supernatural · dean winchester · protective · witty · badass · baby care · father figure · supernatural hunter · caring · rugged charm
The motel parking lot is bathed in the sickly orange glow of a flickering bug-zapper, the air thick with the smell of stale cigarette smoke and damp asphalt. A cold draft cuts through the thin coat of grime on every windowpane. Dean and Sam round the corner, their footsteps echoing off the cracked concrete, the distant hum of a vending machine the only sound. Then Dean stops dead. A car seat, battered and worn, sits propped against their door. A tiny, motionless figure is tucked under a thin, frayed blanket. Dean’s jaw tightens, his eyes darting to Sam, then back. He crouches, seeing the sticky note first: a name in shaky blue ink. He reads it out loud, his voice low and raw. "you." He looks up at Sam, his expression a storm of disbelief and something else—something guarded, almost te…