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Thanks For All the Memories (and Those We've Yet to Make)

Chapter 7

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(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

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GABRIEL

Gabriel blinks up at Sam’s towering frame. Sam’s just gaping at him, with this… this fond look on his face. As enticing as that look is… he’ll save the devouring for later. Because time is very much of the essence right now.

“Little help here Samsquatch,” he squeaks. 

Damn, he’s a little winded. Kinda landed on the crown jewels too… That… that definitely stings. But no time to worry about it for now.

Sam crouches down beside him and places those gorgeous big hands on his body, gently lifting him up off the ground while Charlie disentangles his feet from the wires. Those bulging biceps. He draws in a breath through his nose as he stares at the flexing muscles. No. No time. Gotta control himself. He gives Sam a heated look, enjoying the flush spreading over his high cheekbones… Holy cats, he kept the garland on? Damn it but how does he manage to look so adorable and fuckable at the same time? Shit. He’s getting distracted again. Damn this towering pillar of flannel clad sexual fantasy made material… So damn distracting. 

He shakes his head to clear it, almost sending the already dishevelled wig flying across the room. He clamps one hand to his head and wraps the other around one rock hard arm muscle, dragging Sam’s startled form in the direction of the bar.

It takes epic levels of cajoling. So much wasted time. His brother flips him off 5 times and even tells him to go suck his own dick. He’s not entirely sure how that’s possible. He’s flexible, but not that flexible. But eventually, after a litany of colorful abuse from his brother, Amelia actually decides to be helpful, removes her hand from the back of his pants and drags him over. 

Eventually… and with hardly any time to spare, they’re all in position. Gabriel quickly sets up the camera to take several shots, hopefully capture the turn of the new year as well as the group selfie. Hopefully get Dean-o in the shot before he has a chance to disentangle himself from Cas and make with his promise to hit up the jukebox with some ‘real’ music. It’s more likely he’ll actually puke on the jukebox. But Gabriel guesses that’s Cas’ problem. So not his. 

He hops over to Sam, takes the offered glass from his hand and settles back into his embrace. He has no idea if all of them are smiling, or even looking in the right direction, but he grins broadly and feels a weird sense of elation as the timer goes off. 

“10!” That’s Jo from somewhere to his right. He smiles over at her and joins in with…

“9!” The camera goes off again. He’s pretty sure he was caught with his mouth wide open that time. Gonna be super attractive. 

He chuckles through “8!” turning in Sam’s arms to look up into those gorgeous puppy dog eyes. Mmm hmm. Gonna be ravishing this one shortly.

“7!”

Sam’s got an odd look on his face. Like he’s completely dazed and caught up in the moment. Grinning widely down at Gabriel. Looking at him like he’s the most amazing thing he’s ever seen. Gabriel’s lips part as he just gazes right back. He completely misses “6!” and “5!”.

Sam opens his mouth. Gabriel thinks he’s going to join in, but as the voices around him shout “4!” he blurts it out.

Gabriel stares at him with wide eyes. Did he hear that right? “3!” Because he thought… he really thought for a second that Sam said… that Sam just asked him to move in with him. “2!”. 

“1!” 

There’s a loud cheering and yells of “Happy New Year!” He barely notices as those around him embrace and kiss and make out loudly. He just stares up at Sam. Blinks. The smile starts to fall from Sam’s face. Woa woa woa. He hurriedly grasps hold of Sam’s biceps. 

“Do you mean that?” He asks in a rush, before Sam can look any more crestfallen.

“Y- yes.” 

Gabriel can barely hear him over the ruckus around him, but it’s enough. 

With a wide smile spreading over his face, heart stuttering out a staccato beat in his chest, he yells, “Hells yeah!”

It’s Sam’s turn to blink at him now, looking shocked and amazed and all sorts of puppyish. Gabriel can’t take it. He really can’t. He reaches up on his tiptoes, grabs the back of Sam’s neck and pulls him down into the first kiss of the decade. It’s rough, it’s not delicate and it’s maybe a little slobbery, maybe a little x-rated. But he cares little for finesse. All he cares about is the tongue down his throat and the hands in his hair. Or rather the person attached to these appendages. 

He cares about them. Their right here and right now. 

Their future.

