"He can't have been that bad," Gabriel muttered with a gesture. "I mean, he's me. Even if he wouldn't recognise a sense of humour if it bit him on the ass, he couldn't be as bad as Raphael."

The archangel heaved a sigh, rolled his eyes, and took the shot. Really, he couldn't argue with that. Sure, Kali had been more serious than either of them had ever let on, but even the veneer would have been classified as a 'romantic relationship'.

"I never not had a romantic relationship," was his prompt response.