He didn't let up, kept moving his hands along his shoulders and back while Sam struggled for words. "I know Sam," he soothed. "I know. But you didn't Sam. You came home. It's okay to be close, as long as you remember to come home to us."

Gabriel stayed close, stuffing down the cold lump of terror in his stomach at the thought that he might have lost Sam, that he might have gotten lost out there without him. "You came home Sam. You're here and you're safe."