If the summary/outline is just over 1000 words long. How long is the fic going to be in the end? *panics slightly*
#i really need to stop procrastinating#this is not today’s problem#which actually might be a problem in itself because man i need to write this thing#write all the things
Synopsis: Set not long after the events of Faith of the Heart. Belle reads a book and gets an idea, she wants to tease her husband from a distance. While she doesn’t have have the technology the book described, thankfully there are two voodoo dolls in the back of the pawnshop that will work just as well.
Note: Written for @a-monthly-rumbelling in September. The prompt was Voodoo Doll and Phantom Touch. This is my first ever smut fic and I’m quite nervous about it. A big thanks to @worryinglyinnocent for being so encouraging and beta reading for me. Enjoy!
Also, there’s a reference to something from Faith of the Heart, which hasn’t actually appeared in that story yet, because I didn’t finish that story like I was supposed to do. It will appear, maybe in the next chapter, maybe the one after. I don’t know because I haven’t written it yet.
Rumplestiltskin paused in the doorway to the kitchen, a soft
smile playing across his face. He leaned against the door frame, relishing the
sight before him. Belle was humming along to the radio, some happy sounding
tune blasting from the tinny speakers. He drank in the sight, just a few months
earlier he thought that they would never have this again.
True loves kiss had woken Belle from the sleeping curse, but
that had only been the start of their reconciliation. It had taken months of
talking, but now five months into her pregnancy, they were finally rock solid
as a couple and eagerly awaiting the arrival of their son or daughter. Belle
was radiant, the cliché that pregnant women glowed was definitely true in her
case.
He moved forward almost unconsciously, thinking about their
child always drew him to Belle like a magnet. Rumplestiltskin wrapped his arms
around her from behind, holding her gently and placing one hand on her stomach.
Belle craned her neck and matched his sappy grin with one of her own.
You’re very welcome hun! I loved the fic and was more than happy to help.
This is very hot, but at the same time very intimate: I love the idea of them using the old library apartment because they can’t wait to go anywhere else!
Awww thanks 🙂 I’m really glad you liked it, it wouldn’t have happened without your support and encouragement. Yup I imagine now they have had that lightbulb moment, the old library apartment might see more use heh, it’s location is rather convenient.
Congratulations on you first explicit fic. I would not have known. It was splendiferous, sweet and seductive. I award you with the Order of the Garter – for services to the Rumbelle Smutdom. Arise Lady Stilly, may your newly found smut-muse bless you with delicious inspiration.
Awwww thanks heh, that’s such a great turn of phrase. Seriously, this entire comment is so cool, thank you very much 🙂
I confess I do have a few ideas of my own already, and then there’s a handful of prompts that I liked, which weren’t picked for the Great Rumbelle Blow-Off. Maybe one day I’ll get round to writing them.
I try very hard to stick to an update schedule. It’s important to me that my word is good. If I make a commitment, then I honor it. I think this is the first time I’ve actually failed to keep a promise, any other late update was something I said I would try for, but then didn’t manage. However, I’ve slipped. I lost a week and I’ve been playing catch up, just managing to scrape my deadlines, but now I’ve run out of steam.
It’s my most popular story which makes it even worse but I won’t be updating Painting Layers of Love tomorrow. This isn’t like my panic from last week, where I managed to pull it out of the bag in time, I literally can’t manage to do it. I have a complete outline for the chapter, it’s just a matter of putting words to the page. However, I just don’t have it in me to get it done in time. I’m really sorry for that but there’s just no way it’s going to happen.
Therefore I’m going to move the update of Painting Layers of Love to Tuesday. I’m aware I owe another part of Transposing Digits, that’ll be next on the list after that. Faith of the Heart is kinda at the halfway point, I have finished part one and haven’t yet started part two, therefore I’m alright with leaving it for a week or two – sorry to everyone waiting for the fluff. However, before I write part two of that, I really need to finish The Tomb (Rumbelle Revelry fic).
So that’s how the fic priorities for the next couple of weeks is going to shake down. Normal service will be resumed after that.
So I don’t really like the way I’ve been feeling about Belle lately… I would appreciate some fic recs that my fellow rumbellers think portray her in a more positive light than the show has lately! Don’t be afraid to point me at classics or stories from a few years ago 🙂 I’d love to see a strong Belle fighting for Rumple.
