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The Twilight Twenty-Five

Prompt: Dark

Pen name: Profmom72

Pairing: Carlisle

Rating: K+

A/N: Here is the first of my Twilight 25 entries. They will each stand alone, but they are all Carlisle centered. I don't own them, but if I could pick one to be mine, it would be him.

Prompt: Dark

Though a fire blazed, I saw only black.

For three days I wondered why God had forsaken me. Was I not a good boy? A dutiful son? What sins I'd committed had been confessed, repented, and atoned for.

Then came the dawn of my new existence.

For one moment I rejoiced in the light of the new day, but realization drove me back into the shadows where I lurked for a century.

Hospitals are busy, bright places. They never shut down or go dark. People say they are depressing. I say look closer; find the light reflecting the life within.

E/N: Thanks as always to Hmonster4 for her fabulous beta skills. And special love today to staceygirl aka jackbauer, daisy3853, and lucette21. They know why.

Thus begins the quenching of an obsession. I've developed a bit of a fetish; gisellelx's Ithaca is Gorges has only fueled it. I need more Carlisle, so I'm going in. Thanks in advance for reading and reviewing.