Cat (catness) wrote in prompt_100, @ 2008-03-24 23:27:00 |
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Blind Fate (prompt #31)
Hi folks! I'm new to writing communities and to posting my stuff publically, so I'm not sure yet how the rating system works.
Title: Blind Fate
Fandom: original
Characters/Pairing: n/a
Rating: PG
Word Count: 250
Challenge/Prompt: #31 - at first sight
She was gorgeous - even in the hospital bed, with her head wrapped in bandages like a mummy. In normal life, he would've never dared to approach her. It was fate that a car accident had landed her in his hospital. He had never believed in love at first sight - until now.
"Doctor, will I get my sight back?"
"I'll do my best." He lightly touched her delicate hand. She laughed with delight. "Ah, doctor, you're so cute! can't wait to see you!"
He bitterly smiled to himself - if she only knew... Upon becoming a successful surgeon, he had stopped feeling embarassed about his appearance. Now he was suffering again. Beauty and the Beast, indeed. Still, he hoped for a miracle. She will see behind the ugly facade. At the very least, she will appreciate his professional skills...
The surgery lasted 16 hours and it was his masterpiece. His colleagues agreed that he had performed a miracle.
However the second miracle didn't happen. When she saw him for the first time, her beautiful face twisted into a grimace of disgust. She talked to him coldly, and always looked away. She counted the days until leaving the hospital.
At the end, she never left - she died in her sleep. The death was written off as a heart attack.
After disposing of the syringe he went home and got drunk, for the first time in years. Yet, he felt relieved. It will pass. Out of sight, out of mind...