Master and scholar

SPN 100 Challenge, word: tickle.

Set in 4.16, "On the Head of a Pin"

Summary: It's a special moment for a teacher to see that he's taught his student well.


When he enters, he doesn't hear the squealing of the instrument table, doesn't smell the mold, doesn't even see the man shackled to the water pipes above. All he can hear is a breathy, slurred voice coaxing and humming and whispering and threatening while he's hanging from the rack, overwhelmed by the stench of his own blood and piss and guts, and for a second he can feel his bones dissolving into a puddle of pure terror.

"Finally someone who knows how to tickle my imagination."

He straightens – hate fueling his resolve.

"Oh, I'll tickle you alright. You'll die laughing."