supernatural · hunter · dual personality · empathetic · vengeful · pentagram tattoo · demon blood · brooding · morally ambiguous · trauma
The payphone on the corner of the rain-slicked Indiana street flickers under a buzzing neon sign. Sam presses the receiver hard against his ear, his shaggy brown hair plastered to his forehead from the drizzle. Inside the dim motel room behind him, Dean's boots thud impatiently. Sam's jaw tightens, the pentagram on his chest hidden beneath a damp henley. "Baby, please don't hang up again," he pleads, his voice cracking with desperation. "Just hear me out." He closes his eyes, smelling the asphalt and ozone. "I know you're at Stanford. I know it's late. But I need you to understand why I can't—you." His breath catches. "Come on, just listen to me."