.
“Did he just…call you ‘dada’?” Sam looked shocked and Dean took in a shuddering breath and nodded. He then looked to Gabriel.
“Hey Gabe…you hungry?” Dean asked the child in his arms and Gabriel bounced in his arms happily.
“Yes, Dada! Can we has pancakes?” He asked excitedly and Dean smiled and messed up Gabriel’s hair.
“Of course we can,” He said as he put Gabriel on the bed and buttoned up his shirt, or tried to but Gabriel stopped him and pressed a hand to Dean’s chest.
“What is it Gabe?” He asked curiously as the tiny archangel looked up at him. He was pretty sure Gabriel could sense their bond as he watched the child look confused for a minute.
“Home,” Gabriel whispered at last. And Dean figured he could probably sense his own grace from how he had created the bond in the first place. Gabriel pulled his hand away after that and let Dean button the shirt back up as sam was soon dressed and Dean lifted Gabriel up and the child happily cuddled up to him, head by Dean’s chest.
“Sam you drive,” Dean said calmly as he gave Sam the keys while he got in back and sprawled out on the seat and wrapped his arms around Gabriel once he and the child were settled in the back. Sam looked back at them and smiled as he started up the Impala, Gabriel resting his head against Dean’s chest, eyes closed. Dean did a little experiment then and reached through the bond to Gabriel.
The young archangel was scared, that much he knew under the supposed calm exterior. Gabriel seemed to feel lonely too and Dean felt bad for that, they usually talked so much more. He shifted his hands around Gabriel’s form and kissed his head and opened his eyes.
“I’m not going anywhere without you Gabriel,” He whispered to the angel as he took that moment to wrap himself around Gabriel’s much smaller Grace, letting the angel know the truth of his words. Gabriel looked up at him and Dean felt a happy warmth from the angel as his grace responded happily to Dean’s touch.
I will never leave you Gabriel, He pressed on, seeing Gabriel look up at him and tilt his head a bit, confused but there was warmth and protectiveness in Dean’s every word that the tiny archangel smiled at him.
“Thank you, daddy,” He whispered as Sam drove around town looking for a place to eat. Sam then pulled up to a Denny’s and parked and they got out and Dean set Gabriel down and held the boy’s hand as they started to go toward the door.
Gabriel instantly tensed as a man went past them and Gabriel clung to Dean’s side and as they went inside, Gabriel started whimpering and he hid behind Dean’s leg. This confused Dean for a moment, and when the waitress led them to the table, Gabriel scrambled to get to the window and he grabbed the salt shaker.
“D-Daddy…” He whimpered fear clear through their bond. Gabriel clung to him even as they ordered and the waitress cooed over him. Dean wasn’t sure what it was bothering the child who now barely managed to eat his pancakes.
“Daddy…I wanna go home…please daddy…” Gabriel whimpered and Dean frowned at him and messed up his hair and pulled him close and Dean nodded and they started to leave when he noticed Gabriel still had the salt shaker.
Then someone tried to grab Gabriel and the kid was screaming and then he threw salt on the woman who yelled and Dean saw black eyes and within seconds the entire restaurant was on its feet. Every single damned person a demon. FUCK. Dean snatched up Gabriel and tried to go for the exit with Sam, only to get blocked by demons. Gabriel started crying in his arms as he kept a tight hold of the toddler archangel.
“Give us the child and we will let you live,” The Waitress hissed, eyes flicking black. Dean snarled at her and kicked her away.
Gabriel was shivering in his arms and Dean looked to Sam and they nodded to each other as Dean pulled out the Colt, aimed and fired at the waitress, killing her.
“Gabe, don’t look okay? I don’t need you seeing this,” He says in a firm voice and Gabriel does as he’s told, hiding his head in Dean’s shoulder. The reports of the gun are loud and Dean curses when they’ve only taken down a small number of the demons.
Gabriel whimpers and he shivers against Dean, who has his arm still held tight around Gabriel.
The kid then starts glowing as gold colored wings comes from his back and Dean feels like some of his energy got sapped out of his body as he nearly stumbled and there’s suddenly a high pitched tone…
Suddenly Balthazar and Castiel are there and Gabriel’s crying loudly and the tone is gone and his little wings are fluttering against Dean’s neck.
“What the-“ Sam’s saying and the two other angels look surprised but they spare no other second to question it as they slaughter the rest of the demons there.
Dean looked to Gabriel, who’s still whimpering and Dean stows away the colt and puts a hand to Gabriel’s forehead, the toddler shying away a bit as if scared that Dean will hurt him or yell. Though Dean doesn’t do that even as he feels that Gabriel’s far too warm.
“You did great,” He said softly as Gabriel looked up to him with wide hazel eyes. Balthazar finished wiping off his sword and turned around and blinked, looking at Gabriel in shock.
“Well fuck, so that’s where he wandered off to…” Balthazar muttered as Castiel nodded seriously and Dean took Gabriel out to the car, sitting in the front passenger seat as both angels followed and Sam took the wheel.
“So…He brought you two here didn’t he?” Dean asked after a moment of silence.
“Yeah. He shouldn’t have been able to do it, like that, his grace is too weak…,” Castiel said with a head tilt before Balthazar laughed.
“Cas, he didn’t use all his grace, he borrowed power from the schmuk holding him, also helps Gabriel that their bond actually allowed that,” Balthazar said with a smirk as they got back to the hotel and Dean got out and went into the room with Gabriel, who was barely conscious.
“Sam! Get me a cool cloth!” Dean yelled as they got in and Sam immediately obeyed.
Balthazar leaned against the doorframe as Castiel went to where Dean had put Gabriel down on the bed. Sam came back with the cloth and Dean put it on Gabriel’s forehead.
