10.22 Drabble

[caranfindel]

Part of my personal challenge to write a 100-word drabble for each episode. This is the one for 10.22, The Prisoner.

Cain was wrong. Charlie, not Crowley, is the first domino. Her death unleashes something in him, something black and searing, something that tells his brother it should be you and means it. Something that drives him to kill all the Stynes, though he knows each death gives the Mark greater power over him. Leaving Cas alive would have been instinct once, but now it’s a decision, a struggle, a concession. And the last Styne – the nascent monster pleading for his life, shock and terror and betrayal and long hair unfurling as he fell – well, he was just a practice run.

Comments

[freya922.livejournal.com]

Freakin' BRILLIANT. That sent a flood of ice water through my veins...

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[indiachick.livejournal.com]

OOOH nice.

But this suddenly makes sense: Cain said Crowley was the first domino, but it need not be at all. That's brilliant. I'd love if the writers have actually taken this route.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yes, I do think they've gone this way, because Dean has clearly gone over the line.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

*shivers* This was chilling, and you perfectly captured how hollow and ruthless MoC Dean is. And that last line was a killer, and oh so perfect!!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[frozen_delight]

Very nice. You're giving me the shivers.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

Oh holy cow, that last bit. Plus the bit about Cas....well, really all of it. I think you nailed it pretty well.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[elsewhere91.livejournal.com]

(here via spn_x)

Brilliant fic, you've captured perfectly how menacing MOCDean is. That last line was so chilling and foreboding.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ex1led-nyer.livejournal.com]

Excellently done. You really make every word count in your drabbles.

I'm kind of afraid of what the finale will bring. Knowing there will be a Season 11 somehow only helps a little. I guess that's a testament to how good this season's been.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I actually HOPE that's what we get with the finale!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Perfect. That last line sent chills.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

This is so perfect.

That last line caught me completely off guard and gave me chills.

Brilliant.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!