Three Graces - Ghost

Rating: 15
Word Count: 725
Summary: Taking out a contract on someone isn't something to take lightly, especially when your mercenary scares you senseless.

( "You’re sending me after a ghost." It was said without emotion, but the expression on the big man’s face told another story. )

Three Graces - Witchcraft

Rating: 15
Word Count: 1,461
Summary: Being a good samaritan in the desert is a double-edged sword.

( He came across the caravan one windy day, tracking east as they headed north. He always tried to skirt them - safer that way - with his scarf pulled up to obscure his face. It was only ever a slim chance, but still. Safer. And usually no one paid him any attention: strange, unsocial travellers were hardly a rarity. No one wanted to look twice in case they were robbed. )

Three Graces - Potion

Rating: 15
Word Count: 817
Summary: Cas is trying to find his mark, but isn't finding it a pleasant experience.

( The photo was slapped onto the bar hard enough that the framework trembled and cloudy drinks shook in their glasses. The barman leapt too, although more likely through shock, and almost lost his grip on the glass he was polishing. A glass which, Cas observed without surprise, was filthier than when he’d started. "Seen this man?" )

Three Graces - Bump in the Night

Rating: G
Word Count: 99
Summary: The nights are the worst time for David.

( It’s the nights that make him question it all. )

Three Graces - Skeleton

Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Summary: Sometimes it's not worth sleeping.

( He laid the tools out in a careful line, each one in its designated place. )

Three Graces - Face Paint

Rating: 15
Word Count: 1,392
Summary: Cas is trying to snatch a quick break, but ends up intel-gathering anyway.

(  The beer tasted little better than water, but at least the drinking vessels were mostly their original colour. )

Three Graces - Special Effects

Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Summary: David mulls over one special effect in particular.

( He sat cross-legged on an outcrop on a rare calm day, watching the sandy plains sway in the heat. )

Three Graces - A Body

Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,385
Summary: It doesn't matter when it happens, nothing David plans ever seems to go quite right.

( The wind was back again, stronger than ever and whipping the sands into a frenzy around him as he trudged, head down, onwards. )

Three Graces - Cobwebs

Author: Regret
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Summary: David wakes up, and wishes he hadn't.

( It was cold when he woke, and gloomy. His bare feet scrabbled reflexively against the floor, like a startled rabbit, and his fingers scraped across the rough surface. )