Fic: Harmless - Chapter 14
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: I suck at updating, I know, sorry! I’m still amazed that this story won best woobie!Rum at the TEAs! Enjoy, my loves!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
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Gaston is smiling as he leads Belle through the crowd, and his hand on her arm is too firm, almost painful. She knows it’s only a reaction to the urgency of the situation, the severity of the dangers they face. He’s risking life and limb to sneak her into her own father’s castle, and all for a chance to say goodbye to a man on his deathbed.
Belle knows she will never be able to repay this kindness. To be caught would spell the end for them both, and yet still Gaston’s hand still half drags her through the swarming market day crowds of the city, toward the golden palace gates Belle remembers so well.
HOW?
HOW HOW HOW?
HOW THE FUCK DID I WIN BEST SERIES AND BEST WOOBIE!RUM? HOWWWWWW?
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUU.
It’s just amusing me that the things I won with were Time of Day and Harmless. Because although they’re the two things I’m probably most proud of overall that I’ve made for this fandom, they’re also the ones with the worst backstories.
Time of Day I started because way back Calonari and Cyprith wanted a phonesex smut story, and I couldn’t get canon!Belle to do it so I had to improvise. And then Marchie wanted a continuation and it just grew into this pornographic angsty monster.
Harmless was an idea I got from an ouat kinkmeme prompt, that I mentioned to Marchie (noticing a theme here?) and got bullied into continuing. And continuing, and continuing. It’s my longest fic to date in any fandom and still unfinished, but I’m working on it.
And now they’ve both won awards and I’m screaming and dying omg.
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 13
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: It’s been months and months, I know, but here it is! Because this fic is nominated as Best Woobie!Rum in the TEAs, and I thought that deserved another chapter. So enjoy dearies!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
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Harmless
Chapter 13
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Rumpelstiltskin wishes, oh how he wishes, that he had been the one to volunteer to go alone, and that Bae could have stayed with Belle.
Someone has to go to collect their cart and horses, and splitting up is safer than travelling together. But logic does little to soothe Rumpelstiltskin’s mind.
Omg Harmless is actually making me cry oh lord.
But the chapter’s done, so it might even be up tonight :D
1,000 words of a new Harmless chapter written. This almost feels like progress! :D
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 12
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: Yes, it’s been over a month. And I’m sorry for that: real life took a turn for the insane and this fic is brain-eating enough that it got pushed aside. Anyway, again there are asterisks where any readers who dislike any kind of mature content can stop and start up again. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12
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Harmless
Chapter 12
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On their last day in their home, Belle awakens to the sound of her family cooking downstairs. She is pleasantly drowsy as she pulls her boots back on and climbs down to the main room. She has a husband and a son waiting for her. That’s enough to ward off the twisting unease in her gut, and for a few minutes more she can forget that they’ll ever have to leave.
The conversation over breakfast is kept deliberately light, not touching on their immanent journey, on the scare of the morning nor the emotion shared. Nothing is said of anything more than the wool they have to sell at market, and the gossip Morraine passed on to Bae while they played together a few days before.I JUST.
HAVE.
A LOT.
OF FEELINGS.
ILU TOO TWIN
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 12
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: Yes, it’s been over a month. And I’m sorry for that: real life took a turn for the insane and this fic is brain-eating enough that it got pushed aside. Anyway, again there are asterisks where any readers who dislike any kind of mature content can stop and start up again. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12
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Harmless
Chapter 12
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On their last day in their home, Belle awakens to the sound of her family cooking downstairs. She is pleasantly drowsy as she pulls her boots back on and climbs down to the main room. She has a husband and a son waiting for her. That’s enough to ward off the twisting unease in her gut, and for a few minutes more she can forget that they’ll ever have to leave.
The conversation over breakfast is kept deliberately light, not touching on their immanent journey, on the scare of the morning nor the emotion shared. Nothing is said of anything more than the wool they have to sell at market, and the gossip Morraine passed on to Bae while they played together a few days before.
my poor heart can’t take it….all i wanna do is take all three of them and cuddle them and then i’d take you Ru and thank you for creating this awesome story by giving you massive hugs
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 12
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: Yes, it’s been over a month. And I’m sorry for that: real life took a turn for the insane and this fic is brain-eating enough that it got pushed aside. Anyway, again there are asterisks where any readers who dislike any kind of mature content can stop and start up again. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 -Chapter 11 - Chapter 12
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Harmless
Chapter 12
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On their last day in their home, Belle awakens to the sound of her family cooking downstairs. She is pleasantly drowsy as she pulls her boots back on and climbs down to the main room. She has a husband and a son waiting for her. That’s enough to ward off the twisting unease in her gut, and for a few minutes more she can forget that they’ll ever have to leave.
