Challenge Word: Nail
Warnings/Spoilers: Tag to Season 3 finale
100 words per MS Word Count
A Not-So-Fine and Private Place
By Swellison
Sam stared at the freshly tamped-down grass. A cleared space surrounded by trees near Pontiac—"Podunk" he heard Dean's snort… It wasn't enough. A lone grave, buried in the forest. Dean hates being alone…
Something touched his arm and Sam whirled around, braced for who-knows-what.
"Sam." Bobby said gruffly, holding out a hammer and a piece of wood. The moonlight revealed the cross made of two weather-beaten boards. "Can't risk a name, but…" He sighed. "I'll be waiting by the car."
Sam knelt carefully, positioned the marker and pounded it into the ground, each blow a nail in his heart.