{Sabriel with background Destiel}

Sam loved Christmas time, he loved the white snow that covered the ground, he loved the spiced drinks, the roaring fireplace, all the festive decorations and gifts, but most of all he loved the way his family and the Novak’s would get together every Christmas eve and have roast in front of the fire.

They had been doing this since Cas and Dean had met in kindergarten, Sam had only been one at the first gathering, so he doesn’t even remember a time when he hadn’t known his best friend Gabe.

Growing up, Sam and Gabe would run around the house playing energetic games and laughing while their older brother’s Dean and Cas tried to keep out of their way. That was probably because as they got older, Sam and Gabe began pranking their older brother’s whenever they could.

Now they were older, and while Gabe still retained his hyperactive energy, Sam preferred to curl up in front of the fire with a book. Still, he looked forward to seeing his friend for the first time since school ended, because the Novak’s always went on holiday before Christmas, and found himself unable to focus on the book sitting on his lap. 

15 years of having these get-togethers and never had Sam felt so many butterflies swarming his stomach while he waited for the Novak’s to arrive. And that’s what made this year so different from the others, because since last Christmas when he had seen Cas and Dean kissing under a mistletoe, Sam had started to realise that he wished he and Gabe could be in a similar situation. So basically he realised that he had a major crush on his lifelong best friend.

Dean streaked past, running out the front door yelling, “Cassie!”

Sure enough, Sam looked up to see the Novak’s piling up this front path.

“Gabe!” Sam grinned, out the door in a flash and running through the snow to his short friend.

“Samoose! I missed you.”

Sam heard Gabe’s older sister whisper something that sounded a lot like ‘I ship it,’ to their brother Balthazar and they laughed as Sam and Gabe hug.

“How was Barcelona?” Sam asked as the two walked back up the snowy path.

“It was awesome!” Gabe grinned enthusiastically, Sam was momentarily distracted by how amazing Gabe looked with his smile and the snowflakes dusting his golden hair.

“Samsquatch? Earth to Moose,” Gabe snapped his fingers in front of Sam’s face, jolting Sam out of his thoughts.

Blushing furiously, Sam looked away and lead his friend inside. “Sorry, I’m a bit tired I guess.”

Gabe just brushes it off and begins talking a million miles per second about his trip as Sam watches his animated expression fondly. They finally make it to the fire and Gabriel’s still going on when Sam stops him.

“I got you something for tonight,” he says shyly, but then again when wasn’t he shy? He had only gotten worse over this past year, with being the only 17-year-old in the school that as 6ft, add that on to being a mega geek and people were bound to talk about him. Gabe was the only person that he really felt comfortable with. 

Realising Gabe was looking at him curiously, Sam hurried to reach behind his seat and pull out the massive tub of Gabe’s favourite Christmas treat, candy canes.

Gabriel’s eyes lit up, “thanks, Samoose!” He proceeds to yank the lid off and pull one out, licking it and wriggling his brows at Sam suggestively.

“I love licking these, do you know what else I would like to lick?”

 Sam blushes, “shut up Gabe.”

Dean chooses that moment to walk into the room hand in hand with Cas.

“Good god, can you two just kiss already,” Dean huffs, turning away and leading Cas out of the room too, as Sam heard him mutter as he left, ‘escape the sexual tension.’

“Well, what about it then?” Gabriel wriggled his eyebrows again at Sam.

“No- no mistletoe,” Sam blushes as he thinks of an excuse.

For a moment Gabe almost looked disappointed, but then he started talking excitedly to Sam as if that moment had never happened.

Sam studied Gabe, why didn’t he just go for it?

The evening passed fast, and before he knew it, Sam and Gabe were curled up in front of the fire having their traditional spiced pumpkin hot drinks in front of the fire. Sam was, however, distracted, he wanted so badly to kiss Gabe, but couldn’t find the courage.

Gabriel suddenly looks up and smirks. “Mistletoe eh? That wasn’t there before.”

Sam curses his brother as he looks up, sure enough, there was mistletoe hanging above them. His eyes move back down to Gabe’s and god if his heart didn’t melt then and there for the shorty. Gabe’s whiskey coloured eyes were sparkling in the fire’s light, his cheeks had a hint of red in them as his smirk turns into a rare, shy smile. 

‘Go for it,’ A small voice urges in the back of Sam’s mind.

So, following the warm feeling in his heart, Sam leans in closer to his friend.

Gabe smiles, grabbing the back of Sam’s neck and closing the small distance between them. Their lips brush gently first, then Sam pulls Gabe closer, deepening the kiss. He could taste the candy canes on Gabe’s lips along with the spiced drink.

“Oh my dad, my eyes, I didn’t need to see my little brother practically doing it in front of the fire,” Gabe’s oldest brother Lucifer stumbles out of the room with his hand over his eyes.

Sam rolls his eyes as Gabriel laughs against his lips, they look into each other’s eyes, smiling happily as the fire crackled warmly.

“Thank god for mistletoe, aye?” Sam whispered.

Gabriel pressed his lips against Sam’s. “Yeah, here I was thinking you’d never make a move.”

Sam scoffs, pulling Gabriel in for another kiss, “do you want to be my boyfriend?”

“Please, you’re stuck with me now,” Gabriel murmurs against Sam’s lips.

Sam smiled hugging Gabe tightly and looking at the fire. Yup, he loved Christmas time.

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Another Tumblr one shot I made 💕

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