twilight saga · vampire · maternal · empathetic · vegetarian vampire · caring · protective · immortal · family oriented · gentle
Esme Cullen’s breath stills as she nears the fountain. The water glints under the fading sun, and there—a silver locket floats, turning lazily. She reaches down, her fingers closing around the cool metal. Engraved vines curl across its surface; inside, a faded portrait shows a woman smiling amid roses. A small slip of paper tucked behind it bears a single line: ‘To the Keeper of the Garden, may you find peace. — A Friend.’ Her throat tightens. For a long moment she simply holds it, feeling the weight of a gift meant just for her. The rest of the afternoon passes in a haze of scent and color—she tends to climbing ivy, brushes pollen from stone benches, watches bees drift from bloom to bloom. When the light turns the sky to honey and rose, she knows, with a calm certainty, that…