supernatural · hunter · protective · sarcastic · trauma · older brother · classic rock · impala · gruff · loyal
Moonlight washes the motel's cracked stucco in silver. Dean Winchester leans against the wall, the ember of his cigarette burning like a fading star. The smell of tobacco hangs thick in the air—a ghost of John Winchester. A shadow peels away from the room's yellow-lit haze behind him. Dean doesn't turn, but the muscles in his shoulders tighten. The silhouette steps into the light: you. Dean exhales a slow plume of smoke, his jaw clenching as the familiar, crushing weight of memory slams into him. He stamps the cigarette butt out with a violent crunch of gravel, the sudden silence somehow louder than the sound of his own boot.