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Oooooh yay the new prompts for Monthly Rumbelling are up. Honestly, the time difference between the UK and the US drives me mad sometimes. I keep having to remind myself that it’s only mid-morning for them, even though I’m about to go to bed.

Ok I was kinda hoping the regular prompt would be something I could do anyelle with as I haven’t done that yet. However “Mr Gold loses his cane” is kinda specific 🙂 I just typed that I didn’t have an idea and I was thinking about it … and then I got an idea so I guess that will be happening.

Honestly I suppose I should be grateful, lack of ideas is one problem I don’t have heh 🙂

Anyway that smut prompt … that is definitely going to be a thing. It was already on my list because there was a similar one which wasn’t picked for the Great Rumbelle Blow Off. This will kill two prompts with one stone. I suppose if I want to write anyelle I could do it for this prompt instead. Hmm, that’s something to consider … I will have to think on it!

It appears that I will be writing ‘all the things’ again. I kinda failed at that last month, so here’s hoping the procrastination demon will behave better. I need to practice for NaNo after all 🙂

Faith of the Heart (Chapter Four)

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still-searching47:

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 was worried that I would lose my drive to write this after the premiere aired but no worries. Apparently my brain considers it different enough that it’s not a problem. Anyway, this is the last of what I call the ‘reconciliation’ chapters. It ties up some loose ends and I might have taken a prompt from a comment I got on AO3, probably not supposed to do that but ooops 🙂 The next chapter will probably be excessively fluffy. I hope you enjoy!

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three

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It was dinner
at Granny’s again. They had the table by the window and Emma sat at the back,
taking a moment from her family before she would lean forward and join them
again. For a change Emma wasn’t sitting next to Hook, she had pulled Henry down
next to her before he could claim his customary seat to her left. Hook had
given her an odd look but said nothing.

The truth was
Emma needed time to think. She loved Hook, she was certain about that, but
things couldn’t continue how they had been going. At first it had just been
infatuation, he had pursued her and she had clung to him because it was easy.
Now, she chose to love him because love could be a choice. Privately she
admitted that probably meant that they weren’t actually true love, but that
didn’t matter.

True love was
something from a fairy tale, and despite being the ‘daughter of Snow White and
Prince Charming’ her life had never been a fairy tale. To be honest she wasn’t
sure what she would do with that kind of life. The kind of love that was hard
work, where the love wasn’t always easy but she chose it, that felt more like
her reality.

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A weekly movie or games night at the Gold house sounds good! And exactly what you said, let’s have just some quiet ordinary life for a while; Henry needs to chill and simply be a kid!

Yup I think some peace and quiet would help everyone, not just Henry. I referenced the regular movie nights in He’s Behind You, so this is where they started 🙂

Anyway, I think they all need some time, particularly Emma, but the others as well. Plus, if there’s several mostly peaceful months, I can write all the Rumbelle fluff I like 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

October 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, September

Works posted in September:
– The War Within (Alternate season six, complete)
    – Chapter Thirteen
    – Chapter Fourteen
    – Chapter Fifteen
– Painting Layers of Love (AU romance, WIP)
    – Chapter Three
    – Chapter Four
– Faith of the Heart (Sequel to The War Within, WIP)
    – Chapter One
    – Chapter Two
    – Chapter Three
    – Chapter Four

– Transposing Digits (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)
    – Part Two (Prompted)
– More Than a Feeling (A Monthly Rumbelling fic, War Within Verse, nsfw)

Coming up definitely in October:

– Chapters Five, Six and Seven of Painting Layers of Love
– Transposing Digits (rest of part two)

– The Tomb (Rumbelle Revelry fic)
– Faith of the Heart (completed – there’s only 2 chapters left I think)
– For real this time, Chapter One of Nightwalkers (based on this discussion thread)

What I hope October might bring:

– All We Are (Rush/Carter oneshot)
– Swim to the Stars (based on the Rushbelle Swim Date prompt)

– A fic based on the A Monthly Rumbelling Event if I am inspired by any of the prompts.

At the beginning of this month I set myself a challenge to ‘write all the things’ and it didn’t exactly go according to plan. My two small oneshots for The War Within, turned into Faith of the Heart, a proper sequel. I didn’t manage to finish it before the premiere, which was my goal, but I certainly tried. With Faith of the Heart being so much longer, I then didn’t have the time for the other projects, meaning I had to push them back another month – again.

Also, just so no-one thinks I have forgotten, on my ‘upcoming’ list I have a couple more oneshots for The War Within verse, and additions to In Your Arms and Between Two Fires verses. Then the prompt verses of Love at the Marina and Renaissance Faire, and my Rushbelle fic Ripple Effect which I swear will happen one day. I’m like an elephant, I never forget fics that I have promised, they just sometimes take me a while.

Oh and just for the comedy factor. In addition to the fics I’ve mentioned in this post, I have 20 more ideas noted down potentially for ‘one day’. They might never happen, but hey at least I’m never going to be short of ideas 🙂

Until next month!

