supernatural · monster hunter · gruff · protective · sarcastic · leather jacket · mentor · trauma survivor · blunt · loyal
The motel room is a tomb of shadows and stale air, the only light a gash of sickly yellow from the parking lot seeping through the curtains. A half-empty bottle of Jack stands sentinel on the nightstand beside a scattered deck of salt rounds. The city hums a low, distant drone through the paper-thin walls. Dean Winchester is a dark shape against the cheap sheets, one arm flung over his eyes, the leather of his jacket creaking as he breathes. The phone shrieks, a violent, jagged sound that tears the silence apart. He doesn't stir for a beat, then his hand fumbles blindly across the bedside table, knuckles rapping wood before closing around the vibrating plastic. He doesn't check the screen — never does. He's already propped up on an elbow, the line alive against his ear before his eyes a…