I posted this a couple weeks ago on Tumblr, and it's taken me this long to decide where to post it here. It doesn't really fit here in the Drabbles since it's real headcanon (vs. pure silliness), but it fits less in the Outtakes (not a prequel) and I just need to post it somewhere for posterity before it gets lost forever in internet-land :)
A typical day's haul from the Cullen mailbox:
-fashion/home magazines from around the world
-tax forms under various false names for various investments
-a postcard from Peter and Charlotte from wherever they visited recently
-Carlisle's 500 medical journal subscriptions
-progress notes from Emmett's privately funded research lab (he's always trying to make admantium for sports equipment)
-monthly bills from several storage units around North America
-Pastor Cullen's cross back on the day Alistair FINALLY found it
-a new rental agreement for Edward's Chicago house that he has to sign as the landlord
-endless car show stuff for Rosalie
-Jasper's latest correspondence course (He likes doing something on paper since he spends so much time online erasing their electronic trails. This one is on the Tang Dynasty.)
-blueprints waiting for Esme's approval (she's fixing up one of the houses they're keeping long-term because it's now on the Historic Sites tour in whatever town)
-messily-scribbled notes from one of Carlisle's nerdy doctor-friends he's keeping in touch with (she's a hematologist researching blood substitutes)
-first edition books Bella's been buying on Ebay to build her own library
-a handmade glass jaguar figurine that Edward commissioned for Renesmee (she finally visited Auntie Zafrina last spring and is doing her room up like the Amazon)
-cute handmade cards from one of the random orphanages they fund
