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E/O Challenge: Grouch. 100-word drabble. Crowley's in his element.

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A/N: Crowley's in his element. Sequel to It'll End in Tears: King of the Hell. For Edina Clouds, a belated happy birthday!

Ship of Tears

"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul" - Job 7:11

Crowley liked to run a tight ship. After all, you don't get to be King of Hell by running a sloppy operation. Although, he had to admit, he'd been somewhat over-enthusiastic with his current subject.

He hummed to himself as he boiled the implements; after all he knew exactly where they'd been... it was all an infection risk just waiting to happen.

He frowned as the brother's outraged screams grew louder and more intrusive.

"No need to grouch," he purred, rapping a nightstick over the prisoner's knuckles in a mere taste of what was yet to come, "you're up next."

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