BBella wakes up every night at 2.13am, heart racing, fearful. Can the Doctor cure her or will the arrival of a dark stranger help Bella find peace from her past?
Jasper has been waiting 60 years for Alice's vision of his vampire soul-mate. What happens when she knocks on the Cullen door escorted by the Volturi Guard. Vamp Story /AU
Bella is captured as Edward's newest "feeder". After weeks of drinking Bella's blood, one night takes a strange and seductive turn, sending Edward's mind spinning in circles.
After graduating from college, Bella makes her way to Vegas so she can marry her childhood sweetheart. An unexpected stop lands her in a lazy little town and on Edward's doorstep. Mechanicward meets Sassella ...Hijinx ensue...
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"Sex Hair gives me a once over with his eyes before unleashing (what I'm sure he's well aware of and probably has a name for) a sly smirk that I immediately want to smack off his ever-loving face. I return the gesture with a unamused eye roll while Barbie dutifully disappears under his neck, emitting disgusting smacks and wet sloppy sounds. Just when my gagging reflexes start to rev up their engines, the elevator dings and I'm off like a canon out towards my luxury hotel suite, but not before I hear a very smooth male voice say "Have a nice evening." I can hear the smile in his remark.Ugh...typical."
"Everything I was thinking is thrown out the window and I give in. I help him take his boxer briefs off as he helps with my lace panties. He reaches behind me to unclasp my bra and tears it off, throwing it on the floor, along with our discarded underwear. His hand skims my sides and thighs until he reaches between them, where I want him the most. One finger, then two pumps slowly, making my back arch and moan at the sensation."Oh god, oh god...""Jesus, Bella...damn...I never get tired of feeling how wet you are. You're so ready for me, baby. What do you want? Tell me." He's half grunting, half growling, as he continues to pump at a fast pace and I can hardly form the necessary vowels and consonants to share my request."
Still of the Night by StAngels
Official Summary: Bella wakes up every night at 2.13am, heart racing, fearful. Can the Doctor cure her or will the arrival of a dark stranger help Bella find peace from her past? Some lemons,few scary bits,E/B,AH,OOC,Some major character death.Supernatural/Suspense/Romance
Review:
When I first started reading Twilight fan-fiction I was very specific in what I would read. Only ExB, preferably AH, humor/romance. This was the first story I broadened my horizons on. It’s a crossover of Twilight and Supernatural. All the Twilight characters are present but with the twist of plain ol’ weird shit happening. We are introduced in the prologue to immediate anguish. Bella and Jake in the midst of a fight and Bella walking out the door.
I turn on my heel and run out of the door, the cool Forks rain hitting me in the face like little razor blades. My heart is racing, my palms are sweating and I can barely catch my breath. I run to my old beat up Chevy truck, get in, and drive away as quickly as I can.
I can't believe I actually did that.
Oh my God, I think, what have I done?
We pick up six months down the line with Bella having nightmares and waking at the same time every night. Charlie is worried for her and convinces her to start seeing Dr. Carlisle Cullen concerning her sleep issues. One night in his clinic and she appears to be cured. Bella returns home and that’s when all hell breaks loose.
I was allowed five seconds of peace before the nightmare started.
Suddenly, I feel a pair of big, cold hands wrap around my throat.
They're squeezing.
I try to take in a deep breath but...
I... can't... breathe...
I try to move but I'm immobile.
My heart is doing double time in my chest.
I need to fight.
It feels like someone is pinning me to the door and the person is closing their big hands around my throat, tighter and tighter. I can feel myself slipping away.
"No!" I try to scream, but my voice comes out in a hoarse rasp.
I'm fading...
Fading...
There's no more light, only black, as I lose my conscious grip on the world.
It’s then that we are introduced to the brothers Masen. Edward, Emmett, and Jasper, who hunt down all the bad things of the world. Ghosts, ghouls, shape shifters, werewolves, vampires, and all the hundreds of different demons you never want to believe in. Their father was a hunter and so they followed in his steps and now they travel the states, going to where ever the bad stuff appears. Most don’t know they exist but the few who do are the ones who let them know when weird stuff is happening.
