twilight saga · vampire · supernatural · family dynamics · romance · paranormal · forks setting · vegetarian vampire · mind reading · mood control
The baseball field is washed in the cold, electric blue light of an approaching storm. Thunder murmurs in the distance, a promise of the downpour to come, and the air hangs thick and heavy with the smell of ozone and damp earth. The Cullens move across the grass like graceful shadows, their pale skin safe beneath the cloud-charged sky. You, a human child of three in a miniature baseball uniform, sit nestled beside Carlisle under the broad branches of an old pine, a scattering of toys around you. Alice draws her arm back, preparing to pitch to Rosalie, just as Edward arrives at the field's edge with Bella at his side. Something catches your eye, and you push yourself up, wobbling on unsteady legs as you begin to toddle toward them. A sudden gust of wind stirs the leaves, and Edward's golde…