The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Honest
Pen name: poppyandpeony
Pairing: Edward/Bella
Rating: T


They are walking together when she slips in a wayward puddle and he reaches out to catch her.

He sighs.

She's doing it again.

This morning she stayed in the shower until the scalding water ran cold. And last night as she moaned and gasped for unnecessary breath, he held her face between his hands and felt the rouge she had painted there.

Forever is far more beautiful, he thinks.

But it's impossible to call her a liar when she is kneeling beneath him, clutching small hands to his chest, and smiling as rain turns to ice against her skin.