"Drabble": Impotence

[interpretthis]

Title: Impotence

Author: interpretthis

Fandom: Twilight
Requested by: skinny_bacon
Character: Carlisle Cullen

Rating: PG

Summary: An accident.

 

I am not hurt - not even a scratch - but jarred.  The sun shines mercilessly down onto my face, and I shine back.  There is no warmth in its kiss, and I am not warm for it.

 

Blood is everywhere.  Its heady scent fills my nostrils and stirs nothing.  A part of me, the part that is not dazed and broken, feels pride.  Even when so much is sprung on me at such an unexpected time I am left feeling nothing.  I have trained myself well.

 

I have to get out of here.  No one around is conscious enough to notice the sun jangling off my exposed skin in shards of glimmering light, but the emergency crew will be here soon.  I leave my totaled car behind with a twinge of sadness and head for the woods, forcing the desperate moans and muffled cries for help from my mind.  People will die.  I cannot always be the doctor.

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