Title: A Dark and Stormy Night
A/N: An unplanned prequel to 'First Line of Defense' and response to drabble challenge word "Keen". How did Dean break those ribs? Unfortunately you still won't really know what hit him…
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The forest was inky, the epitome of the illustrious Dark And Stormy Night.
Even Dean's keen eyesight was strained as he scanned the trees.
Without warning a creature slammed into him from the fog. On contact he felt his ribs crunch, his breath seize, his heart stutter. Time stopped and he spent an eternity falling through cold wet rain.
Fireworks played in front of his eyes. Sensation climaxed and then abrupt stillness prevailed, save for the renewed vigor of his heart.
Slimy tendrils of pain wormed their way through his chest and gut.
He tried to shift.
A hand stopped him.
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end. Again.