(Y/n)'s first few weeks in Sioux Falls were hell.

When she appeared with Gabriel at Bobby's front door, (Y/n) spilled everything on him. After spending ten minutes of crying and telling her story with the help of her soulmate, Bobby emptied her room so that it was inhabitable for her.

"I'm not gonna yell at you like Sam and Dean did, kid. You had your reasons." He could also see that she didn't have enough mental room for any more negative responses.

Gabriel thanked the hunter over and over again. He explained that hanging around for more than a day would be dangerous, so he promised to be back in ten. The older hunter nodded and claimed that the archangel better live up to those words, or he'd be shooting some other words that weren't exactly kind.

The days when the archangel wasn't around were spent in silence.

Bobby would bring food to (Y/n), tell her that if she needed anything, he was there, then go right back downstairs. She was broken without her soulmate by her side.

When the week came by where Jo and Ellen passed, (Y/n) had been taking phone calls for other people that were on cases. Bobby had come back with the boys, to which the female Winchester rushed up the steps and didn't come back down. She mourned her friends' death with Gabriel, not ready to face her brothers just yet.

The dead rising from their graves in Sioux Falls forced everyone back together. Sam spoke to (Y/n) first when she left to get herself a beer. Apologies swarmed out of his mouth while he sat across from her at the bar. Their long conversation ended when (Y/n) forgave him.

Dean, however, was still a different case.

Though he had kicked himself for driving his sister away, Dean didn't have the guts to walk up and apologize. It made him feel even worse when he saw her and Sam talking again. Those two had so many things in common that forgiveness was quick.

A few days before he and Sam were to take in another case, Gabriel popped up for the ten-day mark. And when he saw his soulmate talking to Sam, there was a moment of anger until he saw the look on (Y/n)'s face: relief and happiness.

Sam immediately apologized to the archangel when he came over. He informed Gabriel that his anger had gotten the best of him, and though he wanted (Y/n) to stay, he did nothing. When Gabriel waved a hand in the air, dismissing the apology because his soulmate was happy, a huge weight lifted off of Sam's shoulders.

On that day, Dean went to the bar. He couldn't face anyone at this point, as (Y/n) was good with everyone now... except for him. He didn't have much of a choice when Gabriel popped up next to him at the counter. "You here to kick me while I'm down?"

"She forgives you." The archangel replied coolly, trying not to start something. "It was actually after the second week she told me she did."

Dean raised an eyebrow, sipping his whiskey slowly. "That's not very funny, Gabriel." He narrowed his eyes further when Gabriel didn't laugh. "You're serious?"

Gabriel's face scrunched up. "My soulmate's wellbeing isn't something to joke about, Dean." He sighed into the mezcalita he ordered. "She's been lost without you and Sam, I suggest you try and apologize-- for the sake of her life and yours."

After another glass of whiskey, Dean thought about what the archangel had said to him-- and his thoughts pushed him to apologize.

Dean knocked on his sister's door, biting the inside of his cheek as he waited. His heart stopped when she opened the door, the smile on her face faltering.

"Dean...?" She read her brother's face and sighed, opening the door wider to let him in. "How can I help you?"

"I-I wanted to..." Dean cleared his throat, trying to form his words. (Y/n) raised an eyebrow. "Apologize for what I said back at the motel, a-and driving you away. That was wrong of me to do."

(Y/n) nodded slowly, taking it all in. "Why did you take so long to say 'sorry' to me? It's been a month and, you drove me farther away than Sam did."

The eldest sighed and decided to take a seat next to his sister. "(Y/n)... I don't... I felt betrayed... with what Sam did all that long ago, and you haven't been talking to me about anything going on with you-- Gabriel excluded!

"I didn't know what to do. I cannot apologize enough for what I did-- I'm sorry, (Y/n). I'm sorry."

(Y/n)'s upper lip twitched into a small smile. "I forgive you, Dean. And I'm sure Gabe told you that already too." Dean raised an eyebrow. "He and I share each other's thoughts, careful what you say to him-- I hear everything." She pulled in her brother for a hug, who continuously patted her back.

"Alright, alright-- no chick-flick moments, (Y/n)."

Everything was back to normal.