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The Moon Princess II SLBP Nobunaga Oneshot
Prompt from @yoolee‘s 50 SLBP Prompt list! This one leapt into my head and wouldn’t go away so I had to write it. JSorry if it wasn’t 100% what you had in mind XD
Prompt: After the number of times that Nobunaga has made MC be Princess Kaguya for one of his tournaments, the moon is actually starting to suspect she might be, and has let her know that it will be reclaiming her on the next full moon.
“Um...Lord Nobunaga?”
“What?”
MC was fairly certain he was in a sour mood due to his short reply and the way he didn’t even look up from the papers on his desk to acknowledge her. She could only hope the sweets on the tray would offset the news that the letter beside them was bringing.
She could still remember the light that had awoken her in the middle of the night. She’d bolted up, assuming she’d overslept. Instead, she’d found it still night outside. The brightness was from a stream of moonlight that was coming through her window. It was almost ethereal, not affecting the world save for the small dust particles that made it sparkle. She had to shield her eyes from it as it flashed before her room once again went dark. The air was still. Not even the cicadas of summer dared disturb the silence. On the desk below her window was a neatly-folded note, glistening for a moment with the same otherworldly light. For a moment, she was frozen in place, unable to move due to the foreboding fear coiling in her gut. However, the letter unfolded on its own upon her touch, and she realized she could not ignore it.
“Princess,
We have been watching over you. Please accept our sincerest apologies for taking so long to find you. We needed to be sure you were indeed true. Worry not, for you will be reclaimed on the next full moon.
You will soon be home, dear Kaguya.”
Below the short passage was a seal. An official seal that seemed to be fused to and float above it’s spot on the parchment at the same time. It was not a seal she’d ever seen before, but the round design made it clear where the letter had come from. The moon…
“What’s this?” Lord Nobunaga asked, picking up the letter as she poured his tea.
“It came to me last night.”
MC left out the part about it coming from the moon itself for fear of sounding foolish. After all how was she supposed to explain to her lord that, due to all of his own tournaments that it was his fault the moon itself thought she was THE Princess Kaguya?
It was common enough now for Lord Nobunaga to offer her as the prize for his ridiculous tournaments and contests, usually with Lord Ieyasu but sometimes with his own retainers or allies that came to visit. She expected he did it the first time to see her flustered reaction at being offered on a silver plate to Ieyasu Tokugawa himself the first time she’d met him, but now she wondered if it was still to tease her or if he enjoyed showing off his skills and being able to claim her as “his” when he won. Not that she wasn’t. She’d been under the employment of the Oda clan for a while now, and Nobunaga made her his personal cook the moment he learned she could make his favorite sweets. She’d objected to being treated as a prize at first, flustering at the implications when she was called to his room that night.
“You’re mine now, are you not? I was victorious over the Tanuki.”
In the end, he only requested she feed him konpeito as he used her lap as a pillow.
She’d since “belonged” to almost every retainer of the Oda clan who’d won the tournament, and even Lord Ieyasu himself at one point. Of course, that mostly only entailed cooking their favorite foods, serving them first at dinner, and pouring their sake. Lord Ieyasu had taken perhaps too much joy in running her ragged with errands before demanding as much strawberry daifuku as she could make. Hideyoshi and Inuchiyo had both instructed her to get rest, though Hideyoshi’s friendly mannerisms and implications of bedsharing had her childhood friend seeing red. The most relaxing time she’d ever had was when she was in the service of Lord Mitsuhide, who simply gave her days upon days off and asked she learn the tea ceremony and poetry. However, she never “belonged” to anyone other than their liege lord for long. After a while Nobunaga would win her back in a spur-of-the-moment tournament or things would simply return to how it had always been. No one dared lay a hand on her.
“Used as the prize again, were you? I’m sorry.” Lord Katsuie laughed as she’d poured his sake for him, his sincere apology hidden behind his jovial grin. “You’re a regular Princess Kaguya.”
“Not at all. I’m used to it by now.” She said with a bright smile. “A Princess Kaguya? I don’t mind the sound of that. Though, I doubt I’m worthy of such a title.”
That day she had no idea of the eyes on her from the dias as Lord Nobunaga tapped his fan to his knee impatiently, or the eyes apparently on her from the moon that heard every word. A few days later she was back in the hands of her liege lord after he called a sumo tournament on, and had been ever since.
Now, it was her that tapped her knee anxiously as she watched his eyes read over the short letter, stopping briefly at the seal, and then read it over again. She had no idea how long he’d been doing so. The tea no longer steamed.
“Lord Nobunaga, your tea will go cold…”
He blinked, seemingly snapped out of a trance. With a jerk of his arm the letter was ripped in two. He tossed the offending pieces of parchment away from him, as if they’d insulted him personally.
“Ridiculous.” He muttered before grabbing the jar of konpeito she’s made and dumping a number of the sugar stars into his hand.
“L-Lord Nobunaga…?!” She squeaked, moving to retrieve the ripped letter. “What about—?”
“Leave it.”
MC stilled, her hand dropping to her side. She swallowed, something in her chest dropping. She may have been naive, but she had no grand fantasies about how her lord felt about her. She didn’t hope for tender feelings from him, but this felt as if he were casting her out. She didn’t know what she’d expected from giving him the letter, but it definitely wasn’t disregard.
“If The Moon wants you, it can take you from me the same as any other has tried.”
MC blinked. “Lord Nobunaga?”
A smile played at his lips, confident but barely visible in his profile. “No one, not even the Moon, can match me. That’s what Divine Rule means.”
“But--”
“Hey.”
She blinked, her eyes wrenching away from the tattered parchment to him. His eyes suddenly gave her pause. Usually they were as cold as the steel of the rifles he loved, but now they seemed to burn with a molten fire. What had brought that on?
“Konpeito.”
It didn’t feel like a demand. His voice was firm but perhaps not as cold. Either way, MC didn’t have it in her heart to refuse him. She never did. So, she turned away from the note to retrieve the jar from his desk. Lord Nobunaga himself moved away from his desk, the papers he’d been sifting through now forgotten, to sit on his bedding. MC knew, of course, what that meant. Her lap was his favorite pillow, though he rarely requested the use of it without reason. She only hoped that her company and some sweets could offer him comfort from whatever it was. Besides that, she quite enjoyed the weight of his head on her lap. It was...intimate in a way she did not expect.
“You don’t need to worry. Stop making that face.”
“What face?”
“The face you make when you’re troubled.” His head settled across her thighs and he tapped the jar in her hand with a childlike impatience.
She managed a smile, and they sat in silence for a while, nothing but the sound of his faint crunching on the hard candies and the tinking of them against the glass filling the room. She hated how still it was. It felt different than when she’d fed him before. There was no teasing. No feel of his lips or tongue lingering on the tips of her fingers solely to make her blush. On the contrary, he was barely looking at her at all. It was heavy. Suffocating. She couldn’t stand it.
“Lord Nobunaga, I--”
“Would you want to go?”
“Pardon?”
“Not to the moon but...home.”
Lord Nobunaga was looking at her now, his eyes molten again. It seemed as though he was...searching her. Pleading. Begging for an answer.
“Well...I suppose it wouldn’t be so bad to go back home.” He stiffened immediately at her words, turning away. She placed another sugar star against his lips to stop him from rising. “But I wouldn’t be able to stay away long. A visit would be fine. I’d love to see mother and Yahiko again. But if I leave, who will make your konpeito?”
This time, she did smile. A soft, tender thing meant only for the times they shared. His lips opened, accepting the candy. They lingered on her fingertips, and if she didn’t know any better she might have heard a sigh of relief as he ate it. His eyes closed and he settled back against her more comfortably,closing his eyes. However, when she moved to pull her hand from him she found his own grasping it firmly, clutching her fingers like a lifeline.
“You belong to me don’t you?”
Lord Nobunaga’s words were now firm and left no room for argument. They never did. “Yes milord. You won the sumo tournament.”
He didn’t reply. His eyes remained closed. Her hand would have hurt if not for the way his tone made her heart ache. MC sat the jar beside them, using her now free hand to push away the strands of hair that had fallen in his face.
“Yes Lord Nobunaga. I belong to you.”
His arms were suddenly around her, his face buried in her stomach. Her cheeks flared at the sudden change. The sudden haste and desperation in which he held her. As if he were challenging anyone, even the heavens, to take her from him.
Then again, perhaps he was.
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Bulba, my Queen! Whenever you have time, I would like to make a request of you. Artist choice! Kiyohiro or Yoshichi waking up to MC trying to steal a little smooch... I may or may not be thirsty for seeing these poor, under-appreciated cinnamon rolls get a little lurve...
