After having given up all hope, Gabriel finds himself miraculously rescued from Asmodeus' vile clutches. But he is far from healthy and whole, and he can barely care for himself. Gabriel knows that he needs the help of another, but he finds the words almost too painful to speak.
Sam knows some of what Gabriel endured at the hands of a monster. And he also knows that he could never permit another to linger in darkness when there is something that he could do about it. He agrees to Gabriel's reluctant request, and then proceeds to show the archangel that anything is possible, if you only have a little faith.
I am so happy to have been paired up with @midnightsilver once again, so that we could bring you this wonderful story. Written for the @spnsabrielbang it was inspired by a gorgeous piece of art that showed Sam caring for the recently liberated Gabriel as they grow closer than they ever have been before. Please check out the mildly-NSFW art that was at the heart of the story, along with several other pieces that were created once everything fell into place. 💜🦄
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1. broken dreams
Author: @gay-destiel
Artist: @golby-moon
when gabriel is rescued from hell, his wings are torn. to heal them, they need ingredients, one of which is closely guarded by a prince of hell. belial.
gabe grapples with trauma while sam does his best to protect him.
A strange new painting finds its way to the Singer Art Museum, and Sam Winchester feels a strange connection to it. Who is the man in the painting with the golden eyes, and who else knows that its been found?
Annoyed with his brother, Gabriel asks God to help him weave a prank for his older brother. Lucifer must act out the story of The Phantom of the Opera in order to escape his prison in the basement of a theater.
But when Sam and Dean show up - and Dean is caught up in the spell on Lucifer - Gabriel ends up enlisting Sam's help in trying to mitigate the disaster looming on the horizon.
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Art by Muri
Art by Sage
4. Lost in Translation
Author: @leatafandom
Artist: @lucathepanman
When Sam’s churning soul was jammed back into his body after over a thousand years of being incorporeal, the wall of Death's design had never stood a chance against the changes Sam's soul had undergone to survive the Cage. Upon waking, Sam struggles with being able to cope with the drastic change from being ethereal to being part of the physical world and the strangers he is greeted with. His memories of the human world were absent upon waking within his body. Sam doesn't know how he had ever been part of the physical world, nor how to carve out a spot within it like the youngest archangel had managed to. His empowered soul was lost without the memories of his human life, and he was unsure who to turn to in a world full of strangers that tried to imprison him.
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Check out the art by Lucas!
5. Bound
Author: @aayo-whatt
Artist: @dustghoul
Gabriel chuckles, genuinely smiling for the first time in an age, "Sam, the only thing you've done is make me fall head over heels for you. And I finally thought I should tell you how far I've fallen."
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Check out the art by Angel!
6. Dante's Peak
Author: @cheerfulripley
Artist: @rezal-art
Sam is a Volcanologist and Gabriel is the mayor of the town who's idyllic little home changes from heaven to hell overnight when the dormant Volcano next door wakes up!
The moment the binds went loose, Sam was up, rushing to his lover's body. He was crying, begging Gabriel to wake up, for this all to be a nightmare or a trick. but, he didn't wake up. Gabriel was dead. Sam slowly lifted his head, looking at Lucifer with grief-stricken fury as the surviving archangel went to walk away. "I will kill you before I ever say yes." he vowed, "you will never fight Michael. you will never possess me. I will string up your lifeless body like a puppet and make an example out of you, Lucifer."
Gabriel, the real Gabriel, stood quietly behind one of the walls, listening intently to his lover swearing revenge as he tucked his ring into his pocket with a solemn expression. "I'm sorry, Sam." He whispered before vanishing.
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Check out the art by Callion!
8. Atlas Shattered
Author: mukur0
Artist: @katfixation
After spending humanity's entire history stacking his own hand, Gabriel just can't win.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, too wounded to move faster than his own feet can carry him and too scared to start up where he and Sam had left off before that night at the Elysian Fields hotel, you'd think he'd welcome the chance to hide out in a gross motel room rather than face whatever might be stalking a downed archangel. Too bad for him, he'd almost prefer it over being caught in close quarters with a Winchester who just fucking wants to talk.
When Bobby Singer got the call from Dean Winchester - "This case is weird even for us and Sam's been compromised, we need help!" - he had expected the hunt to be unusual but still fairly straightforward. Being introduced to Loki, the Norse god of mischief and patron of tricksters, and being told the pagan was Sam's soulmate? Definitely not so straightforward!
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Check out the art by Slurpyart!
10. Carry On (Nothing Equals the Splendour)
Author: @hobbyistauthor
Artist: @bakh-meliorism
The New God decides to be hands-on just one last time: there's a specific Winchester—still alive, always in grief—and one particular lost Archangel—whose graveyard didn't fight much to keep him dead—that could really use one of his miracles.
To Sam, healing and hope looks like candy in every room of the Bunker and eyes like sunbeams-through-whiskey.
To Gabriel, being Graceless yet still wanted gives him time to discover who he is, and who he wants to be.
Read on Ao3 | Reblog the Tumblr post
Check out the art by Bakh!
Bonus art by the author
11. The Trickster Fic
Author: @deadsuburbia
Artist: @raaflingdraws
After being stabbed by his brother, Gabriel makes a last-ditch attempt to play a trick on Death itself. He reaches out to Sam Winchester, the only person who would ever look his way after his lifetime of trickery, and begs for help. Taking pity on the angel who played a God, Sam beams himself directly into Gabriel’s mind.
The Trickster Fic retells the story of Gabriel from his own perspective: why he turned out the way that he did in his lifetime that spanned over a thousand years. In his very last moments, Gabriel is forced to come face-to-face with the consequences of his running, his cowardice, his own nihlism. Sam has to ask the question: can Gabriel be saved?
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starting things off with my first ever finished bang: my addition to the @spnsabrielbang
[image description: two-paneled comic of Sam and Gabriel hugging. Gabriel starts out visibly nervous and uncertain in the first panel, hands hovering slightly above Sam, before closing his eyes and hugging Sam back in the second panel, a red and yellow heart overlaying the image]
the fic this is made for is called "broken dreams" by @gay-destiel for the sabriel bang
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My collab with @cheerfulripley for the @spnsabrielbang is finally out! I'm very happy to have been able to work on this story based off of the 1997 disaster film.
Read the fic on Ao3 here!
In addition to this banner featuring Sam & Gabriel, I made two pieces for the story:
A diner scene between the two - in the story, Gabriel owns a diner in addition to being the mayor of the endangered small town. And Sam is the (sexy) volcanologist who's going to put the town on alert.
Not enough to prevent some unfortunate events, as shown here:
Please check out the story which shows great chemistry between Sam and Gabriel, and features our beloved Jack and a healthy amount of Destiel too.
These were made for the @spnsabrielbang for @leatawrites's amazing fic. It's called Lost In Translation, rated: Mature. Link for the fic is right here! (go check it out!)
