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I’m rewatching Hustle and Leverage for the … I don’t know gazillionth time. It made me think.

AU Gold is rich, the terror of Storybrooke or a bigger city like New York. On the surface he is the perfect mark for Belle French and her team (writers choice of characters). However, once Belle starts working the inside she learns who the real Gold is and falls in love with him. Only trouble is he thinks she is Lacey, a (writers choice of con) and is eager to invest in the scam. How does she tell him who she is and that he was her mark?

If Belle tells him then he reacts badly and she could go to prison. If she doesn’t tell him then they can never be together, even if she successfully manages to freeze him out of the con, he’ll never really know her.

How can they get their happy ending?

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still-searching47:

“How do I get into these things?” Nicholas Gold muttered to himself.

He caught sight of his son, beaming from ear to ear, practically dancing as he walked around the small stall area in front of the Knights quarters. Ah – that was why.

He looked down at his costume, butter soft light brown leather jerkin, darker leather pants. He wasn’t sure if he was supposed to be a knight of old or a rockstar. All he knew is he felt ridiculous.

“Neal!” Gold called.

Neal ran over. “It’s Baelfire today dad! Remember?”

“Yes of course,” Gold agreed with a soft smile. “Now Bae ….”

“Can I go up to the castle?” Neal asked excitedly, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

Gold eyed the nearby cliff edge. “Not until I can take you.”

Neal pouted but nodded in agreement. “This is so cool!”

Gold was glad none of his business associates were here to see him. He couldn’t help but smile at his son’s obvious happiness. For the last year Neal had become obsessed with fairytales, Knights, anything medieval. When he had heard a renaissance faire was coming to Storybrooke, a nearby coastal town just a couple of hours from their home in Boston, Neal had been begging to go. When Gold had inquired, he’d found that there were no sightseers welcome, just participants in the fun. If anything that had made Neal even more ecstatic and Gold had never been able to deny his boy anything.

“You’re going to be great dad!” Neal enthused. “You are so going to win.”

Gold hissed in alarm. He didn’t want to disappoint Neal and his fencing days at university were more years than he cared to remember behind him.

“I’ll do my best but I might not win,” Gold cautioned.

“Hey do you think my dad will win?” Neal suddenly asked.

Gold looked up in horror. One of the passing ladies, dressed in traditional gown and corset had been passing. She was young and very beautiful. She smiled warmly at Neal.

“Oh I think he looks like a winner to me,” she teased. “I am Lady Belle.”

She curtseyed and laughing Neal bowed in front of her. She pulled a ribbon from her gown.

“A knight can’t fail to win with a ladies favour.” She tied the ribbon around his arm.

Gold’s arm tingled with her soft touch. He smiled hesitantly at her. Belle leant over and lightly kissed his cheek. Gold felt himself blush. There was an announcement from the herald but Gold didn’t make out the words. Belle nudged him.

“It sounds like your bout is next.”

Aw, it’s not like he has to fight a crown tourney – but it’s adorable that he let his son talk him into competing anyway.

I bet Belle has a Laurel or is well on her way to one.

I’m guessing you know something about the reenactment circuit .. or the actual historical thing it’s based on .. or renaissance faires .. or something because I have no clue what you mean. What is a “crown tourney”? and what is a “laurel” and why is Belle getting one?

I did think maybe I would expand this next month but I’m thinking I might need to do a fair bit of research first. I just liked the visual but I really have no clue about it at all, which is not really very good for writing. Yup, research, definitely a good idea. Half remembered movies, might be good for a visual but not for detail.

Thanks for commenting! You’ve certainly given me a lot to think about 🙂

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Rumbelle Aesthetics  |  6/??  |  Gothic Romance

Belle’s head tilted, studying him uncertainly as he sipped at his tea. There were two other maids besides herself for the estate, and he used but six rooms of it. The rest were kept closed, the furniture covered in white sheets. Only the door at the end of the hall was locked. No one was permitted inside, and he kept the key on his person at all times. She set the teapot down and summoned up all her bravery.

“Why did you want me here, Mr. Gold?”

His smile was crooked, his eyes almost mirthful as he gazed at her over the rim of the tea cup. “The place was filthy.”

This brought to mind a Jonathon Creek episode. Well, the visuals anyway, not the actual plot so much. There was this writer who’d locked himself away in his estate after he lost the only person he loved. Gah, honestly how do you come up with these and where do you find all the awesome pictures?

I have major feels. Like the room at the end could be Bae’s room, left like a shrine. Slowly, just as in canon, Belle works her way into Gold’s heart and lets the light back into his house and his heart, bringing him to life and teaching him to smile again.

Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Three)

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rowofstars:

still-searching47:

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: I managed to update in two weeks this time! Thanks to everyone that sent prompts in on Tuesday, I really appreciate it 🙂 In this chapter @bookwormchocaholic prompted “Maybe Belle tries to leave and go somewhere and gets disoriented.”

