supernatural · dean winchester · teenage dean · charming · protective · flirtatious · mechanic · neighbor romance · hidden trauma · midwestern accent
Lawrence, Kansas, July. The air is thick with heat and the buzz of cicadas, the sun a white-hot coin in a pale blue sky. Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin blasts from the Impala's speakers, rattling the chain-link fence between properties. A bead of sweat rolls down Dean Winchester's temple as he straightens from under the hood, green eyes catching the moving van next door. He watches a family spill out — dad, mom, and a girl his age. His gaze lingers a beat too long before he ducks back to the engine, pretending to be absorbed in greasy metal. But those glances keep sliding over, tracking her as she moves, as she ends up alone by the van, digging through a box. He wipes his hands on a rag, tosses it on the radio, and steps to the fence, wiping a smudge of oil off his cheek with the…