Someone Else's Eyes
This is a collection of random Twilight pairings, mostly unconventional. I decide that, rather than spamming flists and my comm by posting each one separately, I'd post them all together. Enjoy!
Title: Nightmares. (Someone Else's Eyes I)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Edward/Alice, Jasper/Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 129.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: They can't dream, she knows that, but sometimes it feels like she's surrounded by nightmares.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She's haunted with images of honey-blonde, but she wants bronze. Southern drawls instead of crooked smiles and she's angry, sad; there's no change in her future, no matter how hard she tries, how hard she clings to the idea of someone else. He's written in stone, made of stone, and she's wishing she couldn't see the future, didn't know what kind of heartache the fates had in store for her. They can't dream, she knows that, but sometimes it feels like she's surrounded by nightmares; images of a life she's unable to escape, even if she tries to pull away.
He sees her thoughts, always of Jasper, and he assumes she's happy with the idea. In reality, she's miserable, longs to feel Edward's cold fingers against her icy skin.
Title: Paths (Someone Else's Eyes II)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 164.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She's realizing that she jumped head first into something she couldn't take back; a permanent mark on the path of her life.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She's got a ring on her finger, a hole in her heart and a hollow heartbeat of whatifwhatifwhatif. He's on her mind (always on her mind, and she's glad for the umpteenth time that Edward can't read her thoughts) and she feels the knife twisting in her gut. She's all smiles and Life is great when in reality she's wondering What could have been? and wishing she'd taken the chance to figure it out. She's realizing, now that it's too late, that she jumped head first into something she couldn't take back; a permanent mark on the path of her life. She was stuck here (he wouldn't want her anyways, now that she was cold and hard and practically indestructible) and she wondered if maybe the finality of it all was really what scared her, brought up the second guessing. Then she remembers his face, his warm over-sized hands, the way he'd look at her and she knows this isn't as simple as that.
Title: Lullabies (Someone Else's Eyes III)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Edward/Rosalie with mentions of Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 259.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She never noticed how gently he played the piano, how his long fingers caressed the keys.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She never noticed how gently he played the piano, how his long fingers caressed the keys. When she finally noticed (he wasn't paying attention, he was dreaming of the human girl who held his attention) she imagined those same fingers against her cold skin. She remembered how gentle he'd been with her, afraid to break her even though there was nothing he could do that would injure her. The notes filled the air between them, covering up the hidden truths, the broken hearts; he hummed softly and his eyelashes kissed his cheeks and she had to look away, eyes cast to the floor. "It's beautiful," she commented softly, not surprised when Edward didn't even flinch.
"I'm glad you like it," he said, never missing a note. Rosalie looked at his profile again, his cheek lifted with his crooked smile, and the urge to crush the piano (it wouldn't take much) overwhelmed her. She wanted to hurt him, hurt the music, hurt herself in some other way so she wouldn't have to live with the constant ache in her empty chest. "She doesn't deserve it," she muttered, walking away as the music came to a sudden stop. I do. The words weren't spoken, which made it worse somehow; the aching, the pain, the sadness. He'd done this to her, let her slip from his grasp, and this is how she repaid him; bitter words, angry looks. They were both worth it - hell, they both deserved the world - but he couldn't figure out which he'd rather give it to.
Title: Silent Screams (Someone Else's Eyes IV)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 215.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: They could never say the words but they could feel them.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
They could never say the words (it felt like a betrayal to Edward and Alice) but they could feel them. They'd get lost in I love you kisses and You're the one caresses, looks of Don't ever leave me and Bella was swept up in another whirl-wind romance. She'd gone from uninterested in dating to two, head-over-heels You complete me relationships. When Edward was first gone (she hated thinking of him as dead) she swore she'd never feel again. She had no heart, why bother trying to use it? Jasper felt the same - Alice had been his life for so long that it was impossible to imagine, let alone want, anything else.
But decades of solitude and mourning, empty nights and words no one would speak, they grew together. Two broken pieces found a place to settle; somewhere they could find a home again, someone to make them feel complete, alive, happy. It was what they would want was the first thing that passed through her mind and somewhere, in the cave that once housed a heart, she knew it was true. But she could never utter those three words to Jasper, even as his hands framed her face and their golden eyes locked with one another, burning with flames of adoration and longing.
Title: What a Beautiful Mess This Is (Someone Else's Eyes V)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 140.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She cries Edward, Edward, the name falling from her lips like a heartbeat, replacing the one she's slowly loosing.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing! This was written for the twilight uncanon drabble request meme at pinkceptional.
