Synopsis: The phone in the library had always been silent, until one day it started ringing. Belle French answers it and discovers that life really can turn on a dime – or in this case a wrong number.
Note: It’s possible there might be two more chapters now. Part of it is that these chapters are 1k shorter than my usual ones. I try and keep all chapters a similar length and the original oneshot was even shorter than these chapters, if I’d done my regular length chapters they would have been twice as long as the original oneshot and that seemed odd. Another part is because I am rubbish at guesstimating length. Anyway, there will be more soon. Enjoy! 🙂
On Tumblr: Chapters One, Two (Part One), Two (Part Two)
Gold was
starting to wish he had worn something other than his usual three-piece suit.
It wasn’t exactly the right outfit to wear for a picnic in the woods. However,
he supposed he hadn’t been planning a picnic in the woods. When Belle hadn’t
suggested somewhere for them to go, he’d blurted out the cabin as a possibility,
before he had adequately thought about it. The moment the words were out of his
mouth, he’d panicked in case she’d got the wrong idea but Belle hadn’t even let
him start recanting, just smiling and accepting.Now, they were
here. He had Dove come up here frequently to check on the place, and give it a
once over, so he knew that everywhere was relatively clean. He’d had problems
in the past with kids breaking in, and using the place as a make-out spot, at
least he assumed it was teenagers. They’d never caught the offenders, but by
having Dove make frequent visits, it showed an interest in the cabin and the
break-ins had soon stopped. He opened the main door and Belle followed him
inside, looking around with obvious interest.“I thought we
could eat on the terrace,” Gold suggested, gesturing towards the back of the
cabin, which opened out onto a small deck, and faced the lake.I never would have guessed that about Gold’s past; but it goes to show what a stand up guy he really is. And I love Bae’s response to Belle coming over “ok.” Adults get worked up but kids look at everything so simply. Its already screaming floof family feels!
Thanks! Yeah I was a bit worried about that twist on the backstory that I invented. I thought that it suited this Gold and I’m glad you felt it was ok. Yup this is a family fic really. I really pleased you are enjoying it 🙂
Nice twist with the backstory for Gold and Bae. I could see lots of future angst there, and it’s clear Gold still has a lot of self loathing and issues over the whole thing, despite having Bae. Belle is so easy going with the whole thing and with all of this, and Gold is an anxious puppy. I love it. <3
Future angst in my fluff fic? Perish the thought haha 🙂 No, I will go there if someone prompts it of course, but yes you are correct about Gold’s feelings on the matter. I mean it all contributes to his anxiety because this Gold has never successfully courted anyone, had a relationship or even really dated.
I think the mystery of “how do people find people to go out with” is one he never actually solved. I think he had a couple of flings when he was younger and working for other people, before he got together his seed money and started to build his property empire in Storybrooke.
However, it was always “Gold do me a solid, my girl needs someone for her friend, so come along tonight” and so it just sort of happened to him, rather than him seeking it out. Once he moved to Storybrooke, that stopped happening and so this thing with Belle is just like “I don’t know how this happened but I want to hold onto it if I can, but I don’t know how.”
Anyway, I’m really glad you are enjoying the fic 🙂
Well, that’s one way to keep Milah out of the picture. I’ve never heard of a fridge that beeps if you leave the door open “too long”!
Yup, I usually go with the “ran off with a sailor” cliche but this came to mind instead, and it worked well for this story. As for the fridge thing – my fridge does that! It’s an American style fridge that we got at a mega discount. It’s quite fancy (has a water/ice dispenser and everything) but it does nag. I figured Gold would probably have something like that 🙂