Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural. No copyright infringement is intended. The title of this collection is a reference to "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.
SPN100 Prompt: Gunpowder, Treason, and/or Plot
Word Count: 200
Setting: Valley Forge, PA; summer 1992; Dean is 13, Sam is 9
Dead History
"How'd you like to shoot one of these, son?"
"I can shoot anything," Dean answers. He looks at the flintlock the old guy is cleaning, unimpressed. Dean knows former battlegrounds are popular places for hauntings, but hanging around these living history sites while Dad does his stuff is definitely getting old. Might help if he knew something about history beyond your standard treason and bloodshed crap, but he's no Sammy; he's not enough of a nerd to actually care.
"That so?" A smile crinkles the corners of the man's eyes. Except for the gray beard, he'd make a better department store Santa than a Revolutionary War soldier. "And what exactly do you shoot, boy? Squirrels? Bunny rabbits?"
Dean can't give him an answer he'd believe.
"You try to pop a squirrel with this thing, you won't have much left to make dinner with. But pack enough gunpowder in here, and you can sure blow a beautiful hole in one of them Redcoats."
Dean scoffs. He'd be surprised if the guy's ever blown a hole in anything more dangerous than a target. At thirteen, Dean's probably seen worse things than not just the gray-bearded old geezer but the soldier he's impersonating.