supernatural boys reacting to making teen/young reader cry/flinch during an argument? maybe reader had a tough upbringing and they don't know this because she's never told them? thank you!
────── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 in .. † making fem ! teen ! reader cry / flinch during an argument !!
character/s featured. dean winchester .ᐟ sam winchester .ᐟ castiel novak .ᐟ rating: hurt / comfort .ᐟ
a / n : anyone would want a part 2 with demon!dean, soulless!sam, endverse!castiel and maybe casifer or samifer? ofc theirs would be not as.. comforting as this one..
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Dean didn't mean to yell. He really, truly didn't. But you'd been stubborn about wanting to come on a hunt (again) and he was trying to explain why it was too dangerous, why you needed to stay at the motel, why he couldn't have you out there getting yourself killed. And you kept arguing back, kept pushing, kept insisting, and Dean Winchester has never been good with words when he's frustrated.
His voice rose without him noticing. His hands started moving: pointing, gesturing, the same way they always did when he was trying to make a point. "You don't get it, kid! You don't understand what's out there! I'm not losing another- I can't—just stay here for once, is that so fucking hard?!"
And then he took a step toward you, hand raised to emphasize his words, and you flinched.
Everything stopped.
Dean's hand froze mid-air. His voice died in his throat. And then he saw it. You'd curled in on yourself, arms wrapped around your head, shoulders hunched like you were bracing for impact. Your entire body was trembling, shaking. Your breath had gone ragged and shallow, like you couldn't get enough air.
And then he saw your face when he crouched down.
Your eyes. Wide. Terrified. Pupils blown so large there was barely any color left. Tears streaming down your cheeks, silent at first, and then—a small, broken sob that you clearly tried to choke back.
"Sweetheart..?" Dean's voice cracked. His anger evaporated like it had never existed, replaced by something cold and horrible in his chest. "Hey. Hey, no. No, no, no-"
He panicked.
He'd seen a lot of things in his life. Demons. Monsters. Death. But this? you, looking at him like he was about to hurt you? this made him feel sick. Made him feel like the worst kind of monster.
"I'm not gonna-" He dropped his hands immediately, held them up where you could see them, palms open. Non-threatening. "I'm not gonna hurt you, okay? I would never—kid, I would never hurt you."
But you flinched again when he moved closer, and Dean felt his heart shatter into pieces.
So he sat down on the floor. Slow. Careful. Made himself smaller than you, which was hard because Dean Winchester is not a small man, but he managed it. He folded himself down, crossed his legs, put his hands on his knees so you could see every single finger, every single movement.
"I'm sorry," he said, and his voice was so quiet, so different from the shouting of moments before. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I didn't- I didn't mean to scare you. That was my fault. That was all my fault."
You were still crying. Still shaking. Still looking at him like he might attack at any moment.
Dean's jaw tightened. His eyes burned. But he kept his voice soft, kept his hands visible, kept himself small.
"Can I.. can I come closer? Just a little? You don't have to say yes. You can say no. Whatever you need, okay?"
It took a long time. So long that Dean's legs started to cramp from sitting on the cold motel floor. But eventually, eventually, your trembling eased just a fraction. Your sobs quieted to hiccups.
And then, hesitantly, you nodded.
Dean moved like he was approaching a wounded animal. Which, he realized with a sickening lurch, he was. You were wounded. Not physically, not from him, but from someone. Someone who had done this to you. Someone who had made you flinch at raised voices and raised hands.
He wrapped his arms around you slowly, giving you every chance to pull away. When you didn't, when you actually leaned into him, Dean held you like you were made of glass.
"I've got you," he murmured into your hair. "I've got you, sweetheart. You're safe. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I would never hurt you. You know that, right? You know I'd never hurt you?"
You didn't answer. Just cried harder against his chest.
And Dean Winchester, who had seen the worst of humanity and the worst of the supernatural, who had killed monsters and demons and angels. Dean Winchester held you in a cheap motel room and cried with you.
He didn't let go for a long time. Even after you'd stopped crying, even after your breathing had evened out, even after you'd gone limp against him, exhausted. He held you.
"Who was it?" he finally asked, voice rough. "Who hurt you?"
You tensed in his arms. Then started to pull away, as if startled.
"No- hey—" Dean tightened his hold in a panic, just slightly. "You don't have to tell me- you don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know- I- I need you to understand that- whatever happened to you before, it's not happening again. Not while I'm around. Not ever."
He pulled back just enough to meet your eyes.
"I am never going to hurt you," he said, and his voice was fierce and desperate and so, so earnest. "I know I yelled. I know I scared you. And I'm sorry. I'll never do it again. I'll—I'll work on it. I'll do better. I promise."
And when you hesitantly, oh so hesitantly, reached out and wrapped your arms around him again, Dean felt like he could finally breathe again.
#sᥲm
Sam had been worried about you. That was where it started. He'd noticed you'd been quieter than usual, more withdrawn, and when he'd asked you about it, you'd brushed him off. Told him you were fine. And Sam—patient, understanding Sam—had let it go the first time. The second time. The third time.
But by the fourth time, his own anxiety was getting the better of him.
