i don't own the essence of this writing-ness, only the words in which is in interpreted! please don't sue me!!! i know this all belongs to S.M.
this is from Edward's POV and is the scene from the first night Edward actually stays with Bella at night with permission.
I hadn't known what to expect; what to prepare for. Nothing I had learned in the past eighty years could have prepared me for this. The warmth that flowed through me was like nothing I had ever experienced. Her still form beside me was something I could only have imagined; but it was real.
Watching her sleep soundly, I wondered what she was thinking, or dreaming. Was it happy, or sad? She was usually talking by now; babbling away in her sleep. Tonight she was silent, though, except for the soft sound of her breathing.
Tentatively, I reached my hand over to stroke her cheek. The warmth that burned through my icy skin was like a fire; not one that hurt, but one that made me shiver with happiness. Her eyelids fluttered as my cold hand traced her chin, then her collarbone, then across her throat to caress her other cheek in my palm. Holding it there, it felt fragile and delicate, like one small twitch of my hand could easily break it; and that was how it was. I was the lion, and she was the lamb. I was the hunter, and she was the prey. I was rock, and she was glass.
She shifted restlessly in bed, flinging her head left and right as if looking for something. I watched her, holding back a smile, and brushed a stray hair behind her ear. The brown fiber was surprisingly soft to the touch, and I found myself stroking my fingers through her hair, not wanting to remove my hand from the silken material.
"Edward."
I froze with my hand raised to touch her cheek, worried that she would wake. My gaze trained on her pale eyelids, still closed but twitching, as if the eyes beneath them were rotating rapidly. Her lips quivered with a sigh, and her head flopped to the side again.
Even with her face turned away from me, her hair damp and tangled, she was still the most beautiful creature in the world. At that moment, when she said my name, it was like the whole world stopped and dimmed, and the only light was trained on her. A breathtaking feeling coursed through me; an electric shock that shot through my being, filling my limbs with a pleasant numbness. It made my silent heart sing.
Sighing, she flipped back over, her face turning to me. For a second her eyes opened, but it happened so fast that I wasn't quite sure if it happened or not. Her chocolate-brown eyes trained on me; glazed and heavy with sleep, but still beautiful. Then she shifted again, drawing herself to me; laying her head on my chest. She sighed again and closed her eyes, content, it seemed, to lay on a cold rock. But that wasn't what I was to her, was it? No, I was a God in her eyes. I sighed; if only I could make her see that I was the lucky winner, that she was the angel sent to me.
I felt her lips shift against my shirt, and glanced down. Her eyes were shut, but words flowed over her lips. "I love you," she whispered. A strange feeling shot through me, elating me. It filled my body with static and life. It was an indescribable feeling, and it was perfect. Though I'd known all day, as she risked her life to be with me, that she loved me, I hadn't been expecting those words. I'd never expected to hear those words from anyone, especially not a human. I didn't deserve her. And yet I needed her.
I looked out her window to the moon. It was beautiful and clear that night, but it seemed insignificant next to her radiance. Once again the world had stopped, and the only thing that mattered was the girl laid in my arms. I didn't want anything else in my life; I didn't need anything else in my life.
I glanced down at the beautiful creature sleeping peacefully in my arms, and then back at the moon. Without thinking I wrapped my arm around her. It felt natural and right; good. The other I cradled her face with; holding her cheek carefully in my palm once more.
In her sleep she smiled, and in that moment everything fell into place; the universe aligned. In that moment I realized that I truly loved her back, and would always love her.
Everything I needed was right there, in my arms. Everything I needed was found, sleeping soundly under my protection. Everything I loved was cradled there, in the palm of my hand.
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