I'm about to start the incantation when Rosalie flickering image appears right in front of Emmett. She screeches and raises both her arms above her head like talons about to come down and do some damage to him. And what does Emmett do? He freaking smiles his big ass dimpled grin at her and she stops. She's stands completely still looking at him like he's her lover. I can almost imagine them together if it had been different circumstances.
He must be crazy because the next thing he does is say, "Hi there, beautiful." I swear if a ghost could have blushed she would have.
She looks at him as if he has said the most beautiful words in the world to her.
"Why are you doing this, lovely?" He asks cocking his head to the side.
"Don't you see? They have everything. They have a whole life ahead of them. They have... everything I want," Rosalie screeches in response to Emmett's question looking.
I decide to take the time while she's distracted by Emmett to start the incantation.
"Cinis cineris, ut cinis cineris. Pulvis et pulvis per illa flamma existo solve o quis redimio vos hic may venia succurro vos reperio pacis phasmatis is absum." I say and throw a match into the grave. Rosalie screams and her ghost erupts into a big blue flame. Just before she disappears completely I add "Repio pacis." Rest in peace Rosalie.
"Fuck Emmett! What the fuck were you thinking?"
"What? She was hot. I thought I'd say hi," he answers me and adds with a pat on my shoulder
Jasper has already picked up the shovels and has started returning the soil to the grave when my cell phone rings.
"Masen." Who would be calling me at this hour?
"Edward, I need your help."
Looking up at Jasper and Emmett I say, "Carlisle, what's wrong?"
What happens when Brothers Masen are called in to look at the circumstances surrounding Bella? Put in simplest terms? A lot! But to find out you have to come read for yourself. You will be on the edge of your seat as both Edward and Bella’s world’s are tossed an turned, quite literally at times. Will they come out on top or will the supernatural forces surrounding them pull them under?
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Edward was tinkering at the piano, when he started laughing."What's so funny?" Bella called out in Portuguese before I could ask the question."I'm sorry. It's Esme. Her mind is wandering in a very strange fashion." He looked over at me. "Has she said anything about trying her hand at caricatures?""No, although I'm sure she would be very good at it.""She's thinking about animated versions of the family. It's quite peculiar, and she seems to be focused on that and nothing else."
I slid off the bed to start removing my clothes. As I began to unbutton my shirt, she sat up a little and called to me sweetly, "Do you want some help with that?""No, my love. Just relax." She required rest now. She couldn't make love for hours on end like before. Honestly, before we never had to stop, and there were times on her island when we had marathon sessions that lasted for days. I could never get enough of her, but now our time had to be limited. Her energy needed to be reserved. "Save your strength," I teased with a wink as I finished undressing.She rolled her eyes at me, crossed her arms, bent her knees and pulled them up, and attempted to suppress a smirk. In a complete state of undress, I crawled from the end of the bed toward her knees and rested my chin on them and looked at her adorable face. She pressed her lips together, trying to suppress a laugh. Her attempt to look put out was very charming. I kissed both her knee caps, which must have been the secret password, because she slowly began to separate them. As her legs moved apart I trailed kisses down in between them until I reached those purple panties.
Author Interview with EsmeMomCullen, author of Miracles and Mischief, winner of the TwiFicDataBase's Fornicatin' Father's Day Contest
What gave you the idea for this story? Did you have the story idea before you entered the contest or was the contest part of your inspiration?
Last September a drabble of a conversation between Esme and this mysterious being, who has become Khalida, popped into my mind. I wrote it down immediately. I always thought would make a good prologue for a multi-chapter fic. That piece is called If I Had One Wish. I just recently published it on my tumblr. You’ll also find the incredible banner FrozenSoldier created for Miracles and Mischief at the bottom of that post!
Every once in a while I would think about If I Had One Wish and how I could expand it, but there just hasn’t been time. When I heard about the Fornicatin’ Father’s Day contest I immediately thought about how I could take the basis of that idea and create a story for the contest.
The ending author's note to the story mentions that you might be continuing this one-shot. Any plans for that now?
