The Cullen Campaign, by belladonna1472

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5853742/1/The_Cullen_Campaign

Official Description: Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan both have parents who are powerful on Capitol Hill. Problem is, their families are political enemies. What happens when Democrat!Edward and Republican!Bella bump into each other at Union Station in D.C.? AU/AH. ExB  WIP

I just joined this party. It's 11 Chapters in and I'm frickin hooked. Let me tell you why...

This story has the same qualities that I look for in a man: smart-as-hell and hot-as-fuck.

belladonna1472's Edward is to die for. I mean seriously. I'm about to show my hand, but he is a Cullen Democrat sculpted in the likeness of JohnFKennedyJr. I swoon just thinking about him. I've only started reading this story a couple days ago and I've already had a crazy dream involving this Edward, myself, and a Congressional podium. Too much information? And Isabella is no slouch. She is as inhumanly smart as Edward and not afraid to assert herself.

I keep rec'ing this to people describing it as West Wing meets Romeo&Juliet.

The Romeo&Juliet-factor gives the story this great forbidden love element that makes the sexual tension even hotter and gives the lemons a delicious "We shouldn't be doing this!" naughtiness.

And when I say this story reminds me of  West Wing, I mean that it uses Washington and politics as a rich landscape in which to tell a story while including details about the process and the issues that make it almost educational. But not in a "Sit down and do your homework!" kind of way. More like a "Huh, that's interesting! I didn't know that." kind of way.

Edward and Bella come from rival political dynasties. I am a lover (and hater) of politics and for me, there is something romantic about the idea of people who wield power in America in the interest of the good of the people. In real life it never ends up like that as power corrupts and self-interest prevails. But so far in the TCC world, our players are well meaning. And I enjoy that.