Author's Note: So I guess I'm in no position to start a new story seeing as i already have two I'm trying to write right now but this idea popped up and wouldn't go away. Let me introduce you to Our Tangled Embrace, something sweet and sad among other things. I'm kind of excited to write from Seth's point of view seeing as I'm a female and truly know nothing about men. I'd love to know what you think of this and if i should continue.

Perth - Bon Iver

PROLOGUE

In the Olympic Peninsula we most certainly did not take the sun for granted. And as it beat down onto my bare back, I absorbed it happily as I watched Quil and Clair make sandcastles closer to the water, I was content right now. No patrolling for hours, I didn't have to worry and I didn't have to be anywhere right now, except for here.

I lay back, feeling the sand sink slightly as it held all six foot of me. I wriggled my toes, the sand making a crust over my body as it dried onto my chest.

"Oi, Seth!" Embry called, waving at me with his imprint from a distance, "Can you get the ball?"

I looked over my shoulder as I saw the ball roll towards a completely oblivious girl who was reading. She was alone and absorbed; I caught a glimpse of wonder on her face as she read. It made me smile.

I grinned and pulled myself up, "Sure!" I yelled back before jogging over to the girl and the ball, I stopped about a meter away from her, trying not to frighten her.

"Excuse me." I said politely with a smile.

She didn't look up. I frowned, was she really absorbed that much in a book?

"Sorry," I tried again, "Would I be able to get our ball?"

No reply again. The frown became deeper, causing a dent in between my eyebrows. I shuffled from foot to foot, wondering if she was listening to an iPod or something. I ended up trying to catch her attention with a wave, and to my surprise it worked.

She looked up; her perfect coral lips parted slightly in surprise as her misty hazel eyes caught mine and captivated me.

My heart lurched towards her, and as though an earthquake had ripped through the earth, ripped through me, everything shifted. Gravity. She was my personal source of gravity, tying me to the Earth. I realized that she was all I needed plus everything and more. I was held by her beauty but something punctured my heart; her soul. Her soul was my soul; her life was my life, everything she wanted – I would give it to her, even if it caused me death.

"Sorry," I breathed, the air rushing out of my lungs, "Sorry, I-ah, hi, I'm Seth and you have our ball. But of course, if you want it you can keep it-" I let out a shaky laugh, before raking my fingers through my head, "I mean Embry would probably be m-mad but I, ah, well you know…"

I paused watching her reaction; her eyes looked distantly pained as she pointed to her ear and mouthed two words. I had never had experience lip reading but I wasn't stupid, I knew what she was trying to say. What she couldn't say.

I'm deaf.

A bit short but hey - it's a prologue, what did you expect?