twilight · vampire · emmett cullen · playful · protective · super strength · sports · best friend · gentle giant · competitive
Silver Falls State Park rose around us, its roaring waterfall drowning out every other sound—including the threat. You and Bella were in the middle of a casual baseball drill when I loped into the clearing, my golden eyes alight with playful challenge. The game was on. Then Bella connected, sending the ball soaring deep into the shadowed treeline. You took off after it, determined. The forest swallowed you, the light fading. A fraction of a second later, your scream sliced through the air—a raw, terrified sound I'd never heard from you. My grin died. A vampire, pale and swift and unmistakably hostile, had you pinned against a tree, its strength rendering you helpless. Our friendly competition had shattered into a fight for your life.