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It was safe to say the when Sam Winchester finally opened his hazel, slanted eyes that he closed them again rather quickly in a vain struggle to try and block out the sudden onset of nausea that overwhelmed him. He barely registered his lover's voice attempting to sooth him before he was once again pulled under the weight of darkness.

The second time turned out decisively better, his eye lids no longer seemingly under the threat of being so heavy that they would squish his eyeballs. He slowly blinked away the remnants of unconsciousness, his mind feeling lethargic at best when beginning to process his surroundings.

"Well I must say the last time I was so happy to see your eyes open was when you almost mauled by that vampire when you were ten." came his father's gruff voice as he gently propped Sam upright with some pillows for support and then prodded a straw at his son's cracked lips. "Slowly. Drink slowly or you're gonna make yourself sick."

Sam pulled himself away from the cold water, gently nodding his head with a sigh. "Where…"

"Gabriel is sleeping." John replied softly. "He said something about how living with you has made him need sleep and that he never thought that was annoying until now."

Sam chuckled, having heard that a few times before from his husband but knowing that he loved sleeping just as much as Sam did.

"That sounds like something he would say."

John smiled at his son who looked so young and vulnerable tucked into bed, his face still holding the tell-tale signs of a nasty possession. According to Gabriel, since Sam was now part angel, his grace along with every cell in his body reacted badly to being invaded by a demon, the light attempting to not be smothered by the dark. This meant that it was natural for Sam to not just bounce back but to take a few days to stabilise.

Speaking of the devil, at that moment the bedroom door handle turned and the door opened to reveal the short caramel-haired man they had been thinking about. His hair was in fact a little untidy, an obvious consequence of having slept fitfully in bed, but Sam was more focused on the light that shone from his eyes, so filled with love and relief. It made Sam's heart ache with the need to be held by his lover but it was quickly overshadowed by the fact that his father was sitting on the bed's side next to him.

As if feeling his lover's slight discomfort and insecurity on how to act, Gabriel merely walked up to the bedside and placed a quick kiss atop Sam's forehead, one of his arms wrapping behind the man's back to rest his hand atop the opposite shoulder. He then turned his eyes to his father-in-law, a silent signal for the man to speak whatever was on his mind.

"Well," John coughed to clear his throat "I have been thinking lately and I have to say that… I was wrong."

Gabriel felt Sam tense beneath his hand, the possibility of his father leaving or saying something about their relationship that they wouldn't like was at the forefront of his mind.

"I was wrong to say that Gabriel was using you and that he was some dark creature. I was wrong to assume that you… that you could never love a man instead of a woman. It was unfair on both of you and I hope that you can forgive me. Because I have seen the way you look at each other, like your mother and I once did." Sam's breath hitched in his chest as he processed his father's words. His father, the great scary hunter was for one of the first times talking willingly about Mary as well as his own feelings.

"Because you have given me the two most beautiful grandchildren a man could ask for. You followed your dream and finished school and went to university. You still are there I guess." John chuckled as he ran his fingers through his hair. "It makes me happy to know that you have Gabriel, that no matter what you will protect each other to the ends of the earth, and that those gorgeous twins have devoted parents. And… Well I guess I just wanted you two to know tha…"

Sam could barely suppress the small sobs that ran through his body as he grip his father tight, his tears being tears of joy at having been accepted, at once again having a father to be part of his strange small family.

"Thank you." he whispered, making John smile at the delight and release that those two words held for him. He was forgiven.

Once father and son had released each other from their embrace John barely supressed a yawn before Gabriel was ordering John to bed, arguing that he would sleep beside Sam now that he was better and John could have his guest bed back. The older man gladly bid them a sleepy goodbye and then left the room, closing the door gently behind him.

With the eldest Winchester having left, Gabriel couldn't help but latch onto Sam's lips in a bruising kiss which the taller man returned, his hands coming to gently cup his husband's cheek. When Gabriel finally remembered that Sam needed to breath as a human to be able to function, he released the kiss allowing his lover to pant, his eyes shut as he leaned his forehead against Gabriel's.

"Please don't ever scare me like that Sasquatch." the shorter man feigned light-heartedness but was unable to hide the fear that coated his thoughts. The memory of Sam's blackened eyes, the cruel sneer that had twisted the very lips he had just breathlessly kissed. But Sam had fought off the demon, he'd fought for Gabriel and for the rest of their family which now included John Winchester of all people – if that wasn't worth fighting for then Gabriel didn't know what was. He leaned over to once again kiss Sam but quickly pulled back as he felt a shudder run up the other man's torso.

"Gabriel…"

"Your grace is still recovering from having been possessed as is your human side. You need to rest." He looked into the wide hazel eyes before his own.

"Gabriel please." Sam wound his arms around the smaller man, pulling him into his lap so that he could kiss his neck gently, a soft placing of lips like tiny birds that quickly left, leaving behind a fluttering feeling upon the archangel's skin. "Please."

Not being able to withstand his lover's pleads he once again captured his lips, his hands slowly caressing as they help each other forget the demons of the day in each other's love.