In a Blink

By Spectral Scribe

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"I didn't blink."

In that moment, Dean sees Sammy: glistening fangs, pale face. And he sees himself: stake ready, blade poised.

He sees the blood, and the betrayal in his eyes, and the darkness circling around the pooling crimson liquid. Shadows snake around his brother's headless body, and there's a mantra—evil, kill, evil, kill, evil—circling like a vulture.

It's bitter and cold and tastes like bile. Hollowness swallows him up as the colors fade, and he can't close his eyes, can't look away. There was a line, but now he's blind.

Everything is gray.

"And neither would you."