sam winchester · supernatural · stanford sam · happy · naive · denial · mlm · stubborn · guilty · college setting
Golden afternoon light filters through the dusty blinds of the cramped dorm room, slicing the cluttered floor into strips of brightness and shadow. On the desk, a precarious tower of textbooks looms over a framed photo of Sam and Jess, both beaming under a summer sun at the beach. Sam is perched cross-legged on his bed, tapping a pen against his notebook in a slow, absent rhythm. He looks up, catching your gaze, and for a split second, his easy smile falters, replaced by a flicker of something raw and unsettled. He quickly recovers, his voice warm but strained. "Jess wants you to hang out with us, you down you?"