I’m a full time corporate professional with a long Southern California commute so I’m often not home, which makes it tough to find time to write. I’m starting to shape it now. I was struggling with how I was going to transition it from a one shot to a multi-chapter fic, but I believe I have solved that issue. It will continue under the Miracles and Mischief title. The next chapter will take us back to the beginning of the story when the Cullen’s go to South America and meet Maysun, Chisisi, and Khalida for the first time. The story will transition back and forth between Carlisle and Esme’s POV. If things go as planned, you should be seeing the first new chapter within the next few weeks.
What did you find the hardest about writing this story? Or the easiest?
Writing the sex is always a struggle for me. I always want it to be sexy, not boring, and not repetitive of another moment that I already published. When people tell me that they love my “lemons” I’m always in disbelief for a moment, but I’m thrilled that people enjoy intimate Carlisle and Esme.
The easiest part was writing Carlisle’s worship of Esme as the mother of his child and his excitement over becoming a father. His reaction just came naturally because he adores her so much.
What do you like most about writing? Least? (Whether it's fan or original fiction.)
I love the creativity and escapism that fanfiction writing allows me. I write a lot in my job, but it’s very business focused materials. This allows me to use my writing talents in another way.
What I like least is the amount of time it takes! It is a hobby for me, but there are times when the idea is in my head and I wish I could just transfer it to paper without the laborious action of typing it all.
Tell us about your other work. Is it all canon or AU? Do you have a favorite pairing? Do you find canon/AU harder to write than AH, or vice versa?
My favorite pairing is Carlisle and Esme and most of my work to date has been Carlisle/Esme. My major body of work is The Esme Chronicles. I’m currently working on the second part of what will be a trilogy. It kills me how little we learn about Esme from the books. All we learn about her past is that she had a baby that died, she jumped off a cliff to her death, and Carlisle changed her. As I often say, for all we know from the books she could have been a knocked up prostitute! Sadly, we learn from the Correspondence with Stephenie Meyer on Twilight Lexicon (and now in The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide), that she had a very unhappy and abusive marriage. I fell in love with Carlisle in Twilight and I wanted to know more about the woman that won Carlisle’s heart after centuries alone. If Stephenie wasn’t going to tell it, then I was going to. I used everything we knew from the books and the Correspondence as the basis of the story and then went from there.
The first story is The Esme Chronicles: The Human Years, which begins in Esme’s childhood and tells her story up through when she opens her eyes for the first time as a vampire. The story I’m currently working on is The Esme Chronicles: The Vampire Years, which picks up where The Human Years left off and will eventually take us up to when they decide to move to Forks. The third part will be The Twilight Years, which will start with the Cullen’s arrival in Forks and go through post-Breaking Dawn. It’s completely canon work. I try to show that Esme is a strong, smart and independent woman. In the Saga we only see her as just “Edward’s mom” through Bella’s eyes. We never know that she ran away from her abusive husband, abandoning any familiar relationships, and took a job as a schoolteacher while she was pregnant, to protect her child. This is one strong woman and again there has to be something very special about her to win Carlisle’s heart.
I now have two canon/AU stories under my belt. C’mon, Mama Bear takes place during Breaking Dawn. In a moment of need, Emmett and Esme have a little one-time only romp to relieve their tension. The other canon/AU is of course Miracles and Mischief.
This year I started writing letters from characters to mark holidays and occasions. For Mother’s Day, Edward wrote a letter to Esme, and on August 13th Esme wrote a wedding day letter to her son. There was also a Father’s Day letter from Carlisle to Edward. It’s just been a nice way of remembering the character’s feelings for each other and their response to the events.
There are also two canon one shots on my story list. The Rocky Horror Cullen Halloween Show, which is just a fun piece where the Cullen’s Halloween costume theme ends up being The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The second is Just the Way You Are, which was inspired by the Bruno Mars song. In this story, Carlisle hears the song for the first time and feels like it was written about his wife. When he arrives home, he and Esme have the house to themselves and they take advantage of it. Just the Way Your Are won the Avant Garde Award for Best One-Shot.
I could never write AH unless it’s a pre-vampire story such as The Human Years. Even if I write AU, I still believe in keeping the characters canon. To me being a vampire is essential to their characters. It defines them as characters. If it’s 2011 and Carlisle’s a human then to me it’s not Carlisle Cullen. I know a lot of people disagree with me, but that’s my opinion.
