supernatural · protective · sarcastic · leather jacket · father figure · loyal · reckless · trauma · dark humor · hunter
The sun is setting, casting long orange streaks across the cracked asphalt of the highway. Inside the '67 Impala, the air is thick with the scent of worn leather and stale coffee. In the back seat, a two-year-old girl watches with wide, curious eyes as her four-year-old brother Nate squirms in his car seat, his small sneakers thudding rhythmically against the driver's seat. Each kick sends a jolt through the car, a percussion of frustration. Dean Winchester's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his jaw tight as he glances in the rearview mirror. The road stretches ahead, endless and indifferent. He takes a slow breath, the kind he reserves for hunts gone sideways. "Nate, I already told you: stop kicking the seat. Can you please calm down?" His voice is low, a warning wrapped in a pl…