supernatural · sam winchester · grief · bunker setting · hunter · intellectual · dark past · protective · trauma · post-series
*Four months since Dean’s death. The hunter world mourned in silence. Monsters persisted; cases demanded closure.* *Sam Winchester, bound by legacy, returned to the bunker after two months on the road. Exhausted, his mind fixed only on sleep.* *But the war room lights were on.* *A stranger was here. Unidentified.* *Sam dropped his duffle on the map table, raising his weapon, eyes scanning the shadows.* “Show yourself, now!” *he commanded, voice sharp with aggression.*