What are some of your favorite Twilight fanfiction stories? Can you share with us a sentence or two about why you like them in particular?
I don’t read a lot of fanfiction for a couple reasons. First, I barely have time to write so when I do get a free moment I tend to focus on working on my own stories. Two, I don’t want someone else’s idea to get in my head. I tend to avoid reading fanfiction canon stories so they don't influence what I have planned for The Esme Chronicles. I have bookmarked many stories that I look forward to reading when I'm done writing.
When I first started writing what’s now known as The Esme Chronicles, there were not many Carlisle/Esme writers. There’s still more Carlisle/Bella than Carlisle/Esme stories, but the community has grown.
Many Carlisle/Esme authors and readers are familiar with Elise Shaw’s work, which unfortunately is no longer on fanfiction.net. I only read Carlisle and Esme: The Deleted Scenes, which is a look at some of the intimate moments of their life together. She has a beautiful way with words and storytelling that has impressed and gained the admiration of many Carlisle and Esme fans.
Empty Nest by SassyGeminiMom is a wonderful Carlisle/Esme one shot. For the first time in two years, Carlisle and Esme have the house to themselves and they need to make up for some lost time. What I love about this story is that Esme is confidant, sexy and blows Carlisle’s mind. She is the self-assured Esme that I always imagine.
A Light in the Darkness by SweetT129 is an AU story where Edward, Esme, Leah, Paul and Jacob do not survived the newborn battle in Eclipse. It becomes a Carlisle/Bella love story, which I would usually be against, but the author takes care of the characters that have been lost with such love and respect that I adore this story. It’s also not teenaged Bella suddenly hooking up with Dr. Cullen. The relationship happens over time and Bella matures to Carlisle’s level. If there has to be a story where Carlisle isn’t with Esme, this is how it should be done.
If Love Be Love is an ongoing series of one shots by my friend and TEC beta, MelissaMargaret. It’s a series of Carlisle/Esme intimate moments and I may be particularly partial because the first one was dedicated to me, but they are lovely stories.
Anything you want to add?
There are other places you can find me in the Twilight fandom. I’m a staff writer for HisGoldenEyes.com. I’m on staff of The Avant Garde Awards, which specifically recognizes newer fanfiction writers. You can always find me on twitter at @ohmycarlisle and my tumblr. If you want to talk to The Esme Chronicles’ Esme, you can tweet her @_esme_cullen and I just started a tumblr called “Ask Esme Cullen”. The “Ask Esme” tumblr was inspired by the “Ask Carlisle Cullen” tumblr, which is run by the author of Ithaca is Gorges, giselle-lx.
Thank you to my betas on the Miracles and Mischief one shot, MarchHare5 and Batgirl8968. Thank you to MelissaMargaret for giving the thumbs up to If I Had One Wish last September! Thank you to sweetishbubble and December.LeNoir for their ongoing love and support.
Thank you to everyone who has read an Esme Mom Cullen story! I know Esme isn’t the most popular character, but I’ve been amazed by readers’ responses to my work. It has a tendency to make people see Esme in a different light and realize that she’s not just “Edward’s emotional mother.” There’s so much more to her character. Keep spreading the Esme and Carlisle love!
Right off the bat I suppose I should issue a warning. This is a very AU story: there's blood-drinking and violence. That said, that's exactly why this fic works and exactly why I picked it. It's new and different and I've never read a fic like it.
Edward and his family are blood-drinkers, but are still concerned with taking human lives. Their solution is to have what they call "feeders." One human who they feed off of, drinking only a little bit each time, for weeks to months at a time. This minimizes the number of humans who die at their hands. The major drawback to this is that they have to feed daily. So Edward keeps Bella handcuffed to his bed in a remote cabin in the woods so that she can't even try to escape and so that he can drink from her regularly.
It sounds pretty macabre, and I suppose it is, but it's also really compelling.
One night, three weeks after Edward found (kidnapped) Bella, he comes home to feed. He allows her to get up from the bed, where she's been for hours it seems, to use the bathroom and move around for a minute. Then she does something even more self-sacrificing than canon Bella - she basically offers herself to him. She doesn't fight, doesn't even protest. She gets comfortable back on the bed and asks if Edward is ready.
