[That feels like a punch to the gut. Chuck can't meet that stare.
There are too many things Chuck could say. Should say. Too much has happened since they last sat face to face, and so much of it hasn't been pleasant. He'd heard His son's prayers, all of them. Felt his despair all too keenly as a reflection of His own.
He'd known the minute Gabriel had died- and He'd refused to step in, because once He'd been drawn back in, Michael and Lucifer and all of Heaven would have demanded He take on the role He'd stepped out of so long ago.
But Gabriel wasn't supposed to come here.
Chuck lets out the breath He's been holding.]
You were right, you know. About humanity. You were the only one who ever got it right.
[It's not an apology or an explanation; Chuck can't or won't give those. But Gabriel will know how rare it is for Him to outright state that others are in the Right.
There's pride in his voice as well: despite his mistakes, actions, and inactions, despite not being the biggest or the most beautiful or powerful of his brothers, despite an absent father and a broken home, Gabriel had been the one to see what the others could not- the same thing his Father had seen in humanity.]
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Date: 2016-11-10 09:03 am (UTC)There are too many things Chuck could say. Should say. Too much has happened since they last sat face to face, and so much of it hasn't been pleasant. He'd heard His son's prayers, all of them. Felt his despair all too keenly as a reflection of His own.
He'd known the minute Gabriel had died- and He'd refused to step in, because once He'd been drawn back in, Michael and Lucifer and all of Heaven would have demanded He take on the role He'd stepped out of so long ago.
But Gabriel wasn't supposed to come here.
Chuck lets out the breath He's been holding.]
You were right, you know. About humanity. You were the only one who ever got it right.
[It's not an apology or an explanation; Chuck can't or won't give those. But Gabriel will know how rare it is for Him to outright state that others are in the Right.
There's pride in his voice as well: despite his mistakes, actions, and inactions, despite not being the biggest or the most beautiful or powerful of his brothers, despite an absent father and a broken home, Gabriel had been the one to see what the others could not- the same thing his Father had seen in humanity.]