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Des sighed as he pushed the door to his home closed. Well that had taken longer then expected. It was always good to catch up with friends, but good god they could go on and on sometimes. Walking into what was the living room, he went to go add his new things to his already massive stack of supplies when a paper on the coffee table caught his eye.

Setting the backs down, he walked over and picked it up. It only took one glance at the words written there before Desmond instantly folded it back up and returned it to the table. So that's what Gabriel's errand had been.. He should have know this would happen. Given the past few months, Des was surprised it hadn't happened sooner.. It's just.. Why didn't Gabriel tell him. Did Gabriel think he wouldn't be able to handle it? Did he think he would tell him not to do it? And that he was over exaggerating?

Sighing, Des picked up the paper and stood before slowly making his way to his room. He knew Gabriel would be up there. Gabriel was always curled up in their bed if things went south. So it was no surprise to the purple haired man when he found the brunette snuggled under the blankets, which were pulled up high by his shoulders. Their cat Arsenic had curled up by Gabriel's head, nestled in the small gap between pillow and sheets. He took a minute, leaning against the frame just watching before he walked to the other side of the bed.

Pulling the sheets back a bit, he slid under and pressed himself against Gabriel's back. "Hey..." He said gently as he kissed Gabriel's shoulder. "When did you get home?" Des knew how to play these games with Gabriel. If he brought it up right out of the gate, Gabriel would shut down. He would have to coax it out of Gabriel.

Des wrapped the arm around Gabriel, so it was easier n the younger man's wrist. "Hmmm one of those days?" Des asked as he watched Arsenic stretch in her sleep, inadvertently booping Gabriel in the nose. "...Are you alright? How'd your errand go?" He asked, still waiting for Gabriel to talk.

"....It's gonna be alright Gabriel.."

"Do you wanna talk about it??" The answer was probably no, but he had to get Gabriel to do something. Des sighed again, pressing himself closer. Close enough to actually muffle himself as he nuzzled Gabriel's throat. "Gabriel, I need you to talk to me on this..."

Desmond was quiet for a long moment before he finally spoke. "...I wasn't going to tell you to undo it." He said softly. The older man hugged Gabriel's waist, sighing against his shoulder. "...The only thing I was going to say is that I think you should go through it all first... See what's there... You're going to have to do something with it Angel..." Gabriel had done absolutely nothing with his parents belongings, despite Des' multiple attempts to get him to do so.

Why?

Because Gabriel could see all the things he did with them. Because he could see how much they loved him, even if they gave him an ultimatum in the end.

Instead all Gabriel saw was what he didn't have.

Desmond just sighed before throwing the blankets off himself and rolling out of bed. If he wanted to have this kind of a pity party then fine. Des would let him have it. He had had it plenty of times himself. He didn't need to have one again.

Des could put up with a lot. This however, was not one of them.

"Do it, don't do it. I don't care anymore Gabriel." He could only take so much of it. "I'm not going through your parent's things, so they'd just sit anyway." What would he do with them anyway? He had never met either of them.

"You know what? This is absolute bullshit Gabriel. I can not believe you have just let that stuff sit there. Don't you want any of that stuff? It's your's too. It was your's before they even died." Those were Gabriel's things. Gabriel's belongings. Gabriel's parents.

"I would trade anything to have something like that. The only reminders I have don't even belong to me." Des could barely remember them anymore.

"Just a bit. Yeah." A selfish a*****e who's blind to what he has in front of him. Des sighed when Gabriel came up behind him. "Gabe.. Why do you think I push so hard on this? Why do you think I always said your parents probably had some logic for doing what they did?" Des thought back to one or two quarrels they had gotten into about how Des was taking their side, and what kind of friend he was... blah blah blah.

That had all been before Des told Gabriel the truth mind you.

"I do it for a reason. I know it hurts, but you need to do this. You can't just toss these things aside. What would you do if, God forbid, something happened to your parents place and you lost it all. We don't have anything with them in it here. You may not care now, but trust me, you will eventually."

"You don't know that." Des said as he twisted a bit to wrap an arm around Gabriel. "They could have wanted to fix things... You don't know what they wanted. So don't assume the worst.. They know you loved them, even if the circumstances weren't the best between you." He pushed Gabriel's bangs back and kissed the teen's forehead. "And they loved you very much Gabriel."