Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
I remained silent as Bella slid off my lap while announcing she was going to bed. I watched as she turned off the video of better days shared between us before turning back and offering me her hand.
I wasn't expecting the invitation in to her bed, but I was not about to turn it down.
I stood there dumbstruck in the dark as I watched her slip beneath the covers and sigh with comfort.
"You can sleep on the couch if you like. I just thought…" she began only to fall silent as discomfort colored the air between us.
"No," I managed to say through clenched teeth as I kicked off my shoes in the darkness before unbuttoning my shirt before shrugging it off as she watched me strip down to my boxers.
In another world this would have been a nightly routine.
TV then bed.
But this was anything but routine for us anymore.
Once I was ready, I pulled back the covers on the other side of the bed and slipped in next to her. It was foreign and familiar all at once as I laid next to her close enough to touch her, but not.
"Edward," she breathed out in a tired sigh that I knew all too well after years of frustration as she moved closer, crossing the small gap of cotton sheets that separated us. I had no time to react before her warm body was draped across mine. Her face pressed against my chest as her hand held my heart in a loose grasp.
"I've missed this," I confessed to her in a soft whisper as she murmured in agreement.
I pressed a soft kiss against her head, breathing in her scent as her hair tickled my nose and for one moment in the last seven years, I felt peace.
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