Writing Exercise #1

In order to help get my creative juices flowing a little bit, I've decided to do some writing exercises using one-word prompts, which I'm getting here and here. The rules, as I've set them up for myself, are as follows:

-Fanfic and original characters are both fair game
-No agonizing over it. This includes: no worrying about word count, no editing the hell out of it, no fiddling with it.

Basically, the idea is just to write whatever pops into my head and post it. I'm hoping this will help me get back in touch with my style and normal voice.

Anywho. Here is the result of the first exercise, using a prompt given to me via Facebook:

Prompt: windows
Fandom: Supernatural
Character(s): Sam Winchester

Set during Season 1, Episode 5: “Bloody Mary”

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It was said that mirrors were the windows into the soul, that mirrors provided the one true reflection of yourself. As a matter of fact, Sam had told Dean something similar just a few hours ago. It had to be true, though, because Sam hated what he saw in the mirror.

The figure staring back at him was something other than human. A freak who got dreams that told the future. A scared little boy who had ignored those dreams, refused to believe them. Refused to believe that Jessica would meet the same fate as his mother. Tried to convince himself that the nightmares were stress-related.

But deep down, he knew the truth, and he’d let her die. All because he’d been too afraid to lose control, too afraid to admit that the life he’d fled was catching up with him. He’d done nothing to stop it, nothing to warn her. And he’d left her alone.

Out of all his transgressions, leaving her alone was the one for which he’d never forgive himself.

Never.

Mirrors were definitely the windows into the soul. The one thing that never lied, that always showed you the truth.

Sam was ready. He shifted the crowbar in his hand, and began to chant: “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary …” He paused just a moment before uttering the final, “Bloody Mary.”