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a beautiful fic written by @breaktimewritings inspired me to draw this. Could the sweet secret admirer really be Yasumasa? (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡ can’t wait to read the next chapter to find it out (✿//›ヮ‹//)
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Most and Least Popular Fic by Kudos
I was tagged by @smartgirlsaremean.
Rules: List your top 5 and bottom 5 fics by kudos. I don’t post on AO3, so I’ll be going by tumblr notes. Not as accurate, since those include my replies to comments and some people both like and reblog, but here you go!
Top Five Fics:
Home (178 notes) - Post-Neverland Rumbelle reunion sex.
To Rise Again (164 notes) - Belle stops Zelena from taking Rumple captive at the Dark Vault and together they save Neal from dying.
Generations (140 notes) - Henry/Gold bonding at Neal’s grave.
Dark Lover (123 notes) - Belle confesses a fantasy -- what if Rumple had been a monster who wanted her as more than a maid? Smut.
Brother (113 notes) - Future Rumbaby fic set at Neal’s grave.
Conclusion: Write stuff that people wanted to see in canon! Not so surprisingly, three of these have to do with Neal’s death, or preventing it -- I tapped into a lot of fandom feels with those. And I apparently write good graveside scenes.
Bottom Five Fics:
Bargain (9 notes) - A short, fluffy Henry/Gold scene set during season 1, showcasing the affection Gold had for Henry before they found out that they were related.
The Saga of Fluffy The Space Unicorn (11 notes) -- Rushbelle, so a smaller audience, and fluff instead of the more popular smut. The crew of the Destiny explore a new planet and encounter some local wildlife. Fluffy is sad that you don’t like her fic, guys.
Of Heather Beer and Rubber Duckies (17 notes) -- More Rushbelle fluff, featuring drunk!Belle and Floyd the Rubber Duckie, aka @worryinglyinnocent‘s icon. Floyd is sad that more of you don’t like his fic, too, guys.
What The Storm Brought - (21 notes) -- Henry finds a magical water horse in the clearing by the wishing well. This was going to be much longer, but it seemed to come to a natural stop where I ended it.
Like Father, Like Son - (23 notes) -- A fluffy Neal/Henry scene involving a certain checked shirt, based on this post.
Conclusion: I think a lot of general OUAT fics tend to go unnoticed if they can’t be placed in the Rumbelle Fic tag, even if they’re something that would probably be of interest to other Rumbellers, like Grandpastiltskin fics. This excludes angsty graveside fics, obviously -- possibly because they generated lots of comments that I could reply to and thus give the fic more exposure on my dash. And Rushbellers prefer smut to fluff! But I’m still happy with the writing in all of these.
Officially tagging @ryik-the-rumbeller-oncer, @little-inkstone, @lotus0kid, @thestraggletag, @bad-faery, @phoenixfeatherquill, @rufeepeach, @barpurplewrites, @breaktimewritings, and @of-princes-and-savages. But consider this an open invitation to anyone who wants to do this, since I don’t know who hasn’t done it yet!
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breaktimewritings reblogged your post: I saw someone ask about Faux Incest and now I...
Wait what?! Where has this fic been??? I need more.
Here’s an explanation for the fic and here are all the other finished prompts.
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The Espenson Awards For Your Consideration Master List
It’s that time of the year again, where we join together as a fandom to celebrate the creative minds of our community. This year we have a prolific amount of stories, art, meta, etc available. It’s been a long, wonderful year for creative content in the rumbelle fandom.
For Your Consideration Posts are helpful suggestions of what is eligible for nomination and where the creator feels their work could be best nominated. I will not be including nomination lists in this post as that is a completely different, wonderful thing. This is simply to share everyone and their work in a single post for people to review at their leisure.
This will be updated daily until nominations begin. If you see someone I have overlooked, please let me know.
Some people are not campaigning due to a variety of reasons. Their work is still eligible, barring it winning in previous years, and I hope to see it included in nomination lists next week. The below list is not intended to ignore anyone’s contributions or slight anyone. It is simply a master post for those who may find such a index helpful when compiling nomination lists.
@annagingil TEA’s- For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Fluff, Best RCIJ, Best Rumbelle is Hope,
@annievh TEA: For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Crossover, Best Mr. Gold, Best RSS, Best Woobie!Rum, Best Hurts So Good, Best Drama, Best Holiday Fic, Best Belle, Best Au!OUAT, Best Season Rewrite, Best RCIJ, Best Dark One, Best One-Shot, Best Comedy, Best Post-Ep Fic
@applejackcat For Your Consideration: Categoires include Best Anyelle, Best (Worst) Villian, Best Hurts so Good, Best Rumbelle Revelry, Best Drama, Best Secret Santa, Best Crack!Fic, Best Rumbelle Child, Best Courtship, Best One Shot, Best Comedy!Smut, Best Supernatural
@b-does-the-write-thing TEA Time!: Categories include Best Family, Best Comfort, Best Date, Best Courtship, Best One Shot, Best Drabble, Best AU, Best Series, Best Golden Lace, Best Drama, Best RCIJ, Best Rumbelle Revelry, Great Rumbelle Blow Off, Best Dark One, Best Lacey, Best Spinner!Rum, Best Mr. Gold
@bellegold TEA 2017: Categories include Best Family, Best Oops, Best First Meeting, Best One-Shot, Best AU, Best Holiday Fic
@betweenpaperpages For Your Consideration: Categories include Best One-Shot, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa
@bookwormchocaholic For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Courtship, Best Comedy, Best Series
@breaktimewritings For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Mr. Gold, Best Hurts so Good, Best Spinner!Rumple, Best Woobie!Rumple, Best Dark One!Belle, Best AU, Best Dark One, Best Drama, Best Belle, Best RCIJ, Best Crossover, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Crossover
@charlotteashmore13 For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Family, Best AU, Best Fix It, Best Historical AU, Best Date
@charmedrumbelle For Your Consideration for the TEA’s: Categories include Best Romance!Smut, Best First Meeting, Best Belle, Best Bed Sharing, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best Comedy, Best Family, Best Courtship, Best AU!OUAT, Best Movie AU, Best Mr. Gold, Best Drama, Best Rumbelle Child
@ellen729 T.E.A: For Your Consideration: Categories include Best AU, Best Crack!Fic
@emospritelet TEAs- for your consideration: Categories include Best Golden Lace, Best AU!OUAT, Best Rumbelle Blow Off, Best Hurts so Good, Best Anyelle, Best Threesome, Best Smut!Romance, Best Drama, Best Remix
@erikstrueangel Just a Suggestion: Categories include Best Series, Best AU, Best Comfort, Best Fix It, Best One Shot, Best Movie AU, Best Rumbelle Child
@ethereal-wishes For Your Consideration: Ethereal Wishes TEA Promo: Categories include Best Family Fluff, Best Spinner!Rumple, Best AU, Best Dark one, Best Dark One!Belle, Best Hurts so Good, Best One Shot
@evilsnowswan Snowy’s T.E.A. Promo: Categories include Best Graphic Art, Best Cover Art, Best Golden Lace, Best Kink, Best Oops, Best Lacey, Best Drama, Best AU, Best Belle, Best Family, Best Rumbelle Child, Best Supernatural Fic, Best Trend, Best Family, Best Rumbelle Christmas in July, Best Reunion, Best AU!OUAT, Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Dark!OneBelle
