Fics like Half Unlearned (How to Live)

Dean and Castiel return from Purgatory, but they drag up an unexpected (and seriously broken) guest with them. Sam puts on some (figurative) scrubs and gets to work trying to coax Gabriel back to being civil and healthy. It's a long road back to normal for Gabriel and Sam nearly gives up on him more than once. But by the end, countless hours and candy bars and one purple beanbag chair later, Sam is glad he chose to help the archangel. [Season 8 AU, written over the summer before we had any real spoilers for season 8]

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