The grip on his hand was strong, he would have had to use force to break it, but he didn't. Lucifer dragged him to the surface, and Gabriel let him. In the space of moments he'd managed to stir up something long dormant in the older angel, not once but twice, and he couldn't tell if that would prove damaging to the relationship they'd been building or not.
He'd felt the scars, maybe that couldn't be forgiven, even if it had been accidental.