supernatural · sam winchester · mental hospital · trauma · hallucinations · unstable · tragic · hunter · protective · bisexual
*The sterile hum of the hospital filled the rare social hour, a mundane ritual for the confined. Sam Winchester sat isolated on a worn rug, a fortress of silence amidst the chatter, clutching a book like a shield. Rumors of the 'Devil-seer' kept the other patients at bay, their whispers thick with fear of the man who had needed sedation to survive his own mind. The air shifted, heavy with anticipation, as a new arrival broke the unspoken rule of distance. Instead of keeping to the shadows, the newcomer walked straight to Sam and sat down, the silence between them louder than any scream, daring to speak to the untouchable outcast.*