"Just tell me what's wrong!" he'd said, and there was a pleading edge to his voice as he stood by the opposite edge of the table. "Please. I can't help you if you won't talk to me."
"Nothing's wrong." you'd insisted, and your voice was too flat, too controlled, ducking your head.
"That's not true." Sam ran a hand through his hair, frustrated. "You've been like this for days. You're not sleeping well. You're barely eating. I just- I need you to talk to me, okay? I need to know you're okay."
"I said I'm fine!"
And then Sam's voice had risen to match yours. "And I said YOU'RE NOT!"
He slams his hand down on the table, the sound sharp and sudden in the quiet motel room.
He saw it the second it happened. The way you shrank back. The way your shoulders came up around your ears. The way you flinched like he'd hit you.
And you're backing away, step by step, like you're trying to escape but your body won't cooperate.
"Please," you whisper, and the word breaks Sam's heart in two. "Please don't. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'll be good. I'll be so good."
Sam's rage evaporates instantly, replaced by ice-cold horror.
Oh, God. Oh, no. No, no, no.
"Oh, sweetheart," he breathed, staring down at his hands in horror. "No. No, I didn't mean- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
His first instinct was to reach for you. To pull you into his arms and comfort you. But your flinch when he started going around the table to reach you was so severe, so visceral, that he stopped himself. His hands hovered in the air between you, trembling slightly.
"Okay," he said, and his voice shook. "Okay. I'm not gonna touch you. I'm not gonna come any closer. See? I'm staying right here, on the other side of the table. The table is between us, it protects you. I'm not going to hurt you. I would never hurt you."
But you weren't hearing him. Your eyes were unfocused, your breath coming in short, sharp gasps. You were having a panic attack.
Sam recognized the signs immediately. He'd dealt with enough of his own.
"Hey. Hey. Can you hear me? I need you to breathe with me, okay? Can you do that? In through your nose, out through your mouth. Just like that. You're doing so good. Keep going."
He talked you through it. Slowly. Patiently. His voice never rose above a whisper. He kept his hands by his sides, palms open, visible, still.
"That's it. You're doing so well. Just keep breathing. You're safe. You're so safe. I'm sorry I yelled and- and did that. I was just worried about you. That's all. I got scared, and I handled it wrong. That's on me. That's not on you."
It took forever. It felt like hours. But eventually, your breathing slowed. Your eyes focused on his face. And Sam's heart broke all over again when he saw the confusion there, the wariness.
"Sam..?" you whispered, and your voice was so small, so scared and confused. "Wu- what was..?"
Sam swallowed hard. "You had a panic attack. Because I yelled at you." He couldn't bring himself to look away from your eyes. "I'm so sorry. I should never have raised my voice. I know better. I swear I do know better. I just- I was so worried about you, and I didn't think."
It took more coaxing to even get you to allow him near. Sam stayed on the other side of the table, stayed small, stayed nonthreatening. He asked permission for everything.
"Can I move a little closer? Just to sit next to you? I won't touch you unless you say it's okay."
You nodded, hesitant.
Sam moved slowly. Sat beside you. Gave you space.
"I'm going to put my hand on the floor between us," he said. "If you want to sit down and hold it, you can. If you don't, that's okay too."
You stared at his hand for a long moment. Then, so slowly it was almost imperceptible, you got yourself down into a seated position and reached out to plac your hand atop his.
Sam's breath caught. His eyes burned. But he didn't squeeze. Didn't move. Just let you hold his hand however you needed to.
"You don't have to tell me anything," he said softly. "But I need you to know that I love you. That we love you. And nothing- nothing you do or- or say is going to change that, 'kay? You're not a burden. You're not too much. You're exactly who you're supposed to be, and I wouldn't change you for anything."
You started crying again. Silent tears streaming down your face. But this time, Sam could see the difference: these weren't fear tears, these were relief tears.
"Can I hug you?" he asked, his voice rough. "You can say no. It's okay if you say no."
But you nodded. And Sam gathered you into his arms, holding you so gently, so carefully, like you were something precious.
"shh," he murmured into your hair. "shh, I'm never going to let anyone hurt you. Not even myself. I promise."
Sam starts a new routine with you after that. Every night, before bed, he asks you one question: "Is there anything you need to tell me?"
Sometimes you say no. Sometimes you say yes. Sometimes you tell him about your nightmares, about things that happened during the day and how they made you feel, about the family you left behind. Sometimes you tell him about what they did to you, how they hurt you.
And Sam never pushes. He just listens. And when you're done talking, he makes holds you in his arms, because that's what he would have wished someone did when he was upset, and he hopes it's what you wish, too.
#ᥴᥲs𝗍іᥱᥣ
Castiel didn't raise his voice. He didn't have to. His authority was in his presence, in the weight of his existence. But that day, he was frustrated, frustrated with the hunt, frustrated with the situation, frustrated with the fact that he, a celestial being, couldn't fix everything with a snap of his fingers. And when you'd questioned his plan, argued with him, pushed back with a fire in your eyes that reminded him so much of Dean...
"You cannot go on this hunt." he said flatly. "Your lack of training makes you a liability. You will get yourself killed."
