The TARDIS screeches into 2015, a Time-Lord, a hunter and an Archangel step out.

"Why didn't we go to your top secret dumb-asyle?" Gabriel asks, "because I don't want to know what'll happen if Dean sees me helping you. And I'm not entirely sure what he'll think of the Doctor," Sam explains. "Anyway, we should get into Heaven and do an angel head count," Sam adds. "Why would Dean dislike you helping me?" Is all Gabriel can say, "because he still wants to kill you after the mystery spot, even though you're dead in this time." Sam explains, the Doctor smiles to himself.

"Can you at least name some angels you are close to?" Sam asks, "because it would really narrow down who we're looking for." Gabriel thinks, "I was close to Lucifer, and look how that turned out. I was reasonably close to Balthazar, Castiel. Hannah was pretty cool to talk to though, I guess Anna wasn't /so/ bad when I think about it. Michael and Raphael were always uptight, same with Zechariah, so I didn't get close to them... Metatron was always a dick who played innocent, but I saw through his charade. Does that narrow it down?"

"Well Castiel, Hannah, Metatron, Michael and Lucifer are still alive. Though Michael and Lucifer are in The Pit, Hannah is God knows where, literally, and Metatron is rotting in a cell. But you were never close to Metatron anyway, so that doesn't matter," Sam explains.

"You have a very complicated family, Gabriel," the Doctor comments. "Believe me, it gets worse," the Archangel replies.

"Wait, Balthie's dead? And Anna? Who else in my so called family is dead?" Gabriel inquires, Sam sighs. "Gadreel, Ezekiel, Rachel, Hester, Zechariah, Raphael, Uriel, Samandriel... A lot more too, just these are ones that I can list," Sam answers. Sadness falls upon Gabriel's face, "guess I died before my fam really went to crap," Gabriel utters. "There's something else you should know. A Hell of a lot more angels died... They died when Metatron cast them all from Heaven," Sam adds.

Sadness is quickly replaced by rage.

"What did that S.O.B do to my family? Did you say that he cast them out?"

The Doctor inches back in fear of the Archangel in front of him, Sam is just utterly surprised.

"Yeah... He did, he stole Cas' Grace too and made him human. But he's borrowing someone else's Grace, so he's fine..."

"Metatron is locked up and rotting, right? You said that?"

"Yeah, I did."

"Good."

"It sounds like this Metatron is a real piece of work," the Doctor steps in. "Yeah, he is. He's one of the biggest dicks I've ever met, besides Lucifer, Zechariah, Michael, Ga-" Sam quickly stops his list as he realises that Gabriel is in the room and he was about to call him a dick.

"At least you think I deserve to be saved," Gabriel winks, his mood seems to have picked up since hearing that Metatron was rotting in a prison cell. The Doctor smirks at the two, "what are you smiling for?" Gabriel asks, "oh nothing, nothing. Just... nothing," the Doctor answers.

"Anyway, out of everyone who's alive that you give a crap about, who's most likely to die?" Sam changes the subject, though he was genuinely interested in Gabriel's answer.

"Prob'ly Lucifer or Castiel," Gabriel answers, Sam gives him a questioning look. "Lucifer? He's going to stab you through the heart if we don't fix this. Not to mention, HE'S THE DEVIL!" Sam says, "yeah, he is a great big bag of dicks. And yeah, in your past, he kills me. And yeah, he's done some shitty things, but he's my brother and I love him," Gabriel responds. Sam nods, "okay then. Well I'd much prefer to have you around than Lucifer. I mean, the bastard tortured me in Hell, then he got me put in a mental institution. He was torturing me from beyond the Pit!-"

"Whoa, slow down Sammy. You end up in the Pit?"

"Ye- yeah... Dean and I listened to you with the four horseman's rings being the keys to the Cage to shove Lucifer back in. But the only way we could do that was if I said yes," Sam explains.

"So you really did take my advice, huh? Saying yes to my brother, but what's this about the four horseman's rings? I'll have to remember that," Gabriel says.

"Okay guys. Nice conversation, but Sam, you're telling him about his future and your past. You can't do that! It's risky and dangerous, and it could potentially alter the timeline so that everything you're saying right now, doesn't happen."

