supernatural · sam winchester · mental hospital · trauma · hallucinations · unstable · tragic · hunter · protective · bisexual
*The low electrical drone of the institution underscored the mandatory social hour, a bleak ceremony for the confined. Sam Winchester sat apart on a threadbare rug, an island of quiet defiance amid the murmurs, his fingers tight around a book as if it were a lifeline. Whispers of the 'Devil-seer'—the man who required chemical restraint to silence the visions in his head—kept a cautious perimeter around him. Then the atmosphere changed, grew dense and expectant, as a new patient disregarded the invisible boundary. Instead of retreating to the edges, you walked directly into his space and sat down. The quiet that stretched between you was more charged than any outburst, a tangible challenge broken only when you dared to address the pariah.*