Title: Crawling Towards The Sun
Author: [livejournal.com profile] papered
Fandom: Twilight
Characters/Pairing: Edward, Bella
Rating: G
Word Count: 205 words
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, not mine.
Summary: Edward Cullen has never quite hated anyone as much as he hated Bella Swan that first time he saw her.
Notes: My very first Twilight fic, written for the prompt, "ruin" (table Gamma, prompt #008), at [livejournal.com profile] twilight20. Thank you so much to [livejournal.com profile] spadul for all of her help.


It's the colour of her skin when I first laid eyes on her, pale and yet flushed with the crimson red that calls to me so strongly. Her blush brought the blood closer to the surface of her skin, the fragrance teasing me the way a three-course meal lures a starving man. My fists clenched in a desperate attempt to ignore her, but her alluring smell has more of an effect on me than anything else in the last century. I was torn. I swore to myself that I would never again drink human blood, but this girl has managed to ensnare my senses with her mere presence. I find myself captured, perhaps hopeless to resist.

Afterwards, there is nothing I can do but run, out of the room and down the corridor until finally the fresh air is upon me again. The wind fills my nostrils, temporarily wiping away all traces of that delicious fragrance, but the memory remains, of blood so potent that it erased all traces of rational thought. So many years of rigid control, of denying my instincts, all gone down the drain because of this mere human.

This girl will be the ruin of me. Of that, I am sure.

Finis.


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From: [identity profile] thiefofcamorr.livejournal.com


This is fantastic XD

I can't wait to read more ^^

From: [identity profile] spadul.livejournal.com


This is superb. It's short and perfect, and really just captures Edward. ♥

From: [identity profile] petitecherie.livejournal.com


This is really excellent. I'm excited to read some more! =]

From: [identity profile] potthead.livejournal.com


Omg I know this going to be annoying, Lizard, but I think the last line is supposed to be "Of that, I am sure", right? >_< Or did you mean it the way it is?

Annnyway, this was so pretty! I love how you can write pretty stuff like this. As you know from my YED fics, I usually only know how to write something reallllly prettily only to have the YED tear it apart in the next line. *rofl* But I really liked the bittersweet-ness of this! Really lovely for your first Twilight fic. I should get through Eclipse so that I can try my hand at some of this, too! :D

From: [identity profile] romanitas.livejournal.com


Ahhh, very nice! I think you captured Edward's voice quite well, word diction and all. Lovely work! ♥

From: [identity profile] ritinha.livejournal.com


Wow, that was amazing (and didn't loose its beauty, even though I'm listening to the Pókemon theme xD that's rare, man). Really captured how I imagined to be Edward's POV in that moment. Great fic. ♥

From: [identity profile] killzmeded.livejournal.com


Liz! It's beautiful, I love it! This is exactly why I can't wait for Midnight Sun just so I can read that sort of stuff, anything from Edward's POV is clearly FTW. Hope you write more!

From: [identity profile] natacha92.livejournal.com


Very good, I enjoyed it. MORE. WRITE THAT JACOB THING YOU WERE THINKING. YES, PLS.

From: [identity profile] waveless.livejournal.com


Haha. Trueeee! Nice capture of Edwardness!!

From: [identity profile] demonphoenix.livejournal.com


X) Edward point of view funness... oh if only he knew... mehahahaha.

From: (Anonymous)


So short, but so good!

From: (Anonymous)


Wonderfully done!
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