Things progress from there - the bloodlust leads to good ol' fashioned regular lust and they end up making passionate love. It might start as needy, blood-fueled fucking, but the emotional impact it has on both of them, but especially Edward, is immense.
Their relationship changes and grows after that. Despite the fact that Bella is still Edward's feeder, she becomes much, much more. He gives a name to his feelings for her when she almost gets taken from him by another vampire.
There's probably a bit of Stockholm syndrome going on here, since Bella quickly and obviously develops feelings for Edward as well, but lindsay520 does a great job of explaining why Bella is attracted to Edward (aside from his vampire perfectness) so it's still believable.
One of the things I really enjoy about this story is that it is incredibly different from canon (for obvious reasons) but it manages to keep some canon themes and elements throughout. Believe it or not, Edward does struggle to keep Bella safe and alive even while he's feeding. Then there's the almost inevitable debate, once he recognizes his feelings, of what to do with Bella - let her grow old as a human or change her into a vampire. There's also the third option of keeping her as a feeder for longer; the danger there is that he could accidentally take too much and cause her death.
I have to say, as much as I love the canon and slightly AU stories, I really love it when an author takes Meyer's world and turns it on its end. This is exactly that kind of story and I can't recommend it enough.
Final warning: there is passing mention of Bella being raped, but it's never explicitly detailed and nor is it by Edward. It plays in to describing her character and how she got to be where she is, but it isn't a major plot theme. Just be aware that it's there if this is a trigger of yours.
And a note: Normally I'd include quotes or excerpts from the story in a review. This time, I honestly just couldn't decide what to include because it was either too much awesome or a spoiler. So just go read the story and find the quotes for yourself. :)
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Opposites Attract by love2read30: Bella celebrates her 30th birthday in a club where she meets Edward. She finds out he works in the adult entertainment industry as an actor. Will prude Bella go on this journey with Sexpert Edward? Rated M for Lemons. EdwardxBella AH
Don't Judge a Bella by Her Cover by jtmd24: Edward meets sweet, innocent Bella at a strip club one night. Or so he thinks. He may have just met his match. Rated M for language & lemons. EdwardxBella AH
How Can I Help You by sugunary: After years away, Bella Swan returns to a place she thought she left behind, and someone she wasn't sure wanted to see her, ever again. A story of how your life can change when you least expect it. AH, B/E, Em/R, A/J Not a cheating fic. EdwardxBella AH
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This is a great fic for me to review. Here we have an author that is not only hysterical but truly a great person. Max is writing a story that she can relate to. Bella is a parole officer and the author is a former parole officer.
Bella meets Edward in a local bar in the first chapter.
Are you frigging kidding me? Why didn't anyone tell me he was this hot? All these months I heard about Edward Cullen, the one who had moved on to the F.B.I., and not once did those morons mention that their old friend was a total hottie. I was trying to play this cool, but i couldn't help but sneak glances at this green-eyed God with the best hair I had ever seen.
Bella usually sits at home, but one night her coworker (who knew Edward) gets her to come out to the bar. Once she gets a look at Edward, Bella's nerves overcome her and she runs to her friend, Jessica. Even though she was trying to avoid contact with the Green-Eyed God, he has his sights set on her.
As I turned to look, Edward was in fact staring at me, holding a pink drink in his hand, and yes, his hair was indeed, fucked up.
We come to find out that though the connection between these two is instantaneous, it's not to be because Edward is taken by Tanya. Things might not be quite what they seem, however.
We had been together for a little more than a year. Things were definitely on the downward spiral, but I was used to the constant piece of ass, and was scared shitless to just end it. Tanya was cool enough to hang out with, I just couldn't imagine us going any further. I also couldn't imagine telling her she had to move out of my condo. Not that I ever actually asked her to move in, but that's another story.
That night at the bar, however, Emmett introduces Edward and Bella and Edward is quickly interested.
As she looked up I noticed her cheeks were flushed pink, she was chewing on her bottom lip, and she had the most beautiful brown eyes I had ever seen.
Their eyes remain locked but Edward gets nervous and can't approach Bella either.