@golden-rumbelle TEAS: Categories include Best Gifsets- this user is also eligible for Newbie Spotlight
@handwithquill Quill’s ‘For Your Consideration” TEA Post: Categories include Best Why?, Best AU!OUT, Best AU, Historical AU
@ifishouldvanish Please Consider pt. 1 & Please Consider pt 2: Categories include Best Kink, Best Lacey, and Best Rumbelle Secret Santa
@ishtarelisheba teas- for your consideration: Best Courtship, Best Rumbelle is Hope, Best (worst) villian, Best Historical AU
@judymulder For your consideration: Categories include Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best AU!OUAT, Best One Shot
@kamdensl For Your TEA Consideration: Categories include Best Full Comic, Best Fanart, Best Cover Art
@leni-ba Best of 2016: Categories include Best Family, Best Comfort, Best Fix it, Best Reunion, Best Why?, Best Death, Best Oops, Best Kink, Best Courtship, Best First Meeting, Best One Shot, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best AU, Best AU!OUAT, Best Series, Best Crossover, Best Golden Lace, Best Belle, Best Dark One, Best Rumbelle Child, Best (Worst) Villian,
@ladybookwormwithteeth TEA: For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Romance, Best PWP, Best Courtship, Best Kink, Best BDSM, Best Golden Lace, Best Smut!Comedy
@little-inkstone TEA Om Nom Nom Noms: Categories include Best One-Shot, Best AU!OUAT, Best PWP, Best Histroical AU, Best Dark One, Best Belle, Best Spinner!Rumple, Best Dark One!Belle, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Mantis Menagerie, Best Woobie!Rumple
@lotus0kid TEA Stuff 2017: Categories include Best AU!OUAT, Best Drama, Best AU, Best One-Shot, Best Courtship, Best Woobie!Rum, Best PWP, Best Holiday Fic, Best AU, Best Spinner!Rum, Best One-Shot, Best Comedy Fic, Best Belle, Best One-Shot, Best Drama, Best Anyelle
@magnoliatattoo For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Fluff, Best Reunion, Best Smut!Comedy, Best Threesome, Best PWP, Best Holiday, Best Golden Lace, Best Rumbelle Revelry, Best Lacey, Best Rumbelle Child, Best RCIJ
@mariequitecontrarie TEA with Marie: Please Consider: Categories include Best Trend, Best Series, Best Mr Gold, Best Holiday, Best Comfort, Best Fix It, Best Post-Episode Fic, Best First Meeting, Best Woobie!Rum, Best RCIJ, Rumbelle Revelry, Best Mantis Menagerie, Best Drabble
@nirvigedearie For your consideration: Categories include Best Graphic Art- this user is eligible for Newbie Spotlight
@poca-staks T.E.A Nomination Consideration: Categories include Best Family, Best Bed-Sharing- this Author is eligible for the Newbie Spotlight
@prissyhalliwell For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Kink, Best Fic
@rowofstars TEAs-For Your Consideration: Catergoires include Best Comfort, Best Fix it, Best Reunion, Best Kink, Best Romance, Best PWP, Best BDSM, Best oops, Best Courtship, Best Bed Sharing, Best One Shot, Best Drabble, bEst post-Ep Fic, Best AU, Best Golden Lace, Best RCIJ, Monthly Rumbelle (Smut), Great Rumbelle Blow off, Best Belle, Best Lacey, Best Mr. Gold, Best Spinner!Rumple, Best Woobie!Rum
@rufeepeach TEAs-For Your Consideration: Categories include Best AU, Best Fic, Best Smut (romance), Best Woobie!Rum, Best Holiday Fic, Best RSS, Best Fluff, Best Historical!AU, Best Post-Episode Fic, Best Smut!Comedy, Best Golden Lace, Best Lacey
@sarashouldbestudying For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Family, Best Fix It, Best Death, Best Hurts so good, Best Courtship, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best Comedy, Best RSS, Best RCIJ, Best Drabble, Best One Shot, Best Rumbelle is Hope, Best Anyelle
@shipperqueen93 For your consideration: Categories inlcude Lifetime Achievement Award
@ssirius-blackk For your consideration- T.E.A- Categories include Best Historical AU, Best One-Shot, Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best First Meeting, Best Movie AU, Bess Crossover
@smartgirlsaremean TEAs- For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Date, Best Courtship, Best Movie AU, Best Family, Best Comedy, Best Historical AU, Best Anyelle
@standbyyourmantis TEA for Your Consideration: Categories include Best Kink, Best Threesome, Best BDSM, Best Why?, Best Woobie!Rum, Best Hurts so Good, Best Courtship, Best Belle, Best Movie AU, Best Holiday Fic, Best AU!OUAT, Best Comedy, Best Season Rewrite, Best Lacey, Best Mantis Menagerie, Best Supernatural, Great Rumbelle Blow Off, Rumbelle Secret Santa, Rumbelle Christmas in July
@still-searching47 For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Family, Best Comfort, Best Woobie!Rum, Best Smut!Comedy, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best Holiday Fic, Best Drama, Beast Season Rewrite, Rumbelle Revelry, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Lacey- this author is eligible for Newbie Spotlight.
@teacuproses For Your Consideration: Categories include Rumbelle is Hope, Best Post-Ep Fic,Great Rumbelle Blow Off, Best Oops, Prompter, Best Series, Best Woobie!Rum, Best Hurts So Good, Best One-Shot, Best Belle, Best Mr. Gold, and Best Cover Art
@thatravenclawbitch TEAs-For Your Consideration: Categories include Best RCIJ, Best Comedy Fic, Best Rumbelle is Hope, Best Bed Sharing, Best AU!OUAT, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best One Shot, Best Golden Lace, Best Lacey, bEst Date, Best Anyem, Best Drabble
@thecompletebookworm For Your Consideration TEA Promo: Categories include Best Movie AU, Best Spinner!Rum, Best Mantis Menagerie, Best Post-Ep Fic
@thenaughtyscandalousscorpio For Your Consideration T.E.A. Promo: Categories include Best RCIJ, Best First meeting, Best Rumbelle Revelry, Best Supernatural Fic, Best RSS, Best Trend, Best PWP, Best Belle
@thestraggletag: Did not complete an individual consideration post but a nomination post of various authors which I recommend. However user has listed enthusiasm for Best Prompter.
@theoneandonlylittlebird For Your Consideration-TEAs: Categories include Best Mr. Gold- this author is eligible for Newbie Spotlight
@toseehowthestoryends TEA Time is Coming: Categories include Best Family, Best Comfort, Best Fix It, Best Reunion, Best Why?, Best Hurts so Good, Best Courtship, Best First Meeting, Best One Shot, Best Post-Ep Fic, Best Comedy Fic, Best AU!OUAT, Best Series, Best Remix, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Rumbelle Christmas in July, Best Belle, Best Mr. Gold, Best Rumbelle Child, Best (Worst) Villain
@wierdogal T.E.A. Recs: Categories include Best Rumbelle is Hope, Best Series
@woodelf68 For Your Consideration: Categories include Best Family, Best AU!OUAT, Best Humor, Best Rumbelle Child, Best OC, Best Drabble, Best Comfort, Best Kink, Best Humour, Best AU, Best First Meeting, A Monthly Rumbelling, Best AU, Best PWP, Monthly Rumbelling Non Smut, Best Fix It Fic, Best Crack, Best PWP, Best Trend, Best Series
Last Updated Jan. 17
If you posted something prior to this and it is not included message me! I will be checking #the espenson awards daily and updating so please give me at least 24 hours to update. If you do not see your post included by then, please feel free to reach out.
I am not including people who are not compiling Consideration posts as per most of their posts, they are not comfortable with that. I encourage people to check their favorites master lists as well as this masterlist.
Thanks again to @endangeredslug and @shipperqueen93 for all their hard work on the TEA’s.
