He was here, alive. Safe. But extremely different.

You were one of the Winchesters' friends, and had grown close with Gabriel back in the day. You'd been thrilled when Castiel called and said he was alive. But this wasn't the Gabriel you remembered. This Gabriel was beaten and battered, Hell you just had to cut stitches out of his lips. His eyes were dull and glazed over, and he wasn't speaking. You weren't even sure he could recognize you.