/Day 2/

At 3 in the morning Gabriel had been woken up by his nephew sneaking into their room, and tugging at sleeve. "Uncle Gaby, are you asleep?" Genim had called out repeating it when Gabriel had not answered the first time. "Uncle Gaby?"

"Stiles?" Gabriel had groaned out sleepily, his voice a little scratchy from sleep. "What time is it?" He mumbled to himself as he turned towards Sam's side of the bed to see the clock was flashing 3:02 am. Even Sam was starting to shift awake from his movement.

"Can I sleep with you?" Genim asked clutching tightly to his bunny.

"What's wrong with your bed?" Gabriel had asked moving the covers out of the way so he could get up to help his little nephew onto the bed. The mattress had creaked a little with their weight, which seemed to have woken Sam up even more.

"What's wrong buddy?" Sam had said turning over on the bed, his eyes half open a little hazed from sleep.

Gabriel had turned towards his husband about to say that was something he wanted to know as well, but Genim had beat him to it and had whined out the most unexpected thing.

"There is a monster under my bed! It's scary!" Genim had said scooting closer to his uncle Sam and rolling into a ball at his side, "It wants to play with me and I don't want to play!"

"Well isn't that a rude monster," Gabriel had said trying not to laugh at his nephews distress. He couldn't but wonder if Cassie and Dean had to deal with this too. It was too cute, and he couldn't really be bothered with proving there was indeed no monster under his bed. "Okay kid, we'll deal with this monster tomorrow. Let's just go to sleep uncle Sam has work and you and I have a date." Gabriel had said pushing Genim's messy hair out of his face, while his husband had tugged the covers back up to tuck their nephew in.

"Can uncle Sam come too?" Genim had asked rolling over to hold onto his uncle Gaby's shirt, almost to make sure they both stayed by his side.

"I have work, buddy, but as soon as I get home we'll play." Sam promised as he ruffled his nephew's hair, "Now, go to sleep okay?"

"Unbelievable," Gabriel had mustered under his breath. Sure, he wanted Sam's time but he would not give it to him, but he would give it to their nephew? He was not jealous. Instead he had rolled away from Sam and hugged his end of the blanket. He was too angry to sleep, and that had his mind deciding on what exactly he wanted to do tomorrow with his nephew.

"Gabe?" Sam's voice came long after Genim had fallen asleep, before his hand was reaching out for his husband.

"Hm?" Gabriel hummed grabbing hold of his husband's hand. It made him smile feeling Sam's fingers slipping between his in attempts to hold his hand a little firmer. Even more so when Sam had brought their joint hand up to brush his thumb against his cheek.

"I love you, you know that right?" Sam's said speaking softly.

"I know," Gabriel said leaning into his husband's touch feeling his heart flutter with those words alone. "I love you too."

Sam hadn't responded, instead he had pulled Gabriel closer and being careful not to wake up their sleeping nephew. He had shifted his weight carefully over so that he could kiss his husband's lips.

"Ack! What are you doing?! You're going to wake him up," Gabriel had protested despite him pulling Sam back down for another quick kiss. Which made Sam chuckle a little at his weak attempt to scold him. Besides, Genim seemed to have already drifted deep into sleep. He didn't think they had to worry too much about waking him up.

...

By 7:00 am, Sam was gone once more leaving Gabriel alone with Genim. He had an entire hour to himself, since Genim had been up really late last night the child had yet to wake up and Gabriel didn't have the heart to wake him up. So, instead he had gone about preparing breakfast for when he did wake up.

He had pretty much made up his mind last night. He was going to DIY his own café shop inside one of the spare rooms. When they had first bought the house, Sam had made so many suggests on what they could use those spare rooms for but as his husband got busy those projects kept being put on hold. Eventually, Sam had said that if he wanted to do anything with them that he could. Gabriel had just never really had it in him to do anything other than add plants here and there.

He wasn't stupid, he knew the reason why they had gotten such a big house. This was supposed to be their forever home. One they could grow in and have their children in without worry of needing more space, but that just wasn't happening. So, why not? Talia did say he should do something more productive as means of distraction. A DIY project sounded time consuming and entertaining to him. It was perfect! Which also had his mind going on what to do with the other spare rooms.

He had set himself up with a budget, and just started writing out his game plan. He knew exactly what kind of theme he wanted and what he wanted to be in the room. After all, this space was going to be specifically for him.

"Uncle Gaby!" Genim had heard his nephew suddenly cried out excitedly, "Its mommy and daddy!"

