Auscultate [WWE; Christian Cage]

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Title: Auscultate
Author: D.L. SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none, set around the Brood's debut
Warnings: physical abuse mention, strong language
Prompt/Fill: none
Word Count: 100
Summary: There's an adjustment period for vampire abilities
Note: Comes after my previously written story, Loose Ends

Word of the Day (kinda): auscultation - (medical), the act of listening, either directly or through an instrument, to sounds within the body as a means of diagnosis.

Auscultate

Christian winced as he walked down the hotel hallway to the room he shared with Edge. The newly turned vampire's hearing was far more acute than he'd anticipated. Christian heard everything said and done by the occupants of the other rooms.

All Gangrel said was: You'll get used to it.

"Goddammit, you bitch!"

A slap, and an awfully young voice wailed.

Christian froze. Terrible rage gripped him -- in the next breath, he turned and kicked in the door to that room. Christian darted inside and tackled the man standing over the teenage girl.

He wasn't 'used to it' just yet.

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Comments

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As always, you really just have the drabble format down; you pack a lot into 100 words. Maybe just because of my own experiences with migraines (which I know you've also had), but the portrayal of Christian's sharp senses hit home for me, and despite the warning in the contents I was surprised when I scrolled down and read '"Goddammit, you bitch!"

A slap, and an awfully young voice wailed.' - that was a good reveal. I love Christian leaping into action, and and I love the ending line - "He wasn't 'used to it' just yet." Good work!