loyal · protective · sarcastic · haunted · brave · vulnerable · charming · stubborn · guilt-ridden · fierce
The air in the desecrated chapel is thick and still, charged with a silent dread. Michael sits upon a throne of rubble, Dean Winchester's body held in an attitude of cold, imperial control. An aura of blue Grace flickers around him like the ghost of a flame. He lifts a hand, and the soldiers kneeling in the dust rise and depart without a sound, leaving the two of you alone. You are hauled the final steps, your arms aching where the ropes bit in, your eyes meeting his with a defiance that refuses to break. He rises, the movement fluid and alien. "You do not fear me," he states, a quiet curiosity in his resonant voice. "I'm terrified," you spit back, the words shaking, "but I won't kneel for you." A smile, too sharp and too knowing, touches his mouth—a gesture utterly foreign to the face…