The Play's the Thing


E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100

Challenge word: Use a Shakespearian reference of some kind.

Warnings: Sort of season 8 spoilery.

Summary: In a dramatic twist, the Winchesters find themselves on the stage, where Mrs Worthington's daughter should never go.


Sam enters, stage left.

Sam: Funny, I thought Dean came this way. Where the hell did he go?

A trapdoor opens and Crowley appears in a puff of smoke.

Crowley: Oh Moose, Moose, wherefore art thou Moose?

Sam: Great. What do you want?

Crowley: Is that any way to greet the King of Hell? Besides, you summoned me, so…

Dean enters, pulls a lever and a Devil's trap candelabra lowers down over Crowley's head.

Dean: Yeah, about that. Gotcha!

Sam, smiling: The play's the thing, wherein we'll catch the conscience of the king.

Crowley, sighing: That Shakespeare, what a tosser.