He was now starting to slowly make his way over to us, never breaking the stare. I felt myself start to blush and was hoping no one noticed. All of a sudden there was a panicked look on his face, and he grabbed his cell phone off of his belt. He stayed on the phone for just a minute and then ran his hands through his hair looking frustrated. He gave me a half wave and turned back towards the bar. I noticed him say something to Emmett and the next thing I knew he was gone.
The plot thickens as we see some great interactions between Bella and her parolees that make me, for one, wonder if the author had some of the same experiences. I have to say, reading these interactions make me think of a spiced up Law and Order. I can see it now, Max at a table, a criminal at the other end, but instead of the "normal" interactions, the most absurd yet completely believable things happen.
There are two such instances in the story that I can talk about.
One involves a chance through a house, where Bella is chasing an offender. Just the words: "-TOTAL OVERKILL- TATE PAROLE OFFICER SHOOTS DOG 13 TIMES BUT THE OFFENDER GOT AWAY.-"
The other is one of my wife's favorites.
"Come on, Bree, it's time to pee," Sam barked out with authority.
I couldn't help myself and snorted while trying to hold in my laughter. He looked at me like I was nuts, but did he really not realize what he aid?
Bree and I walked into the bathroom, and I leaned against the wall acting like I wasn't paying any attention to her. She was stalling, and I knew she was up to no good. I took out my phone and acted like I was texting.
I saw her take a canister out of her pocket and open the lid. She was about to pour the liquid into the container when I told her to drop it. She dropped it alright, all over the floor. Whatever the hell was in the canister splashed up and sprayed all over my pants, soaking them.
"Fuck," I spat. "Put your goddamn hands against the wall."
She complied, and I placed her under arrest. "Sam, get your ass in here."
Sam walked and gaped at the wetness that was my pants. "Bella, you're in the bathroom. Why didn't you say you had to go?"
"Ha ha ha," I laughed dryly.
I would have rather pissed my pants than to have someone else's piss on them. The sucky part was now I had to go to the jail like that. Lovely.
I remember drinking a pop and as this scene unfolded and the poor, poor puppy was shot, I snorted pop out my nose. Well, the puppy was not so nice and the pop burned like fire, too.
You follow Bella, Jasper, Emmett, Edward and others on an adventure to solve a series of bank robberies. Along the way, Edward and Bella's relationship blossoms.
Finally, I must give Max credit for her writing of Esme. What a woman. You will find yourself laughing until you can't breathe at some of the things this lady does and says, but I won't spoil that for you.
Now go off and read the story. If not for the story, at least do it for the humor. When you combine both you have a great fic written by a great author. Max has lived up to her name with this one and I look forward to see what she's going to do next. I hope it's a story with Esme as the lead - I could die of laughter. Go read. Enjoy and laugh and make sure you leave a review as Max always responds in her witty way.
Review: Anyone who knows me and my love for fanfic knows that I love canon stories. On occasion I can get into AH or AU, but for the most part, it is canon for me all the way. Specifically, I LOVE reading a Twilight series book, but in a different POV than Stephanie Meyer's originally wrote. If you are like me and craving different POV for the same story, then Breaking Dawn Book 4: Renesmee by Kimmydonn is a fic for you.
The first chapter starts off with little Renesmee still inside of Bella, but able to hear what is going on around her. She is slowly starting to figure out what she is and how she relates to the outside world. Through Renesmee's eyes we get to read in detail what happened while Edward was with Bella during her change and Jacob was realizing that Renesmee was his imprint.
I felt his affection. It made me happy. And I understood sorry, regret. That was how I felt when I hurt Bella. Jacob kissed my forehead and Rosalie made a low sound. "Settle down, Blondie. I'll never hurt this little girl. I won't let anything hurt her. She's my world now." His voice was husky and serious, full of emotion. He held me tighter.
Renesmee continues to explore the world (well, the world within the safe Cullen compound) and is learning and growing at a crazy rate every day. We see her physically change, as well as develop mentally. She learns tons of new words and even learns how to spell, all while Bella is silently burning away. Finally, Renesmee gets to see Bella and is excited to finally be with her Mama. We all know the story though, and soon Bella must get all mama bear aggressive with Jacob once she finds out about the imprint.