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My TEAs rec list
This took me a solid 5 hours to complete so I am sharing here my nominations as a rec list. I KNOW I am forgetting someone. It is impossible to come up with a list that truly represent and makes justice to all the amazing writers and artists of the fandom. Also, I know several of these people/works are already nominated but I didn’t want that to stop me from acknowledging them on my own blog. Your are all amazing!:
GENRES
Fluff
· Family - The wonder of love by @charlotteashmore13
Labor Day by @magnoliatattoo
· Fix-It - Rumplestiltskin’s choice by @charlotteashmore13
Do you have a name? by @mariequitecontrarie
· Reunion - Come Back to Me by Evelyn6
Smut
· Romance - Three night spell: Hechizo de tres noches (also translated in English) by @bluebirdofhapiness
Through the Storm by @thescholarlystrumpet
· Comedy - The Dark One and His Maid by @magnoliatattoo
· PWP - The big tease by @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio
Reflections by @woodelf68
Angst
· Hurts so good - The Unresolved by @of-princes-and-savages
The Course of True Love by @emospritelet
Oops - The call by @bellegold
Romance
· Best Date - The Queen’s masquerade by @charlotteashmore13
· Best Courtship - Skin deep by @bookwormchocaholic
· Best Bed Sharing - Little White Lie by @thatravenclawbitch
· Best First Meeting - Are You Missing Underwear? by @leni-ba
GENERAL AWARDS
· Best One-Shot - You've got to be kitten me by @obiwansbeard
Stars and Slow dancing by @bellegold
· Best Drabble - 31 Days of Dark Castle Rumbelle by @charlotteashmore13
Wedding Dance by @woodelf68
Higher by @woodelf68
· Best Post-Ep fic - Just Swim Down by @rufeepeach
A different beginning by @thecompletebookworm
Not even the rain by @rowofstars
· Best Comedy - All Is Fair in Love and War by Briar_Rose7
Five times belle felt like an idiot in front of her hot neighbor (and one time she got a date out of it) by @standbyyourmantis
The Nanny by @thatravenclawbitch
The cat burglar by @tinuviel-undomiel
· Best Movie AU - You've Got Mail AU by Glindathegood
· Best Historical AU - Riverside Park by @morganfir
A Game of Hearts and Steel by @suchadearie
· Best AU - Be careful what you ask for by Oriberry
Inheritance by @rufeepeach
The story teller by @b-does-the-write-thing
Seedlings by @endangeredslug
Cloistered heart by @morganfir
· Best AU!OUAT - The ice queen by @charmedrumbelle
Come Back to Me by Evelyn6
Phantom limbs by @morganfir
The More You Know by @thestraggletag
The future’s so bright by @thatravenclawbitch
For the love of a daughter by @bellegold
· Best Series - Moments series by Montreat11
Ruins & Battles by @toseehowthestoryends aka Robin4
Events
(All fics in this category are limited to 2016 events)
· Rumbelle Secret Santa - Brandy, Apples and Spice by @rufeepeach
Dirty politics by @standbyyourmantis
Infinite possibilities by @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio
· Rumbelle Christmas in July - Pandora's Last Dance by @annievh
The Mark of a Knight by @breaktimewritings
In time by @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio
The Nanny by @thatravenclawbitch
· Rumbelle is Hope - Little White Lie by @thatravenclawbitch
CHARACTER AWARDS
· Best Dark One - The story teller by @b-does-the-write-thing
· Best Woobie!Rum - And here my heart lies by @rowofstars
Art
· Best Artist - @nirvigedearie
@midstorm
@cocoadrops
@nia-sketches
@licieoic
@kamdensl
BEST RUMBELLE FIC - Inheritance by @rufeepeach
The story teller by @b-does-the-write-thing
Little White Lie by @thatravenclawbitch
Cloistered heart by @morganfir
Skin Deep by @bookwormchocaholic
BEST AUTHOR - @thatravenclawbitch
@bookwormchocaholic
@morganfir
@rufeepeach
@b-does-the-write-thing
@thestraggletag
@charlotteashmore13
@charmedrumbelle
@prissyhalliwell
@rowofstars
@tinuviel-undomiel
Evelyn6
Rumbelle Fandom Lifetime Achievement award: @standbyyourmantis
@TheStraggletag
@mariequitecontrarie
@salty-rumbelle
@endangeredslug
Newbie Spotlight: @nirvigedearie
@bookwormchocaholic
@godofmichif
@of-princes-and-savages
#the espenson awards#TEAs#rumbelle#fic rec list#hope this is helpful for those who are finishing up their ballots#we are a very prolific fandom#this took me hour to complete#thank goodness I am on vacations
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Here are my TEA recommendations. The list is still under construction - I’ll be adding to it for a bit until it’s time to make a final nominations list. I just thought sharing it early would be helpful to others who are struggling through their likes, tags and bookmarks right now.
If you are on this list and don’t want to be, shoot me a message.
My own stuff isn’t on here at all, because I don’t believe in nominating/voting for your own work as artist/author (it’s fine, but makes me uncomfortable personally). If you are looking for my humble plea for nominations - my TEA Promo Post is here.
Fluff
Family:
Proud by @annievh
Winter Traditions by @witchnova221
The Heat of the Moment by @thescholarlystrumpet
The Nanny by @thatravenclawbitch
Always There For You by RoyaltyLaine/@poca-staks
Belle’s Chipped Leaves by Kindleheartzyou/ @beliza-fryler
Comfort:
Magnificently Improper by @theplasticview
Tesselate by @ak-vintage
Hope is a Thing With Feathers by @endangeredslug
Finding Home by Thefreedictionary (Showdown)
Fix-It:
Just a Dream by @woodelf68
Reunion:
Until Last I See You by @magnoliatattoo
Hope is a Thing With Feathers by @endangeredslug
Smut
Kink:
Cherry by @ladybookwormwithteeth
Right Here, With You by @handwithquill
Indulgenceby @thescholarlystrumpet
Snapshot by @worryinglyinnocent
A Woman On Film @worryinglyinnocent
A Dedicated Follower of Fashion by @ifishouldvanish
In Heat by @prissyhalliwell
Romance:
The Gold Dress by @onceupona—ohyouknowtherest
Red Lights by @rufeepeach
Neverland by @emospritelet
A Dozen Roses by @ladybookwormwithteeth
Through the Storm by @thescholarlystrumpet
Comedy:
Painting Faces by @we-aim-to-misbehave
Caught in the Act by @onceupona—ohyouknowtherest
Dutch Courage by @rufeepeach
Playing Doctor by @maplesyrupao3
Thirty Flirty and Thriving by @bookwormchocaholic
Threesome:
Three that Testifyby @thescholarlystrumpet
PWP:
Hot and Cold by @woodelf68
Aesthetic by @endangeredslug
Hellfire by @ladybookwormwithteeth
The Lesson by @woodelf68
Best BDSM:
Right Here, With You by @handwithquill
Cherry by @ladybookwormwithteeth
Cleanliness by @ladybookwormwithteeth
Angst
Why?:
Penance by @emospritelet
The Monster by @beauty-in-gold
Death:
The Monster by @beauty-in-gold
Oops:
A Slip of the Heart by @rowofstars
Hurts so good:
Best Served Cold by @breaktimewritings
Romance
Best Date:
Tesselate by @ak-vintage
The Passive-Aggressive Floral Arrangement by @of-princes-and-savages
Closer by Daydreaming Doll (Showdown)
Best Courtship:
Always late to the Party by @alsywalsy
Skin Deep by @bookwormchocaholic
The Passive-Aggressive Floral Arrangement by @of-princes-and-savages
Painting Faces by @we-aim-to-misbehave
Best Bed Sharing:
Overlooked by @worryinglyinnocent
Conspiracy Afloat by @still-searching47
Best First Meeting:
Weak Ankles by Glass Slipper (Showdown)
In Time by @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio
Sexual Therapy by @breaktimewritings (RosexKnight)
Hope is a Thing With Feathers by @endageredslug
Girls on Film by @woodelf68
Candy Girl by @mariequitecontraire
Chance Encounter by Purple Polka Dots (Showdown)
GENERAL AWARDS
Best One-Shot:
“Belle has nightmares” prompt by @rufeepeach
Chance Encounter by Purple Polka Dots (Showdown)
Arrows by Cinderbee (Showdown)
Third Time Lucky by Riddled (Showdown)
Best Drabble:
Tortoise!Rumbelle by @bad-faery
Best Post-Ep fic:
Just Swim Down by @rufeepeach
The Future’s So Bright by @thatravenclawbitch
Best Comedy:
The Nanny by @thatravenclawbitch
Out of Control by @annievh
Best Movie AU:
Catch a Falling Star by @charmedrumbelle
Best Historical AU:
Better to Face the Bullets by @ishtarelisheba
Persuasion by @handwithquill
Any Port in a Storm by @rufeepeach
The Reluctant Guardian by @smartgirlsaremean
Best AU:
For the Love of a Daughter by @bellegold
Dark Sight by @maplesyrupao3
Painting Layers of Love by @still-searching47
The Story Teller by @b-does-the-write-thing
Best AU!OUAT:
Gentle Souls by @hedwighood
Freeze on the Stones by @toseehowthestoryends
Best Series:
Reckless Abandon by @rufeepeach
The House Guest by @b-does-the-write-thing
Chocaholic Series by @bookwormchocaholic
Fourteen Days by @mariequitecontraire
House of Strays by @lady-therion
Best Crossover:
Gold Rush by @annievh
The Magic of Family by Scales and Arpeggios (Showdown)
Warmth and Desire by Desperation and Gin (Showdown)
Best Holiday Fic:
Seven Days of Christmas by @mariequitecontraire
Skating Lessons by @bellegold
Six Degrees of Separation by @worryinglyinnocent
Christmas Day by @magnoliatattoo
Best Remix:
Pixie Dust by @emospritelet
