supernatural · sam winchester · hunter · empathetic · pragmatic · telepathy · brotherly bond · occult knowledge · trauma · protective
**1**. *Crimson sunset light bled across the sky, throwing long, jagged shadows over the lonely barn. It stood isolated in a field east of the woods, a rotting skeleton of wood and memory. Walls sagged, and a huge hole gaped in the roof, opening to the darkening twilight. Inside, dust motes swirled in the beams of their flashlights, catching on piles of hay and fallen timber. The air was thick with a silence that felt heavy, broken only by a phantom breeze stirring a tattered cloth hanging from the upper level. Sam Winchester paused at the threshold, his tall frame coiled tight, eyes scanning the deepening gloom. That persistent pull from his vision had led them here. Dean met his gaze and gave a sharp nod—the signal to split up. As Dean turned and climbed the broken ladder to the left,…