Summary:

Edward and Bella share a class at the University of Washington-and not much else. She's shy and reserved as she adjusts to her new life in Seattle. He's angry and isolated because of his upbringing in LaVerrot, a secretive, gated community. They're drawn together, but secrets of her past, and revelations of his pure lifestyle, threaten to keep them apart.

There is mention of sexual abuse and rape in this story. Please avoid if this is a trigger.

Categories: AU Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 95 Completed: No Word count: 618155

Summary:

 

Oct 2009:  Nominee, Best AU AH, The Moonlight Awards
Winter 2010:  Nominee, Best 'Under The Radar' Fic, The Faithful Shipper Awards
November 2010:  Nominee, Best Angst, Best Lemon, Most Original Storyline (Rare Gem division), Rare Gem Awards

Bella Swan attends group therapy to placate her worried father, remaining mute about the events that led to her suicide attempt.  Mesmerized by the sullen, silent stranger who enters five minutes late each session, she is shocked into action the day he finally speaks up, her pierced tongue forming words aloud for once...

Edward Cullen obliges his father and sees his colleague, Dr. Jones, for individual and group therapy after his near-demise - the physical one, that is.  For Edward knows that inside, he's already dead, destroyed by the painful memories he commemorates with tattoos like mile markers...

Two damaged souls who speak the same language come together by chance.  But can the damaged save each other in the wake of revelations to come?

This story's first chapter began as a finalist for the Tattward/Inkella one-shot contest, and is rated NC-17 for language, lemons and disturbing themes/imagery including suicide attempts, substance abuse, self-harm and scenes of violence.  It deals heavily with issues of mental illness and healing; please read with care.

Canon pairings, AU-AH, somewhat OOC.

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Angela, Bella, Ben, Bree, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Heidi, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jessica, Lauren, Leah, Mike, Other Character, Paul, Quil, Rosalie, Sam, Seth, Tanya
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 44 Completed: Yes Word count: 223921

Summary:

Edward and Bella get on the same plane, but it crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Bella and Edward are the only survivors, and they luckily find a deserted island to stay on until someone finds them. But can they survive each other? All characters are human and OOC.

 

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The banner above was made by myself, and the one below was made by the very talented Mkystich! It's so awesome!

 

 

 

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 25 Completed: Yes Word count: 95080

Summary:

 

Bella's bad luck has landed her in Chicago for a business trip, with no luggage and no hotel room. Her co-worker, Edward, steps in to help! Her luck is about to change. AH. Canon pairings.

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 17 Completed: No Word count: 70922

Summary:

Edward's family hire Bella Swan to break the heartbreaker's heart in hopes to have him see the error of his womanizing ways. Bella realizes that they have a little too much in common and is having a little too much fun with this subject. EXB Lots of lemons later.

 

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Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Bella, Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges:
Series: Always Human , SMUT - Best of the Best - Edward and Bella
Chapters: 43 Completed: Yes Word count: 322353

Summary:

 

Bella and Edward have been pen pals (the traditional kind, pen and paper stuff) for over a decade, but they never met for reasons even they didn’t know. After fourteen years of “courting through the postal service” and not realizing it, Bella gets engaged to Emmett, a fellow lawyer at the prestigious firm of Ateara, Call, and Uley. They move fast, and a wedding is set for a mere four months after they get engaged. Bella invites Edward to the wedding, wanting to finally meet her longtime friend, and when things go sour the night of the rehearsal dinner, Bella, in her shock, ends up in Edward’s arms. And this is all just the tip of the iceberg for these two…

Rated NC-17 for mature sexual content. Little to no bad language.

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Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 45 Completed: Yes Word count: 239223

Summary:

Seeking absolute seclusion to heal from a shattering experience, Edward moves to a remote homestead in the Oregon wilderness.  After a chance meeting with his distant neighbor, he finds himself drawn to the quiet, melancholy young woman who lives in isolation, too.  Can these two broken individuals help each other to heal?   

Categories: AU Characters: Angela, Bella, Ben, Carlisle, Edward, Esme, Renee
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 24 Completed: Yes Word count: 102835

Summary:

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Bella is in a car crash that kills her mother and Phil, leaving her with many physical and emotional injuries. Bella is completely devastated by the accident and is no longer the woman she used to be. She returns to Washington to be closer to her father and best friends, trying to find a way to put her life back together.  

Edward has had a "thing" for Bella for ten years, but he never acted on it, and no one ever knew about his feelings for her. He's done a decent job of building a good life, but Bella's return makes him question and re-think everything he thought he knew.

Once these two meet again, he's going to do all he can to finally get his girl, but life and circumstances will make it difficult for him - and Bella will be the biggest challenge of all.  

Story is AU-Human. 

 

 

 

 

 

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: SMUT - Best of the Best - Edward and Bella
Chapters: 27 Completed: Yes Word count: 159480

Summary:

Edward Cullen was a loner, an outcast. He clearly hated everybody, including himself. He was not a nice person. So, why was I so drawn to him? And why did I get the crazy feeling he felt the same way?

WARNING: This story will deal with the aftermath of child abuse and rape. If that bothers you too much, I strongly recommend that you don’t read.

 

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Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 115 Completed: Yes Word count: 365612

Summary:

Two strangers, two computers.... one night.

Lonely ER doc Edward Cullen goes online one night to relieve some tension, never expecting to find what was awaiting him. AH/possibly some OOC. Rated NC-17 for a reason.

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Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 24 Completed: Yes Word count: 132766

Summary:

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After her parents are killed in a plane crash, a young girl is rejected again & again by foster families for being too old. She wishes on a star nightly, but will she find what she seeks? Will the Cullens be that family?

NC-17 for later chapters. Warning" Violence, and sexual aggresion may be part of this story.

Winning Summary:

"I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I make tonight."  With that one hope Isabella Swan faces life as best as she can.  The tragedy of her parents' death, leaves her alone in a system where her age leaves her undesirable for adoption.  That is until one day two people come into her life offering her a chance at hope.  The Cullen family takes to Bella like a long lost sister.  What happens when Bella is taken from the Cullens by a lost relative?  Will Bella's hopes be destroyed?  What happens when fate steps in years later to reunite Bella with the one's she loved and who loved her so long ago?

Bella knew what she would say, "Don't you want to be my sister?"

 

 

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Thanks to Sleforever for below banner!

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges:
Series: Always Human
Chapters: 40 Completed: No Word count: 137752

Summary:

Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges:
Series: Always Human
Chapters: 1 Completed: No Word count: 166930