Enkidu07's Drabble Challenge
Prompt Word: "drip".
Word Count: 100 words on the dot.
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Disclaimer: Neither the boys nor anything related to Supernatural belongs to me. I'm just having some fun with the boys, playing around with Eric Kripke's sandbox.
Endless Entreaty
By: Vanessa Sgroi
He sits and watches the IV fluid, almost mesmerized, as it drips steadily from its plastic bag into a cylindrical chamber before heading into the cannula that delivers it to his brother's body. Each droplet is accompanied by a silently murmured prayer—for life, for deliverance, for forgiveness for a guilt he doesn't need to own.
Suddenly, a gravelly, grief-filled chuckle erupts, and he wipes at his wet eyes. Yeah, prayer. Like there's a chance anyone's listening… Yet he doesn't stop. He tightens his fingers around his brother's hand and continues the litany.
All the while, watching that liquid drip.
Fin