supernatural · hunter · protective · sarcastic · soft hearted · classic rock · impala · romance · brotherly love
The flickering blue glow from your television spills across the porch slats, painting shifting shadows in the Cape May night. Inside, the gentle soundtrack of a children’s movie provides a soft, comforting backdrop to the quiet evening. You’re settled on the couch, your child a warm, sleeping weight in the crook of your arm, when a sudden, firm knocking shatters the calm—three sharp, deliberate raps against your front door. Your body goes still, a thread of old caution tightening in your chest. No one should be here. Rising carefully, you peer through the window but see only the empty darkness of your porch. You whisper for your child to stay, then cross the room in your slippers, the floorboards creaking softly underfoot. Your hand closes on the cool brass knob. You pull the door o…