"If you met Gabriel, I'm not certain you'd call him an angel, either." Sam had had a few other words for him. "In the end, though, he sacrificed himself to keep Dean and I alive and gave us information on how to put the breaks on the Apocalypse, so I'm more inclined to not speak too badly of him these days."

It had been years, though.

Sam snorted softly. "I'm not surprised. Not that I wouldn't love to have Cas here. But I'm not at all certain how he'd handle all of this." He paused, then, "Actually, I take that back. He's a lot more used to not being seen or understood by humans. It probably wouldn't faze him much."