Two Boys And A Teacher // Samifer
Words: 2983
Summary: Sam stays for pie and coffee, as promised, and enjoys the change of mood. He actually likes Gabriel and seeing the two brothers interact is refreshing, until Lucifer gets a letter and things take an awkward turn.
(Part 3 of the Mr. Winchester Series | part 1 - part 2)
human!au, student!lucifer, teacher!sam, injured lucifer, little brother!gabriel, mostly fluff
Note: Yeah, there’s more. This time it’s only fluff and cute, but I promise you one more chapter at least where things get naughty again.
Tagging: @brieflymaximumprincess @sassysupernaturalsweetheart @spnyoucantkeepmedown
When Sam and Lucifer came to the living room, after a few minutes because Lucifer insisted on going without any help, Gabriel had already put down the pie and coffee for them. He was currently standing in front of a mirror, fixing his hair, and grinned when his brother came in.
“Look who the cat dragged in,” Gabriel said and turned around. “Finally made it, big brother?”
Lucifer gave the younger one a smirk while making his way to the couch, careful not to fall onto the table. Sam noticed that Lucifer wasn’t really comfortable on the crutches yet and more than once just wanted to swipe him off his feet to prevent any more injuries. He let out a silent sigh of relief when Lucifer finally sat down and found a spot in one of the chairs himself.
“You can try to look like me all you want, Gabe, you’ll still look like you’re made of sugar.”
“Come on, it got better!” Gabriel pouted and plopped down in the other chair.
Sam only now noticed that Lucifer’s brother had an incredible resemblance with him, even though he didn’t look as dangerous as the older one. Gabriel was more of a soft version of his brother, also visibly a punk, but in a more fashionate way. It was actually very sweet, because it showed that he really adored Lucifer, which made Sam smile.
“You’re right, it did,” Lucifer calmed the waves, which made his little brother beam at him proudly. “And thanks for the pie, really. That’s a nice surprise.”
“You know what they say; eat well and you’ll feel well,” Gabriel grinned as he cut the pie on the table into pieces.
“You just made that up, Gabe.”
“Still true, right, Mr. Winchester?”
Sam was surprised to suddenly be addressed, but managed to smile back at the young boy.
“Of course,” he said and took the plate Gabriel offered him. “And thank you for the invitation, that’s very nice of you.”
“It’s the least I can do, after all, you looked out for Luci.”
“Gabe, please,” Lucifer said a little embarrassed, but Gabriel continued as if he didn’t hear him.
“I know he can be a little difficult sometimes, but he’s actually very nice and kind.”
“Gabe! Would you stop belittling me? I’m sitting right next to you!”
Gabriel rolled his eyes, giving Sam an amused smile, and handed a plate with pie to his brother too. It was very hard not to laugh, as this whole situation really reminded Sam of his own teenage years and how he used to bicker with his brother.
“Anyways, thank you,” he eventually said, clearing his throat. “I really appreciate it.”
“You’re welcome,” Gabriel smiled and took a bite from his pie. “Luci should be back on his feet soon, he’s already getting better with the crutches.”
“Yeah, next week everything will be back to normal,” Lucifer said, a cocky smile on his lips. “At least that means no PE for a while.”
“Don’t think you’ll have those hours off,” Sam reminded him, returning the suggestive glare he got. “You can use the time to catch up on your homework.”
“Great, more work,” Lucifer huffed annoyed.
“School is school, Luci,” Gabriel laughed, his pie already gone and now taking his own coffee. “You always tell me to take it serious, you should too.”
“You have to take it serious,” Lucifer rolled his eyes at his brother. “You’re fourteen! I’m eighteen, I should be working, not sitting in a classroom.”
Sam raised a brow, curious what Lucifer meant by that.
“I told you, you don’t have to!” Gabriel shook his head. “Michael earns enough so we can go to school and with my babysitting we can afford some stuff. If you ditch school, you’re wasting a good chance, Michael said that too.”
“Michael, Michael, Michael! I can’t stand this name anymore!”
“Michael is your brother, right?” Sam asked and Lucifer let out a sound of disgust, to which Gabriel smiled.