I’ve got some Rumbelle rec lists on my blog, as well as my own fic list. Lots of fluff! If you want a well-done imagined alternative to season 6 (written over the hiatus), try @still-searching47‘s “The War Within”. Much, much better version of what happened to Belle while she was under the sleeping curse, and the realisations that she came to. Written in a way that feels very like episodic canon.
I saw a Captain America: Civil War gifset the other day and this fact suddenly struck me – Tony got shot in the head. Bucky shot him, that is how he got his black eye. He survived because of the glasses, but what if that shot had been an inch higher or lower?
Tony has said himself he is “just a guy in a can.” He doesn’t have any superpowers, and he threw himself into the fight with nothing more than a set of glasses, and a wrist/hand pulse thing. He got shot in the head and went straight from that, to being yelled at for not stopping Barnes. He had to beg to get the two days to bring them in – “next time I won’t be wearing loafers and a silk shirt.” meaning next time ‘I won’t be so vulnerable.’
I searched tumblr and google for ages to see if anyone else had picked up on this moment. I didn’t find anything which is making me paranoid that I misinterpreted it. However, this is my thought of the day about how strong Tony actually is. Just like Natasha and Barton in a way, he’s a regular guy when he’s not got his suit.
“Take that away and what are you?” – he’s a hero, an avenger, he is more than the suit.
I don’t think Chip made the return from Underbrooke, though, unless Rumple pocketed him before swaggering his way to the portal
I have a theory about that cup.
It smashed right when their relationship appeared to shatter, as not long after Rumple smashed it get away from Merida/Emma was that well scene. Then when their relationship was on the mend and they were being honest with one another in the underworld – it reappeared.
I think maybe that cup isn’t just a talisman for their relationship but a reflection of it as well. Like Belle smashed it when Rumple tried and failed to TLK her to get her memories back. However, it was whole again when he put the tonic in it to wake her up from being just Lacey.
Maybe I’m overthinking it, but I think perhaps when we see the cup again, it will be at a key moment – perhaps a turning point for them.
Some random thoughts for the day: – You guys are really not going to care that I’m doing NaNo. I’m so pumped for it already I went to choose my projects and realized that in fanfic terms, I’m not going to be writing much more in November than I do normally.
– I’m not going to write anything for Rumbelle is Hope. There’s a lot of fluff coming in Faith of the Heart, which I’ll be posting in the next week or two, and to be honest my schedule is crammed already. However, I do have a drawing I’ve been working on when the mood strikes me, so I’ll finish and post that for the event.
– In answer to the immediate question that statement sparks, no I can’t actually draw. I don’t know why I felt inspired to try, I haven’t done a drawing like this in 6-7 years. A couple of Saturday’s ago, I just felt like it and so I spent half the day getting the drawing started.
– I just need to vent for one sec my frustration at my procrastination levels. I want to write ‘all the things’ but I waste easily half my time, likely more. It’s really annoying!
Lol, I think it is just like Hotel California! Because I’m almost certainly going to do it again this year. I’d like to get out of my non-finishing slump. I just miss the old days, when it felt new and a little crazy to be doing.
Why don’t you mix it up then? Make it new and crazy again. By that I mean set yourself additional challenges.
I confess for me, just the 50k is kinda meh these days because I’m writing more than that every single month as it is. However, I’m still super pumped for NaNo because I can push myself, and use the magic of November to help me reach further than I could on my own. I don’t know if that makes sense.
So how about set a challenge to beat your personal best for a day’s writing? Or beat your record for how quickly you can reach 50k? Maybe set a goal that is beyond 50k? I don’t know how you are at consistency, but maybe challenge yourself to write every single day if you don’t normally. Then there’s non-word count challenges, like maybe doing a completely different sort of project from your usual, or I don’t know heh, but there are options 🙂
I don’t know how you feel about that, but maybe it could be new and crazy again with the right kind of extra spicy challenges. Just a thought.
Kind of. I need to take the time to flesh out the vague ideas I’ve got, and I’m trying to decide if it’s worth it.
