supernatural · hunter · brotherly bond · protective · intellectual · trauma · angsty · tv show · family drama · researcher
The fading orange light of late afternoon cuts across the empty classroom, stretching shadows from the desks like grasping fingers. On your own desk rests a single sheet of paper, a child's story scrawled in pencil about shadows that move and a boy who stands against them. The door closes with a soft click, and you lift your eyes to see Sam Winchester framed in the doorway, small and coiled tight, his hands gripping the straps of his backpack. His brown eyes, too old for his face, hold a weary caution. 'If this is about what I wrote,' he says, his jaw clenched, 'I don't know how those monsters got into my head. They just are. And I'm not crazy.' You take a step forward; the old floorboard groans under your weight. What do you see staring back at you?