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Transposing Digits Bae: Did you ever get your playdate? And has papa told you about his own upcoming playdate?

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Note: Here’s part two of the prompts from last week. The final chapter (unless I get more prompts), dealing with the date and a couple of other loose ends will be posted on Friday 🙂

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two (Part One)

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Before Gold
knew it, it was Friday. When he had been in his shop, at times Friday had felt
like forever away. He would pass by the window and catch sight of the library
doors, or he would see the back of Belle as she walked down the street, her
chestnut curls whipping around her in the light breeze. Every day he was sure
that she would cancel, and he wanted Friday to arrive quickly before she could
change her mind. The one thing he was sure of, was that she wouldn’t just stand
him up, she wasn’t that cruel.

When Friday
morning dawned, Gold was just pouring milk on Bae’s cereal when the boy himself
entered the kitchen. Bae was sleepily rubbing his eyes, his hair sticking up all
over the place and making Gold itch to find a comb. Gold’s eyes flickered to
the clock, and he shook his head, as always they would be pushing it to get to
school on time. Bae was a terror in the mornings, he just didn’t want to get
out of bed. Merlin only knows what he would be like as a teenager.

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Aww! Gold being surprised Belle likes him always gets me. I can’t wait to see their cuteness at the cabin. (You are writing that aren’t you… because if not I’m going to come up with a prompt for it. I have needs.)

I’ve actually already written the date at the cabin 🙂 I wouldn’t have promised to post the next chapter on Friday if I wasn’t almost certain it would happen. It’s probably a lot less cute than you are imagining, but hopefully their second date will make up for that 🙂 Thanks so much for commenting. I’m really glad you are enjoying it!

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Awww! I love it when writers remember about the cabin. it’s such the perfect spot for a quiet picnic! *g* And, no, Bae, your dad definitely isn’t going out with an icky girl. lol

Can I repeat how adorable the kids’ friendship is? I love that it’s this happy thing in the background.

Lovely! (and good idea, Belle, to give yourself a bit of breathing room. heh)

tks for sharing. 🙂

Gold’s cabin is perfect for all sorts of things. I’ve had another prompt regarding Bae and Emma’s future playdate so it will be making a second appearance! Yeah this is kinda a blatant fluff verse, I make no apologies heh 🙂 I’m really glad you liked it, thanks so much!

Layers Neal: Sooo, how do you feel about your father’s friendship/relationship with Belle? I think they will be good for each other.

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I’ve never seen him like this, it’s hilarious and nauseatingly sweet at the same time. I’m going to take every opportunity to tease him about it. I don’t really know how Belle feels, but dad has it bad, so I hope she feels the same or it’ll be all sad, and we don’t really do ‘emotional moments’ in this family. I swear though, if dad screws it up …

Layers Belle, I think you’re doing remarkably well. Before you know it, Gold’s home might be your own home away from home. :~)

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I don’t know about that *blushes* besides the cottages are next door to one another, so it’s inevitable we’ll gravitate more towards one than the other. My home has everything we need – it certainly has enough tea! Nick seems to think that he needs to reciprocate the hospitality, but it’s not like I mind. He’s welcome any time.

*chews on thumbnail* we’ll have to see how it goes.

Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Five)

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Synopsis: Belle French lives alone and she likes it that way. She’s lived alone ever since the terrible car accident which killed her mother and claimed her eyesight. Belle spends her days painting, in complete solitude, until one day she wakes up and hears movement outside. Somebody has moved into the cottage next door. She had grown comfortable in her solitary existence until Mr Gold crashes into her life. Now her future is uncertain, like a blank canvas, waiting for her to apply the paint and decide what kind of story she is creating.

Note: Yeah sorry this didn’t happen for last Friday. This chapter was inspired by answering a question @rowofstars had about the fic, namely to do with Neal and Gold and their history. So thank you very much, that question helped me immensely 🙂

Warning: I probably should have put this on the other chapters as well. Deals with depression and anxiety.

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

AO3 Link

It had taken
about ten minutes to wipe down the garden furniture. The spiderwebs, and
splattered dirt from the rain splashes, wiped away with a little bit of elbow
grease. It was good wood and cleaned easily. Once that was done Gold returned
to his cottage, it was time he called Neal back. Gold hit speed dial and
waited, his heart pounding with every ring. Perhaps Neal had gone out, and he
would have to try again later.

Talking with
Belle had helped him calm down and think about the situation more logically. He
still didn’t think that he had done anything wrong, was he supposed to let his
business suffer when he could prevent it? Sometimes emergencies happened, this
was real life, not a fairy tale. However, he was going to follow Belle’s
suggestion and be honest. Neal wasn’t generally unreasonable, and perhaps now
he’d had some time to calm down, he would listen and then they could resolve
this.

“What?” Neal
answered abruptly.

