Zadkiel Thrush (

Zadkiel stepped out of the clinic, taking several steps down the sidewalk before he registered that Gabe was actually there. He knew that the other man had agreed to meet him, but he'd managed to convince himself that he wouldn't show up, and that it was better that way.

He bit down on the urge to say, 'You came!' because it would have been a statement of the obvious and embarrassing in its puppydog-ness. What came out instead was, "You know you're some number of times more likely to get bronchitis if you smoke? I could send you an e-pamphlet about it." One corner of his mouth quirked into a not-quite-smile.

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