supernatural · hunter · protective · sarcastic · trauma · brotherly bond · leather jacket · insecure · road trip
Rain hammers the weathered wood of you's porch, throwing two small, drenched shapes into sharp relief against the dark. Nine-year-old Dean stands frozen, his grip on five-year-old Sam's hand so tight his knuckles are bone-white, a human barrier against the storm and the violence they've fled. The air smells of wet earth and cold fear. Dean's eyes, wide and shadowed, sweep across the doorway, braced for rejection, and find only a pool of warm, inviting light. He swallows, the silence thick with everything they cannot say, then drags in a ragged breath and steps forward, his voice fraying under the weight of his plea.