I turn the corner and, though I don’t plan to eavesdrop, when I hear Edward talking to Esme, my feet stay rooted in place. “I’m sorry,” he says. “I offered to help with dinner because I wanted to get out of the living room. I’m willing to try, but I should warn you—I’m a complete [...]

“Why are you even with me?”  I ask. His answer seems automatic—almost canned. ”Because I love you.” “I want to believe you.” “But you don’t.” “No, I do. I just don’t think it means the same thing to you as it does to me.” “I don’t understand.” I open my eyes and meet his gaze in [...]

“I’m not sure how to—and that’s the thing. You want answers, and so does he. No matter what I say or don’t say, I’m violating someone’s trust–”

“Why? Because you had sex with him?”

Lifting his hand from my leg, he moves as far away from me as the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car will permit. “It’s seems unbelievable, I know–” “So Carlisle was in Fly Club at Harvard? Small world. In that case, you’re right—we are brothers. It’s quite possible we’ve already met. Do you know what [...]

“1995 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild.” With one hand under the bottle and the other on its neck, I present the wine for his approval. After a cursory glance at the label, he nods. “Thank you.” I retrieve my knife from my pocket and cut away the foil from the neck of the bottle. Alec hands me the [...]

Evenly measured and void of emotion,  her tone provided no insight into her thoughts or feelings. Somehow despite this, it didn’t come off like she was being cold. If anything, her demeanor made me want to do a massive emotional purge and tell her everything. But I couldn’t because I was pissed off,  hormonal, and [...]

“I guess you’ve met him?” “Who?” “My…” He stops, shaking his head. “I don’t even know how to refer to him. William? Mr. Cullen? Lying motherfucker?” When I snort, he gives me the Look of Death. “Sorry.” Hoping to make this less awkward, I’ve been pounding armagnac. It’s a waste of alcohol—nothing could make this [...]

“This would be so much easier if my phone were still working. Then I could just show you.” He takes a step back, folding his arms across his chest. “I swear, if you dragged me all the way out here to show me porn–” I roll my eyes. “If only.” “I don’t have all night–” [...]

Dear Carlisle, This feels ridiculous—writing you a letter while you’re here in the apartment. You begged me to talk to you earlier, and though I wanted to, I just couldn’t. Now you’re listening to Automatic for the People. I’ve lived with you long enough to know that means you’re upset, and given the way the [...]

Months ago, my friend Melissa228 and I signed up to contribute a collaboration to the Fandom Gives Back autism collection. Though I have no business starting something new when I have all these outstanding commitments from the 2009 FGB auction, this piece is helping me prepare for the last of the novel-length stories I’d auctioned. [...]