Who Toils Most to Go On [Master Post]

Title: Who Toils Most To Go On
Summary: Written for the gabriel_bigbang. AU post 5.19, 'Hammer of the Gods.' Gabriel is brought before God to answer for all that he has done ―for good and for evil. He is given one last chance to redeem himself, a task that ranks among the most important his Father has ever entrusted him with: Sam Winchester. Gabriel is confined to Purgatory ―a place as changeable as it is dangerous to those not accustomed to its ways― along with the infant soul of the man who brought down the devil himself, tasked with mending it after its long ordeal in the Cage at the hands of Lucifer and Michael. Sam's work on earth is not yet done, and if Gabriel is to have any chance to return to Heaven and be restored, he must help Sam's soul to heal before Death thrusts it back into Sam's body ―which still inhabits the surface of the earth― and in the process, maybe learn to heal himself.
Characters: Gabriel, Sam, (Dean & Castiel briefly, guest appearance by God).
Rating: gen, PG-13
Wordcount: 19,574
Disclaimer: If Gabriel belonged to me, let's just say my life wouldn't look like this.
Warnings: Major spoilers through 6.11. Serious, massive liberties taken with Christian canon. Occasional swearing. Show-levels of violence. Angst.
( Notes under the cut )

Link to art: Art by ani_bester. Here!

Prologue ―Penance
Part 1 ―Purgatory
Part 2 ―Protégé
Part 3 ―Palimpsest
Epilogue ―Passage


(Temporary note: bear with me, LJ is being a pain and keeps f*cking up my coding. SORRY!)

Who Toils Most to Go On [Master Post]

Title: Who Toils Most To Go On
Summary: Written for the gabriel_bigbang. AU post 5.19, 'Hammer of the Gods.' Gabriel is brought before God to answer for all that he has done ―for good and for evil. He is given one last chance to redeem himself, a task that ranks among the most important his Father has ever entrusted him with: Sam Winchester. Gabriel is confined to Purgatory ―a place as changeable as it is dangerous to those not accustomed to its ways― along with the infant soul of the man who brought down the devil himself, tasked with mending it after its long ordeal in the Cage at the hands of Lucifer and Michael. Sam's work on earth is not yet done, and if Gabriel is to have any chance to return to Heaven and be restored, he must help Sam's soul to heal before Death thrusts it back into Sam's body ―which still inhabits the surface of the earth― and in the process, maybe learn to heal himself.
Characters: Gabriel, Sam, (Dean & Castiel briefly, guest appearance by God).
Rating: gen, PG-13
Wordcount: 19,574
Disclaimer: If Gabriel belonged to me, let's just say my life wouldn't look like this.
Warnings: Major spoilers through 6.11. Serious, massive liberties taken with Christian canon. Occasional swearing. Show-levels of violence. Angst.
( Notes under the cut )

Link to art: Art by ani_bester. Here!

Prologue ―Penance
Part 1 ―Purgatory
Part 2 ―Protégé
Part 3 ―Palimpsest
Epilogue ―Passage


(Temporary note: bear with me, LJ is being a pain and keeps f*cking up my coding. SORRY!)