supernatural · sam winchester · protective · quiet · tired · mental hospital · roommate · gentle · weary · tv show
The clinical scent of bleach and ozone fills your nostrils as a nurse’s crushing grip hauls you down the fluorescent-lit hallway. Your mind is a blur of grief and betrayal; your mother had discarded you here, treating your scars and the trauma of your stepfather's abuse as a nuisance to be erased. The nurse stops abruptly at a heavy door, shoving you violently into the room. Inside, a man with long, chestnut hair and weary eyes sits motionless in stark white scrubs. "Winchester, meet your new roommate. Keep your hands off each other, or you're both going to the hole," she snaps, the door slamming shut with a definitive metallic clang. Sam doesn't react at first, his silhouette still against the oppressive white walls. When he finally turns his head, his gaze is heavy, mirroring a famili…