Notes:

Happy New Year! That's it for this fic, but not for the verse. This crazy duo will be back. I'll be posting a couple of drabble requests before the end of January and then I'll be working on the end of Sam's college fic, as yet untitled. I usually have a weird working title. Something Moose related. Anyway, I digress, thanks as always for coming along for the journey. The kudos and comments mean a lot. It's the last day to get in any drabble requests (New Year) so don't be shy. Wishing you all the best for the Year to come and see hopefully see you soon!

Oh and come join me on Tumblr (Samshine-and-Lollipops). I have been arting recently, so hopefully something you'd enjoy.

Notes:

The Road So Far (Contains spoilers for the previous two fics)...

Sam is a relatively mature student. 6 years prior to the Art of Healing, Sam's girlfriend died in a fire at his apartment building while he was studying for a Fine Art degree at Stanford. Sam dropped out and spent the next few years struggling through a boat load of guilt and making some poor life choices, including a relationship with a pretty messed up girl called Ruby. But Dean nudged him back towards his passion and so finally Sam made a fresh start at a different University (the fictional West Kansas University).

On his second day back, he had his first life drawing class. Enter Gabriel. The attraction was pretty immediate and pretty strong from both sides. Gabriel threw himself into a ridiculous flirting campaign, but Sam just wasn't quite ready for it. They danced around each other for a pretty long time until guilt and fear led Sam to reject Gabriel's advances. Heartbroken, Gabriel made a few dubious decisions. But all was not lost. With a little push and heart to heart from his big brother, Sam finally realised that something in his past wasn't quite what it seemed. But was it too late? And was he still too messed up about Jess. Well yes... and no.

Gabriel helped him see just how destructive his behaviour was. And finally...finally he let himself have what he so desperately wanted.

Their relationship developed in What Would Klimt Do. Gabriel had a crazy idea which led to confessions of love and a deepening of their relationhip. But they were still holding back. Insecurities on both sides. Gabriel had a family trip planned and so they found themselves parted and desperately pining for each other. Due to a rather unfortunate oversight on Sam's part, their rather crazy idea, or rather, the erotic art that resulted from it, ended up being assessed by Sam's tutor Ellen. And Ellen very much wanted these incredible pieces in the end of term exhibition. With Gabriel's encouragement Sam agreed. Gabriel only narrowly made it to the exhibition due to a cancelled flight and things... Well things weren't all fun and games. Sam's work met with some heavy criticism and bigotry from fellow mature student and powerful player in the University, Zachariah. As it turned out, Zachariah and his wife Naomi, had major issues with Gabriel and his family. Due to an incident in the past, involving their son and a young Castiel, they are willing to do almost anything to tear Gabriel and by association, Sam, down.

With Gabriel's brother Luke, things were even worse. Luke intervened in the dispute years ago and his life was summarily destroyed by Naomi and Zachariah. Gabriel got a little caught in the crossfire.

After the exhibition, Sam and Gabriel found themselves in a better place than ever. Comfortable in each other's arms, preparing for Christmas and maybe thinking about the future. Ellen made them the most perfect offer: to spend Christmas together at her family cabin, along with Dean and Cas.

There was only one problem with this picture... Luke. After the exhibition Luke was most certainly not doing well. After trying to calm the situation herself Jo had to call Gabriel in to take care of things.

Fearful of how Luke's behavior could affect their relationship, Gabriel decided to keep quiet about the situation and deal with it himself. The problem came with the trip. He made the rather dubious decision to bring Luke without telling Sam.

Things were not... Well they were not as Sam pictured them. Luke's self destructive behavior made for a retreat that was most certainly not peaceful.

Things finally came to a head. Certain things were revealed about the Novak's past, the loss of a parent and unfounded guilt that Gabriel and Luke had carried for years.

The rest of the stay at the cabin, was not exactly what you would call ordinary. But they made the most of it, enjoyed each other's company, celebrated in the best way they could and Sam helped Gabriel through some difficult emotions.

The last fic ended with their last night at the cabin. Some of my advent ficlets fill in the gaps.

Side notes: Gabriel is a former porn star (which he has not told Sam about) and he used to be best friends with Chuck

Now get ready for a Winchester-Novak Happy (Crazy) New Year...

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