"Doctor, the whole reason why we're here is to alter the timeline. We're here to stop an innocent from dying, and another innocent from dying if the other is saved," Sam exclaims. "Right... Yeah, good- good point Sam," the Doctor looks down, he's slightly embarrassed.

"You think I'm innocent?" Gabriel asks, "well yeah. You're worth saving, and all you ever did was try to help in your own sick and twisted way," Sam give a small, honest smile, Gabriel returns the gesture with his own small, honest smile.

The Doctor enters full shipping mode. He smirks at the two who seem to be staring into each other's eyes. (AN: Sam and Gabriel are like Dean and Cas, and the Doctor is Sam usually.)

The Doctor clears his throat awkwardly and the two snap from their trance and look at the Doctor.

"So either Lucifer or Castiel will die if Gabriel is saved, right? This angel business is really confusing. I much prefer the simplicities of time," the Doctor says.

"So let's figure if Lucifer dies or Castiel. Though would Lucifer dying really be a bad thing...?"

Gabriel shoots Sam a glare, "okay, I get it, he's your brother. We'll try and save him if he's the one to take your place, okay?"

"Okay."

"How do we figure out which one it will be?" The Doctor asks, everyone thinks for a moment.

"I really don't know, maybe just go and save me, then which everyone drops, we save them too," Gabriel offers. "But then we'd have to figure out when and where they drop, and that could take a while," Sam comments. "It would, but it's worth a shot," Gabriel says. "And if his world is too screwed up without one, then we just don't save me," Gabriel shrugs. "Just saying, I would prefer to live," he quickly adds. "But how about for today, we don't worry about that stuff. We're in the future, so let's enjoy it," Gabriel suggests.

"You really want to have a day off?" Sam asks, "every moment we don't spend working on this is-"

"Is what? Wasted? Come on Sammy, I'm here in 2015, not 2009 when I die. If I'm here and not there, how am I supposed to die? Lighten up, come on. I haven't played Trickster in a while and I really want to."

"You threw me and Dean in TV Land not that long ago, I think you've played Trickster enough."

"Still, we should just enjoy a day. If I'm not gonna see it later, I want to see it now."

"Fine."

"Well if you two are going around this time, then I guess I guess I'll go somewhere else if we're taking a break. There's this planet that I've always wanted to visit, I think I'll go there. Call me if you run into trouble," the Doctor turns and walks back into the TARDIS, which quickly vanishes.

"So, what's cool around here?" Gabriel asks, Sam rolls his eyes.

"We should be working."

"All work and no play makes Sam a dull hunter."

"Did you just reference me to The Shining?"

"Yes I did, now come on!"

Sam laughs and rolls his eyes and they begin walking out of the side alley.

"So, how is today's Castiel and Dean? Last time I saw them, they were making goo-goo eyes at each other," Gabriel says. Sam chuckles, "still making bedroom eyes at each other. Though they are coming closer to coming out of the closet," Sam answers.

"Aww, my little bro has found love. With a Winchester. Oh well, whatcha gonna do?" Gabriel swings his arms, "is loving a Winchester a bad thing?" Sam asks genuinely curious. "Yeah, it's one of the worst things an angel could do. We're not aloud to get attached to Michael and Luci's vessels, because then we tie in sentiment and emotion and want to stop the apocalypse, and that can't happen." Gabriel explains, "not to mention you guys are just bad luck."

"Hey! Come on, we're not that bad luck."

"You smashed at least a hundred mirrors in your earlier years when you were dealing with Bloody Mary."

"How'd you-"

"The Winchester Gospels. I read up on you guys, my own personal way of checking in with you guys without actually running into you," Gabriel explains.

"Of course you've read those," Sam remarks. "But wait, if you've read them then how do you not know what's going to happen to you?"

"The Author has only published four arcs, so I can't know."

"Right..."

"Hey look, a candy store!"

Gabriel excitedly pulls Sam into the sweets shop, the little bell rings when they open the door.

"'Ello there lads, what can I do for you?" The lady behind the counter greets, "nothing, we're just looking around," Gabriel politely says. He excitedly looks around the store, inspecting each type of candy there, Sam watches the Trickster in amusement and admiration. Sam doesn't notice the way he's looking at the Trickster. He doesn't notice that he notices the way Gabriel stands on his tip toes to reach the high shelves, and how adorable he looks while doing it. He doesn't notice that he notices the way Gabriel's face lights up when there's a sweet he's never seen before, and how content he looks. He doesn't notice how he notices the way Gabriel would quickly grab a candy and pile it in his arms, and how funny it is when he drops some of it and he pouts in frustration. He doesn't notice how he's smiling as he watches Gabriel.

