Having never been anxious about walking home from the tavern before, Eve doesn’t believe that anything supernatural is lurking in the dark. There’s no such thing as monsters, only people, which are much, much worse. With that in mind, she also isn’t fool enough to walk home after dark unarmed. There’s always a semi-automatic pistol at her side and a jackknife in her pocket.
She takes a drag of her cigarette, smoke billowing around her head as she releases it. Hearing heavy footsteps behind her, she freezes; listening to the boots scrape against the sidewalk. Twisting around, she finds nothing but darkness there. Then she turns, gasping for a breath of air and shifting back.
He’s staring her down. “What the hell?” she asks him, attempting to catch her breath. “You scared the shit out of me.” By the time she finishes her sentence, his hands around around her throat and she’s lifted off of her feet. The burning cigarette hits the ground as he slings her into the alley.
Eve’s lower back meets with a dumpster and she cries out from the sharp pain. But it doesn’t hurt enough to distract her from pulling the pistol out. “Don’t,” she warns. “I will pull this trigger.” He’s laughing, stalking toward her. Eve makes good on the threat and fires several times; each bullet having no effect; razor teeth emerging.
@sunlightpassed (John WInchester)