Fic: They were thy brothers (March-Stalkers Mighty timestamp)
They were thy brothers.
a March-Stalkers Mighty extra
She wished to give her brothers pleasure, and plucked the twelve flowers, and thought she would present each brother with one while at dinner. But at the self-same moment that she touched the flowers the twelve brothers were changed into twelve ravens, and flew away over the forest, and the ( Read more... )
a March-Stalkers Mighty extra
She wished to give her brothers pleasure, and plucked the twelve flowers, and thought she would present each brother with one while at dinner. But at the self-same moment that she touched the flowers the twelve brothers were changed into twelve ravens, and flew away over the forest, and the ( Read more... )
Gabriel, raw with the shock of hearing about his brother’s death and with his imprisonment, struggles to retain his grip on reality and on sarcasm.Sam Winchester, destroyer of worlds and defense mechanisms ( ... )
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And, well, if Marie had asked Gabriel would have given her something, probably, but he wouldn't have given her everything. And he probably would actually have given her more than the little that she would have expected him to give (both because, well, angel: has resources to draw on that a human wouldn't have, so he's not living on the edge of survival constantly the way an itinerant human might in that lifestyle, and because Marie's life hasn't led her to expect generosity), so it makes perfect cold sense to give up one's own scruples to secure the whole of the cart (and the horse) and the goods and money in it. Keeping the children alive is worth becoming murderers for their sake ( ... )
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Yes! This is where I got stuck in my comment. I wanted to say he'd have handed over everything, played Lady Bountiful, but I couldn't say it because I didn't really think he would. He would have given her more than she expected, not even including the gifts he wouldn't tell her about, like stealth healing. But he would have kept his livelihood and his cover. She wasn't wrong about that; it wouldn't have been a horse and a cart and his cargo, and maybe it wouldn't have saved her sister's children. Just... painful, yes. Is it better to deny your family than to murder an innocent friend? It has to be, doesn't it?
As for Sam... well, Gabriel's defence mechanisms are pretty low right now anyway, what with one thing and another, but Sam just won't stop poking.I suppose I should be angry with Sam on Gabriel's behalf, but I was worse than Sam at his age, so who am I to judge anyone else? I was brought up to believe that just about anything was best ( ... )
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