"A real cute one you've got there," the service lady whispers to Sam. "Yeah.. He is- wait, what? No, we're not- he's not- I'm not- we're not-"

"It's okay laddie," the service lady says. "He likes you too ya know, I can tell by the way he looks at you," she says. Sam gives her a questioning look, "he's too busy looking at the candy to even look up. And you've known us for all of five minutes, we could hate each other and you wouldn't know."

"If you hated him, you wouldn't be here and looking at him like that."

Gabriel waddles over and drops the candy on the counter.

"You may as well buy the shop," Sam comments. "Shut up salad boy," the Trickster remarks, the service lady giggles. Gabriel reaches into his pocket and pulls out a few bills and hands them over, the lady throws the candy into a bag and hands it over.

They get out of the shop and Gabriel's already digging around in a bag, he pulls out a chocolate bar.

"Where the Hell did you get all that money from?" Sam asks, "really? I am a Trickster, I make stuff from nothing, and you're really going to question where I got the money from?" Gabriel bites his bar. "You're right, I know you got it from a strip club," Sam playfully winks, "well you are my best customer," Gabriel winks back and lightly shoves Sam as they walk down the street.

Gabriel makes it through his seventh chocolate bar and sixth boiled candy, "look, an ice-cream parlour," Gabriel points out. "Yeah, and?" Sam questions, "I want to go, come on," Gabriel tugs Sam over to the ice-cream store. "You are like a five year old when it comes to sweets," Sam comments. "Shut up and pick a flavour," Gabriel retorts.

They order and get their ice-cream, they walk from the store and further down the street. "Hey, a grand opening of a museum in a few days, cool," Sam says. "Let me guess, you want to go, don't you?" Gabriel asks, "well it would be pretty cool, I mean, ancient artefacts, puzzles from millions of years ago, it would be cool."

"Come on you big ass nerd," Gabriel tugs Sam over to the front door.

"Wait, I don't think we're aloud in there before opening in a few days" Sam states. "We'd be kicked out by security," he adds. "Who said we're gonna get caught?" Gabriel smirks and they suddenly appear in a very deserted room.

"Here, your own free private tour of this museum. Now if you look over here, you'll see symbols scribbled into dust, and in the next glass case, you'll see a bone from an 'exotic' animal," Gabriel emphasises the air quotes around 'exotic'. Sam laughs as Gabriel continues his charade, imitating very poor museum tour guide. Sam never noticed how much fun Gabriel was to be around.

They move onto the next exhibit, "here you'll see a big ass diamond next to a big ass ruby," Gabriel says. "And over to your left you'll see emeralds and sapphires arranged to impress you," Sam tries. Gabriel smiles at Sam's efforts, "oh look, a moonstone with 'magical' properties," Gabriel points. "But sir, how about the crystal over on that wall?" Sam acts, he runs over to the crystal positioned on the wall. "Why that's the smallest ass crystal you'll ever see kiddo," they both laugh and run off to the next room.

They keep playing their game all throughout the rooms up until the last one. A single security guard sits, he's watching the room like a hawk, so it doesn't take long for him to see the trouble makers.

"Hey, you two! Come here!"

"Oh shit," Gabriel whispers, "run," he hisses. They take off sprinting, the security guard following.

"Faster, come on," Sam hisses, they keep sprinting through the rooms. Gabriel notices a rather large and tall statue up ahead, and the security guard is a room away...

As they approach the statue, Gabriel grabs Sam's shirt and yanks him behind the statue. It's a tight fit and they're pressed up against each other, Sam towers over Gabriel, his arms pressing against the wall as he leans against Gabriel. They pant hard, but try to stay silent, they stare into each other's eyes as they can hear the heavy breathing of the security guard enter the room. They remain like this until they can no longer hear the panting of the guard, but they stay like this for a few moments longer, just to make sure he's gone.

"I think he's gone," Gabriel whispers. "You're prob'ly right," Sam whispers back, he moves off Gabriel and they slip out behind the statue, a certain warmth is missing from their bodies. They didn't realise the intensity of the heat until it was gone, and they didn't realise how much they craved it until it was no longer theirs.

