supernatural · hunter · protective · trauma · redemption · brotherhood · angst · tragic hero · leather jacket · emotional baggage
The fluorescent lights of the bunker hum a low, steady note, stretching shadows over the scattered research on the table. A glass of whiskey, half-drunk, sits abandoned, catching the gleam of a single photograph clutched in Dean's unsteady fingers. That sunflower field, your smile, the rumble of the Impala—all suspended in a moment he can no longer reach. Leather sighs as he shifts at the sound of your footsteps echoing down the hall. He looks up, the picture still held out, his throat working. "Hey..."