Sam and Dean never stayed in one place for long. Their father's line of work meant that they had to move around a lot. It was because of this that they found themselves carrying boxes into yet another house in yet another state. For once, Dean was more annoyed at this than Sam was. He'd just turned sixteen, gotten himself into a semi-serious relationship, and had then been dragged halfway across the country to Lima, Ohio. It was a fairly decent house their father had bought, but neither of the boys cared much about that. Sam just wanted to be able to shut himself in his room and play Xbox, and Dean wanted to see if the family across the road had any daughters – preferably twins.

Gabriel and Castiel were the youngest of the Novaks. They shared the house with mother and five siblings – Michael, who acted as a father figure since their father was never around; Lucifer, who generally had a short temper; Balthazar, who they all swore was not related to him because he actually studied for things; Raphael, who tended to keep to himself; and Anna, their only sane sibling. Having so many siblings could get tiresome, so they all made lists of who could enter their rooms. Castiel's said they could all enter, but Gabriel's was incredibly specific.

"Who can come in;

Michael – When he's bringing food

Castiel

Balthazar – when he's not looking for money

Anna

Crowley – As long as he's not with Luci

Who can't;

Michael – when he has my report card

Raphael

Lucifer – not now, not ever.

Mom

Any of Luci's friends – that means you, Meg.

Ruby – if I see her in this house again, I will torch the place. No joke.

.-.; Come in without permission and I will hurt you."

At first, they all thought Gabriel's sign was a joke, and Raphael brought his girlfriend Ruby back to the house. They had to wrestle Gabriel to the ground to stop him actually setting fire to the place. Apparently, he wasn't good with people getting close enough to his family to hurt them. Nor was he joking about torching the place.

Therefore, it was no surprise that he wasn't too excited when some new family moved in across the street. To him, it just meant more to protect Castiel from. Castiel might have been older than him, but he was definitely the more oblivious, easy to manipulate one. So, Gabriel had taken it upon himself to look after his brother. The two had a stronger bond than any of their siblings' bonds combined. Castiel told Gabriel everything, and, in return, Gabriel told Castiel everything. It had been hard at first to open up, even to Castiel, but Gabriel trusted his brother not to tell anyone anything he said unless he really had to. It was because of this close bond that Gabriel had been the one Castiel had gone to when he knew no one else would accept him for who he was. Like Castiel had hoped, Gabriel really didn't care if Castiel preferred guys over girls. Gabe himself went for anything with a pulse, so he couldn't exactly judge his brother.

AN. If you're still reading this, thank you so much. I'm really sorry at how short this chapter was. Hopefully, the next one will be longer. And, I'm sorry if there's random line breaks in the middle of things. Word decided to be an asshole.