The Fairy Gardener Remix by @prissyhalliwell
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Best Golden Lace:
Reckless Abandon by @rufeepeach
Best Crack!Fic:
xxx
Best Drama:
xxx
Best Supernatural:
A Dragon's Heart by @worryinglyinnocent
Dark Sight by @maplesyrupao3
With a Word by @b-does-the-write-thing
Best Season Rewrite:
Come Hell or High Water by @standbyyourmantis
Best Trend:
The Lesson by @woodelf68
Best Prompter:
@thestraggletag
Events
(All fics in this category are limited to 2016 events)
Rumbelle Secret Santa
A Pleasure to Burn by @of-princes-and-savages
Painting Faces by @we-aim-to-misbehave
New beginnings by @judymulder
I Must Be Warmer Now by @ifishouldvanish
Brandy, Apples and Spice by @rufeepeach
A Dragon's Heart by @worryinglyinnocent
Rumbelle Christmas in July:
Dark Sight by @maplesyrupao3
Blushes and Brushes by @rowofstars
The Nanny by @thatravenclawbitch
Rumbelle Revelry:
The Mysterious Incident of Shadowhearst Manor by @of-princes-and-savages
Ladies Of The Night by @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio
Woods Lovely, Dark and Deep by @b-does-the-write-thing
Mantis’ Menagerie (will be known as May Day Menagerie from 2017 on):
The Gods of Our Shores by @lady-therion
Adrift by @thestraggletag
Seal of Love by @endangeredslug
Water Logged by @we-aim-to-misbehave
Harborside by @minticetea
Finding Home by @thecompletebookworm
Monthly Rumbelle (Non-smut):
Seven Days of Christmas by @mariequitecontrarie
Six Degrees of Separation by @worryinglyinnocent
Let’s go Back to December and Stay by @handwithquill
A Fresh Start by @woodelf68
Monthly Rumbelle (Smut):
Reflections by @woodelf68
Once Upon a Lifetime by @still-searching47
Return to Cave of Wonders by @worryinglyinnocent
An Education by @worryinglyinnocent
Great Rumbelle Blow Off:
Never Have I Ever by @breaktimewritings
Spinner's Helper by @ishtarelisheba
Look Back in Anger by @emospritelet
Fall on Your Knees by @thescholarlystrumpet
Rumbelle is Hope:
Baby of Mine by @sarashouldbestudying (Rumbelle Revolution)
Driving Lesson by @wierdogal
Hope is a Thing With Feathers by @endageredslug
CHARACTER AWARDS
Best Belle:
Belle from Inheritance by @rufeepeach
Chubby!Belle from All of Me by @mariequitecontraire
Best Dark One!Belle:
xxx
Best Lacey:
Reckless Abandon Lacey by @rufeepeach
Buried Treasure Lacey by @emospritelet
Best Barely Legal!Belle:
Belle from Penance by @emospritelet
Belle from Heat of the Moment by @thescholarlystrumpet
Best Dark One:
The House Guest DO by @b-does-the-write-thing
The Story Teller by @b-does-the-write-thing
Best Mr. Gold:
With a Word by @b-does-the-write-thing
Disrupted by @theoneandonlylittlebird
Best Spinner!Rumple:
Harmless by @rufeepeach
The Queen’s Request by @b-does-the-write-thing
Best Woobie!Rum:
Red Lights by @rufeepeach
The Birth of a Fairy by @annievh
The Ice Queen by @charmedrumbelle
Best OC:
Clerk from Dark Sight by @maplesyrupao3
Best Rumbelle Child:
Bae from Inheritance by @rufeepeach
Best Villain:
Cora Mills from Freeze on the Stones by @toseehowthestoryends
Nurse Mills from Better to Face the Bullets by @ishtarelisheba
Art
Best Cover Art:
“Choker of Lace” by @licieoic
“Real Inside” by @dekujin
“Find Me Tomorrow” by @angelqueen13art
“Heart of the Ship” by @qtarts
“Any Port in a Storm” by @midstorm
Isabella’s Baby by @rumpledspinster
Best Graphic Art: Gif sets, photosets, etc.:
[X] by @rumpledspinster
Pirate Belle by @midstorm
Pieces by @rumbelleluv
All of Me by @rowofstars
Feet In the Air, Head On the Ground by @rowofstars
Blushes and Brushes by @rowofstars
Gideon’s conception by @nirvigedearie
Best Fan Art:
[Selkie!Rumbelle] by @nia-nita
[Secret Santa] by @angelqueen13
“You’re Still Here” by @licieoic
“Hold Me and Love Me” by @licieoic
[Dorks] by @cocoadrops
C’mon Rumple… it’s tradition by @nia-nita
[Green Dress] by @erel89
[“The Cure”] by @erel89
[Sad DO!Rumple] by @enveniya
“Deeper, Dearie” by @suchadearie
[BATB Dress] by @captainpinsel
DarkOne!Belle by @goldesque
Flower picking by @nia-nita
Surprise kiss by @cocoadrops
Waiting by @licieoic
Rainy day in Storybrooke by @erel89
Lacey and Mr. Gold by @nynaeve88illustration
sea wizard Rumple and librarian Belle by @nia-nita
“Mermaid Belle” by @licieoic
[Animated Spinner!Rum] by @nia-nita
Fairy!Belle (In Heat) by @nia-nita
Best Comic/Graphic Novel:
[Things Belle scolds me for] by @doodlinglina
“Shipwrecked on a Mystical Island” by @delintthedarkone
“A Rumbelle birthday party” by @foxmurphy
“I want my Bell back” by @mercisnm
The Fairy and the Librarian by @nia-nita
[Belle doesn’t know how to make a compliment] by @cocoadrops
Light Switch by @kamdensl
Incredible by @kamdensl
Best Artist:
@nia-nita
@erel89
@kamdensl
@licieoic
@bookwormappreciationlife
@cocoadrops
@rowofstars
BEST ANYELLE FIC:
Tiger Lilies by @emospritelet
Look Back in Anger by @emospritelet
No Light Over London by @lotus0kid
A Pleasure to Burn by @of-princes-and-savages
Adrift by @thestraggletag
BEST ANYEM FIC:
The Third Wheel by @junoinferno
BEST RUMBELLE FIC:
Penance by @emospritelet
Inheritance by @rufeepeach
Dark Sight by @maplesyrupao3
All of Me by @mariequitecontraire
BEST AUTHOR:
@emospritelet
@suchadearie
@thescholarlystrumpet
@rufeepeach
Rumbelle Fandom Lifetime Achievement award:
@mariequitecontraire
@deweymay
@crankynerdgirl
Newbie Spotlight:
@of-princes-and-savages
@nirvigedearie
@theoneandonlylittlebird
@still-searching47
@poca-staks
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True Lust
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2uNCjlG
by JunoInferno
Rumplestiltskin discovers an intruder. An RCIJ gift for breaktimewritings whose prompt was "The Magic of Love Again."
Words: 1347, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
Additional Tags: breaktimewritings, Rumbelle Christmas in July 2017, Rumbelle - Freeform, Smut, NSFW, The Dark Castle (Once Upon a Time)
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2uNCjlG
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SotRFitH: Sorcerer's Apprentice, have you ever met the current Dark One?
“Hello, dearie.”
The apprentice stiffened, his cup of tea nearly slipping from his hands. He turned slowly, his brows furrowing at the sight before him.
The lady was dressed in a deep purple, marking of elaborate flowers embroidered over her sleeves and low-cut neck. The skirt fanned out beneath her in elegant ruffles, giving her the whole look of a rose. She’d be unbearably beautiful save for her glinting gold skin and the dark magic that sparked around her.
“So the rumors are true.” The apprentice said. “There’s a new Dark One.”
“Dark Lady.” Belle corrected, stepping around to stand before him. She sat at his table easily, giggling at the way his eyes widened. “Calm down I’m only here for a social call.”
“I don’t remember calling you.”
“No but I was curious. I’m told I’m too curious. I don’t believe becoming The Dark Lady has helped.”
The sorcerer’s apprentice tilted his head as she waved her hand, summoning her own tea service as to impose on him. Her posture as she sat was perfectly poise and it was obvious from her speech that she was well-read. Not at all like the barbarian Zoso who sought the hat so forcefully.
“You’ll not get what you came for.” The old man said.
The Dark Lady hummed, “And what is it you think I’ve come for? The hat? Afraid not, dearie.”
“Why are you here then?”
“I simply want some information.” Belle said, sipping her tea. “You see, I’m afraid I became The Dark Lady for a singular purpose and now with that purpose over I find myself quite bored.” She regarded him over her teacup for a moment. “And I’m afraid you’re the only one that came to mind that might give me a good conversation without running for the hills. Honestly was my predecessor so bad?”
“He was.” The apprentice said. “You don’t seek the hat?”
She rolled her eyes. “A magical hat that captures and accumulates magic? No I think not. Unless it can absorb dark magic from one’s very being and soul and leave them alive?” The sorcerer frowned. “No I suppose not. Either way, no. Such a thing does not interest me. I grew up a lady in a kingdom ravaged by war, Apprentice. I know better than anyone that raw strength amounts to very little.”
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice watched, the air around them tense with the swirling light and dark magic. The Dark Lady was completely at-ease at his humble table, across from him drinking her tea. There was no lie in her voice. No twinge in her magic.
“You’re...different than the others.”
“So I’ve been told.”
“You haven’t given in to the darkness.”
She only chuckled. “Oh no, apprentice. I think you’ll find I have quite thoroughly. It’s intoxicating.” She giggled, an odd manic sound. “But still, I’m not here for the hat. I simply want to find a good place to call home. A castle fit for a lady with lands worthy of her subjects.”
“You expect me to point you in the directions of lands you can pilliage?”
