It’s 1944 and a young American, Edward, awakes in a field hospital outside of London. He was injured two months earlier during Operation Cobra near Marigny, France. Upon regaining consciousness, he immediately begins to ask for his wife, Bella, who was working at The European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA) in London. Sadly his physician tells him that his wife was injured in an air raid and did not survive her injuries. Our young hero vows to find his wife refusing to even consider the very real possibility that she’s dead. This sets Edward on a journey over two continents, through the dangers of war and espionage to find the love of his life, forgiveness for his past, and a joy he never even knew existed.

Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest. While picking up his latest Swedish automobile, he is confronted by a very familiar scent. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

AU after Chapter 4 of Twilight, Original Characterizations, Canon couples.  

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All Isabella Swan ever wanted was to be noticed; to be remembered, to be happy, and hopefully, one day that someone could love her. But as a twenty-eight-year-old virgin with only one true friend, Bella has started to come to the stark realization that maybe she's just made to live alone.

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When Bella finds out her Fiance, Edward, is killed in a crash in Paris she falls to ruin. After many suicide attempts, she is institutionalized. Bella tries to live without her life, but can she? What happens when an unexpected visitor appears?

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Excerpt: "He left me, He left me, He left me, He left me..." I repeated while hugging my arms around my knees, rocking back and forth in this cold, stark place. I didn't know what day it was, or even the time of that day. Nothing mattered anymore. Food had no taste, the air held no sweetness to my breath. My life was not worth living. I had tried on several times in vain to end it, but no one would let me succeed. Was I even alive? Or was this place my own concocted form of Hell? In my vision, there were no colors: only varying shades of grey, black, and white. The over-head florescent lights only aided in keeping my world grey. Their buzzing drowned out most of my inner-thoughts, a loud blaring keeping me in my zombie-like state. The hospital-like bed I rocked on was lumpy as I stared out the chain-bar covered window into the non-descript outside. A metal clicking sound came from the door of my-for lack of a better word-cell. Still, I kept rocking, repeating my mantra of desolation.

"Bella Swan had become beautiful to me. The pain of that realization stung worse than venom ever could." NOMINATED FOR AN ETERNITY AWARD: Edward's Twilight, but not Midnight Sun. AU detours/missing moments. The slow burn begins with the flight to Alaska.    

Bella is investigating a rash of serial killings in Rochester, NY when Edward Cullen crosses her path and raises her suspicion. Is there more to Edward than meets the eye? Can Bella fight her attraction to a man who might be her suspect?