"Say what?" Gabriel said putting the pen down and going to find his nephew. He looked so cute climbing down the stairs with the phone in his hand and the bunny in the other. He didn't think his nephew could be any cuter. "Did you answer my phone?" Gabriel asked going to help his nephew down the last few steps. He didn't really need an answer to his question because once he had gotten his nephew down to the last steps he had seen the timer on the call.

"It's mommy and daddy," Genim had repeated happily as he pressed the phone back to his ear. "Mommy, hi!"

He wanted to laugh, it was like his nephew had not seen his mother in a long time but he supposed to a 5 year old 4 days was a life time. "Can I talk to him?" Gabriel asked his nephew when he heard his brother's voice asking his son to pass the phone to him anyways.

"Here, mommy wants to talk to you," Genim had said holding the phone out.

"Thanks kiddo, let's get you seated so you can have your breakfast," Gabriel said holding his hand out to his nephew, before he was guiding him back into the dining room. He had pressed his ear into the phone and finally greeted his baby brother, "Cassie, how are you?"

'I'm doing better.' His voice sounding hoarse and weak.

"Jesus, Cassie, you sure you're okay? You sound like shit!" Gabriel had said as he had placed the food down on the table in front of his nephew.

"That's a bad word!" Genim had let out accusingly.

'I'm fine, it was worse but Dean doesn't seem to think so. I just wanted to check up on Genim, since I've been gone too long.'

"Right, oops," Gabriel said to him before he was going to the kitchen to get his nephew some milk. "He's doing fine Cassie. He slept late last night but otherwise he's just peachy. Speaking of which, I think Stiles is experiencing his first crush, but you didn't hear it from me."

'A crush? But he's too young for that…Who is it?'

"Talia's little brother, Peter. Who would have thought he was into that kind boy. He's definitely got your taste Cassie." Gabriel had joked, which his baby brother ignored. Very typical of Cassie. He had placed the milk in front of his nephew, making sure it was in hands reach of him.

'Isn't Peter 20?'

"17, actually, but yeah. Isn't it cute, his first crush and it's with an older guy. You should see him Cassie, he's all smiles. I've never seen Stiles so eager to befriend a stranger, he's normally so hesitant." Gabriel said with a small chuckle.

'I don't mind, but Dean isn't going to like it.'

"Dean-O can suck it! It's adorable, besides he's just a kid. It's not like he's going to remember when he's 20," Gabriel said before he was grabbing a napkin to whip the crumbs from the corner of his lips. "By the way, how is Stiles with dogs? I know Dean hates them."

'He loves animals, dogs especially. Why do you ask?'

"Oh well, we are getting a puppy today." Gabriel said with a grin even though his baby brother could not see it.

"We are getting a puppy Uncle Gaby?!" Genim said excitedly as he stood up in his chair.

"Yup, but sit down okay? You're going to end up falling," Gabriel said getting worried when Genim had ended up jumping up and down in midst of his excitement.

'Gabriel…?'

Gabriel had ended up putting the phone down for a moment to help his nephew sit back down. When he had picked it back up Cassie was calling his name again worriedly. "Calm down, Cassie, he's fine. He was just a little too excited about getting a puppy. By the way how is Baldy?" He asked showing a little bit of concern for their elder brother, Balthazar.

'He's doing better, but the medication they gave him makes him real drowsy.'

"Let Dean worry about Baldy, you get some rest Cassie." Gabriel said before he was saying his goodbyes with his baby brother. By then, Stiles had finished his breakfast and was asking about the puppy. "Oh geez, what have I done?" he said jokingly to himself. His nephew wasn't going to just let it go. He could do both, it was fine they had all weekend to get things for his personal coffee shop and for the puppy. "How about after we get you dressed?" Gabriel said which made him smile seeing Genim rush to get down from his seat.

"I can do it!" Genim yelled rushing out of the dining room.

...

They ended up at their local pet shelter, because you know adopt don't shop. Gabriel was trailing behind a very excited kid that was ignoring everything he was saying. "Stiles, slow down we have time to look at all of the puppies," He assured his nephew when he was just rushing up and down the aisles.

"But this place is so big Uncle Gaby! How can we see them all if we walk?" Genim asked turning to look at his uncle.

"Oh believe me kiddo, we've got time," Gabriel said with a smile finding it endearing even though his nephew didn't really have a grasp on how time worked. It was cute.

They had ended up back around to the same kennel that they had walked by twice now. "Is this the puppers you like?" Gabriel asked crouching besides his nephew and watching him stick his hand into the kennel only to have the shy dog nuzzle it's snout against his small palm. She seemed like a sweet girl.

"Yeah," Genim said with a little giggle before he was pulling his hand back out, "That tickles, don't like my hand."

