Recovery
"I got a job!" Gabriel sang happily as he burst through the front door
Dean frowned looking up from his cheeseburger "Why?" He knew that Gabriel didn't need one, Gabriel closed the door "Because I get to work around cake- duh"
"You got a job at a bakery?- are you sure you can handle that?"
Gabriel narrowed his eyes "I think I'll be fine" He smiled "I start next week"
Dean still didn't like the idea and Gabriel noticed this "Oh for the love of- Dean the place is only 10 minutes away, if you want you can pick me up after school"
"Fine" Dean agreed, "I'm gonna take a nap" He said standing from the couch with a yawn, Gabriel frowned "What?- it's only 12pm" He protested
Dean shrugged taking his half eaten plate of food to the kitchen "Training has been taking a lot outta me" He put it in the fridge, he looked at Gabriel "You really think this new job is a good idea?"
Gabriel nodded "It gives me a reason other than Sam to get up in the morning"
"Okay, then I'm happy for you- you gonna tell Sam about this?"
Gabriel shrugged "Probably" He smiled softly "Things have been good between us-like..so good"
"What about you and Cas?"
Dean winced, "We're almost there" Things with Dean and Cas had been better and they were thinking about rekindling there relationship hell they'd even accidentally dropped the L- bomb once over the phone "Night weirdo- don't wake me up unless it's life or death"
"Sweet dreams"
~
Dean was just about to slip into bed when his phone started to ring and he groaned eternally "Dammit Sammy what the hell do you want?"
"Where is Gabe?- he's not answering my calls again"
Dean sighed "Calm down he's not ghosting you again, he's just in the shower"
"Oh" Sam paused "..You didn't tell me you broke up with Cas"
"Oh my- we did not 'break up' Sam, we're just taking a break for a little until I'm ready"
"What about Cas?"
"We're fine Sam, I know he's your friend too but really" Dean's lips fell into a thin line, "I'm not trying to hurt him I just want to know that I can whole heartedly be there for him.."
He gawd on his lip "..I broke up with him, Leo- I mean, or I guess we broke up with each other..it was after we found out that we were moving" Dean's eyes fell closed for a second "You said that'd I'd never loved anyone before but I loved Lee and when we broke up it hurt a lot so I didn't tell you what happened"
"Dean..I'm sorry-"
"You were 16 and hurting, I don't blame you Sammy"
"I was a jerk wasn't I?"
Dean shrugged "Bitch is more like it"
"I'm gonna choose to ignore that" Sam sighed "Take care Dean"
"Right back at you"
~
Weeks passed and soon it wasn't gonna be that long until they got to see Sam and Cas again
Dean was preoccupied with his training- which he had been acing and Gabriel very much enjoyed his job and his new boss who he thought of as more of a friend so things were really looking up for the both of them
"Hey Dean?"
"Yeah?" Dean offered from the couch, "C'mere lazy"
Dean huffed in annoyance but complied, joining Gabriel in the kitchen "Try this" Gabriel said shoving a piece of chocolate into Dean's face
"Mmph!" Dean moaned at the intrusion into his mouth but the sound quickly turned pleased as he chewed on the chocolatey heaven in his mouth "What is this?"
Gabriel smiled "You like it?- I made it myself" He said "It took me forever to make the perfect recipe-"
Dean's eyes bugged out of his head "You made this?- by yourself?"
Gabriel nodded "Yeah I was bored and thought it'd be fun" He frowned "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Dude this is like..really good- it's like the holy grail of chocolate you could sell this!"
Gabriel scoffed "Yeah I'll pass" Dean gaped "What?- why?- you can sell the recipe for like a lot"
Gabriel shrugged "Even if I wanted to I wouldn't even know where to start this whole thing was just a stupid idea I had"
"Well this stupid idea might just make you rich- more so than you already are" He stood "Think about it" He reached into the container for more chocolate "I'm gonna take these"
~
Dean panted happily taking deep breaths to still his beating heart, he turned the speaker on his phone off and brought it to his ear "That was..interesting" He said "I didn't know that you were so good at phone sex"
He could hear Cas' smile "Neither did I- but I could tell you enjoyed it"
Dean smiled though he knew Cas couldn't see him "Yeah I did" Having finally been over his ex Dean could really enjoy his relationship with Cas and he used every free moment he had to do so and they were doing awesome
"Dean!- stop having weird phone sex with my brother I need to talk to you!"
Dean rolled his eyes "And the after glow has been ruined" He muttered into the phone making Cas chuckle
"I heard that!"
"No you didn't!"
"..Yeah I didn't.."
"Alright Cas, Gabe needs me- we'll talk later?"
"Definitely"
Dean put his phone aside and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up, unlocking the door and telling Gabriel that he could come inside as he did so
"..So phone sex huh?"
Dean shut the bathroom door behind him "Let's not" He said "What did you want to talk about?"
Gabriel sat up further on Dean's bed and crossed his legs "Well I talked to my boss about the whole chocolate thing and apparently she has some connections to some company and if they like my recipe they'll buy it from me" He shrugged "I'll have to go over the legal bits with my dad but that's the gist of it"
Dean raised a brow "Really?- dude that's awesome" Gabriel avoids Dean's eyes "I'm glad you think that because if this actually happens I'm gonna need a lot of your help"
Dean deflated "Gabe as much as I'd love to I like spending my free time with Cas more"
"I'll give you five percent of whatever they buy me for"
Dean didn't even blink "Deal"
~
"8 million dollars?!"
Gabriel nodded "They really liked it and a lot of their friends did to- and that's not even it- whatever sales profits they make I'll get ten percent" He reached behind him and handed Dean a check "This is your five percent"
Dean laughed "Two dollars?" Gabriel smirked "Move your finger"
"Two million- what?!" Dean looked up at him "Gabe I can't take this- I'm really okay with you just buying me dinner or some shit"
"You can and you will it's a done deal Dean-O, besides if it weren't for you I never wouldve gone through with it"
Dean was more than speechless, he surged forward and hugged Gabriel "Dude this is.."
"Don't mention it"
"I mean- 8 million dollars dude what are you gonna do?"
Gabriel tsked "I was thinking about that and since you're leaving on a few months and Sam and Cas are almost here we could spend the summer traveling- I've always wanted to take my Sammy to France"
"Do you even speak French?"
Gabriel nodded "Yes I do" He smiled "And my parents have a house there- it'd be awesome!"
Dean hesitated "If Cas is in I'm game" Gabriel wrapped an arm around Dean and Dean rolled his eyes "Just think Dean-O in three weeks our lives are gonna change for the better"
"Yeah because I get to hear somebody else's voice for the first time in twelve months"
"Ouch"
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