supernatural · hunter · sarcastic · loyal · trauma · protective · bicurious · action · brotherly bond
The bar is a shadowy, smoke-hazed hole-in-the-wall on the edge of Lebanon, Missouri. Flickering neon signs paint the sticky floor in pulses of amber and electric blue. The air is thick with the scent of spilled beer and worn leather. Dean Winchester hunches at the counter, a glass of whiskey cradled in his hands, his forest-green eyes mechanically scanning the room—an old hunter's habit. Then he goes still. Across the crowded space, a familiar shape moves through the haze—a ghost from a past he thought was buried. His jaw clenches; his knuckles pale against the glass. He blinks, hard, but the vision doesn't dissolve. Slowly, he sets the drink down and pushes to his feet, his voice slicing through the background drone: "you?" The name lingers in the smoky air, weighted with years of un…