She's broken in his arms; frail, weak, paler than normal. He clings her body to his (just hard enough to keep her protected) as she cries Edward, Edward, the name falling from her lips like a heartbeat, replacing the one she's slowly loosing. Jasper brushes his hand lightly over her hair, staring into her cloudy eyes, and wishes there was some other way. There isn't, though, so he takes what's left of her life; blood washing over creamy skin, shockingly white fangs and the sound she makes it heartbreaking.
He keeps his arms around her, even as she fights him, and finishes what he started. Edward didn't want it, Alice would've made it happen, and here was Jasper doing it because he couldn't lose another person he loved; Alice and Edward were bad enough, but Bella... He couldn't handle that.
Title: Rain, Rain, Go Away (Someone Else's Eyes VI)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 176.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: Her knees hit the mud before she realized she was crying.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing! This was written for the twilight uncanon drabble request meme at pinkceptional .
The raindrops were rough, sharp against Bella's skin, but she didn't feel them. All she felt was the racing of her heart, pumping the warm blood that she so strongly didn't want in her veins. There was silence around her, engulfing her except for the break in the rain, the sound of thunder off in the hills.
She wanted out, wanted to get away; he was gone, Alice was gone. Her world, once filled with colour and wonder, life and longing, now ached with their absence.
Her knees hit the mud before she realized she was crying, her salty tears mixing with the cold rain. Even Jasper, waiting for her just a few feet away, wouldn't calm her. He was just as upset, just as lost, just as confused.
He appeared beside her, a silent savior, and took her hand. His skin was cold, colder than the rain, but it gave her warmth, hope. He knew exactly how she felt; broken, scared, empty.
Together, they could pick up the pieces, maybe make each other whole again.
Title: If I Can't See You, You Can't See Me (Someone Else's Eyes VII)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Edward/Bella, implied Edward/Rosalie and Jasper/Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 266.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: It was meant to be, written in the stars, and they wouldn't mess with that.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She pretended not to notice when he'd look her way; the silent longing, the whispers of a past neither one could ever forget. She kept the memories locked tightly in the back of her mind, flooding her thoughts with Emmett when Edward was around; no need to bring attention to the fact that whenever he was away, she was always thinking of him. His long pianist fingers, his bronze hair, his crooked smile; she could remember all too clearly the way he used to look at her (the same way he now looked at Bella). They were a ghost of a past that shouldn't have been and a present she could only imagine; a future that would never come.
He pretended to not notice the way she felt when he was around; confused, torn. He kept thoughts of her to himself, too afraid of Edward's reaction to even whisper her name in his mind while he was around. Instead, he screamed Alice, Alice, Alice over and over again, making sure his brother-of-sorts wouldn't realize who he really lusted over, who he really wanted to taste against his lips. He longed for a chance he'd never get, dreamt of a girl he could never have. Bella was untouchable, and his cold fingers burned at the idea of touching her.
They were happy, Bella and Edward, so Rosalie and Jasper kept their distance. It was meant to be, written in the stars, and they wouldn't mess with that. They would stay with Emmett and Alice, keep their mouths shut, no matter how long and terrible eternity would be.
Title: Heartbeats. (Someone Else's Eyes VIII)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Carlisle/Bella with mentions of Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 221.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: Her heartbeat's erratic, he can hear that without the help of the machines nearby, and he feels the ghost of his heart racing, beating against the space that's been hollow for far too long.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Her heartbeat's erratic, he can hear that without the help of the machines nearby, and he feels the ghost of his heart racing, beating against the space that's been hollow for far too long. He brushes a hand across her brow, feeling the cool sweat there; she's fading, quickly, and the only way he knows to help is something the nurses surrounding them won't approve of. (Or Edward, for that matter, but there's no time to worry about that now.) It's not like it used to be - he can't send them away (or take her away) and make things right again. Her heartbeat grows softer, so slow that he almost misses the next one, and he can't wait any longer. She's Bella (not his Bella he reminds himself) and he can't let her go, can't let her slip away.
His mind reels with ideas, trying to think of the best course of action, when he hears a commotion out in the hallway. Alice's voice is shouting, angry but still bell-like, and a brief smile comes to his face. He cradles her head in his hand, ignoring the way her face could bring a blush to his cheeks (a long-lost feeling that he barely remembers) and, as the nurses run from the room, he lets his teeth sink into her skin.
