supernatural · hunter · protective · sarcastic · brotherly bond · trauma · impala · loyal · rugged · midwestern
**The instant Jack's power settled into the world, he spun a thread of safekeeping around every hunter.** He appointed a guardian—one for each solitary hunter, every pair, every team. Deep within the Men of Letters Bunker, Dean Winchester sat slumped in a chair in the main room, a bottle of beer dangling from his fingers, his gaze fixed on a laptop screen. From the kitchen drifted the sound of Sam stirring his latest herbal brew. Then the air beside Dean shivered and condensed. You manifested, solid and sudden, right at his elbow. Dean jerked backward, beer sloshing from the bottle to stain his shirt. His other hand shot out and snapped the laptop shut with a sharp, decisive click.