A/N: The thirteenth one, enjoy. Requested by morlockiness.
Title: always reaching for things out of reach
Pairing: Aro/Bella
Prompt: unobtainable
Words: 234 words
Disclaimer: The Twilight series and its characters belong to Stephanie Meyer; I only borrow them for this non-profit work. I get practically NOTHING out of doing this except my own enjoyment and hopefully that of others.
. always reaching for things out of reach .
"You always want things that you can't have Aro."
Marcus' words echoed in the deathly silence of the hall, taunting Aro with the familiar syllables. It's not the first time that Marcus has said it, and it won't be the last, he knows.
Once he knows for certain that he's alone, does he let her name slip past his lips, "Isabella, Bella." The syllables are unfamiliar, but beautiful, drifting through the halls like a long forgotten ballad that sings just for him. Aro can feel the desire and longing thrum deep inside him being, and he wishes that he could have simply taken the girl right then and there, without regard to the others.
But he knows better. It wouldn't do to alienate himself, and he would not like to have to slay Alice and Edward; their abilities still intrigue him, he still wants them, and he knows that if he can have Bella, that he can have them too.
Unfortunately, she's unobtainable. Bella is like the moon's light, you try to catch it, but you never can. You try to pin it down, to capture it, but you never can. She's like the wind, something taunting him from far away, and he feels things that he's felt only once before; in a very similar situation.
It's like Marcus says, this isn't the first time he's longed for something unobtainable.
Something he can't have.
FIN.