SPN Drabble: Weapon Maintenance Mantra

[caffienekitty]

Title: Weapon Maintenance Mantra
Characters: John (sort of), Dean
Rating: PG (GEN)
Summary: Lessons instilled in childhood last a lifetime.
Notes: Written for supernatural100 Challenge #66 - Routine Maintenance. Further notes under cut.

A/N: Liberties taken with the timeline in that the Winchesters didn't start using salt shells until Sam was away at college, but I wanted to reference them. Also, I know next to nothing about guns, so do not actually follow these directions if you own one.


Weapon Maintenance Mantra

He remembers his father's voice, hands...

Bullets out first, Dean. Unload salt shells the second you're clear. If I find salt-loaded guns in the trunk, I will tan your hide.

Take it apart. Remember exactly where everything goes. Check the bore for obstructions. Run a patch down the bore, or a solvent brush when necessary. You'll know when. Dry patch next, then a gun oil patch.

Clean the action, the hammer, the slide. Clean and oil the metal parts. Reassemble.

Don't rush unless you need to. Never, ever need to.

This is our lives, Dean. Never forget that.

Dean remembers. Every single time.

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Comments

[miconic.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I can just imagine Dean mirroring his Dad's moves; the silent nods, the welcomed grunts.

Thanks for the read.

[caffienekitty]

Yep. Bonding over weaponry. Glad you liked it!

[iamstealthyone.livejournal.com]

This is our lives, Dean. Never forget that.

Dean remembers. Every single time.

Of course he does. It's second nature to him to be responsible for his family's lives. *pets him*

Nicely done. :)

[oceaneyedmystry.livejournal.com]

This may seem totally out of the blue, but are you the same Caffine Kitty who did the Supernatural Podcast? If so what happened? Where did it go?

If not sorry to intrude...:)

Tracy~

[caffienekitty]

Thank you. Dean definitely needs petting.

[caffienekitty]

I'm terribly sorry to disappoint, but I don't think so. I thought I was the only CaffieneKitty in Supernatural fandom, but I've never heard of this podcast. Was it a reading of fiction, or a general chat-style podcast. I'm kind of curious about it myself now, so if you know anything else about it, let me know, please?

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

(See, I just want to know how you know so much about gun care... :P)

(*is nosy*)

[caffienekitty]

Hehe. Mostly Google-fu. ;-)

[girlfan1979.livejournal.com]

So sad and scary.

*Pets Dean*

[caffienekitty]

The inside of Dean's head is a fascinating and scary place. If I didn't have to work I'd spend all day there.