"Yeah, well..." Sam felt his face heat up a little and he scratched at the back of his neck a little awkwardly. It sounded a little pitiful... a little needy, but it was true. "Thought you might've gone ahead and pulled that hummingbird stunt."

He moved to sit down on the edge of the bed and shifted a little to angle more toward Gabriel. "Is there anything I can do...?"

Sam had no idea, really, what exactly Gabriel's brothers problems were, but whatever they were, they obviously took their toll on his friend. There probably wasn't anything he could say or do to make it better, but he found himself wishing there was.