Belle French always wanted to see the world. After high school she planned on taking a year out to go travelling but her father had a heart attack, so Belle spent her year out working at the flower shop until Maurice recovered.
She then went to university, studying literature, because she loved books and because it’s what was expected. When you are intelligent, you get put on an academic track, going from school, to college, without really being able to object and say that you want something different.
After graduating university, top of her class, she moved back home to Storybrooke. The library was re-opening and by living at home for a few months she could save up funds easier to get her own place. It was the logical move but Belle felt trapped, like she would now never leave her home town and see the world, that her dreams would only ever just be dreams. Everyday she read books of far off places but she was tired of reading about them, she wanted to experience them for herself.
Love it! It kind of reminds me of the “traveller” story I wrote a while ago- also for one of these aesthetics- except much fluffier and less angsty. They both have this feeling of “I’m not where I wanted to be, but I’m with you, and that’s where I’d rather be” , which is an element I love for Rumbelle fics as it fits to their story. I’ll just put a link here in case you’re interested 😉 Love what you’ve done with aesthetic, the whole thing together makes me feel like taking a vacation somewhere warm and hooking up with Mr. Gold
Definitely want to see more of their shenanigans in Italy now 😉
Yeah I want to see more of their shenanigan’s in Italy too. I’m dead curious as to who the other ex-pats are and how Gold wound up in Italy in the first place. However, while I really want to read it, I have very little desire to write this one myself.
I have the picture in my head of theater actress Cruella being all sassy, maybe Regina running a nightclub, David and Mary Margaret renting out bikes and operating biking tours. Sort of Storybrooke but in the Italian sunshine and surrounding tourism.
Idea is up for adoption if anyone wants to give it a good home.