“You not mad Daddy…I mean to tell you but…I too scared…” Gabriel whimpered as he looked pleadingly at Dean who smiled at him.
“It’s alright Gabriel, you were awesome,” He said warmly and Gabriel smiled and let Dean take off the jacket. He knew Balthazar and Castiel as well as Sam were watching him with Gabriel. Gabriel shifted and hugged him with a smile on his face as he slept, cuddled up to Dean.
Dean looked up to Balthazar and Castiel.
“Now you said he wandered off? So I assume you know what happened to him,” Dean said, his eyes and voice hard as he looks between the two angels.
“Yes Dean…we know what happened in fact…we’re the reason he’s like this,” Castiel said calmly.
Balthazar rolled his eyes and started to recount what happened while conjuring up some wine…
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14 hours earlier…
“And you’re using me as bait because I’m what, a pretty face?” Gabriel said with a smirk, fully grown, fully archangel. Balthazar rolled his eyes as he drew symbols in the dirt nearby.
“You know why, Raphael will be attracted to you like a fly on dog shit,” Balthazar said with a smirk and Gabriel wrinkled his nose.
“You did not just compare me to dog shit,” Gabriel said, sounding affronted. Castiel’s mouth twitched in a faint smile, “Brother I believe he was just trying to make an appropriate metaphor for the situation. You know you are the only one who can lure Raphael here. We all know he would like to have you at his side, or at least helping him,” Castiel said calmly as Balthazar chuckled.
“So…what is it supposed to turn him into a kid or give him the mentality of one?” Gabriel asked as Balthazar chuckled.
“Both, it’s supposed to do both, but his mental age will regress first before his vessel will,” Balthazar said with a smirk. Gabriel shrugs and looks around.
“It’ll give you enough time to snag his grace huh?” He says to see Castiel nod.
“Fine let’s get this started,” Gabriel said with a sigh and Balthazar and Castiel nodded, hiding in the woods behind Gabriel who stood in the circle of runes, holding his hands out and making his vessel glow, hell pulse with energy and then the runes lit up as storm clouds gathered in the area, wind blowing his hair about fiercely as thunder cracked through the sky.
His wings manifested as solid gold light for the moment as he waited. Then a flash of lightning and Raphael was there.
“Gabriel,” Raphael said in his female vessel, looking over the younger Archangel, who lowered his hands and his wings seemed to fade away.
“Raphael, nice to see you survived it,” Gabriel said casually as he looked to Raphael, “What happened to your other meatsuit?” He asked causally, which got Raphael to smile slowly. In the forest, Balthazar held an artifact and was quietly chanting over it.
“Why don’t you ask Balthazar, I’m sure he’d happily tell you the story,” Raphael said with a sly smile and there was the snap of fingers and Balthazar howled in pain as the artifact dropped right when he finished the spell. There was a flash of Gold and the beam of light hit Gabriel squarely in the back,
Raphael had stepped aside so that Gabriel ended up the unfortunate shield. Gabriel’s eyes widened and the light exploded from him. He looked dazed for a moment before he pushed Raphael back and said a chant in enochian that sent Raphael back to Heaven.
Gabriel staggered for a moment, hand to his head before he looks around and to Balthazar collapsed on the ground. Gabriel stumbled over to him even as the artifact shattered.
“B…Balthy, wake up ya mook…” Gabriel mutters and Castiel is looking at the archangel in alarm as Balthazar shift and looks up to Gabriel.
“You…you haven’t called me that in over a thousand years, Gabriel…” Balthazar muttered and Gabriel only tilted his head a bit as Balthazar looked to the artifact.
“Well crap…we’re screwed,” Balthazar mutters as Gabriel pats Balthazar’s head and shifts a bit and reaches out and starts to massage Balthazar’s wings, the other angel stiffening in surprise.
“What are you doing, Gabriel?” Balthazar asked sharply.
“Massaging your wings Balthy, Daddy always said to keep you fledglings calm. You’re not calm,” Gabriel says lightly, Castiel watching in amazement as Gabriel’s years regress in his mind first until the archangel is suddenly jerking away and looking at them in confusion.
“What now?” Balthazar asked as Castiel looked to Gabriel and started to approach. Castiel tried to get to his older brother but Gabriel shied away from him, like a small child would shy from a stranger.
“Get away from me!” He snapped at Castiel, fear, real fear coloring his voice even as Balthazar got up.
“Gabriel-“ Castiel started to say even as Gabriel backed away from them. Fight or flight instincts for sure and Castiel tried to follow, but Gabriel had been gone within two beats of all four wings.
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Balthazar’s mouth twisted in a bit of a smile as he finished recalling the story.
“We should have expected him to go to you, but we weren’t really able to predict where he’d go at that point,” He shrugs, “He only summoned us because you and Sam were in danger and we were the only angels he could remember, even if by sight.” Castiel said calmly.
“We should move. The demons know what happened. How I have no clue, but still we have to go before we get surrounded again,” Dean says urgently as he gets a hold of Gabriel.
“Cas can you zap me to Bobby’s? Sam can you drive the Impala there?” Dean asked, the urgency in his voice though spoke he wouldn’t take no for any answer, and they agreed.
Dean looked to Balthazar, “This is your screw up, so if anything happens to Gabriel, I’ll kill you myself,” Dean growled and Balthazar bit his lip.
“Dean…this is likely going to be permanent. There are very few things that could change him back…One is an archangel, another is God and then the artifact but that is rubble. The last one…well the last one is one only you can do,” Balthazar says before vanishing. Castiel then takes Dean and Gabriel to Bobby’s place.
Bobby yelps and then sees Cas, Dean and the child in Dean’s arms with gold wings and says one word: “Idjits.”
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