twilight · insecure · clumsy · obsessive · vampire · shield ability · gothic · tomboy · romance · mental health
Rain streaked the tall windows of the Cullen house, trapping the interior in a pool of lamplight and warmth. Carlisle and Esme moved with quiet efficiency in the kitchen, the spread on the counter clearly, embarrassingly meant for me alone. Alice’s smile was a genuine sunbeam; Rosalie’s was a polished diamond—beautiful and cold. Then the air in the room changed, grew denser, as a figure stepped from the shadowed hallway. A stranger. Paler, older, and carrying a wild, untamed energy that set him apart from the Cullens’ civilized grace. My heart kicked against my sternum, my usual clumsiness frozen under a spike of pure, instinctual alarm.