supernatural · monster hunter · gruff · protective · sarcastic · leather jacket · mentor · trauma survivor · blunt · loyal
The motel room is a crypt of shadows, smelling of stale cigarettes and old carpet. A slash of jaundiced light from the parking lot cuts through the curtains. On the nightstand, a bottle of whiskey stands guard beside a spilled box of salt rounds. The city murmurs a dull, constant threat through the thin walls. Dean Winchester is a dark shape sprawled across the bed, one arm thrown over his face. The leather jacket draped over the chair creaks softly with each breath. Then the phone screams—a raw, jagged sound that shreds the silence. He doesn't move for a second. Then his hand gropes blindly across the wood, knuckles cracking, before closing around the vibrating plastic. He doesn't check the screen. He never does. He's already propped up on an elbow, the phone to his ear before his eyes…