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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

More Than a Feeling

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still-searching47:

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.

Warning: It’s nsfw, rated explicit.

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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.

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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.

beastlycheese:

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.

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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.

Transposing Digits!Belle: so… has Gold called back with a date for your dinner together?

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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.

On Tumblr: Part One

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?

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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 🙂

leni-ba replied to your post:Transposing Digits!Belle: so… has Gold called…

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.

I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🙂

rowofstars:

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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!

Painting Layers of Love Belle: Are you looking forward to spending time with Gold out in the garden? I think it could be fun.

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We have had tea in the kitchen and the living room, I don’t imagine the garden will be much different. Yes, it is outside but it’s an extension of my cottage really. Just a couple of steps from my studio, close enough to reach out with a hand and know where I am.

Truthfully my biggest concern is that we will run out of things to talk about, and the conversation will grow awkward. I’m amazed that hasn’t happened yet but Nick generally has a way of making everything feel more comfortable. *blushes* I will never tell him but I have quite the crush on him.

#the garden scene will be in chapter five on friday 🙂

Faith of the Heart (Chapter Three)

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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

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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.”

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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 🙂

Transposing Digits

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still-searching47:

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: Written for @a-monthly-rumbelling in September. The prompt was Wrong Number. This is just a silly fic based on the first thing I thought of when I read that phrase. You see the ‘wrong number’ part of this fic actually happened to me, and I can’t think of wrong numbers and not think of that incident.

It’s a very, very cliche non-magical Storybrooke but I hope you enjoy anyway! I’m posting this a little early as an apology for not having finished the next chapter of Faith of the Heart. I hope everyone enjoys the premiere tonight! 🙂

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Belle French
hummed lightly under her breath as she danced around the empty library, tidying
up what few books weren’t already neatly shelved. It was the middle of the
afternoon and the library was empty, as usual. School had just finished for the
day, and sometimes she got a few children visiting on their way home.
Unfortunately, they were few and far between.

Not even the
older students came in for research anymore, preferring to do all their fact
checking online. With her budget shrinking every year, Belle could see that the
library might well close in just a few years. However, she didn’t like to think
about that. She would deal with that if and when it happened, and not let it
suck the joy out of her job until then.

Suddenly the
quiet of the library was disturbed by the shrill ringing of the telephone.
Belle blinked, she actually thought that might be the first time she’d heard
that phone ring. She supposed she now at least knew it worked but she couldn’t
fathom who might be calling. Swiftly Belle moved over to the desk and picked up
the phone.

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So cute! I love awkward Gold, so surprised anyone wants to talk to him.

Thanks! I don’t know if I could write Gold as anything other than awkward, I might have to try self-confident Gold some day. Maybe pair him with Lacey or something heh, it would be a good challenge 🙂

bookwormchocaholic:

These two are adorkable! By chance will we see more of this verse? 😉

Thanks! I have no plans of my own with this verse at the moment but all my verses are open to prompts. If you would like to see more, next TMI Tuesday (or whenever I suppose) send me a prompt 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!

leni-ba replied to your post:Transposing Digits

Awww. Gold taking the initiative to ask Belle on a date, how wonderful! And sure, he’s pessimistic about it, but I’m confident Belle will eventually change his mind.

I lol’ed at Mary Margaret complaining about manners. Heh. Poor Belle! But since the wrong number call started her on the path to Gold, she’ll probably be thanking MM and Emma in the future.

Really sweet. Tks for sharing!

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I think Gold was a little bit shocked at himself. Mind you I think it was the shock of Belle that had him permanently stunned and acting on instinct, sort of a constant happy daze of “how did we get here?” “I don’t know but wow, must hold onto this for as long as I can!” type deal 🙂

Mmm yeah can you imagine if Mary Margaret corrects the number and calls Gold’s house but Belle answers? “Yes I am the same person that picked up last time.” “Last time was a wrong number but this time it’s not.” “Well actually I suppose I should be thanking you for that!”

anneelliotscat replied to your post:Transposing Digits

Bae gave Emma the wrong number on purpose, didn’t he? He *wants* his dad and the nice librarian (who probably visits the school) to get together!

I hadn’t thought of that interpretation! I do like it 🙂 Matchmaker Bae is always so sweet!

Although while Bae could know Belle, and like her, I have to admit I don’t think matchmaking would necessarily occur to him at his age, not unless he saw his dad and Belle together. However, you could certainly be right that Bae gave Emma the number but I think the wrong number business has to be an honest mistake. I don’t quite know how Bae would have known to swap the 1 and the 2, as it’s not like the library number would be written down anywhere.

I had thought that Mary Margaret copied the number herself from school records, which is why she was so convinced she was right and argued with Belle. Which would also mean she’d know that Bae was Gold’s son already, meaning despite Gold’s anxiety the playdate would happen. Although obviously if she was asking about his mother she didn’t read the file very carefully.

Thank you so much for your comment! I’m really glad you enjoyed the fic 🙂