Prompt word: Raw
Note: Set during "Hunted" (Season 2)
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He no longer felt the stiff rope fibers scratch the tender skin of his wrists, red and raw from his earlier struggles. His body was numb, his ears still ringing from the explosion, and he was pretty sure he'd stopped breathing all together, although the violently hammering heart inside his chest confirmed he was alive.
No, no, no, no… his mind screamed as he struggled to pull in air.
Suddenly, a hand dropped heavily onto his shoulder and squeezed. And the husky voice he desperately needed to hear whispered his name with exhausted relief.
"Dean."
And suddenly he could feel again.
12-14-08