Title- 10 Snuggles Challenge #2 Snowfall
Author- thai.MI.Pride
Fandom/Pairing- Twilight/BxE
Rating- K+
Summary- A.LaRosa's 10 Snuggles Challenge. "For where thou art, there is the world itself, and where though art not, desolation"
Henry VI, Act iii, Sc.2, William Shakespeare.
Disclaimer- Stephenie Meyer's characters quite obviously don't belong to me.
Notes- The quote is Shakespeare's again, from Troilus & C, Act iii, Sc.1.
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"Bella." Edward's soft voice comes from my right. I turn to him to see why he had called me and see him standing frozen with his excruciatingly perfect face turned up towards the sky, his dark gold eyes closed. I look up as well and see little white flakes drifting down from the dark gray sky. Surprised, I reach out a hand to catch a snowflake. It's a perfect lattice, crystalline, and beautiful, rather than a white fluff ball. The snow here isn't like the snow in Forks. I feel Edward watching me now as I study the snowflake, still whole and intricate. I just stare at it for another minute and neither of us moves.
Finally, I speak up. "I remember when snowflakes used to melt when I touched them." I pause. "It's different now, isn't it?"
I feel like crying, unexpectedly, but I know no tears can fall.
Edward's hand sweeps my hair back over my shoulder and suddenly I'm enclosed in his arms. In his embrace, I simply rest my face against his neck and feel him squeeze me, hard. Before, that would've crushed me. It's different than before, but it's okay. At this moment, with Edward, I feel safe; I feel like I can handle the difference, I can handle anything, if only I have him.
Edward whispers. "'Sweet, above thought I love thee.'"
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