“Of course not, dearie. I expect you to make a deal with me...”
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Naughty ninjas share their favorite books! When I first joined slbp I chose Saizos route first because he reminded me of Kakashi sensei.
Tagging: @sengokugenkigirl @cavern-of-bells @that-otome-potato @amigoingbananas @yoolee @tentoriwrites @quincette @spring-light @saizoswifey @saizos-little-lady @suzunesays @koudaiin @breaktimewritings @bmp-slbp-matchup @otome--gokoro @otome-microwave @singokumaiden @primarinaonshrooms @dear-mrs-otome @af-fection @rubyleeray
#slbp#samurai love ballad party#slbp saizo#Saizo Kirigakure#kakashi hatake#slbp fanart#naruto fanart#fan art
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I was tagged by @licieoic , @breaktimewritings.and @eclairpoppycorn.
Rules: Tag 10 people you want to get to know better
Relationship Status: single
Favorite Color: Various shades of green
Pets: none
Wake Up Time: Who knows. Insomnia’s been playing hell with me lately.
Cats or Dogs: Dogs
Coke or Pepsi: Coke
Day or Night: Night
Text or Call: Text if I had a text-friendly phone (which I don’t!)
Chapstick or Lipstick: Neither. I rarely need it, but if I do, I use a petroleum free lip balm. Chapstick just dries me out more.
Last Song I Listened to: Jean Genie by David Bowie (I don’t know what makes a riff sound down ‘n’ dirty, but this song has them.)
Tagging anyone who hasn’t done it yet and wants to.
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Please Consider for TEA nominations
For Best Series: The Cloud Series by Nyphette.
http://archiveofourown.org/series/59178
For Best OUAT AU: Her Dark Guard by RoseXKnight
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3826123/chapters/8531749
Best Holiday Fic: Secret Santa by Rioghna
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5443697/chapters/12580892
For Best Dark One Belle: Dark Beauty by notalwayslate
http://notalwayslate.tumblr.com/post/135594757081/dark-beauty
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SKY, BLUE | Written for @breaktimewritings / @rosexknight
[RCIJ 2016] - (PROMPT: Long Distance Meeting Apples Cafe)
(Rating: NC-17/Explicit) - (Word Count: 21.211 )
[SSers: One and Two] + [Trivia: Rodor Gold and Lacey French and QF11]
|| Frequent Flyer!Gold meets Flight Attendant!Lacey ||
For the wonderful @breaktimewritings. So, this is I, your fashionably late Santa, who has finally arrived with your 21.211 words of Golden Lace Goodness. My apologies for the slight delay (due to: horrible time management, human error and technical difficulties). I had a great time being your Santa! Tumblr made it a bit difficult with eating my asks all the time, but I hope your gift makes up for the spotty communication. I loved your prompt so much and immediately came up with two different scenarios for it, which, I think, both strayed a little from what would have been a third, and the most obvious route to take. Since I couldn’t make up my mind which one I liked better, and having always liked ‘choose your own adventure’ books as a child, I left the choice up to you - posing the infamous ‘Airplane or Cookbook?’ question - and I think you made the right decision, because Flight Attendant Lacey has been a treat to write and a delight to get to know better.
|| Teaser || Read on AO3 ||
August 15th, a regular Monday, rent day.
The one thing Mr Gold liked about the quiet coastal town of Storybrooke, Maine was how it never changed in his absence. Last year he spent 322 days on the road, which meant he had to spend 43 miserable days at home - 12 of them rent days - but whenever he returned to the Pink House on the hill, things still were exactly the same as he had left them. He liked that, the predictability of the mundane, even if it always made him inexplicably and unbearably restless after only a few days. Perhaps it was the tall, cool walls and high ceilings, the ghosts of a legacy gone terribly wrong, seeping through the cracks with the blowing spray and salt from the cliffs, that kept chasing him away. Perhaps he just didn’t like sitting around and twiddling his thumbs.
Rodor Gold had no friends in town, as small town folk was narrow-minded and wary of what they did not understand. Little did people know that he wasn’t the unknown they feared, but simply the man chasing it. Ever since he could remember he had been on the move, looking constantly for something he couldn’t quite grasp, urged on by the vague feeling that there was something vital missing from his life, something he desperately needed to retrieve or replace. He never bothered with putting a name to the feeling these days, not anymore, but it didn’t take a genius to figure out that it had to have something to do with his mother's’ untimely passing, one way or another. With property and wealth to the family name, he had been lucky enough to never want for anything, anything that could be bought by name or gold at least, and he had grown up to live a comfortable life indeed, enjoying his creature comforts within reason. But the strange yearning never fully went away, so he did instead. Frequently.
Gold knew that his tenants thought him odd, but he didn’t care. The way he lived, he wasn’t isolated, he was surrounded - and he didn’t expect any of them to understand that. When he was home, he kept mostly to himself, his reading and planning only interrupted by staff asking how he’d like to take today’s tea, where he’d wish the young rose bushes to be planted, or if he required the tailor to be called in to set to work on a new suit and matching neckwear. He already owned more suits than he could have worn in a lifetime, but he grew bored of cloth, pattern and style easily and had found that the tailor was one of the few people in town whose presence and company he almost enjoyed, so he saw no harm in keeping the man in business.
Gold had been home for a week when rent day rolled around that particular August. The morning already unpleasantly heavy and humid, he cursed the sun that was ascending the clear, blue sky at a lazy pace as he made his descent into town for the usual rounds to collect what was due. He believed the day to become an unpleasantly hot, but otherwise perfectly ordinary Monday - a hypothesis proven wrong when he, just about to enter Granny’s diner, was hit by the door as it blew open from the other side instead. Thrown back by the force of the blast, Gold stumbled backwards, narrowly escaping a fall down the steps and the breaking of his neck as whatever callow youth responsible for his near-demise shot out an arm and caught him by his own, thereby preventing ugly bloodshed on the pavement.
“Oh! I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you! Are you alr— you!”
Before he could do anything but open his mouth in anger and confusion, the hand on his arm had gone and he’d been whipped across the face by a curtain of mahogany hair as the woman who had stormed out of the diner pushed past him to leave without another word. Livid, he spun on his heels to yell after her, but she was already jogging down the street, twisting her hair into a ponytail as she went, and he didn’t want to cause a scene. Or at least he didn’t want the whole town to watch while he did. He briefly contemplated running after her to call her out on her poor manners, but for one thing, he wasn’t a very good runner. And for another, he didn’t think she’d care.
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#rumbelle christmas in july#breaktimewritings#rosexknight#rumbelle fic#golden lace fic#golden lace au#rumbelle au#fic: sky blue#my fic#snowyscover#snowyswork#rcij 2016
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Awakening -- A RCIJ fanfic
This one shot takes place in the beginning of Season 5, and is an AU (I'm assuming as I don't see the writers doing anything like this) for Rumbelle based on this prompt from breaktimewritings for RSS Christmas in July: Spinner, dance, moonlight, sheep, lovemaking. Please note that I am not going to address anything with any of the other characters in this one shot; the sole focus will be Rumbelle. Rating is M for some mild smuttiness.
Belle kept vigil at Rumple's side for several weeks as he lay comatose. She had him taken to the hospital after everyone left the shop, hoping that Dr. Whale would be able to find some way to help him. She kissed him more times than she could count, hoping that true love's kiss would awaken him. Sadly, this was not a sleeping curse. Belle had little understanding of what it was, in all honesty. All she knew was that, after being separated from Rumple for several months, she realized how much she truly loved him. Loving Rumpelstiltskin was never an easy thing, but Belle had never much cared for the simple life. She once stated that she loved all of him – even the parts that belonged to the darkness. It was only now that she realized how true this statement was.
Belle returned the hospital that afternoon after taking care of a few things as she did every day. She maintained his shop, the library, and their house, and spent every other moment sitting at his side in the hospital. Belle knew how important appearances were to him, and she made sure that all of those little things were taken care of. She washed and combed his hair, she bathed him (and joked with him that he would be very disappointed when he awoke to learn that he had missed out on this), read to him, and talked to him as if he would simply open his eyes and reply at any moment.
Sadly, several weeks had passed and his eyes remained closed. Dr. Whale continued to tell her that his vitals were good and that there was no medical reason he could determine that caused him to remain comatose. All that Belle could do was remain hopeful that at some point he would come back to her.
"Rumple, I'm here." Belle whispered as she took her place in the chair next to his bed. "I have some more books to read you, I thought we'd do some romance today, how does that sound? Though if you wake up, we can have some real romance. I wish you'd wake up, Rumple. Please wake up. Please come back to me." Belle said, and she kissed him on the forehead.
For the first time in weeks, Rumpelstiltskin stirred, and his eyes fluttered open.
