In a spacious home on the coast, a phone rings.
Finally itās answered with a curt ā ālo?ā
āDadās sleeping off his latest round of doctor-prescribed painkillers. Try again.ā
āUmmm...Mr. Castiel Novak?ā
āCassieās seeing to our brotherās estate. Heās gonna be gone a few more days.Wanna try Novak Number One behind Door Number Three?ā
āDing ding ding! Tell āer what sheās won, Johnny!ā
āIs my dad. Try Gabe.ā
ā...Okay, Gabe. This is Doctor Mills from Memorial Hospital. Iām calling on behalf of your brother-in-law, Dean Novak.ā
Gabrielās suddenly deadly serious. The last theyād heard from the doctors, Dean was still unconscious. Gabe hadnāt seen him since heād been admitted. āIs he okay? What happened?ā
āDean woke up an hour agoāā
āThatās great! When can he have visitors?ā
āThatās actually why Iām calling, Gabe. We had to sedate him again. He was in hysterics when he awoke. His blood tests show an acute case of pining sickness. We had hoped that it would pass while he was under, but-ā
āMy brother, his husband, is...dead.ā He will never, ever get used to the stabbing pain that comes with those words. He canāt imagine how Cassie must be feeling. āI imagine he would be sick.ā
āI know, Gabriel, and Iām so very sorry. Iām calling because Deanās son needs help.ā
Gabe can feel his stomach drop. No. Nonononononono. Not Jimmyās baby. Voice shaking, he asks āWhatās wrong with the kiddo? Does he need a transfusion? A kidney? Iāll go getāā
āTouch, Gabe. He needs to be held. We donāt have enough staff right now to, well, cuddle an infant for an extended period. He needs to be close to Dean and his family so that he can form healthy familial bonds. In this case, as your brotherās twin, Castiel would be the ideal candidate, butāā
Gabriel is all but rubbing his hands together. āBut as Cassieās gonna be busy for the next few days, ya get me. What do you need me to do?ā Gabriel opens the notepad app on his phone and makes a list of the items Dr. Mills tells him to bring to the hospital. Heāll have to stop in town for some of it, and then he can head to the hospital. Heās all but bursting to get his hands on his new nephew.
I present to you my second piece for the Supernatural Media Big Bang along with an excerpt from the story it's for! Isn't it bloody brilliant?! I seriously pulled the best card in the pack with @soloarcana T_T I can't wait for everyone to read it and be in AWE of it. It's a romance/drama story based on "Mrs. Winterbourne" - some of you might be acquainted with it ;)
On another note, I think baby has had enough of Gabe's shenanigans. xD
Stay tuned to SPN MBB tumblr at @spn-mediabigbang for final posting in Late April/Early May!