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honestly know what we’re to do with him once we got him. Do we re-imprison him? Or do we send him to Hell? Or do we kill him? What are our orders?”
    “As you say.” Michael squared his shoulders. “I will speak with God after we have spoken with the rest of the Brotherhood. I will ask what the preferred outcome is, and then inform you and the others.”
    “Good plan.” Gabriel hugged Michael close again. Muffled against Michael’s shoulder, he asked, “Do we have to go down and join them yet?”
    “No, da bao , not if you are not ready to.” Michael resumed his comforting caresses of Gabriel’s back.
    “You are so damn good to me,” Gabriel said.
    “Language. And you deserve more, but I fear this is all I have to give.”
    Gabriel snorted. “I don’t. I don’t deserve this. You are the most amazin’ being, solnyshko . But I ain’t going to push you away just because I don’t deserve you. You want me, I want you, far be it from me to get all noble. I’m too selfish. I’m keeping you all to myself.”
    Michael huffed. “You see me with bias.”
    “Aye, and you see me with bias too. That’s how love works.” Gabriel turned his head and kissed Michael’s cheek.
    “Perhaps. I strive not to be biased, however.”
    “Michael?”
    “Yes?”
    “Take the compliment, yeah?”
    Michael huffed again. “As you say.”
    Gabriel chuckled. “Yeah, I fucking love you.”
    “Language, Gabriel. And I love you also.”
    Gabriel ruffled Michael’s hair, and Michael reached up to fix it. Gabriel chuckled and kissed Michael’s forehead before resting his own forehead against Michael’s.
    “I think I’m ready to go down and see the others now,” Gabriel said.
    “You are certain?”
    “Aye.” Gabriel smiled. “I can’t pretend that I don’t have worries and concerns, ’cause I do. But I don’t feel like I’m going to explode with anxiety now, and I don’t feel like I’m overwhelmed with shock about everything.”
    “I am glad.” Michael smiled. He stepped back and took Gabriel’s hand in his own. “Shall we go down to the house, then?”
    “Aye, let’s do that.” Gabriel twined his fingers with Michael’s. “To be honest, I’m expecting them to be doing a lot of shouting.”
    “I would not be surprised,” Michael agreed, as they started to walk slowly back toward Remiel and Ishtahar’s home. “I would also imagine that Uriel particularly will be swearing a very great deal.”
    “Aye, that’s probably true.” Gabriel swung their hands a little as they walked. “Do you reckon that this century’s been way more busy than others?”
    “It has.” Michael nodded. “I find that, barring disasters and war, that I can endure it. I have, I admit, enjoyed the near constant presence of all of our Brotherhood.”
    “Maybe we should revisit that whole meeting every thousand years thing. Make it every century and then try and keep up with each other during the years between each meeting,” Gabriel said. “We’re getting old, after all.”
    “You are more sentimental than I previously thought.” Michael smiled at Gabriel. “You are a very good soul, da bao . I am honored to be your bonded.”
    Gabriel leaned over and kissed Michael’s cheek. “I’m honored to be your bonded, so that works out nicely, don’t you think?”
    They reached the dooryard of Remiel and Ishtahar’s home, and Michael gently tugged Gabriel up the few shallow steps that led to the front porch. He knocked loudly on the solid oak door, and as the two Archangels waited for someone to answer it, Gabriel leaned into Michael a little, taking comfort from his lover’s warm, strong presence.
    Remiel answered the door, his expression one of intense anxiety. “Gabe, Mike. Hey. Come on in.” He gestured for them to enter, and Gabriel was a little surprised that Michael did not let go of his hand.
    Knowing Michael’s dislike of public displays of affection and his shyness about them, Gabriel switched to telepathy to