HT100 Challenge #166: Chain Gang -- "Tim's Latest Project"
Title: Tim's Latest Project
Prompt: 166 - Chain Gang
Timeframe: Season Five? Sure.
Characters: McManus, Murphy
Word Count: 100
Tim's Latest Project
by Severina
“Gotta hand it to ya, Tim,” Murphy said. “Never thought this would work.”
McManus surveyed the rows of prisoners, heads bent over the rows of tiny flowering plants. “I had no doubt,” he lied. “Gardening nourishes the soul. Bringing new life into the world, seeing it blossom under your touch? Does something to a man.”
“And you’re sure of this because of your vast experience?”
“I’m sure of this because--”
“Oh, SHIT.”
McManus whirled in time to see Carmichael crumble to the ground, a gardening trowel buried to the hilt in his forehead.
Murphy raised a brow. “You were saying?”
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Prompt: 166 - Chain Gang
Timeframe: Season Five? Sure.
Characters: McManus, Murphy
Word Count: 100
Tim's Latest Project
by Severina
“Gotta hand it to ya, Tim,” Murphy said. “Never thought this would work.”
McManus surveyed the rows of prisoners, heads bent over the rows of tiny flowering plants. “I had no doubt,” he lied. “Gardening nourishes the soul. Bringing new life into the world, seeing it blossom under your touch? Does something to a man.”
“And you’re sure of this because of your vast experience?”
“I’m sure of this because--”
“Oh, SHIT.”
McManus whirled in time to see Carmichael crumble to the ground, a gardening trowel buried to the hilt in his forehead.
Murphy raised a brow. “You were saying?”
.