“Yeah, he’s our brother. He works in a big company and only comes home on the weekends, otherwise it’s just us. Lucifer hates him.”
“I don’t hate him,” Lucifer scoffed. “I just can’t stand his arrogant attitude.”
“Whatever,” Gabriel waved and leaned towards Sam. “Michael wants Luci to go to college next year, but he’d rather work in a bike shop in town.”
“Because it’s fun, Gabe!” Lucifer said annoyed. “I am good with my hands, why should I waste more years in school when I can earn actual money with that?”
“Well, he’s not wrong, you know,” Sam threw in and looked at Lucifer. “I saw your grades, you’re not dumb at all. Why waste the chance?”
Lucifer gave him a look of utter betrayal and crossed his arms.
“I’m not a nerd like Michael,” he huffed. “After this year I’ll never set a foot into a school building again.”
Gabriel wanted to say something, but the doorbell rang and stopped him. He jumped up, excusing himself and went to answer it. Sam took the chance to switch places and sat down next to Lucifer.
“Lucifer, seriously, why don’t you stay in school? You’re damn clever, the last year you had straight A’s in almost every class.”
“I hate school, okay?” Lucifer said frustrated and glared at Sam. “I hate sitting there and bore myself to death. Why do you think I wanna leave?”
“Do you really wanna do the bike shop thing? That’s what you like?”
“Of course! You saw the bike outside? I built it! With my own hands!” Lucifer sat up and looked towards the corridor, where Gabriel’s voice came from. “I’m good at this and I can stay in town if I do it. If I go to college... I would have to leave my brother.”
Now Sam finally understood. He smiled and leaned forward, pressing a gentle kiss on the surprised boy’s lips, before getting some distance between them again.
“Then stay,” he said quietly and smiled. “If this is what you want, I won’t say a word again.”
Lucifer looked at him for a long moment, a relieved look on his face. Eventually, he leaned his head against Sam’s shoulder, who in return wrapped an arm around him tightly.
“I can’t leave him alone, he needs me...”
“It’s fine, I get it, really,” Sam assured him and squeezed the blond boy’s shoulder.
The door in the corridor was shut loudly and Lucifer sat back, making sure the way they both sat on the couch was not suspicious. Sam could have gotten up of course, but he kind of wanted to stay there. It was more comfortable like this.
“Luci?” Gabriel walked in and looked up from a letter in his hands, frowning for a moment at the new seating situation. He quickly caught himself again though and walked over to his chair. “There’s a letter for you. It’s from Bobby.”
Lucifer made an attempt to jump up and grab the letter from his brother, but he had already sat down, so Lucifer just wailed his arms awkwardly until Gabriel handed him the letter. The older brother didn’t waste a second before opening it and pulling out the paper.
“Good news?” Sam asked while Lucifer went over the letter, his eyes sparkling more with each word.
“I got the job!” Lucifer suddenly screamed excited. He threw the letter on the table, grabbed Sam’s face and kissed him without a warning. Sam ripped his eyes open, completely stunned and tense until Lucifer pulled back again. “Bobby gave me the job, Gabe!”
Gabriel, however, just stared at his brother in complete shock. It took Lucifer a whole minute before he realized what he had just done and when he did, his jaw dropped and all color faded from his face.
“Oh, shit...”
“Did… did you just…” Gabriel’s eyes shifted between Lucifer and Sam, as he tried to find the right words to say something and completely dumbfounded.
“It’s not what you think, really, Gabe!” Lucifer quickly said, but he sounded like the worst liar in the world. He looked at Sam almost panicking, who had no idea what to do either.
“Okay, wait a minute,” Sam suddenly said and held up his hands. His mouth felt completely dry but he had to do something. “I think we need to clarify something here.”
“Yeah, for example why my brother just kissed his teacher,” Gabriel scoffed. “I’d like that clarified, for starters.”
“I didn’t…” Lucifer began and let out a frustrated growl. “Okay, yes! I did, but I didn’t mean to, okay?”
“Yeah…” Gabriel gave him a smirk. “I always kiss people without meaning to, too...”
