Synopsis: Following directly on from The War Within. Rumplestiltskin and Belle have a lot to talk about. True loves kiss might have woken Belle from the sleeping curse but their marriage won’t be fixed over night. They have a little less than nine months to sort themselves out as a couple – then they’ll become a family. It’s time for them to reconcile properly, and to finally have the courtship that circumstances originally denied them.
Note: I was worried that I would lose my drive to write this after the premiere aired but no worries. Apparently my brain considers it different enough that it’s not a problem. Anyway, this is the last of what I call the ‘reconciliation’ chapters. It ties up some loose ends and I might have taken a prompt from a comment I got on AO3, probably not supposed to do that but ooops 🙂 The next chapter will probably be excessively fluffy. I hope you enjoy!
On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three
It was dinner
at Granny’s again. They had the table by the window and Emma sat at the back,
taking a moment from her family before she would lean forward and join them
again. For a change Emma wasn’t sitting next to Hook, she had pulled Henry down
next to her before he could claim his customary seat to her left. Hook had
given her an odd look but said nothing.The truth was
Emma needed time to think. She loved Hook, she was certain about that, but
things couldn’t continue how they had been going. At first it had just been
infatuation, he had pursued her and she had clung to him because it was easy.
Now, she chose to love him because love could be a choice. Privately she
admitted that probably meant that they weren’t actually true love, but that
didn’t matter.True love was
something from a fairy tale, and despite being the ‘daughter of Snow White and
Prince Charming’ her life had never been a fairy tale. To be honest she wasn’t
sure what she would do with that kind of life. The kind of love that was hard
work, where the love wasn’t always easy but she chose it, that felt more like
her reality.A weekly movie or games night at the Gold house sounds good! And exactly what you said, let’s have just some quiet ordinary life for a while; Henry needs to chill and simply be a kid!
Yup I think some peace and quiet would help everyone, not just Henry. I referenced the regular movie nights in He’s Behind You, so this is where they started 🙂
Anyway, I think they all need some time, particularly Emma, but the others as well. Plus, if there’s several mostly peaceful months, I can write all the Rumbelle fluff I like 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!