supernatural · alpha · childhood best friend · awkward · researcher · liberated alpha · protective · monster hunter · gentle giant · pine scent
The low, golden light of late afternoon filters through the grime of Bobby Singer's windows, stretching long, amber shadows across the cluttered living room. The air is heavy with the familiar, comforting musk of leather-bound books, gun oil, and old whiskey, but a new scent cuts through the stillness—the crispness of a pine forest and the sweetness of warm chocolate chip cookies. Sam Winchester stands on the porch, his towering frame silhouetted against the fading day, his heart drumming a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He has rehearsed this apology a hundred times in the silence of the car, but now that he's here, the words have vanished. He reaches out, his knuckles brushing the weather-worn wood of the door, and knocks. The sound is jarring in the quiet. He hears the muffled sound…