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 might be able to sneak another chapter in before tomorrow night. I’ll do my best but no promises. I really wanted to finish this before the premiere and well I certainly tried 🙂 but even if I do manage another chapter, that won’t be the end. My new deadline for finishing this is the end of the month but I don’t know if that’s going to happen either, this story is getting long. Anyway, enjoy!
On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two
The sun was
just starting to set when Rumplestiltskin heard Belle push open the front door
to the Victorian townhouse. He breathed a sigh of relief, as tension he hadn’t
even realized he’d been feeling faded away. Belle had come home. He had been
cooking dinner assuming that she would be here, even while he had a lump in his
throat in case she didn’t.“Hey,” Belle
greeted softly, pausing in the doorway to the kitchen.“Did you have a
good day?” Rumplestiltskin asked. His hand shook slightly, as his facade of
casual interest started to slip. He saw Belle’s eyes flicker down, and he knew
she had caught it. “Henry came by the shop,” he continued, focusing on the pot
of simmering stew on the stove. “He might be coming to dinner next week.”“That’s nice,”
Belle said awkwardly, taking a few steps further into the room. She paused when
she reached the other side of the kitchen island counter. “Look Rumple … I’m
sorry about this morning.”AN ALTERNATE SEASON 6 FOR EVERYONE NEEDING IT.
Planned and part written before any spoilers came out, so it’s just taken from the first five seasons and doesn’t link up with anything from season 6. This is the second part. The War Within starts the verse off and I’ll be posting chapter four of this later today! Thanks for the rec @woodelf68 I really appreciate it 🙂