Accidents - private with Edward

[toloveaneclipse]

Bella had to admit she was sleeping a little better. A lot better, if she was being completely honest with herself. When Edward was with her, the tension and the nervous feeling in her chest disappeared and she could rest. But she knew he had to leave sometimes, to hunt or to take care of other things just as he had back in Forks, so she never

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[cullen_prodigy]

Edward was writing actually--more poetry to show to Willow at some indeterminate time. He was quite private with it, not wanting Bella to see it and judge him, and had to cram his writing into the small hours of the night when she was dozing against him and he could steal a little light from a bedside lamp.

She was in the bathroom now and he used the yellow-orange triangle of light to chase the words across the page, experimenting with altered grammatical structures.

"Bella, come to bed."

[toloveaneclipse]

Bella was out of the shower, her hair damp and drying on her shoulders, and when she heard Edward calling she smiled a little to herself. "I'll be right out," she said, "I'm almost finished in here."

Just shaving now. Part of being a girl, of course. And she'd just finished when the razor slipped from her hand as she was putting it back on the shelf in the cabinet.

Bella hissed a sound of pain but bit hard on her lower lip to keep it quiet. She didn't want Edward to hear or worry. It was nothing she couldn't handle with a little water.

[cullen_prodigy]

Edward might not have heard Bella in the shower but he could certainly smell her. The light flush that was her natural scent got multiplied sharply, like a field of flowers when all he'd gotten prior was a whiff of a single rose.

He was quick to come into the bathroom, eyes going dark as he saw the rivulets of blood.

"Ah...Bella," he murmured, clenching his fists.

[toloveaneclipse]

Bella felt a quick thrill of panic, not for herself but for him. She knew how hard it was for Edward to keep himself in check, and that was when she wasn't being clumsy.

"I'm okay," she said quickly, reaching for the faucet with her free hand. "Really, it was just me being clumsy, I'm okay, it's not.."