“Gabe, just shut up!” Lucifer groaned and shook his head. “That’s not your business, okay? I got the damn job, I can earn money and stay in town!”
“And meanwhile screw around with your teacher?”
“Sorry, but can I say something?” Sam finally interrupted, not wanting the situation to explode even further. “Gabriel, this really isn’t how you think it is. Your brother just forgot himself for a moment. Can we just forget that happened?”
Gabriel huffed and eyed Sam closely, but eventually let out a sigh.
“You know, Luci,” he said, looking at his brother. “I thought you’d talk about such things with me.”
“About what things? There’s nothing to talk about!” Lucifer tried to defend himself, but Gabriel shook his head.
“Listen, I know you’re eighteen and you can do whatever you want, I get it.” Gabriel held up a hand to stop Lucifer from interrupting him again, looking over. “I don’t care who you’re dating or anything, but don’t lie to me, Luci… you know Michael always lied, don’t do the same, please.”
The whole tension of the situation faded at Gabriel’s words. Sam didn’t know what was happening when Lucifer suddenly looked completely hurt and pushed himself up to catch his brother, who threw himself in his arms with tears in his eyes.
“I’m sorry, Gabe, please don’t be mad,” he said calmly and rubbed Gabriel’s back. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”
Gabriel mumbled something Sam couldn’t understand and Lucifer patted him one last time on the back before Gabriel let himself fall back into his chair and wiped his eyes.
“Look, I really didn’t mean to do that, okay?” Lucifer said quietly and took one of his brother’s hands. “I didn’t think about what I did…”
“Yeah, you didn’t… next time just freaking tell me, will you?”
“Next time?” Sam chuckled and raised a brow, earning a warning glare from Lucifer.
“Of course I will,” the blond said and turned back to his brother. “But, I can stay here, isn’t that great? I can work for Bobby and don’t have to leave town!”
“So, I won’t have to live just with Michael?” Gabriel asked hopefully and Lucifer smiled.
“As if I’d let you! As soon as I earned enough money we can get our own apartment and you can do whatever you want, what do you think?”
“Anything I want?” Gabriel’s eyes lightened up.
“Absolutely anything,” Lucifer assured him, finally letting go of his brother’s hand. “I know you want me to go to college, but I don’t wanna leave you here with Michael.”
“I don’t really want that either,” Gabriel laughed and shook his head. “He can be a dick. So, what about you two?”
Lucifer seemed to have expected the change of topic and nodded.
“Are you two… something?”
“I don’t know, are we?” Lucifer asked and looked up at Sam, searching for support.
“I don’t think we are at this moment,” Sam said and tried to relax a little.
“Yeah, you’re kinda in a tricky situation, aren’t you?” Gabriel asked and couldn’t hold in a grin. “I mean, you being a teacher and all that.”
“That’s one way to put it,” Sam nodded and crossed his arms.
“Not much longer, though,” Lucifer added mischievously. “I’m done in a few months.”
Sam smiled, not really knowing why. This was a strange topic to talk about with a fourteen year old, but Gabriel seemed to be pretty mature for his age, despite the childish demeanor. And he had been more surprised than anything, just like Sam, so his reaction wasn’t too over the top. Sam had never thought this would be anything serious, but in this moment he actually asked himself if this could work somehow.
“Well, it’s your life as I said,” Gabriel suddenly said and shrugged. “But, I kinda like you, Mr. Winchester, and I-”
“Please, just Sam,” the older one smiled. “I think we can drop the Mr. at this point.”
“Okay, Sam then. I kinda like you and if Luci is happy, I’m not gonna complain.”
“Oh, stop talking Gabe,” Lucifer groaned and hid his face in his hands. “You’re only making things worse.”
Sam and Gabriel shared a smile, but both decided to stay silent. Lucifer really wasn’t one for chick flick moments, that was obvious, so this whole situation was kind of embarrassing for him.
Since it was getting late, Sam finished his coffee quickly and told the brothers he’d have to leave and stood up. Lucifer wasn’t too happy about that, judging the look on his face, but Sam smiled at him softly.
