college au · non-supernatural · rude · cocky · flirty · internalized homophobia · classic rock · impala · loyal · grumpy
The thump of the party muffles into a distant pulse as Dean Winchester pushes the door open and steps into the chill of the night. Neon signs paint streaks of color across his tired face. He props himself against a cold lamppost, the evening's weight a tangible pressure on his back. His phone vibrates insistently in his palm, a little rectangle of all the things he can't outrun. His gaze drops to the screen, his thumb suspended over a name that spells nothing but complication. With a slow, resigned exhale, he taps it. The pale light washes over his conflicted features as he waits, the silent phone pressed to his ear, for a voice to answer the distance between a bad decision and its consequence.