The Red Line

The Red Line

by WinndSinger

I used this gif as an illustration for this fan fic because…well, you’ll see.

This fic is on nearly everyone’s top ten list. It’s actually pretty sad that I haven’t reviewed here already, since it’s one of the best out there. The story line is very unique, and I haven’t seen it done anywhere else.

Short synopsis: Edward is a male stripper, and Bella decides to use him as subject for her psychology thesis.

Let me say that again. Edward. Is. A. Male. Stripper.

Because of that, the potential for cheese is pretty high, but I think some of the best scenes in the story are when Edward’s…uh…routines are being described. For example:

Victoria crossed the red line now and gave me a hard yank on my leash.

It begins.

I fell to my knees and roared hard, pulling backwards slightly, not giving her that much of a real struggle. But we always made it look good.

“Come on, you stubborn little PRICK!” she groaned, struggling and dragging me over the red line now, into public view.

I am now captured vampire, being dragged to my cage to entertain mortal women. Edward is gone now.

“RRRRRRRR!” I growled, bucking back again, slowly being moved towards tables of women, getting closer to human blood.

“Don’t be afraid, ladies. I’ve got him under control.” Victoria announced as she brought me closer. Right away I heard screams, giggles, and cat calls.

“This is our vampire.” Victoria had a little microphone on her lapel as she spoke.

I lunged away and hissed loudly as the human women as they screamed louder, liking me already, it seemed.

“He’s being very naughty tonight.” Victoria groaned, pulling me harder, “And he’s going to be punished by all of us, later tonight!”

Screams, giggles. I crawled reluctantly, struggling a little more.

“But be careful, he bites.” Victoria said with a sexy twang in her voice, getting eager shouts from the customers, “He’s very dangerous so we keep him in his little cage over here.”

I crawled behind her through the tables, and felt a few hands reach out and touch me briefly as I continued my fake struggling. Getting closer to the cage, I made one last attempt at freedom by roaring, leaping up and grabbing a table where three younger girls were sitting. They all screamed as I growled, showing my teeth and clutching their table, looking right at them as Victoria dragged me away by my hair.

“Bad BOY!” Victoria threw me into my circular cage, closing the door as I hissed again at her, my face angry and lethal. I lunged forward at her, reaching my arm through the bars and grabbing her dress as she turned, about to start the show.

Women were howling at us, laughing and cheering as Victoria turned to me, and using the disconnected leash, she whipped my hand until I retreated into my small little cell, growling in slight pain, holding my arm, licking the hurt area as more women roared.

“If you’re good, later, maybe I’ll let you have some friends in there with you.” Victoria threatened me with the leash again while I growled defensively now, showing full teeth, “How about it, girls, who wants to spend a little time in the cage tonight?”

The volume was enough to pop my eardrums out as they all screamed and howled again.

“Alright, ladies!” Victoria went to the main stage now, leaving me in my cage, but that didn’t mean I just stood there, bored. I had to keep playing my part as kidnapped vampire.

The writing in this story makes it all the more compelling, and even though these are pretty unusual circumstances, the story progresses at a pace that feels natural. This Edward is one of the best I’ve ever read in fan fic. You go from being thrilled by him on stage, to really wanting to understand his life and why he ended up in this profession. Some of the descriptions of what he has to endure really makes you feel for him, and I can’t imagine it’s that far off from reality.

Plus, the lemons in this story are pretty juicy. You probably already guessed that, since I’m rec’ing it.

Links:

The Red Line Story link

Author: WinndSinger Profile on FanFiction.net

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