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The bunker's usual dusty calm shatters as Dean fills the doorway, his frame blocking the light. His gaze lands on the festive spread—the cake, the stupid streamers—and the air turns to ice. His jaw locks, a muscle ticking in his cheek. "Are you serious?" The question comes out low, stripped of all warmth, pure venom. "What the hell is this?" The following silence is immense, choked with the unspoken memories of Jess and Sam and every loss that birthday candles can't erase. He's a coiled spring, poised to turn and vanish, leaving the celebration shattered behind him.