The time has come. This week is my last set of fanfic recs for RMW. I will be writing next week, but I don’t plan on doing traditional recs, so I am winding up with this week’s recs. A couple more from the lighter side for you.

“Renfield and Chiclets” by katinki

This story kills me. Geeky scientist Edward has a massive crush on, and elaborate fantasy built around, his sexy boss Bella. This Edward is so intelligent, but he can barely relate to other people. His coworker Emmett drives him crazy with his boorish behavior, his closest friend is space cadet Jasper, and he is a self-described social pariah with a slightly disturbing fetish for blood. Namely, Bella’s blood. RAC is a super-smut story, so if you don’t like big ole pitchers of lemonade, this probably isn’t for you. If that sort of thing is your bag, however, RAC is a funny, smutty read with a heart. Edward is blunt to the point of painful and his social skills are atrocious. But as his relationship with Bella progresses and he begins opening up, his insecurities and nerves make him very lovable. His relationship with Bella opens the door to Emmett and even Alice–a supervisor in Edward’s pharmaceutical company he doesn’t much care for–and his transformation from walking encyclopedia to actual human is endearing. RAC has some of the most…creative…lemons I’ve come across and also one of the sweetest love stories. Edward and Bella’s relationship begins on one level and ends up somewhere else entirely. Edward’s reactions to getting in touch with his emotions is pretty priceless. The story is told in EPOV, so as readers we only know Bella as Edward sees her, but she comes across as a successful and confident woman. She encourages Edward to open up to life and she defends him fiercely when needed. RAC is a smutty, funny story with no angst and one of the best Geekwards I’ve found.

“Breaking Bella” by sixeightshuffle

Slow to update but 30 chapters in, “Breaking Bella” hits the right mix of humor and angst. First impressions are everything, as college students Edward and Bella find out. After their first meeting at a somewhat disastrous tutoring session, Edward thinks Bella is a big bitch and Bella thinks Edward is a prime asshole. The two determine to go their separate ways, but of course circumstances keep throwing them together and eventually they begin to alter their opinions. It’s not all easy, though. Bella attempts to apologize early on and Edward rebuffs her, which ends up justifying her initial impression of him. They proceed with this comedy of errors but slowly they become friends, and maybe, something more. Only problem is, even as Edward is falling for Bella, he’s dallying with his TA and Bella walks in at an inopportune moment, thus ending their budding relationship and setting them back to where they started. Generally “Breaking Bella” runs pretty light, with lots of sarcastic bantering and excellent music discussion between Edward and Bella, but this is a story about growing pains, and some mistakes and miscommunications occur. The point of view switches between Bella and Edward and it’s interesting to see how they each perceive events differently. Edward is kind of a typical clueless college guy, but he starts pulling himself together, though he may be too late… As for Bella, I really like her, but the last couple available chapters have been a bit frustrating. And thus the touch of angst. Still, this has been an enjoyable story, one I wish updated a bit more frequently, but it’s well worth the wait.

Don’t be too #sadpanda! All the recs will still be here for you to go back and relive!