Online Ties (Destiel/Sabriel)

4 - Nicknames

Gabriel was trudging about the entire day after not getting enough sleep due to reading Sam's damn book that almost gave him an existential crisis. Judging by the fact that it had been night for Sam in the morning, he was probably asleep now.

"What's up with you?" Cas asked, walking into the shop to where Gabe was standing behind the counter.

"Stayed up late," Gabe said. "Read this great fanfic. Full existential crisis, you'd like it Cassie."

Cas rolled his eyes. "Someone messaged me about Shout and Twist."

"Oo are they hot?" Gabe asked.

"I don't see how text on a screen could be hot," Cas said.

"If they were you'd know," Gabe said, smirking. He walked over to the door and changed the sign to closed, being too tired to do anything else today.

Cas rolled his eyes. "He seems nice. Lives in Australia."

"Username?"

"Chevy Impala 67."

"Wait really? I've read his stuff, it's awesome."

Cas raised an eyebrow. "Maybe I'll read them then. He's currently going through all of my books."

"Wow how much did you talk to him?" Gabe asked.

"Enough to know that his name is Dean, he's 23, American but moved to Australia and has a brother."

"Stalker much?"

"Hey he told me all of that."

"Did you give him your whole life story in return?"

Cas just gave Gabe a pouty glarey face.

"Well, like I can talk," Gabe said. "All my followers know pretty much everything about me."

"You're really open on this site," Cas muttered. Gabe just shrugged.

"And you're not. So what?"

"Are you sure it's safe?"

"I'm careful about giving away my location, I'm not an idiot Cassie. But I'm not going to be all secretive to these people, they're my friends."

Cas just sighed. "Fine." And so they moved away from the topic of wattpad and talked about other things.

When Cas left, Gabe went upstairs to his little home area of the building and opened his laptop. He debated messaging Sam for a minute but at the same time didn't want to seem too attached suddenly. So he closed his laptop again.

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ChevyImpala67: "Dude I'm at work and I thought it would be a good idea to keep reading your story. I regret everything"

AngelWithAShotgun: "You knew what to expect. Where do you work if you don't mind me asking?"

ChevyImpala67: "I write articles for an online news site. They give me all the fun stuff to write."

AngelWithAShotgun: "So you're a decent writer then?"

ChevyImpala67: "I guess so."

AngelWithAShotgun: "I may have been considering reading your stuff. My brother mentioned today that'd he read your books."

ChevyImpala67: "Was this the Satan brother?"

AngelWithAShotgun: "The Trickster one. Gabriel."

ChevyImpala67: "TheTrickster? That hyperactive guy who comments on everything?"

AngelWithAShotgun: "That would be him. I am now reading your books."