Epilogue: A Bright Future

Gabriel watched as Dean slept soundly, having fallen asleep on the couch with Micah on his chest. He smiled as he watched Sam go over and pick up the quietly whimpering baby so his brother could rest. Dean made an excellent mother but for some reason he didn't seem to understand the concept of asking for help. Instead the hunter tried to shoulder the burden of caring for Micah by himself even though he had his mate and family to help. In fact it was rare to see Dean without his son, which would explain why Sam was now stealing his nephew away.

He watched as Sam and Tabbris sat on the other couch, with the youngest Winchester gently rocking the baby. Tabbris had been entranced by his new cousin and hardly ever left his side when he was awake. Micah let out a slightly louder whine and Sam stood again and began heading upstairs for a changing. Tabbris trailed after them and it made Gabriel wonder if his son was trying convince Sam to let him have another child.

When Gabriel had gone into labor a week early, he had been very lucky that both of his older brothers had been there at the time. Tabbris had breached and he had torn and began bleeding. Sam had panicked at the amount of blood he was losing, fearing for both his mate and child. Lucifer and Michael had managed to get the situation under control quickly enough but the whole thing had left Sam shaken. Since then Sam had refused to talk about having any more children but with Dean bringing Micah home he hoped that maybe Tabbris would be able to help convince Sam that having another child wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Dean shifted and his hand went to his chest. Panicked green eyes opened and he looked around frantically. Gabriel got his attention and pointed to the baby monitor where it showed Sam and Tabbris getting Micah into a new diaper and outfit. Seeing that his son was safe, the eldest Winchester laid back down on the couch, his eyes closing once more. Concern growing in him, Gabriel went over and kneeled down next to him.

"You okay?" Gabriel asked taking in the pale complexion and the bags that were still under his eyes despite having been home for more then a week now.

"Yeah. Just tired." Dean muttered.

"You know you have us now to help with Micah." Gabriel said placing a hand on his adopted son's head and feeling the heat that was there. "You don't have to do everything on your own."

Dean was quiet for a few moments before he turned to look at him. "I'm just scared of losing him. I don't know if Cas told you but we almost lost him twice before he was even born. I had never been so scared in my whole life."

"You could have come to me." Gabriel admitted. "My calling is healing too remember? I could have helped keep you stable."

Dean shook his head, his eyes closing. "I wasn't sure if you were still mad at me or not. I did't think I could have taken it if you had turned me away. As if was I was told by both your brothers and both of mine that I didn't need any more stress. So I didn't want to risk it."

"Wait who told you that?" The blonde asked confused.

"Michael, Lucifer, Adam, and Razael. We stayed in contact with them. We had a cell phone they could call us on and send messages to but they didn't know where we were. We never stayed in one place for very long. We only started doing that when I found out that I was carrying Micah." Dean whispered. "There was only one person who knew where we were at all times and no one ever thought to call him. Chuck is a good guy. Practically God in my books. "

Gabriel shook his head. "Dean..."

"It was the only reason I was able to stay away so long. Your brothers would send me pictures every time you guys had a party. And I got the first picture of Tabbris too." Dean said with a grin. "You scared poor Michael and Sam almost to death though."

"Blame Tabbris." Gabriel said as he carefully poked at the hunter with his Grace. "Who healed you after you had Micah?"

"I think Cas did some of it but we were too worried about Micah to care about me."

"I can tell." Gabriel said. "It's no wonder you're so tired. You have a small tear that you both missed healing and an infection. I'm surprised you even have the strength to take care of yourself much less Micah."

Dean let out a low moan as the warmth of angelic healing rushed through him, leaving him feeling so much better. He gave Gabriel a grateful smile and the angel kissed the top of his head as he stood. Sitting up Dean was greeted with the sight of Castiel returning from his visit to Michael. He smiled at seeing his mate up but frowned when he didn't see his son.

"Is Micah sleeping?" Castiel asked.

"Nope." Sam said coming down the stairs with the cooing baby. "We just need a quick change. Micah your Daddy is home."

Castiel came forward and took his son, with a smile. "Hello Micah. Were you good for your mother and uncles while I was gone?"

Micah made a little noise followed by a little burp that had the angel laughing.

"Is that right?" Castiel said sitting down next to Dean. "Well it sure sounds like you had a hard day sleeping and eating."

Dean chuckled and reached out and let Micah wrap his little hand around his pinky. "Hey Cas do you feel like watching Micah while I go shower? I feel better now that Gabe healed me. We were so worried about this little guy that we never checked me over again."

Castiel frowned, suddenly worried about what they could have missed. "Are you alright?"

Dean gave him a kiss. "I'm fine now. I just want to go get a shower. Think you can keep an eye on this little angel?"

The dark haired angel broke into a big grin. "I'd love to. Thank you."

Th brunette kissed him again. "You say that now. Wait until I let you take over watching him at night. I guess it won't bug you too much since you don't really need sleep huh?"

Castiel nodded. "That was why I suggested it in the first place."

With a grin Dean stood and went to go shower. Castiel watched him go before turning back to his son. Miach was looking up at him with sleepy eyes. With a smile Castiel began to sing to his son, it was an old tune in Enochian that he remembered Gabriel singing to him as a fledgling. His smile grew as he heard Gabriel join in and within moments his son was sleeping peacefully in his arms. He let the song fade out and stared down at his sleeping son with wonder.

"I'm proud of you Castiel." Gabriel said suddenly.

Looking up he met the gold eyes of his brother. "I don't know why."

"I'm proud of the person you've become. Not many could endure what you did and still come out this good."

"The same could be said of you Gabriel. You finally managed to get what you always wanted, perhaps even more since you can include Lucifer and Michael as well. A family."

Gabriel came to sit next to him looking down at the baby before his eyes drifted to outside where Sam had taken Tabbris to play. "Yeah I did. You know there is a bright future ahead of us. I'm just glad I get to share it with all of you."