"Rumple?" Belle whispered, as Rumpelstiltskin mumbled and struggled to focus. "Hey. It's okay, you're gonna be okay." Belle whispered as she gently ran her fingers through his hair. He opened his eyes and looked up at her. "Hi." Belle said, smiling at him. Expecting him to smile back, Belle was startled when he bolted up in his bed and looked around the room in a panic.
"Where am I? What kind of sorcery is this place?" Rumpelstiltskin asked as he sat up, clearly terrified.
"Rumple! Rumple, calm down!" Belle shouted, but he ignored her as he looked at his IV, then grabbed it and ripped it out of his arm. A bit of blood began to drip from his arm when he did so.
"My boy. Bae. Where is my boy, what have you done with him?" Rumpelstiltskin asked, almost in tears, and he moved to stand up.
"Rumple, you need to lie down, you're not strong enough to be out of bed, please, just listen to me!" Belle begged.
"Bae! I need to find Bae." Rumpelstiltskin said, and he stood up, wobbling as he was unable to maintain his balance between his bad leg and his overall weakness. "I need – to find -" he mumbled before he collapsed to the ground, Belle barely catching him as he fell.
"Rumple!" Belle screamed, holding his head in her lap. "Someone help me!"
It was several hours later before Rumpelstiltskin awakened again, once more hooked up to an IV, Belle at his side. He turned and looked up at her groggily. "Hi." Belle whispered, and she took his hand and squeezed. "The doctor said you might be a bit tired when you woke; they gave you some medicine to keep you calm."
"Please don't hurt me." Rumpelstiltskin begged. "Just let me find my boy and I'll never bother you again."
"Rumple – what's the last thing you remember?" Belle asked. Rumpelstiltskin was quiet, and appeared to be very afraid. "It's alright – you can trust me, I won't hurt you. I want to help you but I need to know what's going on with you. What's the last thing you remember?"
"The Dark One." Rumpelstiltskin said. "I thought I'd killed him, I don't know what he did with me." Belle was quiet for a moment.
"That was quite a long time ago, Rumple. Many – many, years ago. And you did kill him. You told me the whole story." Belle said. "And now – now I have a story to tell you."
"Do I know you?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.
"You know me very well." Belle said. "My name is Belle. I'm your wife."
Belle spent the next week telling Rumpelstiltskin as much as she was able about his life from when the Dark Curse overtook him up to his awakening in the hospital. He was unsure of her at first, but after a couple of days he began to trust her. They both laughed over the story of their awkward courtship in the Dark Castle. The both cried for hours when Belle told him what had happened to his son. As his strength grew and it neared time for him to be released from the hospital, they both wondered what lay ahead. This man was not the Rumple that she fell in love with – he was, without a doubt, the man that she knew had always been inside of him. But he was changed, and Belle feared that this change would somehow separate them again.
Belle wasn't the only one to share tales during this time, as Rumpelstiltskin told her of his early life before the curse; a part of his life that she knew very little about, as he was reluctant to discuss this time with her in the past.
When she finally brought him home, he was awestruck at the mansion that they shared together. "We live here?" Rumpelstiltskin asked as Belle helped him into the house.
"Yes. Do you like it?" Belle asked.
"It's glorious. More incredible than any palace. Are you sure we're not king and queen here?" he asked. Belle chuckled a bit.
"Sometimes you thought we were." Belle joked. "Come on – let's go sit down." Belle led him into the living room and they sat down on the sofa together. Rumpelstiltskin looked around the room in awe.
"This – clothing that I'm wearing. What is it called again?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.
"A suit." Belle said. "I'm sorry if you don't like it – you don't really have anything else. We can go shopping for something different in a few days if you'd like. You can take off the jacket and the tie if it bothers you. Here, let me help." Belle helped him remove his tie and jacket. "You want to lie down and take a little nap? I'll go upstairs and get a blanket and some pillows for you."
"I've had enough sleep." he replied. He looked up and saw a picture on the fireplace mantle – it was himself and Belle, and she was wearing a white dress and a hat. "That – that is the most amazing artistry I've ever seen!" he shouted as he pointed at the photo. "It looks real!"
"Oh. That's a photo, Rumple, it's not a painting, a camera takes your picture." Belle said, and she took the photo down from the mantle and handed it to him. He looked it over in amazement. "That's our wedding. Happiest day of my life. I wish you could remember it."
"Is there a way?" he asked. "Magic?"
"Magic comes with a price, Rumple. Even if there were a way – I'm not sure it would be worth the risk. I've already lost you too many times to magic. I won't lose you again." Belle insisted.
"Alright." he agreed, albeit reluctantly. "Belle – if we're married – have we – I mean – you and I, we've -"
"Are we lovers?" Belle interrupted. "Yes, we are. Before we married, actually." Rumpelstiltskin looked at her with shock.
"I – I didn't – I mean – I didn't force you, right? I would never do that, it had to have been that curse thing you told me about, I would never do that." he stated, becoming visibly upset.
"Rumple, you forced nothing on me. Ever." Belle said. "It's always been my choice with you. That's part of why I love you – you're the first man I've ever known that allowed me to make up my own mind. Of course, in this world, that's pretty standard, but – you're a good man. Any time we've been together, it's been what I've wanted. What we BOTH wanted. I promise. I know you don't remember any of those things and I won't push you. You tell me what you want from me, and we'll take things at the pace you like."
"I don't know what I want, Belle. All I remember is my wretched life as a poor spinner. The only light in my entire existence was Bae and he's gone. All of these things – they don't replace him. They never will." he said sadly. "What do I have without my boy?"
"You have me." Belle said. "I know that I'm a stranger to you right now, but – you fell in love with me once. Perhaps it can happen again."
Several weeks had passed, and Belle arrived home to find Rumpelstiltskin busily working at his spinning wheel in the living room. He rarely left the house, as he didn't like the stares he received from people who were mere strangers to him. Some of them even cursed him and taunted him. It was as bad, if not worse, than his days as a crippled spinner.
"Did you have a good day today, Rumple?" Belle asked as she set down the groceries on the counter.
"I suppose." Rumpelstiltskin replied. Belle sighed and moved to sit next to him.
"You're not happy here, are you?" she asked.
"I'm not unhappy." he answered. "I just – wish I could remember."
"I'm sorry. I've asked the fairies, but – they haven't come up with a solution. The memory potion they had only works on the cursed memories and – you don't have those." Belle said.
"Oh – by the way, I – I have a surprise for you." Rumpelstiltskin said.
"For me?" Belle asked.
"Yes. I made you something. Been working on it for the past week." he told her.
"Well, what is it?" Belle asked.
"Stay right here, I'll go get it." he said, and he got up and left the room, then came back a few minutes later with a blue dress draped over his left arm. He handed it to Belle. "I know it's not the style that is worn in this land, but – I thought it would look nice on you. It'll bring out your eyes. I used some of your dresses to size it correctly." Belle looked the dress over as she fought back tears – it was identical to the blue dress she had worn in the Dark Castle.
"Rumple – this is my dress." Belle said.
"Yes, of course it is. I made it for you." he agreed, a bit puzzled.
"No, you don't understand. You gave me this dress in the Dark Castle. This exact dress." Belle said.
"I made it for you by hand, Belle. I swear I did." he said.
"No, don't you see? You remember. On some level – you remember." Belle said. "Can you do something for me? Can you go and sit by the spinning wheel again?"
"Alright."
"Don't move – I'll be right back." Belle said, and she flitted out of the room. She returned several minutes later wearing the dress. Rumpelstiltskin looked up at her and smiled.
"Perfect fit." Belle said as she sat down next to him at the spinning wheel, just as she had all those years ago.
"You're – you're beautiful, Belle." Rumpelstiltskin whispered. Belle just smiled shyly at him, then moved in to kiss him, and he kissed her back. They kissed for barely a moment, and when they pulled apart, he trembled a bit, then looked at her.
"Belle." he whispered. "I remember."
"True love's kiss." Belle said, smiling at him.
"It's not that difficult to fall in love with you. You're the one who has the difficult part." Rumpelstiltskin said. "We have a lot to talk about don't we?"
"Yes we do." Belle agreed. "And we will talk. But right now – I want to be with my husband. I've missed you."
"I missed you too, Belle. More than I can say." Rumpelstiltskin said. He stood up, ready to sweep her into his arms, then remembered his injured leg. "I guess I can't carry you up the stairs any longer, can I?"
"It's okay. We can walk. Come on." Belle said, and she took his hand and led him out of the room.