I’m wondering whether to do it this year, because I never have, and I’m not sure…
Do it! Seriously, NaNo is amazing. I’ve been restraining myself from talking about it, as it’s not quite October and the site hasn’t been relaunched yet, but oh boy, I would recommend it so much.
This year is going to be my 10th anniversary, so I’ve been doing NaNo for a while and I love it 🙂 I write all year round these days but November is magical. It’s truly my favorite time of year.
I don’t know why, maybe it’s just being a part of something, plus the tools on the site for updating word count are kinda inspirational. I had to build my own word meter for the off season because I got addicted to it. It’s great for bribing yourself to write “just a little more” because everything is only ever a few hundred words out of reach.
Anyone in the fandom who is taking part should say their usernames and we can buddy one another and cheer each other on. You know if people want 🙂
Oh, I used to do Nano(won 9 years, was also a municipal liaison for 4 years), so I know how great it can be. But the last five years, it’s been kinda meh for me. So I’m debating.
Wow, I didn’t think quitting was possible, so that’s good to know. There’s a joke among the NaNo crowd I know, that NaNo is a bit like Hotel California – once you NaNo, you can’t go back 🙂 Also, being a ML – how cool is that? That’s really brave, I would never have the courage to do that.
Anyway, I’m going to shut up and let you decide 🙂
This is my gif for November when the green bar blues hit hehe. I don’t know if you’ll like it or not. It’s not very good but I really can’t make gifs. Still everything is better with Rush.
Note: Wow you guys really liked this one. I’ve done all bar one part of these prompts. @bookwormchocaholic I will add the part about Bae learning about Gold’s date later this week. Sorry for the delay but if I wrote that part, I would then have to write the date and that might well be another couple of thousand words and I’m tired.
AO3 Link (to part one, I’ll add this part when I’ve finished the rest)
Gold was still
in a daze when he locked up the shop and went to collect Bae from soccer
practice. He couldn’t quite believe the events of the past few hours. Belle
French, who was kind, warm, young, beautiful and far too good for the likes of
him, had spent the last couple of hours at his shop. Gold wasn’t entirely sure
where his spark of courage had come from to ask her on a date. There were a
couple of aspects to it.
One part was
that he had been castigating himself for never having noticed Belle before. So
when the opportunity presented itself, he didn’t want to let it pass by,
because he doubted he would get another. Another part was that he had been
expecting a polite rejection, and where was the risk if you already knew the
answer?
Ahh, the Gold men and their playdates. The Gold men are an irresistible force. May I prompt something? Though it might not take place for a little bit: The Gold men take their ladies out on a double date. They could both wear suits. Bring them flowers and candy. Okay, I’ll stop now.
You can certainly prompt it, I love prompts and they are always welcome 🙂 If I can make a prompt work then I will. Anyway, I can understand why your prompt scene would be cute but Bae is only seven, I think he’s a little young to think of Emma as anything other than a friend. Dressing it up like a date would be a bit weird, they are just kids.
I do have an idea which would fulfill the prompt, but probably not the spirit of it. What do you think of a flashforward to when Bae and Emma are 16 or something? Before they can drive (which I know is crazy early in the states, isn’t it like 15 or something with drivers ed?) and so Gold agrees to chauffeur and chaperone I suppose, hence the double date thing. Maybe it’s like a school dance or something which is why they would be in suits?
Just a thought. Anyway, thank you so much and I’m glad you like the fic 🙂
Wheee! He has a date! He has a date! AND THEY’RE GOING TO A PICNIC! How cute is that!
Loved Bae commending Emma for liking ‘normal’ things. LOL. Kids are too cute!
MM was sweet, too! Love to see that Bae is welcome, and if it gets Gold some extra time, YAY! 😉
Tks for writing this. 🙂
Heh, no worries, always happy to write prompts 🙂 – thank you for prompting!
Yup, I figured a picnic would make the most sense given the time of day, and it sidesteps Gold’s concerns about Belle being seen in public with him for a short time. I suppose that will have to be addressed eventually. Small towns do love their gossip.
Dorks. Something tells me if Mary Margaret knows Belle is dating Gold she’d be okay with Emma going over to his house. 😉
Heh I might have something in mind about that, to call back to the whole ‘wrong number’ thing that started this fic. I love the keyboard smash 🙂 I’m really glad you like it!