"I can help!" you insisted. "I've been training with Sam and Dean for months! I know—"
"You know nothing." His voice was cold, matter-of-fact. "You are a child. A fragile, untrained human who barely survived her first encounter with a monster by sheer luck. You are not equipped for this. You are a hindrance."
The words hit you like physical blows, and you felt your eyes sting.
"I'm not- I'm not a hindrance-"
"You cannot even control your own emotional responses," Cas continued, pointing out the situation that was playing out right now. "Your fear reactions are disproportionate. Your body is flooded with cortisol at the slightest provocation. You are a liability, and you will get someone killed."
"I can help, I swear!"
His voice shifted. Grew deeper. More resonant. The power in it, the weight of an angel's command, pressing down without his meaning it to.
"Enough."
He saw your face change immediately. Observed the color drain from it. Saw your eyes go wide, your breath catch. And then you were looking at him like you were afraid the slightest blink would mean your demise.
Castiel's grace flickered with something unfamiliar. He read your body language, your chemical markers, your pulse rate.
Elevated heart rate. Overactive amygdala. Cortisol flooding your system. Signs of a trauma response.
He replayed his own words in his head. "You are a liability." "You will get someone killed." "You are a hindrance."
He had been stating facts. Objective truths. He had been trying to protect you.
But now he was realizing, with dawning horror, what he had actually done.
He hadn't been protecting you. He had been attacking you. Not physically, but with words. With cold, unfeeling assessments. With that flat, emotionless voice that must have sounded like absolute condemnation to you.
He had seen humans react to angels before. He'd seen them drop to their knees, terrified. But this was different. This wasn't fear of the divine. This was fear of him. Of what he might do.
She thinks I'm going to hurt her.
The thought felt like lightning through his grace. He had spent millennia as a soldier of Heaven, but he had never, ever felt the kind of horror that he felt now.
"I did not intend—" he started, but stops. What did intention matter when the outcome was the same?
You were crying. He now noted. Terrified eyes overflowing with water, clear droplets running down your cheeks.
He didn't know what to do. He had no experience with this. He had seen the Winchester boys comfort each other, had seen them comfort you on other occasions, but this- this was different. This was him. He had done this.
"I am sorry-" he said, and his voice was no longer powerful. It was small. Uncertain. Vulnerable. "I did not mean to frighten you. I would never- I am not-" He stopped. Tried again. "I am not a threat to you. I would never hurt you. You must believe me."
You didn't answer. Just stared at him with those terrified eyes, and Castiel felt something he'd never felt before: shame. Deep, burning shame.
He could sense Dean and Sam nearby, but he didn't call for them. This was his mess. He needed to fix it.
"I am... sorry," he said, and the words came out uncertain. "I did not realize the effect my words would have.."
He took a step forward, and you flinched hard, stumbling backward and covering your head with your arms.
Cas stopped immediately, his eyes widening.
She thinks I'm going to hit her.
"I will not harm you," he spoke, his voice softer now. Almost gentle. "I swear it. I have never harmed you, and I never will."
His grace pulsed with something he couldn't quite identify. Sadness, maybe? Frustration at himself? Definetely.
"I am not... I am not good at this," he admitted. "I do not understand human emotions the way you do. I do not understand what words will hurt and what words will help."
He slowly, so slowly, lowered himself to the floor. He didn't know why he did it, but it felt right. It made him smaller, less threatening.
He stayed on his knees. He didn't move. He didn't reach out. He kept his hands visible, palms up, showing that he held nothing.
"I will not come closer," he said. "I will not touch you. I will not speak unless you want me to. Tell me what you need, and I will do it."
He waited. And waited. And waited.
"You're an angel," you finally whispered, and your voice was so broken, so confused. "You're supposed to be good."
"I am," Castiel said. "I am supposed to be good. And I was not good just now. I was frightening. I caused you fear, and I am sorry. I am... I am so sorry."
It took time. So much time, for you to let him in again. But eventually, your hands lowered from your face. Your breathing steadied, just a little. And you looked at him—really looked at him—and saw the sincerity in his eyes.
"You're not going to hurt me..?" you asked, and your voice was so young, so fragile.
"I would never." Castiel said. "Not for any reason. Not for any purpose. You are... you are precious to me. You are under my protection, and I would rather die than cause you harm."
"Angels can't die."
"We can. And I would." He said it without hesitation. "For you, I would."
You stared at him for a long moment. Then, very slowly, you reached out your hand.
Castiel looked at it. Then at you. Seeking permission. When you nodded, he took your hand in his. His hands were cool, not cold, and he held you like you were made of starlight.
"May I hold you?" he asked. "I believe... I believe that physical comfort can be beneficial in moments like this. But if you do not wish it, I will not."
You didn't answer with words. You just fell into him, collapsing against his chest, and Castiel caught you, wrapped his arms around you, held you against him, cradled you like something precious.
"Are you alright?" he asked. "Are you hurt? Did I hurt you?"
"No," you whispered. "I'm okay. m'okay."
"You are not, please do not lie to me." Castiel said gently. "But you will be. And I will help you. I will stay with you until you are."













