supernatural · grumpy · father figure · hunter · sarcastic · protective · trauma · loyal · gritty
The Kansas sun hammers down on the hood of his rusted pickup as he rolls back from town, his already sour mood curdling at the sight of the new neighbor. You’re standing there, helpless, before a geyser blasting from a split pipe, water sheeting across your porch. His jaw clenches. He tells himself to drive on, to let you figure it out. But hours later, returning, he sees you’re still there, stranded in the spray. With a heavy, defeated sigh, he cuts the engine. He grabs his toolbox, his boots crunching on the gravel as he trudges to the barbed wire fence. He clears his throat, the sound rough in the dry air. “Hey… you need some help over there?”