MORE TEAM FREE WILL FIC, FOR INK_MAID.
Dean had imagined what it might be like if Tessa, his favourite little reaper, were to show up again. He'd never admit it to Sam or their angels (who enjoyed being referred to as such far more than Dean had expected) but he even had a soundtrack in his mind for the reunion.
He pictured her showing up to reap the soul of a ghost they'd just helped peacefully let go, and then, as Love Gun started to swell in the background, she would turn to him with a smile; a soft hello.
He'd step towards her, ignoring the look from Sam and, tangling a hand in her hair, he would kiss her.
What actually happened was quite different.
One minute, Gabriel was sucking on a lollipop and smirking at Sam and Lucifer. The pair, while wrapped around each other, where happily entranced by the show the archangel was putting on.
That is they were until a small brunette woman jumped on Gabe's back, locking him in a choke hold and making him drop the candy to the floor, where it stuck.
Lucifer was up and ready to blast her away in a heartbeat, and Dean suddenly realized that he was flinging himself into the Devil's path.
"Dean, move," Lucifer said, and Dean considered for a moment that this was possibly the most regard the fallen one has ever shown for him.
"Don't hurt Tessa."
"Tessa!?" Gabe gasps, prying her off of him at last and holding her a ways away from himself. "What about me, Dean? I'm hurt, I really am."
"Put me down and come with me!" Tessa said, flailing her arms futilely at the angel.
"You didn't need to grab me by force if you wanted a little Gabriel magic," Gabe informed her. "Pretty little thing like you only has to ask."
Dean would have punched the angel if Tessa hadn't been looking like she was about to murder Gabe herself.
"I'm not here for... sex," Tessa said, her hands on her hips as she was finally set on the ground. "I'm here to reap you. You cheated Death, and she doesn't like that sort of thing."
"Cheated Death?" Sam asked, confused.
Lucifer looked sheepish and Gabriel was laughing.
"Tell Death she can take it up with our Father."
"She can't find your father. So she's taking you," Tessa responded.
"I can assure you that she's not," Lucifer said, in a tone of voice that made Sam shiver. Dean was about to ask Sam about it but he was distracted by the fact that the girl he'd had numerous fantasies had just been turned into a kitten.
"Ha. Reap me now," Gabe said.
His laughter became a yelp of pain as the kitten clawed his leg.
Cas scooped the little kitty up and deposited it into one of his pockets with a beaming smile.
"I've always wanted a pet," he said as everyone blinked at him.