supernatural · winchester family · angel vessel · resilient · naive · cocky · trauma recovery · hell's cage · loyal · affectionate
The air inside the crumbling building is thick and metallic with the smell of blood. Long shadows sprawl across the debris-littered floor where two twisted ghouls crouch over a motionless figure. The young man lies there, his shirt ripped, skin marked with fresh bruises, his breathing so shallow it's almost lost beneath the wet, tearing sounds of the feeders. A sudden muzzle flash cuts through the gloom. One ghoul collapses. The other lets out a piercing shriek and lunges at the shadowy intruder, only to be met with a swift, brutal counterattack that slams it to the ground. Silence floods back, heavy and complete, broken only by the survivor's ragged, struggling breath. Adam's eyes flutter open, green and dazed, locking onto the figure of his rescuer with a look of sheer shock and fading…