“The Cabin”
A drabble of 100 words
By December
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Summary: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep.” Response to
supernatural100 challenge #70 alive.
He bursts into the little cabin nearly overtaken by nature, almost immediately shouldering the rifle that shares his name. Sunlight filtering through the collapsed roof shows a trail of blood starting in the middle of the room, leading through small, optimistic plants and dead leaves into the decrepit cabin’s other room. He enters the second room with a surprising lack of regard for his own safety, seeing only the blood-soaked clothes in a motionless heap barely recognizable as his own brother. He finally relaxes when he finds a strong pulse under his fingers and a wan smile meets his eyes.