Eventually, things start to even out and the Cullen group enjoys their happy little life. Well, until all hell breaks loose and they learn that the Volturi are coming. This is where we really get to see Renesmee as a character. In Stephanie Meyer's story she was sorta just the center of the approaching fight, but in Kimmydonn's fanfic, you really see that Renesmee has developed feelings and thoughts. She is concerned, scared, and worried for her family. She realizes that they are actually in danger and is able to process the real possibility that they might not make it through this battle.
I love stories with POVs from other characters because it really gives you a chance to see a more developed character and get a connection with them that you might not ever have without the new POV. Reading Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, I really didn't care much about Renesmee, but after reading this fanfic, I have a newly developed respect for the character that she is. Seriously, if you love stories that stay true to the original, Breaking Dawn Book 4 - Renesmee is for you. You will get a detailed account of how Renesmee fit in during the entire book. Enjoy!
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A Whole Lotta Trouble by jacndaniel
Official Summary: After graduating from college, Bella makes her way to Vegas so she can marry her childhood sweetheart. An unexpected stop lands her in a lazy little town and on Edward's doorstep. Mechanicward meets Sassella... Hijinx ensue... She could be in A Whole Lotta Trouble.
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One weekend when HBO was going insane and playing The Fast and the Furious movies on a continuous loop, I thought 'what would be better than a story about Edward as a mechanic?' I went onto the twitter, asked around, and found that Jacndaniel, being her awesome self, had already written one! It's a fic that I follow and run to read whenever it updates. It really is hot - I mean, Edward in greasy overalls kind of speaks for itself.
Bella has recently graduated from college and is on her way to meet her soon-to-be husband, Jacob Black, in Vegas. We start out with Bella and her snarky musings as she drives through the scorching desert. However a certain tick-tick-ticking noise the car is making causes Bella to stop at a gas station where her life will be flipped upside down.
As I approach the garage, I see a pair of tan steel toed boots sticking out from under a slick black 1963 Chevy Nova. The car was sexy as fuck, but I decide that licking it might burn the shit out of my tongue.
I shake myself out of my musings and see that the boots are now attached to long legs in gray coveralls. They are also attached to a broad chest and a pretty face. A pretty face with full, pouty lips and shiny eyes. I swear that he is so damn beautiful he actually spark.es His hair is covered in a bandana that he is using to catch the sweat before it drips into his eyes. The emerald fucking green eyes that are helping to accent the cocky smirk on his face. I have to mentally wipe the drool from my chin, and then... He spoke.
His voice is like velvet and it caresses me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.
"What can I do for you, gorgeous?" he asks. And I melt like a popsicle into a puddle of goo at his feet. I think I'm in a whole lotta trouble.
Yes, you guessed it - the grey overall-wearing sparkly man is Edward Cullen. Edward is a mechanic at the little corner of the desert. He's smooth and a big flirt, just the way we all like him. Jacndaniel kills you a bit with every "hello, gorgeous," or "Babygirl" he throws out at Bella. Of course he also picked up on the fact that Bella means "beautiful," and takes full advantage of it.
"Bella," I stated, because if he called me gorgeous one more time I was liable to hump his leg.
"Bella?" he sounded confused, but he was still wearing his gorgeous smirk.
I pointed at myself like the huge moron his smirk reduced me to. "Me. I'm Bella. It's my name."
"Bella... gorgeous... means the same thing, doesn't it?"
The whole crew soon joins in the story all running and helping with the diner and hotel that are attached to the gas station. Emmett works the hotel desk while Rose gives Bella advice as a waitress in the diner. In the short time it takes Edward to fix Bella's car, the crew accepts Bella and sparks begin to fly.
Jacndaniel captures the chemistry between Bella and Edward expertly but all good stories need a good twist and perhaps a dash of angst. Don't be alarmed - I'm talking a dash. A tiny pinch, if you will. The plot thickens, as does the chemistry - don't forget Bella has a wedding to attend.
All of a sudden I feel really hot. And it's dark. Wait, my eyes are closed... and there is a blanket on top of me. I open my eyes and I gasp... "Good morning, lovely."