Gold winced at
Neal’s harsh tone, clearly he hadn’t calmed down. “Son, if you would just let
me explain …”

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I am happy Neal and Gild reconciled. Neal and Gold really need to talk more.

Yup they do and they probably will at some point. Gold has had an impact on Belle’s life, but she’s going to have just as big an impact on his, just in a different way. I’m glad you are enjoying it 🙂 Thanks for commenting.

worryinglyinnocent:

Now this could either go very wrong or very right, and with the added pressure of Neal in the background *bites nails*. I’m working on the principle that everything’s going to be all right. 

I love the way that this is unfolding! 🙂

Heh thanks 🙂 I’m really glad you are enjoying it. To be honest, I confess I don’t actually know whether it’s going to be all right or not yet. This is something of an experiment for me (I’m usually very much a planner). Anyway, I’m rooting for it to be alright, but it’s up to Belle what happens.

bookwormchocaholic:

Gold and Neal can’t see how much they are alike; so worried about each other that they neglect themselves. Like father, like son! 

Don’t want to spoil anything for anyone, but I love Belle’s and Neal’s introduction. That was so thoughtful of him. 

Family is definitely the most important thing to both Gold and Neal. However, Neal doesn’t necessarily understand or believe that about his dad. I’m glad you liked the chapter! Thanks 🙂

beastlycheese:

Cleanse your aching Rumbelle heart with some layers of lovely words from still-searching24. It features (unusual for us ouat sufferers) the rare notion of Gold and Belle in the same place and talking. (AND NEAL IS ALIVE!)

Heh, I always make Neal live if at all possible because I can’t stop writing Gold as a father, plus I ship Swanfire. Although, this isn’t all that fluffy. Now what I’m writing right now, that is pure fluff, I’ll be posting it on Friday heh. Thank you for your kind words 🙂 I’m really pleased you are enjoying the fic!

rowofstars:

Yay Neal! I hope things get sorted out between them, and I hope Belle is okay going over to Gold’s… That could go badly.

You are sweet, reblogging here and commenting on AO3. Thank you so much! Yeah and Neal and Gold have their status quo back – for now. As for Belle … it could be good and a step forward for them or it could go horribly wrong. Either way, it’s progress of a sort because she’s agreed to go in the first place. Thanks again 🙂

TMI Tuesday

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Ask me anything about my fics, ask my characters anything. You can send me a word and if it’s in my WIP doc then I’ll post a teaser snippet. I accept prompts for any of my existing verses.

I have actually seen Sunday’s episode this week (that might not always be the case) so if you want to chat about it, feel free to hit up my askbox 🙂

This week I posted:
– More Than a Feeling (A Monthly Rumbelling fic, War Within Verse, nsfw)
– Chapter Five of Painting Layers of Love

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Got this in the mail today!

A word count calendar for my NaNo donor gift. I had to pay an exorbitant customs charge (UK donors beware) but annoyance about that aside, I do like it 🙂 Best of all it can be used for any month of the year, and for any word count target which is useful.

Question Meme

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@rowofstars​ thanks for the tag 🙂

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Name: Sam
Gender: Female
Star sign: Taurus
Height: 5′1″
Sexual orientation: Straight, but utterly non-interested in any kind of relationship
Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw
Favorite color: Blue
Time: 8:40am
Average hours of sleep: *rolls around laughing* erm not enough
Lucky number: 47
Last thing I googled: Popular movies in the 90′s (for a fic)

Fav fictional character: I love so many. However, given I mostly post Once Upon a Time, I’ll just take it from that show so Rumplestiltskin followed closely by Regina (I know, that’s cheating).

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Blankets I sleep with: 1 heavy weight duvet, unless I’m cold, in which case I add a lighter duvet. At the old house (we didn’t have central heating) and I used to have a fleece blankets as well. I get cold easily.

Fav artists/band: Music is never wasted on me. I have phases when I’ll listen to one artist/group of artists a lot, and then I’ll switch and listen to something completely different. I cross the spectrum from Kid Rock to Frank Sinatra. I love all music really.

Dream trip: Oh man I don’t know, I don’t actually like travelling, and some places that look amazing in pictures have super scary bugs/snakes etc. like Australia. However, if I had to answer I guess I would say America.

Dream job: Author
When did you make this blog: May 2016
Follower Count: 132
Posts: 1,296
When did your blog reach its peak: Well I’ve gained followers over time so I guess right now, but I don’t really understand the question.

Why did you get tumblr: I had lurked around the edges of the Rumbelle fandom for a really long time and then Rumbelle is Hope was suggested, and I really wanted to take part. I don’t like missing out on things. Whenever I join something new I always bemoan that I don’t have a time turner, to go back and join it when it started.

Do you get asks on a daily basis: Nope.
Why did you choose your URL: Back in 2005 I created a personal website/blog and (still-searching.net) was the URL I chose. 47 is my favorite number and together that was available on tumblr. Everything else I tried was already taken.