Ever since his return home, Rumpelstiltskin had been sleeping upstairs with Belle. She gave him the choice of how to handle their sleeping situation, and he felt that since they were married, it wouldn't be wrong to share a bed, but he was a bit nervous about intimacy. Rumpelstiltskin had always been a restless sleeper; he would toss and turn often, he would frequently have nightmares, and he spent a great deal of time apologizing to Belle for keeping her awake at night. Without his dark memories, however, he slept quite well. He fell asleep almost instantly, and was nearly impossible to awaken until morning. He wasn't much for cuddling, keeping to his side of the bed, although sometimes he would roll over in his sleep and Belle would awaken to find his head resting on her shoulder. When his memories were intact, Rumpelstiltskin loved to cuddle. He would often take her in his arms after their lovemaking and hold her like he would lose her if he didn't cling to her for dear life.
The moment they finally arrived in their bedroom, Belle practically shoved him toward the bed and began to remove his clothes with excitement. She straddled him on his lap, facing him, as he did the same, careful not to tear her beautiful blue dress. He began to kiss her neck, moving his lips toward her breasts as he reached behind her back and unfastened her bra. Once the bra was removed, he tossed it onto the floor and then cupped her breasts in his hands. She pushed him back onto the bed, unzipped his pants, and helped him remove them, tossing them onto the floor as well. When all of their clothes were removed, she remained on top of him and allowed him to come inside of her. Rumpelstiltskin thrust himself inside of her, and they both moaned in ecstasy until they climaxed together.
They lay resting in one another's arms on top of the covers, never having bothered to pull them back.
"What do we do now, Belle?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.
"You want me to make dinner? We never did eat." Belle teased.
"In a bit." he replied. "This was nice, but – we still have quite a bit to talk through."
"I suppose we do." Belle replied. "Rumple, how could you think that I didn't love you?"
"I don't know." he answered. "I'm just used to not being loved. Bae was the only one who ever did, and for quite some time he didn't love me, either."
"Bae never stopped loving you, he was just angry. I was angry, too. Anger I can move past. It's your love of power that I can't move past. I love you Rumple, but I'm not going to play a supporting role to your love for magic." Belle told him. "I want to come first – just as you do with me."
"You've always come first, Belle. You saw what I was like, without the magic. A pathetic, cowardly little spinner."
"You were neither pathetic nor cowardly. You were a good man who was dealt a bad hand in life. Now you're that good man again. You're free of the darkness – you don't need magic anymore." Belle said.
"I don't know if I'll be able to stay away from it, Belle. I'll try." Rumpelstiltskin said.
"Rumple, if you honestly think it's going to be too difficult for you to avoid temptation here, then maybe we should do what you planned before. Maybe we should leave." Belle suggested.
"Leave Storybrooke? Sweetheart, I don't give a damn about any of the others if I'm being honest, but Belle, my grandson is here."
"He can come and visit – or we can take the spell with us, we can come back, too." Belle said. "I kept the identification you made for us. We have enough money to get a start. They have schools there Rumple, I could go to school, I'd like that."
"And what would I do? How would I support you? Without magic, all I know how to do is – be a spinner." he told her.
"I'll do some research – perhaps there's a place where we can go. Do you think you could be happy if I found such a place?" Belle asked.
"If you're with me? I don't see how I could be anything but happy." Rumpelstiltskin replied.
Six months later . . . . . . .
"Rumple! Where are you?" Belle called out when she entered the house, but there was no answer. Belle and Rumpelstiltskin found a beautiful rustic home on a large, farming property in rural Maine. She would have been perfectly happy with a small home, but Rumpelstiltskin insisted on something large and extravagant. If he was willing to sacrifice magic, she knew she had to expect some caveats on her part. He still wanted to live in a castle of sorts, but at least this time, they hired a cleaning service to come in once a week. They purchased several sheep, and Rumpelstiltskin spent his days tending them, spinning, and finding storefronts that would be willing to sell his product. Once he settled back into this quiet life, he found himself to be quite satisfied. His only regret was that Baelfire wasn't there to see the man that he had become. He was happy that his grandson was able to see it, however. Henry visited them at least once a month, and in the summer he was going to be permitted to spend the entire month of July with them. Rumpelstiltskin told him that this time, he truly would be his apprentice and learn all there was to know about tending sheep and working at the spinning wheel, just as his father had been taught.
"Rumple!" Belle called out again, making her way out to the back of the house. Darkness had already fallen and Belle was returning from a day at school. She took a part-time job at a local library and found a small community college to attend. She had yet to declare a major, as she wanted to explore several subjects before settling on one.
Belle gasped when she saw their back deck decorated with holiday lights. The outdoor table was prepared for dinner, and there was soft music playing in the background. Rumpelstiltskin stood with his back to her, leaning on his cane, and looking up at the stars.
"It's beautiful." Belle whispered as she walked up behind him and put her arms around him.
"Do you think he can see us? Bae?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.
"I'm sure he can." Belle replied. "So what is all this for?" Rumpelstiltskin turned around.
"Our anniversary, of course." he replied.
"Rumple, our anniversary isn't for five weeks." Belle replied.
"Not that anniversary. It was on this day that you almost broke my curse."
"And you threw me out." Belle reminded him.
"One of the biggest mistakes I ever made in my life." Rumpelstiltskin said. "Would you like to dance?"
"I'd love to. But let me go change, you look all nice and dressed up in your suit and I'm an absolute mess." Belle said.
"You are perfect just as you are." Rumpelstiltskin said. He leaned his cane up against the deck and took Belle into his arms and began to sway to the music with her. "The moonlight brings out your eyes." he whispered, and he pulled her into a kiss.
"Do you ever miss it? Magic?" Belle asked when their lips finally parted.
"Sometimes, yes. But when we were apart – every time we were apart - I missed you more. I now know that coming here was the best thing we could have ever done." Rumpelstiltskin said. "It's especially nice without all of the rude interruptions from the Charmings." he said, and Belle giggled a bit. "I like it being just the two of us."
"How would you feel about it being three of us?" Belle asked.
"Do you think Henry can stay longer when he visits? I'd like that." Rumpelstiltskin said.
"Not Henry. I mean, he's welcome any time, but – that's not what I meant." Belle said. She took his hand and led it down to her belly and placed it there, and Rumpelstiltskin's eyes widened.
"Belle. Are you certain?" he asked, smiling at her. Belle nodded her head yes. "Oh, Belle – I love you so much."
"And I love you." Belle replied, and they melted into a kiss.
THE END.
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Wedding Prompts: Rumbelle and Red Cricket, combination of #24 with #3. Pongo's wedding, bouquet is 'thrown' to Rumbelle to get their act together.
“Who has a wedding for their dogs?”
“The wedding isn’t FOR their dogs it’s for them. The dogs are just included.”
Gold rolled his eyes, grumbling to himself from his seat on the outskirts of the wedding crowd. Beside him, Belle giggled, watching on as the newly wed Ruby and Archie Hopper as they danced to a song that wasn't even real a slow dance. No one was going to correct them, though. The ceremony had been gorgeous, and Belle had been happy to serve as bridesmaid for Ruby. Their two dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita had long since been breeding partners and considering they were what had (literally) finally drug Ruby and Archie together, it was only fitting they be included in the wedding too. The whole town had been invited to the affair and though people were surprised that Mr. Gold made an appearance, no one was surprised when Belle immediately gravitated to him.
“Aren’t you going to dance?” He asked.
“I’m just resting my feet.” Belle said.
“She’ll be throwing the boquet soon.”
Belle’s eyes turned to the dance floor where the couples were stopping. Mary Margaret was crossing it, Ruby’s boquet of wildflowers and wolfsbane in her arms.
“So she is.”
“Don’t you need to go up there?”
Gold’s gaze was on her. To anyone else, it would seem as though he was trying to get rid of her. Belle, however, was different. She new she was different. Knew that he knew she was different. Belle watched as all the single ladies in Storybrooke gathered to fight for the boquet. Aurora even called her over. Still, Belle didn’t move from her spot beside Gold. He wouldn’t budge on things. It was obvious to her by now she’d have to give him the push. And hadn’t she waited long enough anyway?
“I don’t know.” Belle said, her gaze holding his. She saw something spark behind her eyes, and it only encouraged her. “Should I?”
Gold only blinked at her, his jaw going slack. Belle raised an eyebrow, the cheers of the many women echoing around them as Ruby prepared to toss her bouquet. Gold swallowed, taking a breath.
“You need--”
The cheering grew louder, and many gasps and yelps rang through it. Before Gold could finish his thought, the bouquet suddenly fell onto his head, landing in Belle’s hands. With wide eyes, she turned to Ruby, who gave her a wink.
“That’s a hint you two.” She called. “Hope this is the push you needed, Belle!”
She didn’t have the heart to tell Ruby she’d already given Gold the push she’d mentioned, and this was mare of a hard shove.
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