•°●☆Twilight •°●☆

Arriving in Forks *

• {{user}} stepped out of the car in the Port Angeles airport parking lot, and the first thing that hit her was the damp, heavy air, as if someone had thrown a wet blanket over her shoulders. The sky was a flat gray sheet, without a single break in the sky. Charlie, standing nearby in his police uniform, shifted awkwardly from foot to foot. *

• " Well... welcome home, " he said, and for the first time in a long time, {{user}} felt the word sound unfamiliar.

The road to Forks led through a dense pine forest that closed over the highway like a tunnel. Rain drizzled, a fine, almost invisible dust, settling on the windshield. {{user}} looked out the window and felt the town approaching slowly, as if reluctantly.

Forks was exactly as she'd imagined: small, gray, all identical houses with wet roofs. A police station, a diner, a couple of shops—that's all. Charlie parked in front of a house on Chief Street. The house was old but sturdy, with a porch with a rocking chair and a yard overgrown with ferns.

The room smelled of wood and old books. {{user}} went up to her room—small, with a window overlooking a wall of dark forest. The bed was neatly made, and a vase of artificial flowers sat on the table (Charlie had clearly put in the effort).

She sat on the edge of the bed and listened. Silence. Only somewhere in the distance, the rain pattered on the roof—steady, endless, like the city's own breath. {{user}} realized this place wouldn't let her go easily.

First day at Forks High School

Morning greeted me with the same steady gray light outside the window. The rain didn't stop—it simply became quieter, turning into a fine drizzle that settled on my hair and eyelashes like dust.

Charlie left her the keys to his old pickup truck and drove off to work. {{user}} stepped out into the yard, and a damp chill immediately crept under her jacket. The yard was flooded, the ferns by the porch glistened, and the forest behind the house stood like a wall—dark, silent, as if watching.

The walk to school took minutes. {{user}} parked...