Fate, the ideology that there are some strands in life that is simple inevitable. The idea predates Stoics and is rooted in Greek mythology, the three Moirai, goddesses of Fate, weave everybody's thread of life, and cut it, so that the nature may take its course without obstruction. Their names are Clotho, the Spinner, Lachesis, the Alloter, and Atropos, the Inflexible.

The symbols of faith are many, Thread, Staff, Spindle, Scroll, Shears, and the book of Fate. Fate is found woven in so many different aspects of cultures. The well known concept found through the world is the Red Thread of Fate. An East Asian belief originating from Chinese mythology.

The concept of an invisible red thread looped around the fingers of those meant to meet. Soulmates. In the original Chinese myth, it's tied around both parties' ankles, while in Japanese it's bound from a male's thumb to a female's little finger, and in Korean culture, the red thread is thought to be tied around the little finger of both parties.

Some have even come to believe that this string doesn't always mean lovers. This simply connect those who are meant to cross paths, wither it was a stand alone instance of a catalyst to years of friendship, or a simple meeting that leads to years of good or bad fortune.

Whether one believes in fate or destiny is a question on it's own, but some people simply know. Some may have met a fate, or experience things unexplained. Nonetheless, fate is there and they are watching. Interfering, changing, involved.

Today's story is of none other than the Winchesters. A story that only few know of, a tale that a certain Archangel only shared with a few angels.

Gabriel never stopped watching the family, he felt responsible for them. Too keep things from falling too far into the old tale. It was so much easier after he killed off Azazel, and with Mary alive and happy. The angel wasn't stupid, he knew not to try and keep the family from hunting. With Mary's history, it wasn't unlikely for her past to comes back.

And it did.

The boys were young, thirteen and seventeen, when a monster reared it's ugly head. A vampire tried to take a bite of Sam one family outing, and that's when fate decided the family was going to hunt. Mary broke the news to her family, and like that they were training. The boys grew up healthier, loved, safer. Mary and John raised their boys with the simple idea to protect people. If a monster was hurting people, it needed to be taken out. If it wasn't, it was okay to have a second chance.

The brothers had an equal part of pain and love, making them stronger than they had been. Different from the times Gabriel had met them. But they were still very much the same, the same brothers that the archangel came to care for.

But Fate had a way of making sure some paths cross.

It happened with Castiel first. He had popped into the Winchester's life when he was sent to scourge and clean an angel/demon show down. Dean had still stabbed the angel, leaving the family reveling on what creature he was. It set them on a new path.

After a while, Gabriel found it safe to fill Castiel with the story. The alternate timeline. It changed the young angel, had his mind racing with the new knowledge. Gabriel simple grinned, said his farewells, and left. He didn't run. His next stop was his immediate family.

It was heavy, arguing, blood-shed. But Gabriel didn't back down. He was tired of the useless family fighting, the stupid prophecy that his older brothers had to duke it out. He didn't want this timeline to have the same end result. He refused to believe it was inevitable. And he was right. They manage to find common ground. After the younger archangel found their father, thing changed.

Chuck was a dick, that sure as hell didn't change, they fought. Bad. He actually thought he was going to die, he wouldn't put it past their asshole of a dad. Luckily for the trickster, things had a good turn.

This apocalypse was avoided, so Gabriel took his leave and went to have fun. This archangel wasn't built for responsibility, he can only be mature for so long. So he went on a long over due vacation. The whole works, strippers, porn stars, candy, and a lot of much needed chaos. After that it was easy to fall into old habits, and to forget that the infamous Winchesters were still out there and very much still feared.

So maybe bringing inanimate objects to life to fuck with peoples lives wasn't the best idea, especially when one of them lead to a death. It wasn't like he planned it, you know just scar a few douche bags here and there. It really was only a matter of time for a hunter to find him, and they did. He just really wished it hadn't been the Winchester.

He didn't even have to fake his death this time around, Sam talked Dean into letting them give the angel another chance. As a trickster. Gabriel figured that's the end of it, he'll be a little more careful and if things get out of hand again, he could just fly the coop. Sometimes running isn't that bad.

And honestly, it's just on brand for him.

But as fate would like to have it, family drama seems to be a constant in Heaven and the Winchesters seemed to always be in some big trouble. No matter how hard the angel tried to keep things under wraps.

AN: Thank you for all the kind words! I just got into season 14 because I get behind so easily lol, but I got a quick spark to write and update.

I never intended to, this was originally meant to be a oneshot, but I kinda just felt like this would be a good idea you know?

Anyways, sorry it's short but let me know what you guys thought! Stay safe :)