The conversation over breakfast is kept deliberately light, not touching on their immanent journey, on the scare of the morning nor the emotion shared. Nothing is said of anything more than the wool they have to sell at market, and the gossip Morraine passed on to Bae while they played together a few days before.
Please ma’am, may I have some more?
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 12
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
A/N: Yes, it’s been over a month. And I’m sorry for that: real life took a turn for the insane and this fic is brain-eating enough that it got pushed aside. Anyway, again there are asterisks where any readers who dislike any kind of mature content can stop and start up again. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
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Harmless
Chapter 12
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On their last day in their home, Belle awakens to the sound of her family cooking downstairs. She is pleasantly drowsy as she pulls her boots back on and climbs down to the main room. She has a husband and a son waiting for her. That’s enough to ward off the twisting unease in her gut, and for a few minutes more she can forget that they’ll ever have to leave.
The conversation over breakfast is kept deliberately light, not touching on their immanent journey, on the scare of the morning nor the emotion shared. Nothing is said of anything more than the wool they have to sell at market, and the gossip Morraine passed on to Bae while they played together a few days before.
Anonymous asked: Will Harmless be updated soon?
YES. God, I am SO SORRY it is taking so long! I got blocked and with Uni and stress and anxiety attacks and dshjkshsjkdhdsskjhjsdshjjkdsdjhsdshjdsajhkdsjhdshjjsdajdj yeah. Sorry.
Here is a teaser:
Fic: Sink Or Swim
Fic: Sink or Swim
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harmless AU - the man Bae met was Killian Jones, and now Belle is gone and Rumpelstiltskin has to save her.
Mini-AU of my fic Harmless, which you probably need for background. Goes AU from chapter 6: Hook came to town, not Gaston.
Based on the new sneak peek from The Crocodile, so spoilers I guess? Except this is an AU of an AU, so yeah. Not too many spoilers there.
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“You’re him…” Rumpelstiltskin stammered, “You’re the man from the bar.”
The man - he’d thought him a knight, but no, he was a pirate and he was smiling a killer’s smile, smug and cruel and expectant - strode toward him, “Well, nice to make an impression.”
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 11
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11
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Harmless
Chapter 11
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Rumpelstiltskin sits, calm and still, and tries desperately to breathe. He truly believes that it is only Belle’s arm about his waist, her dark head on his shoulder, her fingers wrapped around his, that keep him from falling apart entirely.
He has never been further from the village than Longbourne, save for his time on the front lines. He does not think on the days he spent as a soldier, not ever, even if his leg is a daily reminder.
Now his wife wishes for him to hold her hand and leap into an abyss, and all Rumpelstiltskin can do is sit and stare at the rough grain of their kitchen table, and hope to all the Gods that his nightmares are worse than reality. That the horrors to be faced won’t tear them all limb from limb.
And yet by the end I feel somewhat damaged. Thank you for that, Ru.
I feel oddly proud of that xD THANK YOU
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 11
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
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Harmless
Chapter 11
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Rumpelstiltskin sits, calm and still, and tries desperately to breathe. He truly believes that it is only Belle’s arm about his waist, her dark head on his shoulder, her fingers wrapped around his, that keep him from falling apart entirely.
He has never been further from the village than Longbourne, save for his time on the front lines. He does not think on the days he spent as a soldier, not ever, even if his leg is a daily reminder.
Now his wife wishes for him to hold her hand and leap into an abyss, and all Rumpelstiltskin can do is sit and stare at the rough grain of their kitchen table, and hope to all the Gods that his nightmares are worse than reality. That the horrors to be faced won’t tear them all limb from limb.
Fic: Harmless - Chapter 10
AU: Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stop-over becomes something else entirely.
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
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Harmless
Chapter 10
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Belle awakens from her slumber with a terrified scream on her lips. She would be been distressed - once upon a time she had sobbed through whole mornings - but now is an everyday occurrence, and it can be dealt with if not banished entirely.
Every night she dreams of ogres and castle dungeons, of scourges and flayings, and every day she spends trying in small ways to forget.
Working on fic to queue for next week
Because unlike my last vacation, this one will be an internet wasteland. Mainly because my friends will not tolerate my spending hours catching up on Tumblr when we could be out exploring and shopping and things.
To be fair, we have all been saving for a year for this. Paris won’t know what hit it XD
So yes, hopefully a chapter of Harmless, definitely a chapter of Rumour Has It, and some other things - hopefully Older And Far Away if I can find a good place to round it off, and some smutty things.
Basically, you will probably have more from me next week when I’m gone than you usually do when I’m around.
