Sour Candy

Part Two of Sweet Treats

Supernatural, Sastiel, Warnings-None

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Sam was aware he had said it was ok. But after the fiftieth time he crashed into Gabriel shamelessly snogging with his brother in any of the public spaces of the bunker, he realized things were not gonna go as smooth as planned.

First things first, it was so weird to look at his brother act like a teenager that just discovered sex. He had tried his best to understand that considering the fact that, indeed, he had just discovered it with men; Dean was definitely allowed to get some slack on the excitement department but there had to be a limit to that, right?

And the second was that because of that, dynamics in the bunker were unstable. Laundry day had been rescheduled twice now and Dean had left once with Baby and Gabriel supposedly to get some food and hadn’t shown up the rest of the day, by the time Sam noticed all stores were closed and he had to wait until the next day to eat something. A month later he was still reminding Dean about it whenever he saw the pantry going down.

And this, among other petty things, was the reason he was just staring angrily at his laptop screen.

-What’s wrong Sam?

The hunter looked up to meet the seraph’s deep blue gaze fixed on him.

-Sigh, there’s way too many things in my mind right now. I mean, how is it possible that as soon as Dean goes bi he and Gabriel are just going at it like rabbits?

-You’re angry because Dean found a partner in Gabriel?

-No! …yes? It’s… it’s complicated. I think that I’m a bit jealous, I mean, when you live our kind of lives having someone to settle down with is hard because of all the dangers but having an archangel as partner makes things so much easier.

Castiel sat by his side. -Well it might be easier for Dean, but not for Gabriel when Dean dies.

Sam rustled awkwardly. -I’m sorry Cas, I… it never occurred to me that you will keep on living long after we’re gone. -Castiel just gave Sam a soft smile. -Do you ever think about what you’ll do when that happens?

Castiel turned his gaze down a moment -I try to be in the present and make the most out of my time with you right now. Also Jack will be there so I’ll no longer feel that alone.

-That’s really good to know.

An odd silence filled the room between them until Sam turned to look at Cas once more. He looked small and tired and sad so he did the only thing he knew that comforted him when that happened.

-Come here man.

Just like any time skinship was involved, the hug was awkwardly accepted by Cas at first but today it had been a little different. He leaned forward a tad bit more and Sam literally felt like he was trying to hide inside his arms. Sam felt a sudden rush of guilt knowing that he was making his friend feel like this.

-Hey, uhm, let’s go out tomorrow and do something together, I desperately need to get some air from all the snogging those two are doing.

-I’d really like to do that.

The next day found Sam and Cas strolling along the road of the bunker on the way to town, Dean had taken Gabriel out with Baby without even saying a thing.

-What is it Sam?

-I… I’m frustrated. I mean, Dean gave an explanation and everything but I really can’t believe that only a bit of grace could change a soul so much.

-It was there for quite some time, and Gabriel wanted to be with your brother.

-So what you mean is that if Gabriel had not been infatuated with Dean, his grace wouldn’t have affected him?

-Most probably. Yes

-Are you sure about it?

-I couldn’t tell Sam, I’m not the one who stuck their grace on your brother.

They walked for a couple minutes more, a soft wind caressing their faces.

-Maybe we should test it.

Castiel turned to look at Sam for a second. -I don’t think that’s a good idea, Dean and Gabriel…

-I’m not saying I’ll ask Gabriel to kiss me.

Castiel dropped a weary sight on the hunter, who was smirking.

-I mean, grace is still grace, no matter the angel, right?

-Well yes, but—

-So I don’t have to kiss Gabriel at all.

Sam finally stopped their tracks standing in front of Cas. After a look into Sam’s eyes, Castiel’s own gaze lit up in understanding.

-Sam, I honestly don’t think this is a good idea.

-Come on Cas, kiss me, leave some of your grace on me for a while, we’ve got nothing to lose.

-I still don’t understand why you want to do this.

-Because it’s interesting and I wanna see what happens and no one will die because of it. I mean we gotta do this you know, for science.

Cas fumbled for a second, looking away from the hunter, searching for a way to avoid this awkward situation without finding it. Eventually he hung up his shoulders in defeat with a sigh.

-Alright then.