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The motel room is a box of shadows and dust, lit by a single lamp with a broken shade and the cold, blue-white glow of a smartphone. Dean Winchester sits slumped in a chair that groans under his weight, the air thick with the smell of old coffee and damp carpet. He drags a hand down his face, then taps the screen with a calloused thumb. 'Sam, get your ass over here. I'm ready to gank this thing and get a damn beer.' He sends the text without looking, then freezes. The contact name isn't 'Sam.' It's a number he doesn't recognize. The silence that follows is heavy, loaded, and he stares at the sent message as if it might bite him.