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

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two

AO3 Link

Belle slept
badly. Unusually she managed to get to sleep relatively quickly, which didn’t
happen often. Most nights, the moment she laid her head on the pillow, her mind
started racing. During the day she had distractions, she could lose herself in
painting if nothing else. However, at night, when she was trying to sleep, her
mind became a battleground.

Last night,
just a couple of hours after she went to sleep, Belle woke up. She had a drink
of water and tried to settle but she was wide awake. When she had gone to bed,
she had been happy, but in the dark of the night, that happiness turned to
fear. After all, Nick had left quickly after she had touched his face.

The fleeting
hope she’d felt disappeared, and Belle started wondering if he’d left because
he’d been uncomfortable, and had just been too polite to say anything.
Intellectually she knew it was paranoia, but she couldn’t stop her mind from
imagining scenarios. She pictured seeing him, and him yelling at her, or even
worse just being cold and dismissive. Then Belle pictured never seeing him
again, as he just decided not even to bother saying goodbye.

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That moment when you thought you had subscribed to a wonderful story on AO3 but then you see an update you missed and you hadn’t and LOOK AT MY LIFE CHOICES. Okay that’s fixed now.

I love this and everyone should be reading it! Will we be seeing some more of Nick’s POV with regards to Belle and maybe his own issues? (Of which I am sure there are many if Neal had to order him on vacation.)

Wow thank you so much!

I did only update this morning so you didn’t really miss it and you didn’t have to comment here and on AO3 but thank you so much! 🙂 Yes that will definitely be covered. Not all in one go obviously but we’ll start to delve more into Gold’s feelings, understanding of the situation and his own history etc. in the next chapter.

I’m so glad you liked it!! Thank you 🙂

worryinglyinnocent:

I was so happy when I saw this update! Poor Belle, I just want to wrap her up in a hug. 

I love the way that this is developing, it’s really beautiful, and I can picture the little cottages and the lavender fields so vividly!

Heh so can I … but then I stole the description from the inspiration aesthetic that prompted this fic. At least I think I did, I wasn’t actually looking at when I wrote that part *checks* … erm nope actually that doesn’t match the picture, clearly I formed a new picture in my head.

Awww I love that you were happy for the update! I don’t think Belle would appreciate a hug right now but Gold’s working on it, he’ll hug her for you later 🙂 Thank you so much for commenting!

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Monthly Rumbelling has just laid down a huge challenge. When I read the prompts my mind was blank (this happened last month), I went to the gym and by the time I was finished I had ideas for not one prompt but both of them! That’s not so bad, I hear you say, where’s the challenge?

Well ….
1) I’ve never written a smut fic before. I want to try and write it because it’ll add another skill to the toolkit, and it will challenge me as a writer. I’ve talked with another rumbelle writer who has been super encouraging about it, but I’m still a little scared.
2) The idea I got for the smut prompt, I want to include it in the War Within verse, set after the end of the fic. That’s not a problem because the fic has to be finished by the premiere. However, in order for it to make sense I need to write not just one, but two of the planned oneshots I was intending to add to the verse first. I had figured I would get to them eventually but it didn’t have to be this month … but now it kinda has to be this month.

My mission should I choose to accept it is to write all the things. This message will now self-destruct in ….

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10 Favorite characters

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@bookwormchocaholic thanks for the tag.

10 favorite characters across everything? That has got to be one of the hardest questions ever. I mean they are all so different, how to choose? I’ve restricted it to TV shows because if I started getting into movies and books as well, the difficult becomes impossible.

Anyway, I’m putting it under the cut because gifs seemed like fun.

1) Nicholas Rush (Stargate Universe)

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2) Samantha Carter (Stargate: SG1)

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3) Rumplestiltskin/Mr Gold (Once Upon a Time)

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4) Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)

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5) Ash Morgan (Hustle)

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6) Michelangelo “Spike” Scarlatti (Flashpoint)

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7) Ziva David (NCIS)

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8) Catherine Willows (CSI: Vegas)

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9) Ronon Dex (Stargate: Atlantis)

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10) Julian Sark (Alias)

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Honorable Mentions: Ellie Bishop (NCIS), Kensi Blye (NCIS: LA), Jules Callaghan (Flashpoint), Jacob Carter (Stargate: SG1), Bra’tac (Stargate: SG1), Irina Derevko (Alias), Jack Bristow (Alias) and lots of others probably because I have brain fail.

We should do a top 10 ships one, that would be easier. I might struggle to even name 10. I don’t ship a lot, but what I do ship I ship hard.

September Status Update

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A summary post of what happened last month fic-wise, and my plans for the forthcoming month, because I can’t hit a target, if I can’t see it.

Previous Status: July, August

Works posted in August:
– The War Within (Alternate season six, WIP)
– Chapter Eight
– Chapter Nine
– Chapter Ten
– Chapter Eleven
– Chapter Twelve
– Painting Layers of Love (AU romance, WIP)
– Chapter Two

– Between Two Fires (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)

– In Your Arms (OUaT Positivity fic)

Coming up definitely in September:
– The War Within (completed before the 25th premiere)
– Painting Layers of Love (hopefully completed but if not definitely a couple of chapters)

– The first chapter of Nightwalkers (based on this discussion thread)

What I hope September might bring:
– The Rush/Carter oneshot because I have pushed it to the next month twice now and I really need to get this written and posted.
– A fic based on the A Monthly Rumbelling Event if I am inspired by any of the prompts.
– The cleaned up, expanded and completed fic from the Rushbelle Swim Date prompt.

