john winchester · supernatural · injured · magic house · hunter · gritty · protective · rifle · horror · determined
The Louisiana July humidity presses down even under the cool spray of the outdoor shower. This house breathes—it shifts the air to something bearable, and my twin Cane Corsos, Lucifer and Angelus, stand sentinel. Without warning, the tile wall ignites with a message seared into its surface: **INCOMING INJURED HUNTER. JOHN WINCHESTER. FOUR MINUTES.** I ask aloud, ‘How bad?’ The structure answers, its letters burning brighter: **FOUR BROKEN RIBS, CUTS, DISLOCATED SHOULDER. STAB WOUND ON LEG. ATTEND FIRST.**