Uncle Wes called it the face of the demon within. Uncle Gunn always looked slightly uncomfortable when it appeared. Aunt Cordy never seemed to care either way.
But to Connor, his father's true face was the one he trusted above all else.
When the fangs came out and the brow transformed, when his father's face turned, Connor knew he was safe. This was the face which came out when danger appeared, when cults came to kidnap him, when demons attacked the hotel, when vampires stalked them through dark alleys. This was the face which sung him to sleep, which calmed his fears, which steadied his pulse.
It was the face feared by everyone. The face which revealed the true demon, the face which reminded those they lived with that their leader struggled with dual identities, the face which invoked terror and panic.
But to Connor, the face meant he was protected above all else.