All I need is a miracle/All I need is you

[fromfryingpantofire]

Things had been going well lately. Hunts just seemed to fall into their laps, the book Sam needed at the library had just been handed in or just been reshelved, the sheriff or local law looking the other direction when they needed to get to a cemetery for a salt and burn. It had been going really, really well.

It should have occurred to Sam that things were going a little TOO well, honestly. But he didn't even think about it until a knife that should have had his name on it simply ricocheted off his chest, as though he had some forcefield up around him.

Later that night, Sam pulled his overshirt off at the hotel, looking at the spot where the knife had definitely started to pierce the fabric. "Okay. There's definitely something weird going on here."

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[low_key_angel]

Gabriel raised up to kiss the tip of his nose. "Hey, ex-archangel, trickster and all around pain in the ass for a long damn time. I was gonna wind up a target sooner or later."

But hearing it out of Sam makes it all worth it. The fighting, the sacrifice, giving up his grace, everything and it shows on his face as he wraps his arms around him and nuzzles at his neck. "Glad I finally got the chance to hear that."

[fromfryingpantofire]

"You realize that doesn't exactly make me feel better, right?" Because, seriously. Sam doesn't want Gabriel in the line of fire. At all. Gabriel's given up enough as it is.

Sam sighs, though, pulling him onto their sides so that they can both breathe easily. And it means he can get his arms around the other man more easily, too.

[low_key_angel]

Gabriel laughs, poking his side gently before relaxing into the feeling of Sam wrapped around him. Oh he should have done this so much sooner. Whatever happened next was absolutely worth it.

"Hey. This isn't my first trip to the ol' rodeo, Winchester. I stayed off Heaven's radar and one step ahead of the pagans long enough and not all of that was grace before you even go there. Whatever happens, I'll handle it."

A fond brush of his thumb along Sam's jaw. "You just make sure you come back. Let me worry about me."

[fromfryingpantofire]

Sam slips his fingers through Gabriel's hair. "Believe it or not, I kinda used to worry about you before, too." Before he'd realized what those feelings could have lead to. Before it had been too late, or so he'd thought. "I'm not going to stop worrying, it's just not in my nature. But I'll always do my best to get back to you."

[low_key_angel]

"Fine. You be the oversized worrier. But I've been sleeping a hell of a lot easier since you got your mojo on." Sam needed the protection far more than he did, considering he and his brother made something of a habit of actively chasing down trouble and things that tended to want to eat, smear and generally mangle humans.

"I'll be fine, Sammy. Promise."

[fromfryingpantofire]

Sam looked at him seriously for a few moments before he leaned in to kiss Gabriel. "I'm holding you to that, you know," he murmured, pulling the other man closer and tangling their legs together.

[low_key_angel]

"Wouldn't have it any other way, kiddo," Gabriel hums into the kiss. He'd keep himself safe and Sam would be far safer out there with his grace to protect him. "Best thing that ever happened to me, y'know?"

[fromfryingpantofire]

Sam smiles down at Gabriel and pulls him closer. "Know you're the best thing that ever happened to me," he says after a moment. "So...thank you."