Gabriel wanted to laugh hearing his nephew scold the dog, but hearing an employee walking over to them had him looking up to see them just come to stand beside them.

"Oh she's a real sweet one girl, very docile. She'd be perfect for your kid," The employee said.

"Yeah? I think he seems to like her too," Gabriel said with a smile as he stood back up once more. His eyes had wondered to the description she had hooked to her kennel. Her name was Cleo and from what he read, she was only 2 year old. So, she was still very much a puppy. The breed they had her under was an Australian Shepard Mix.

"Can we take her home uncle Gaby?" Genim asked sticking his hands back inside the kennel to rub the dog's fur when she had leaned against the cage.

"I think we have our winner," Gabriel said with a smile before he was turning towards the employee.

"Of course, I will go get everything set up for you to take her home," The man said slipping her information sheet out from the hook and taking it with him towards the front desk. A second employee had come by and they had spoken between each other for a minute before she was walking over and taking a leash from the wall. "How about you and I take Cleo here out of the Kennel why your uncle signs the adoption papers? Hm, what do you say little man?"

"Yeah!" Genim had said a little too enthusiastically.

Gabriel had only smiled before he was ruffling his nephew's hair, "Behave kiddo." Before he was following the employee towards the front to get the papers sign so they could take the dog home. Sure, he thought about it for a second to call Sam, but he really was past the point of asking his husband. Genim would be really sad if they left here without her, and he was weak hearted when it came to his nephew.

When the paperwork was ready, he was signing off on the adoption wherever the employee was telling him to sign. He didn't pay much to attention to what he was saying before another woman was verbally aweing at something.

'Aw, how adorable.' She said bringing her hand up to cover her mouth.

Gabriel had turned around just to see Genim holding the leash and walking the shy dog towards him so proudly. She really was a docile thing if she wasn't tugging Genim around and letting him lead. "Look at you kid, won't your daddy just have a heart attack." Gabriel said actually thinking about sending Dean, specifically, a picture of his son with the dog just to piss him off. "Ready to go?"

"Can Cleo stay in my room?" Genim asked hugged their new pet that had now sat down beside him. "She can keep the monster away, right?"

"Yeah, I think she'll do a good job at keeping you safe." Gabriel said before he was turning towards the employees and thanking them for everything. He made sure to grab the paperwork they handed to him and took his nephew's hand in his, taking him back to the car.

...

They had gone shopping at 'Pet & Friend' pet shop, and gotten Cleo a nice bed as well as food and other essentials that both he and Genim thought were necessary. He probably got more excited about owning a pet than his nephew, because he had spent a ridiculous amount to get things to decorate a bedroom for Cleo.

By the time they had gotten home Genim was walking Cleo in and talking to her like she was human. "Come on Cleo, I wanna show you my room."

"Don't make a mess you two," Gabriel had joked as he dropped the bags at the entrance just so that he could go fetch the rest of the bags from the car. He was just collecting the remainder of them when Sam's car pulled up into the drive way, nearly startling Gabriel.

"Need some help?" Sam said as soon as he got out of the car, making Gabriel smile.

"You're home early, that's a first," Gabriel said with a smile letting his husband take some of the bags out of his hands.

"Yeah, I thought maybe since we just finished the case that I'd take the rest of the day, and maybe we could go out." Sam said following his husband into the house. He made sure to close the door behind himself, but before he could follow him he noticed the large dog bed sprawled out in their entry way. "Uh, Gabe?"

Gabriel had walked into the kitchen before he was setting the bags down on the counter. His mind had already been on finding a designated place to store Cleo's food and treats that they had bought.

"Gabriel? Why is there a dog bed in the entryway?" Sam asked setting the bags on the counter, only to see the items Gabriel was pulling out from them. "Shouldn't we talk about this?"

"It's too late for that, I already got us a dog. She's upstairs with Stiles." Gabriel said with a small chuckle, "You should see him, he's treating her like a little sister."

Sam couldn't help but let out a sigh before he was pulling him closer to kiss his head, "How about I go check on him while you finish here? Maybe we can take them out to the pack and make a day out of it."

"Yeah, I think Stiles would really like that," Gabriel said smiling softly at the kiss.

When he had gotten things put away, he had gone up to find Sam and their nephew playing on the floor with Cleo. It was too cute really that it had him just watching them from the door. He wondered what Sam would think about his coffee shop now. He guessed he might as well surprise him like always does.

They didn't end up going to the park, instead they had opted for picnicking in their backyard and making use of the space to play with both their nephew and the new member of their family, Cleo.

Gabriel had ended up taking a picture of Genim and Cleo hugging and sent it to Dean. He might have or might not have gotten an angry call from Dean that night.