When You Touch Me - A series of scenes leading up to Jared & Melanie falling in love and dealing with the complication of a nine-year age gap. All pre-possession. JaredxMelanie. Rated: PG-13 | POSTED: 4/15/15 | UPDATED: 4/17/15
Author's Note: First fanfiction of The Host in the Books category. I intended for it to be in the Movies category, but I found myself using alot more details from the book than the movie, so I decided to boot it over here. This was semi-inspired (or at least jumpstarted) by a request from my dear friend, Missy, on twitter who is my biggest fan with all things Max Irons-related. She wanted to see the journey of Jared & Melanie's love story, what we didn't get to see. The first chapter is a prompt from her, as is the story as a whole, but from there on out the characters took over and I just had to hang on tight for the ride. Hope you enjoy! Know that I write this (at least at the beginning) as only having read mostly just Jared & Melanie's scenes from the book, but I undoubtedly will have gotten through most if not all of it by the time this fic has concluded. Fic is told in Melanie's POV.
Note: There are some potentially unrealistic details of how well modernized this trio is able to be, living in the middle of nowhere. For instance, there is some ability for running water, mini-fridge run by generator and a kind of plumbing system. I'm not really sure how all that works, especially under these circumstances, so I tried to keep it as vague as possible. If I figure out how it works, I will make the necessary changes at a future time. Until then, you'll just have to roll with it and accept that Jared is brilliant in making it all happen. XD
Note 2: The extent of how close Jared and Melanie really get before they officially confess their feelings in the main flashback of the book is altered for this fic (and for that reason that book scene is adapted to fit the previous scenes I write), because that's just how the characters led me. I am making a big effort to keep it as close to the details of either the book or the movie as possible though. I'd like to think it can be pretty well integrated as an unforeseen part of the book that way; if I strive keep the structure itself maintained anyway.
Details from the MOVIE That Should Be Assumed:
-Jared, Melanie & Jamie are hanging out/"on the run" in the location from the movie. So, they are staying in an abandoned trailer, not Jared's family's old cabin. (though this may be a temporary arrangement)
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