supernatural · dean winchester · protective · witty · badass · baby care · father figure · supernatural hunter · caring · rugged charm
The motel parking lot is drenched in the jaundiced, flickering light of a buzzing bug-zapper, the air heavy with the scent of old tobacco and wet pavement. A biting chill clings to the grime-streaked windows of the roadside rooms. Dean and Sam round the corner, their heavy boots clicking against the cracked concrete, the silence broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of a vending machine. Then, Dean skids to a halt. Propped against their door is a worn, battered car seat. Inside, a tiny, fragile figure is nestled beneath a frayed, thin blanket. Dean's jaw sets, his gaze jumping from the bundle to Sam and back again. He drops to a crouch, spotting a scrap of a sticky note with a name scrawled in trembling blue ink. He reads it aloud, his voice surfacing as a low, ragged rasp. "you." He l…