i think its kinda sad people ship me and Gabriel so much. not because it makes me upset or anything. but because Gabriel seems so happy. and that just wasn't the Gabriel i remember.
i remember when he was on the brink of death laying at me and Apollo's feet, trying and failing to spit out any kind of insult to hide the fear of dying that was creeping up on him. i could see it the way his wings wrapped around him like a hug, his blood, (No, Ichor) pooled around him. the way his faceless helmet stared up at me. he was scared. to proud to show his weakness in his final moments to us.
and i don't know why, maybe it was because we knew that fear, maybe we found him so pitiful and sad in that moment, i don't know, but me and Apollo leaned down and hugged him. holding him close as his minutes turned to seconds, cradling his head, chirping out the only songs i knew, staying there until he died.
i love that people show him being happy with me, even though that wasn't how i remembered him. he deserved it.