so, I had this idea of a post-canon Twilight fic set fifty years after Breaking Dawn.
Basically: fixing the whole imprinting thing a little bit, giving everyone a chance to actually move on with their lives… and then forcing the Cullens to go back to Forks anyway.
The main thing that started this whole story was me thinking: what if Jacob never imprinted on Renesmee as a baby? What if it happened much later — if it happened at all? And what would fifty years of distance do to Bella and Jacob’s relationship after he completely cut her off?
So AFTER DAWN was born.
It’s very character driven and introspective and written in first person trying to emulate Stephenie Meyer’s style a little. Bella, Edward and Jacob all get POVs eventually.
Some things in this AU: — imprinting can happen later in life instead of instantly — Jacob did NOT imprint on a child — wolves can eventually stop phasing and age normally again — Carlisle and Esme are physically older because I’m sorry those people were NOT twenty-three raising six emotionally constipated vampire teenagers
The fic starts with Bella packing to move back to Forks after fifty years away and reflecting on everything and everyone immortality slowly took from her.
Anyway chapter 1 is already up on AO3 if anyone wants melancholic immortal vampires processing unresolved emotional baggage in the rainy Pacific Northwest again.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/86305516














