You pause in cleaning out your wardrobe as Jensen concludes the Instagram reel. You heard it directly from him: Countdown wasn’t picked up for another season, and thus he would be a bit less busy, a bit less productive, and therefore less proud of himself.

He sighs, his eyes filled with dejection and frankly heartbreak. He’d push through it, you knew that much, find somewhere to stay until the next Supernatural Convention. But he would miss Mark Meachum.