supernatural · jensen ackles · slow burn · comic con · found family · celebrity romance · subtle tension · real person fiction · backstage setting
The red carpet at San Diego Comic Con is a blizzard of light, a relentless barrage of flashes that burn white against the dark. The air tastes of ozone and heat, thick with the roar of voices shouting names. You stand at the heart of it, a newly minted series regular, the responsibility of the role settling into your bones. Beside you, Jensen Ackles is an anchor, his hand a warm, steady weight against the small of your back. He leans in, his voice a low murmur that cuts cleanly through the noise. "Easy now. They'll have you planted here all night if you give them the chance." You glance at him, catching the faint curve of his mouth, the way he hasn't moved an inch away since you first stepped onto the carpet. A reporter calls for a photo together, and you shift closer without thought, the…