A/N: Thank you so much to my reviewers! I'm glad you are liking these so far! Your reviews keep me going. For some reason I really enjoyed writing this one. :D Theme 18: Stockings
Socks on the Wall
"Don't forget to hang your stocking up, Sam."
From the other motel bed, the younger Winchester stared at his brother as if he had grown another head. "Excuse me?"
Dean sighed. "Stockings? Hang em up on Christmas Eve, and in the morning they're stuffed full of goodies? You know?"
"What stockings?"
The elder Winchester held up one of his socks, and his brother groaned.
"You aren't serious. What, you think the big guy in red visits Demon Hunters at Motel 6?"
Shrugging, Dean retorted, "Well, what can it hurt? C'mon, get one of your Bigfoot socks and hang it up next to mine!"
Deciding it was better to give in, Sam dug around in his bag, coming up with one of his clean socks and placed it next to Dean's on the wall with the offered thumbtack. They stood back to look, and Sam sighed. It was kinda pathetic, two men's white socks hanging limp from the wall, not Christmassy at all.
Heading back to his bag, Sam returned with several pens in his hand. Carefully with a black one he wrote their names on them, then using red and green ones, he drew springs of holly.
"There. Merry Christmas," he declared, standing back to admire his work.
"Much better," Dean responded, nodding in approval. "Now let's hit the hay. Santa won't visit little hunters if they are still awake."
Sam couldn't help laughing at that.
In the morning, both men were still curled fast asleep under the covers while a beam of sunlight slid through the gap of the curtain, moving across the floor to the wall where the socks hung. It glimmered on the handle of a shiny silver gun tied with a bright red ribbon. In the other was a small handbook with a glossy cover: 10001 Mythical Beasts and Monsters, bound up with a green ribbon. Both socks contained a variety of sweets and goodies as well. Tacked between them was a simple note.
Keep up the great work, boys.
- S.C.