All You Did was Save my Life

Brothers Worry

            Two days had passed since Sam and Gabriel's confrontation and the tension in the house was palpable. Sam and Gabriel had not spoken since and the archangel spent most of his time in his room or outside with the boys. It was very rare for Gabriel to be away from Henry, almost like he was worried to leave the little boy with Sam. Also a rarity now was for Cas to be away from his brother for so long. Similar to the way Gabriel worried about Henry, Cas was worried about Gabe. And that worry was only about to get much, much worse.

            "Are you sure you guys'll be okay?" Bobby asked Dean quietly.

            "We'll be fine Bobby," Dean replied, "You guys go, that ghoul ain't gonna hunt itself."

            Bobby nodded and clapped Dean on the shoulder, "Call us if anything happens." Dean nodded and watched Bobby and Ellen got in Bobby's truck and left. Dean sighed and walked into the other room where Cas was reading a book while Ben and Jesse sat on the floor watching something on Bobby's small television.

            "Don't you guys have school work you could be doing instead of watching whatever that thing is?" Dean said, sitting next to Cas and staring at what appeared to be a Lego Yoda on the screen.

            "Schools almost over dad," Ben said, not looking at his father. "They don't give us homework in the last week."

            "I don't get homework," Jesse added.

            "That's cause you're five and you're home schooled," Dean said, "All your work is homework."

            "Did Bobby and Ellen leave?" Cas asked, finally looking up from his book.

            "Yeah, and Jo's gone back to the Roadhouse to help Ash," Dean sighed, "So right now we're the only barrier between my brother and yours." Cas nodded and leaned his head back against the couch.

            "Speaking of..." Dean said slowly, "Where are they?"

            "Sam is outside and Gabriel is upstairs with Henry and Jamie." Dean nodded and after a moment Cas continued, speaking quietly. "I understand that he's upset about Sam, as he should be, but this whole thing cannot continue. It's going to start affecting the boys soon, Jesse's already noticed something's going on." Dean looked over at the little boy enraptured by the television and knew Cas was right, Sam and Gabe couldn't continue like this. The problem was, neither of them knew what they could do. They couldn't force them to talk. It wasn't like Ben an Jesse arguing and Dean sitting them down to talk and apologize. Sam and Gabe were grown men; one of them was an archangel and the other had literally been to Hell. Sitting them down like they were a couple of children, no matter how much they might be acting like exactly that, didn't feel right.

            However, neither of them were going to have to do anything, as standing outside the door and listening to the whole conversation, was Sam. He stood quietly for a moment, thinking, before he knew what had to be done. He turned away and walked slowly up the stairs, pausing outside the door to Gabriel's room.