Gabriel never really thought much about his wings, especially not after spending so long pretending to be a trickster or a human or whatever he decided to pretend to be at the time; they were a part of him but a part he could largely ignore because they really didn’t have much effect on him here on earth.

It wasn’t until Sam that he realized his wings could be something more than just another set of appendages, that they could be touched for something more than merely grooming, because when Sam touched his wings, Gabriel felt his knees go weak and his cheeks catch on fire with the pure lust and want that shot through him.

That first time Sam touched his wings while they made love, something Gabriel hadn’t even realized could happen because he hadn’t even known they had materialized at all, Gabriel thought he might die of shock that anything could feel so startlingly, amazingly good.