Title: Nightmares. (Someone Else's Eyes I)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Edward/Alice, Jasper/Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 129.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: They can't dream, she knows that, but sometimes it feels like she's surrounded by nightmares.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She's haunted with images of honey-blonde, but she wants bronze. Southern drawls instead of crooked smiles and she's angry, sad; there's no change in her future, no matter how hard she tries, how hard she clings to the idea of someone else. He's written in stone, made of stone, and she's wishing she couldn't see the future, didn't know what kind of heartache the fates had in store for her. They can't dream, she knows that, but sometimes it feels like she's surrounded by nightmares; images of a life she's unable to escape, even if she tries to pull away.
He sees her thoughts, always of Jasper, and he assumes she's happy with the idea. In reality, she's miserable, longs to feel Edward's cold fingers against her icy skin.
Title: Paths (Someone Else's Eyes II)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 164.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She's realizing that she jumped head first into something she couldn't take back; a permanent mark on the path of her life.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She's got a ring on her finger, a hole in her heart and a hollow heartbeat of whatifwhatifwhatif. He's on her mind (always on her mind, and she's glad for the umpteenth time that Edward can't read her thoughts) and she feels the knife twisting in her gut. She's all smiles and Life is great when in reality she's wondering What could have been? and wishing she'd taken the chance to figure it out. She's realizing, now that it's too late, that she jumped head first into something she couldn't take back; a permanent mark on the path of her life. She was stuck here (he wouldn't want her anyways, now that she was cold and hard and practically indestructible) and she wondered if maybe the finality of it all was really what scared her, brought up the second guessing. Then she remembers his face, his warm over-sized hands, the way he'd look at her and she knows this isn't as simple as that.
Title: Lullabies (Someone Else's Eyes III)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Implied Edward/Rosalie with mentions of Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 259.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She never noticed how gently he played the piano, how his long fingers caressed the keys.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She never noticed how gently he played the piano, how his long fingers caressed the keys. When she finally noticed (he wasn't paying attention, he was dreaming of the human girl who held his attention) she imagined those same fingers against her cold skin. She remembered how gentle he'd been with her, afraid to break her even though there was nothing he could do that would injure her. The notes filled the air between them, covering up the hidden truths, the broken hearts; he hummed softly and his eyelashes kissed his cheeks and she had to look away, eyes cast to the floor. "It's beautiful," she commented softly, not surprised when Edward didn't even flinch.
"I'm glad you like it," he said, never missing a note. Rosalie looked at his profile again, his cheek lifted with his crooked smile, and the urge to crush the piano (it wouldn't take much) overwhelmed her. She wanted to hurt him, hurt the music, hurt herself in some other way so she wouldn't have to live with the constant ache in her empty chest. "She doesn't deserve it," she muttered, walking away as the music came to a sudden stop. I do. The words weren't spoken, which made it worse somehow; the aching, the pain, the sadness. He'd done this to her, let her slip from his grasp, and this is how she repaid him; bitter words, angry looks. They were both worth it - hell, they both deserved the world - but he couldn't figure out which he'd rather give it to.
Title: Silent Screams (Someone Else's Eyes IV)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 215.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: They could never say the words but they could feel them.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
They could never say the words (it felt like a betrayal to Edward and Alice) but they could feel them. They'd get lost in I love you kisses and You're the one caresses, looks of Don't ever leave me and Bella was swept up in another whirl-wind romance. She'd gone from uninterested in dating to two, head-over-heels You complete me relationships. When Edward was first gone (she hated thinking of him as dead) she swore she'd never feel again. She had no heart, why bother trying to use it? Jasper felt the same - Alice had been his life for so long that it was impossible to imagine, let alone want, anything else.
But decades of solitude and mourning, empty nights and words no one would speak, they grew together. Two broken pieces found a place to settle; somewhere they could find a home again, someone to make them feel complete, alive, happy. It was what they would want was the first thing that passed through her mind and somewhere, in the cave that once housed a heart, she knew it was true. But she could never utter those three words to Jasper, even as his hands framed her face and their golden eyes locked with one another, burning with flames of adoration and longing.
Title: What a Beautiful Mess This Is (Someone Else's Eyes V)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 140.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: She cries Edward, Edward, the name falling from her lips like a heartbeat, replacing the one she's slowly loosing.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing! This was written for the twilight uncanon drabble request meme at pinkceptional.