"We should get out of here," Sam says, "agreed." They vanish from the museum and out on to the street, a few stars poking their way through the sky.

"Hey, where'd your stuff go?" Sam asks, "crap. I think I left it somewhere between the mummy room and the alien room, oh well," Gabriel shrugs. "It's not like we can go back in," he says.

"So where to now?" Gabriel inquires, "I don't know," Sam replies. "Oh come on! You live in this year, how can you not know what to do?" Gabriel seems genuinely shocked. "Because I don't get out much if it isn't to do with a case," Sam explains. "Well aren't bars meant to be fun?" Gabriel inquires, "that's more Dean's thing, not mine," Sam states. "Okay, well let's just walk around and find something to do," Gabriel suggests. Sam nods his agreement and they head off down the street.

"Hey, I'm hungry, can we go eat something?" Sam questions, "why not?" Gabriel responds, they keep walking around, attempting to find a food joint. Sam spots a diner, but Gabriel shoves him into a restaurant. "All you can eat buffet," the Trickster excitedly announces.

"But I don't have the mone-"

"But I do." Gabriel ushers him over to a table and they sit. "Go nuts kiddo," he says with a smile. "Really?" Sam questions, "knock yourself out," Gabriel replies. Sam gets up and walks over to the rows of food displayed in the centre of the room, Gabriel waits patiently for Sam's return. He saw waffles on his way in, and he's desperate for some.

While Gabriel waits for Sam, his mind wanders from those amazing looking waffles to Sam in general. He remembers the way Sam lit up when he started his charade in the museum. The thrilling look on his face when they were running from the security guard. He thinks about Sam's small but true smiles he gives, he thinks about how Sam got all excited when talking about ancient languages back in that museum. How his hair was messy but perfect after running, Gabriel's mind quickly begins to wander to what else could make Sam hair messy and perfect. He thinks about how he'd like to be the reason Sam's hair sticks in every direction and how he'd like to feel Sam pressed against him again. Both panting hard and loud, and how there'd be clothes on the floor, not their bodies.

Gabriel catches his thoughts and stops them, his face turning a slight pink as Sam sits back down.

"They have got some of the nicest foods here compared to what I've eaten the past years," Sam says. "Yeah, right, I'm getting waffles," Gabriel quickly leaps from his seat and rushes to the waffles. He was not going to bring any of those thoughts about Sam into his life. He just got the guy to think he's worth saving. They're friends, and Gabriel wasn't going to screw it up by having sinful thoughts about Sam.

Gabriel waddles back over to their table with a pile of waffles of his plate, each drowning in maple syrup and covered in whipped cream, topped off with strawberries and blueberries.

"They look really good," Sam says with a mouth full of food. He swallows and moves his knife and fork over to Gabriel's plate.

"If you want waffles, go get your own," Gabriel growls. "But yours look so good... I want some," Sam pleads. He pulls his puppy eyes out and gives a slight pout to his lips.

"Okay fine."

Sam smiles and cuts some waffles away from himself, he eats it happily and goes back to his own food. "You're one funny kiddo aren't you?" Gabriel sates, "well I can be funny when I want to," Sam replies, he shoves more food in his mouth.

They eat in silence and they get up for more food occasionally, but eventually they over stuff themselves.

"Oh God, I ate way too much. I think I might be sick," Sam comments, he burps. "Same here," Gabriel says. They both stand up and make their way to the register, Gabriel pays and they move out.

The moon and stars are up and bright, giving beauty to the night sky.

"Should we find a place to stay? Because I am freaking tired," Sam inquires. "Yeah, sure, let's go," Gabriel links arms with Sam and they walk down the street in search of a motel to stay in.

"Hey, wanna go five star?" Gabriel asks as he points to a really expensive looking hotel. "Can you pay?" Sam asks, "hello, I'm the Trickster, and you are?"

"I see your point."

They walk over to the five star hotel and order a room with two double beds and a good view. Thankfully the hotel has got just what the ambiguously gay duo ordered, they go to their room and appreciate how spacious and nice it was. Sam flops on to a bed after one minute in the room and passes out asleep, Gabriel however has to will himself to sleep. It's just what angels have to do if they want to sleep.

He's just about to fall asleep but a screech snaps him and Sam to consciousness.