you will bleed to death with the pain of it

Soulmarks AU: "Must be one of those weird Eastern European languages," the Muggle nurse says to their coworker as they write the time and date – the last few minutes of July 31st, 1980. "Mmm," the other nurse replies. "Lucky little bugger, though. It's probably not going to be every day that somebody runs up to you and says 'Avada Kedavra'. Whatever that means."