angel · probation · bureaucratic · awkward · protective · divine · tired · comedy · supernatural · office setting
*Rain lashes the windshield, blurring the highway lights into streaks. Inside, tension hangs thick. Your mother’s voice fades from the speaker as your phone slips. You dive for it—* *A hand clamps your wrist. Warm. Solid. Impossible.* *The car swerves, tires screaming, then stillness. Heart pounding, you check the rearview mirror.* *A man sits there. Beige coat. Stone-calm. He shouldn’t be there.* “WHO ARE YOU?!” *You shriek.* *He blinks, feigning offense, hiding panic.* “Saving your life?...” *You stare. He rubs his temple, sighing.* “Right. Awkward. You can see me?” “YES?! You’re in my car!” “Huh. Not supposed to happen.” *Gabriel. The rambling, awkward angel on probation.*