She's broken in his arms; frail, weak, paler than normal. He clings her body to his (just hard enough to keep her protected) as she cries Edward, Edward, the name falling from her lips like a heartbeat, replacing the one she's slowly loosing. Jasper brushes his hand lightly over her hair, staring into her cloudy eyes, and wishes there was some other way. There isn't, though, so he takes what's left of her life; blood washing over creamy skin, shockingly white fangs and the sound she makes it heartbreaking.
He keeps his arms around her, even as she fights him, and finishes what he started. Edward didn't want it, Alice would've made it happen, and here was Jasper doing it because he couldn't lose another person he loved; Alice and Edward were bad enough, but Bella... He couldn't handle that.
Title: Rain, Rain, Go Away (Someone Else's Eyes VI)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Jasper/Bella with mentions of Edward and Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 176.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: Her knees hit the mud before she realized she was crying.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing! This was written for the twilight uncanon drabble request meme at pinkceptional .
The raindrops were rough, sharp against Bella's skin, but she didn't feel them. All she felt was the racing of her heart, pumping the warm blood that she so strongly didn't want in her veins. There was silence around her, engulfing her except for the break in the rain, the sound of thunder off in the hills.
She wanted out, wanted to get away; he was gone, Alice was gone. Her world, once filled with colour and wonder, life and longing, now ached with their absence.
Her knees hit the mud before she realized she was crying, her salty tears mixing with the cold rain. Even Jasper, waiting for her just a few feet away, wouldn't calm her. He was just as upset, just as lost, just as confused.
He appeared beside her, a silent savior, and took her hand. His skin was cold, colder than the rain, but it gave her warmth, hope. He knew exactly how she felt; broken, scared, empty.
Together, they could pick up the pieces, maybe make each other whole again.
Title: If I Can't See You, You Can't See Me (Someone Else's Eyes VII)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Edward/Bella, implied Edward/Rosalie and Jasper/Bella.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 266.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: It was meant to be, written in the stars, and they wouldn't mess with that.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
She pretended not to notice when he'd look her way; the silent longing, the whispers of a past neither one could ever forget. She kept the memories locked tightly in the back of her mind, flooding her thoughts with Emmett when Edward was around; no need to bring attention to the fact that whenever he was away, she was always thinking of him. His long pianist fingers, his bronze hair, his crooked smile; she could remember all too clearly the way he used to look at her (the same way he now looked at Bella). They were a ghost of a past that shouldn't have been and a present she could only imagine; a future that would never come.
He pretended to not notice the way she felt when he was around; confused, torn. He kept thoughts of her to himself, too afraid of Edward's reaction to even whisper her name in his mind while he was around. Instead, he screamed Alice, Alice, Alice over and over again, making sure his brother-of-sorts wouldn't realize who he really lusted over, who he really wanted to taste against his lips. He longed for a chance he'd never get, dreamt of a girl he could never have. Bella was untouchable, and his cold fingers burned at the idea of touching her.
They were happy, Bella and Edward, so Rosalie and Jasper kept their distance. It was meant to be, written in the stars, and they wouldn't mess with that. They would stay with Emmett and Alice, keep their mouths shut, no matter how long and terrible eternity would be.
Title: Heartbeats. (Someone Else's Eyes VIII)
Fandom: Twilight.
Characters: Carlisle/Bella with mentions of Alice.
Rating: PG, just in case.
Word Count: 221.
Spoilers: Um. We'll say the whole series, I suppose.
Summary: Her heartbeat's erratic, he can hear that without the help of the machines nearby, and he feels the ghost of his heart racing, beating against the space that's been hollow for far too long.
Author's Note/Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Her heartbeat's erratic, he can hear that without the help of the machines nearby, and he feels the ghost of his heart racing, beating against the space that's been hollow for far too long. He brushes a hand across her brow, feeling the cool sweat there; she's fading, quickly, and the only way he knows to help is something the nurses surrounding them won't approve of. (Or Edward, for that matter, but there's no time to worry about that now.) It's not like it used to be - he can't send them away (or take her away) and make things right again. Her heartbeat grows softer, so slow that he almost misses the next one, and he can't wait any longer. She's Bella (not his Bella he reminds himself) and he can't let her go, can't let her slip away.
His mind reels with ideas, trying to think of the best course of action, when he hears a commotion out in the hallway. Alice's voice is shouting, angry but still bell-like, and a brief smile comes to his face. He cradles her head in his hand, ignoring the way her face could bring a blush to his cheeks (a long-lost feeling that he barely remembers) and, as the nurses run from the room, he lets his teeth sink into her skin.