Supernatural 100 Drabble Challenge
Prompt Word: BARK
Word Count: 200
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Supernatural. Just taking the boys out for a little spin.
HOT PURSUIT
By: Vanessa Sgroi
"Stop, stop," Sam ordered, his breath coming in rapid panting. "I gotta...gotta sit down."
Dean pulled them to a stop. "Not the best time for this, Sammy," he advised, his posture tense as his gaze studied the woods around them.
"I...I know, but I can't..."
Dean shifted position, helping Sam to the ground.
Sam felt the rough bark of the tree biting into his back. "S-sorry..." The fingers of one hand clenched at his knee, striving to mitigate the pain throbbing through the swollen joint. The other hand pressed against a bloody gash in his side.
"No, no. I get it." Dean was far from a picture of health himself as he worked to shrug off a wave of dizziness. He pressed a steadying hand against the tree, coating the bark beneath in blood. "We just can't stay too long."
"I k-know." Sam worked at regulating his breathing. He squinted up at Dean. "Damn, you're a mess."
Dean snorted. "Says the man sitting on his ass on the ground."
"Which one of us looks worse?"
"I think it's a tie." A menacing bark in the near distance reached them. "Time to go, little brother."
FIN