The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: 23
Pen Name: Glitterb1234
Pairing/Character(s): Bella+Edward
Rating: T
Word Count: 309
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She perched on the roof of his house, balanced delicately on the dark tiles with all the grace and elegance of a cat. Below her, separated by only a few thin layers of wood, he slept peacefully, entirely unaware of her existence.
Her family said she was foolish, that her obsession with him made no sense, that nothing good could come from one of their kind loving a human, but she ignored them. She knew how she felt; in all her hundred years, she had never felt this way about anyone, vampire of human. She wanted only to be close to him. He didn't have to reciprocate her feelings, or even know that she was there; as long as he was safe and well and happy, she would watch him from the shadows and be glad to have that much of him.
Being here, however, was no longer enough. She had to see him, be near him, see for herself that he was content in his slumber. Silently, without so much as rustling the leaves in the tree, she slid from the roof into the branches of the tall oak outside his window. She peered through the glass, and smiled when she saw him sprawled across his too small bed, his arms and legs going in all directions and his feet hanging from the end. How she longed to have those arms around her, strong and hard and comforting. How she wished she could watch those legs pump in time with hers as they ran through the forest together, faster than the eye could see.
But these were only dreams. She continued to watch him, continued to follow his every move, wishing and wanting but never acting, while he dreamed of a dark haired, pale skinned beauty that he had never met, and wondered where he could find her.