Now, don't kill me. Just go read it. Trust me, it's totally worth it. Don't forget to leave a little love for Jacndaniel; she always responds and is just such a sweetheart. She's very talented with her writing and truly hooked me in with this fic. It's a WIP and I wait anxiously for each and every update!
Go enjoy it yourself!
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Hi, my name is Jason and I'm married to @agrutle. I am a pretty simple man. I was introduced to the fandom by @obsmama and @agrutle. They both got me hooked on Twilight and the movies and I thought that was enough lol. However, I came home from work one day to see both of these ladies sitting around the computer whispering about EP and MOTU; I was intrigued and so I read. I was impressed at the originality that these stories possessed and I was hooked. I really got involved when I started and was the first man to win a game of TwiFic Trivia and my friend base grew from there. Since those fateful weeks, I have started to read and write slash - I've always wanted to be different, lol. I also have a canon and non-canon fic that I will finish once I have completed my current story, Jasper's Wanted Needs. I'm @jaydogrut on twitter, if you want to follow. See you all soon.
Beautiful Sorrow by DreamOfTheEndless
Bella is a mess. Her life is a mess. At 22 years old, she's a recovering alcoholic, a recovering anorexic, she has almost 24-hour care and a shrink who comes to her house twice a week for therapy. Her abusive husband (Carlisle) barely speaks to her and she can hardly muster the energy to speak to anyone else, including her therapists.
If you like character development and tense, anticipatory build-up, this story is for you. We see snippets of Bella's life "today" - her nutritionist bargaining with her like a child to eat her meals ("If you can tell me the secret ingredient, I'll leave you alone at lunch") an uncomfortable birthday phone call with her parents in which Bella tries to remember the lies she told about her last birthday. The worst for me was the midnight inspection by her husband. It happens at the end of the very first chapter and really sets the tone for the rest of the story.
She woke up in her bed later that night with a distinct feeling that she was no longer alone. She could sense the presence of her husband sitting across the room, watching her from his usual spot. [...] She trembled in fear, her heart threatening to beat out of her chest. She clenched her eyes shut. Maybe she was only imagining his presence. Maybe it was only a nightmare.
"I know you're awake, Isabella." [... his eyes] were dead; completely devoid of any hint of life or hope. They didn't even show any glimmer of anger or rage. Just hard, cold nothingness.
I did this to him. I made hiim this way. I deserve all the sufferings in the world.
As he requires, Bella then gets out of bed, moves to the center of the room and strips. She stands before her husband, naked, embarrassed, afraid, and, despite his presence, alone. He hasn't visited her in her room in months so she has no idea whether this night will be one of physical or emotional abuse. Turns out, that night it's psychological.
After that, the author spends quite a bit of time going back in time and showing how Bella and Carlisle met. Back when he had at least the appearance of being a good man and before the mistake she made that brought them to where they are today. I'm not going to share the few details with you that I know about the mistake, but I will say that it involves Edward. Truly though, the details are sparse. With as little as Bella interacts with anyone, she's mainly in her head, remembering better times and trying to escape, since a physical escape is impossible.
Though I don't have first-hand experience with either alcoholism or anorexia, DreamOfTheEndless seems to handle both difficult subjects with maturity and grace. Neither is glamorized, nor are they vilified. The author recognizes the shades of grey in life, though not all of her characters (*ahem* Carlisle) do. You can't help but sympathize with Bella even though she certainly deserves to feel every ounce of guilt coursing through her system. If you're looking for hard-hitting angst and a well-told story, look no farther.
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They say bad things happen for a reason and I'd like to beve that's true, but it's getting harder and harder to do. I want to call her, I want to go to her and tell her that the best part of me was always you and I want to remind her of what we had. I want her to know that I'm falling to pieces without her... I'm still alive, but I'm barely breathing. She took her suitcase and I took the blame.
[H]ow do I tell this woman that I love and adore her and how do I tell her not to give up on 'us.' How do I say I'm sorry and have her believe me and how do I tell her that I can't have a life without her. How do I make her see that I'm nothing without her and no matter what she says she will always have my heart. How do I do all that without some sort of grand gesture? What if she doesn't want that with me anymore?