I know I’ve been promising Nightwalkers for ages. However, it is definitely happening next month because it’s going to be my next main WIP. It’ll take The War Within’s Tuesday slot which means that the first chapter of Nightwalkers has to be posted no later than the 27th, as The War Within has to be finished by the 25th. Ha – finally, won’t be guiltily pushing it to the next month this time 🙂

Which means that I just need to start feeling guilty about Ripple Effect. Yeah I’m not going to get to that until October /hides. I have so many fics I want to work on, I was actually frightened I was going to forget some and had to write a list. Is that too many fics? Possibly *whistles innocently* and moving on … I have a couple of War Within oneshots I want to add to the verse but that is unlikely to happen before the 25th.

That’s it for this months status report. Until next time!

In Your Arms (OUaT Positivity)

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still-searching47:

Synopsis: Retired soldier
and single father Gold works at a coffee shop library. Plagued by nightmares of
the war he’s quiet, only interacting with customers when necessary. His
favorite customer is Belle, who comes in a couple of times a week. Her smile is
as bright as the sun. One day she comes in upset and for a moment he is brave
enough to ask her what is wrong.

Note: I’m a bit confused about the posting day for this exchange. I read initially it was September 1st, then there was an updated post that said August 31st, and now I just don’t know. So if I’m early then I apologize but I guess that’s better than being late.

There were no prompts given for this gift exchange. However, I asked @britishkitten27 what they would like
and they said “Rumple is my favorite character on the show, and Mr. Gold,
spinner!Rumple and soldier!Rumple are my favorite iterations of the character.
I like a bit of hurt/comfort, personally, especially if we’re talking Rumbelle.
Anything with Rumple being as woobie as possible and I do love Ruby, Archie and
Doctor Whale.”

I took it from there
and came up with this fic. For anyone that follows me, this is the blanket fort fic I’ve mentioned a few times 🙂 I love this fic a crazy stupid amount, so I hope you guys enjoy it!

Warning: Deals with loss of a parent.

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“All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past
he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one
blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms
was the only necessity.”
– Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Jamie Gold
scurried around, in between the tables of the coffee shop at the library where
he worked. Originally it had just been a library, that had survived on
donations and grants from the city. However, all libraries had to double as social
centers these days or they couldn’t survive, hence the addition of the coffee
shop.

This library
was small, family owned and had become quite the focal point of the community.
It’s family-first policy was the only reason he got the job. David Nolan, the
manager, had looked past his cane and given him a chance. Gold had sworn at the
time to not cause him to regret it. He’d now been working there two years, the
longest he had kept a job since his discharge from the army.

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That was beautiful! I loved Neal asking why he can’t have a sleepover with Emma! The quote was beautiful and I loved the ending!

Thanks! Yeah, well Neal is six, so child logic. Maybe in a few months/year or so if Belle and Gold move in together, then Neal can have a sleepover at his house, there would be no argument against it then. I actually found the quotes by doing the exact same thing Gold did. I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂

beastlycheese:

Beautiful and heart warming. How sweet and how brave to read that quote in public! The Block gave me the eebie jeebies, hope they escape soon.

I think if Gold had thought about it, then he wouldn’t have done it in public but it was a “I have to do it now because otherwise I never will” type leap of faith. Besides, up until the kiss, nobody was really paying them any attention. They were just talking to one another, he was reading – it’s a library.

Yeah The Block isn’t great but it’s the only place Gold can afford on his salary. If things between Belle and Gold work out, then they can move into somewhere else, because there would be two salaries for rent/bills etc. Like how Belle shares with Ruby at the moment and they have a nicer place. So an escape is certainly possible. Thanks for commenting! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂

woodelf68:

I’ve wanted a Jamie Gold for forever; I hope that Belle can make him like his name again. The bit about him biting his own hand to silence his screams was awful, and really conveyed the horribleness of the place he was in mentally. And Neal accusingly demanding why couldn’t he have a sleepover with Emma was adorable. Hopefully in a year’s time they’ll all be in a better place both physically and emotionally. 

Yeah I really want to write a follow-up to this, maybe showing what happens in a years time. It would probably be pure fluff unless I made it a longer piece in which case reality would intrude around the happy moment. I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting 🙂

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@rumbellefitnessclub is there anyway we could have like a status post, so we can check on each others progress? I don’t know how that would be possible but I thought it might be nice, sort of encouraging. I want to cheer all you guys on! 🙂

Anyway, I moved on to week 2 this morning!

I’m using the Get Running: Couch to 5k app and I know it’s only week 2, but baby steps. I feel kinda proud of myself. Mind you, the jump isn’t that big from week 1 to week 2. The jumps get bigger after this but I have made it to week 4 in the past. I’m on my way 🙂