Love is complicated.  In a human world, can the relationships of Twilight’s canon couples withstand real life problems?  Will love prevail despite the odds?  ExB, JxA, ExR, CxE.  AH/AU.  Updated regularly. M for language, sex and adult themes.

I had known him my whole life, but it had only been five months, two weeks, and six days since I’d realised I was in love with my best friend, and I still hadn’t worked up the courage to tell him.

Bella & Edward are next door neighbours, and since childhood best friends. Bella is the shy and clumsy girl at school, picked on by the other students in her class; Edward the popular jock with flocks of girls who like him. How can Bella ever express her feelings of more than just friendship for him?

AU/AH Canon Couples.

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Edward Masen is a former NFL football player who was injured and could not return to playing. After taking some time off to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, since playing football was out of the question, he decided to go with coaching high school football. He leads a simple, quiet life with his friends in Forks until he meets the woman that will change his life forever. Bella Swan decides to move back home with her younger brother when she gets a teaching position at her old school in Forks. AH/Canon Couples/alternating between Edward and Bella POV. Rated M ;)

Huge thanks to Jessica1971 for being my beta once again.  I could not do this without her. :) 

Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight.

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Bella is an aspiring writer, who doesn't have time to date. In an act of desperation, Bella tells her mom, she has a boyfriend. Now Bella must hire a boyfriend for the holidays. Will Bella find that she likes her pretend world better than her reality?

Edward and Bella love each other but it takes a secret note to get them to make a move.  Follow them as they fall in love.

Bella is trapped in a loveless marriage with Edward Cullen - a man she hardly knows. When his father dies, Edward uproots them from their life in New York City and moves into his father's now-empty house in the heart of Colorado. Amidst the desolate, beautiful landscape Bella begins to realize that perhaps there is more to her cold, apathetic husband  than she thought.

Bella was a world-class rider before an accident left her seriously wounded. After 15 months of physical therapy, Bella can walk again and Carlisle adopts her. There she meets the mysterious Edward Masen, who was also adopted by the Cullens. Surrounding him and his best friend Jasper Hale are rumors of the most extreme kind. Bella is determined to find out what the truth is...and find a little horsey love along the way.

Edward and Bella are web geeks, friends, and colleagues. He kicks ass at code, she kicks ass at Nerf wars.

A serious case of social retardation prevents Edward from going after the woman of his dreams. Can Edward overcome his inability to communicate in order to help Bella, whose dark past threatens her future happiness?

Humor, healing, romance, and rampant geekitude collide in this Edward & Bella love story.

"...a funny, quirky love story about two computer geeks whose playful friendship turns into something more."
~Chokin' the Rubber Chicken blog.

Bella meets mysterious, sexy, and wounded Edward Cullen in a hospital in Washington. She tries to leave him alone, letting her insecurities take over. But what happens when destiny takes over, and he falls in love with her? And what does James do to poor Edward in his attempt to get Bella?

The day Edward finds his mate, his world grinds to a halt and starts spinning the other way 'round; this is true even in canon, though there it takes Edward many hundreds of pages to fully acknowledge it.  But what might be different if Edward weren't blinded by his bloodlust and hamstrung by his inability to hear his mate?  Would Edward and Bella still be the intensely romantic figures they are in canon?  What sort of ripple effect would occur from Edward's inevitable changes in behavior?  Would there still be a compelling story to tell?

The Day The Earth Stood Still is my response to these questions.  I hope you enjoy it.

AU/Canon Pairings.

Bella meets Edward when he picks up his nephew from her Pre-K class and the sparks fly.  As their feelings for each other grow, Edward has a prior commitment that he is convinced must be seen through. A commitment that is effectively keeping them apart. Are there some complications that even the strongest hearts can't overcome? Can they resist the one thing they can't have--Each other?

To get to the prize, they'll have to survive the temptation of one another, in this emotional waiting game.

Show and Don't Tell.

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Set in the month of June after Twilight. For Edward’s birthday Carlisle arranges for Edward to take Bella to the Symphony in Seattle, with him and Esme as chaperones, of course. As Edward and Bella explore their present relationship and Edward’s past, Carlisle and Esme struggle to understand what impact Bella will have on Edward’s future.

This is an Edward/Bella story, but it concentrates on the changing dynamic of the relationship between Carlisle and Edward.