“I have a lot to do, I’m sorry. I didn’t think I would stay this long and you need to recover, remember?”
“Yeah, probably,” Lucifer sighed and then shook his head. “What about the homework, will you bring it over again or do I have to catch up on it in school?”
“I guess we can drop the homework for the week,” Sam laughed. “It’s not like you’d need the practice, right?”
“Seriously?” Lucifer raised a brow. “You’ll let me off the hook?”
“Just for this week,” Sam reminded him and winked. “Gabriel, it was nice meeting you.”
“It was, yeah,” Gabriel smiled and got up from his chair, singing Lucifer to stay down. “I’ll take you out if you don’t mind.”
“Of course.” Sam turned to Lucifer, who looked as if he wanted to say something, but for some reason couldn’t. “I’ll be waiting for your return, okay?”
“Okay,” Lucifer said with a weak smile, which widened a little when Sam leaned down and kissed his forehead. Gabriel turned around the moment he realized what he was about to do, which made Sam smile too.
“See you soon, Luce.”
Sam and Gabriel walked over to the door, but when the young boy opened it he held Sam back for a moment.
“Sam, can I ask you something?” He sounded a little embarrassed, which surprised Sam.
“Anything, Gabriel. What’s wrong?”
“Please don’t hurt Luci, okay?” Gabriel said and looked at the older one with sad eyes. “He always plays tough and mean, but he’s not like that at all and he’s been hurt too much already. It’s been awhile since I saw him like this, I don’t want to see him hurt again.”
Sam smiled the most assuring and warm smile at those words.
“I would never hurt him, Gabriel,” he said. “It’s very sweet how you care about your brother.”
“He’s my family,” Gabriel said with a little pride in his voice. “He’d do the same for me, I know that.”
“He would, yes. I can see that. I promise you, I won’t hurt your brother. Not in a million years.”
“Thank you,” Gabriel smiled a little relieved now.
“Make sure he rests, okay?”
“Of course I will. And thank you for coming over!”
“It was my pleasure. See you soon, Gabriel!”
Gabriel waved at Sam as he crossed the little lawn and got into his car, then closed the door and walked back to his brother. Lucifer still sat on the couch and gave him a weird look when he stepped in.
“You’re disappointed, aren’t you?” Lucifer asked, to which Gabriel shook his head and sat down next to him.
“Why should I be disappointed?” Gabriel was a little confused by this question.
“Come on, how could you not be?”
“Because you seem to like someone again? Luci, for the last three years you’ve been hiding in your shell, do you think I didn’t notice that?”
Lucifer blinked at his brother confused.
“You might fool people who don’t know you, maybe even Michael, but not me,” Gabriel tilted his head and smiled. “I saw the way you looked yesterday, even after breaking your ankle. You’re happy, Luci. Even now I can see the life in your eyes.”
“You sound like I’m a chick, stop it,” Lucifer scoffed and turned his head away.
“I’m not disappointed, okay? That’s what I wanna say. Sam obviously likes you and you like him, or not?”
“I guess, yeah…” Lucifer mumbled and sighed. “He’s still my teacher and like… twelve years older or so…”
“Now you sound like a chick,” Gabriel said and rolled his eyes. “Stop being childish.”
“I’ll show you childish,” Lucifer huffed and pinched his brother’s sides, causing him to screech and jump back.
“That’s it! You can make your own dinner tonight!” Gabriel over-dramatically pushed himself up and crossed the room.
“Come back here, you little punk!” Lucifer shouted, earning a giggle from the kitchen.
“Not gonna happen!” Gabriel whistled and loudly got pots out of a cupboard. “I’m gonna eat like a king tonight and you’ll get nothing, because you’re being childish!”
“My blood will be on your hands!” Lucifer fake-cried with a huge smile on his face, to which Gabriel simply began humming and ignored him.
Relieved, Lucifer leaned back into the couch and sighed. He had not expected this outcome, but for some reason Gabriel was okay with his secret and apparently Sam kind of liked him too? At first Lucifer had thought it was all just fun and games for Sam, but there was something more about this and he hoped to find out what soon.
