Standing Outside, Looking In

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E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100

Challenge word: Bind

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Perhaps Castiel finally understood the Winchesters - their intricate tapestry. Dean the warp, Sam the weft.

A first he had thought it was simply being family. Then they fought, failed to forgive each other.

Then he thought it was

- facing a common enemy? But then one of them was seduced by her.

- brotherly love? But one of them refused to share, held onto all the pain.

- loyalty? Then they let each other down, betrayed each other while believing they were doing the right thing.

Now he thought

- it was complicated, the ties that bind these humans together.

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