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emospritelet · 5 years

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Masterlist Day 2019

Behold, my masterlist of Rumbelle variations boinking and angsting their way through various scenarios!

I checked all the links the other day so they should work. If any don’t, please let me know, as they seem to have a tendency to break or send you to the wrong fic. Under the cut because - well, because there are a lot

Multi-chapter Masterlist

One-Shots

Multi-chapter Masterlist

All fic links are to AO3, and you may need an AO3 account to read some of them, as I have them locked down due to unprotected fics being scooped from that site without consent

The Long Game - Rumbelle. Winner of TEAs for Best AU and Best FIc in 2014. Gold and Belle have known and loved one another in a hundred lives, and he’s spent the past seven lifetimes searching for her. Humour, angst, and plenty of smut. COMPLETE - rated E

Bound For All Eternity - Rumbelle. Remix of The Long Game and TEA winner of Best Remix in 2015. Belle meets Gold when she’s 16, with all the awkwardness that entails. WIP - rated E

Playing to Win - Rumbelle. Series of one-shots from the Long Game verse, based on prompts received. Most of them are smutty. WIP - rated E

Homecoming - Ogilvelle. Winner of Best Anyelle in TEAs 2019. AU in the Long Game verse, set in 1905. Mr Ogilvy has been looking for his lost love for centuries, and has been giving up all hope of finding her. That is, until he receives a visit from a young woman in search of a job as governess. WIP - rated M (for now)

Penance - Rumbelle. Winner of Best Barely Legal Belle in the TEAs 2017. Teacher!Gold and Student!Belle begin an illicit relationship following an encounter in his office. One of the angstiest things I have ever written. COMPLETE - rated E

Knowledge is Power - Rumbelle. Set after 5x12. Belle’s emails with ‘the Oxford professor’ turn out to be very helpful, and she starts to develop a relationship with him. COMPLETE - rated E

The Stranger - My first Ivelle fic and TEA winner for Best Ivelle in 2016. Colonel Ives arrives in the town of Storybrooke, and gets the attention of the local librarian. COMPLETE - rated E

Buried Treasure - Golden Lace fic. Lacey tries to take Mr Gold’s mind off his lost love. I fully intended this to be PWP, but it turned angsty :( COMPLETE - rated E

Neverland - Rumbelle. Mr Gold is Belle’s English teacher, and also works as an escort. She unknowingly hires him for her first time. COMPLETE - rated E

Pixie Dust - Rumbelle. Remix of Neverland and winner of Best Remix in the TEAs 2017. Belle is unhappily married to Gaston and discovers he has been unfaithful. Ruby suggests hiring an escort. COMPLETE - rated E

The Course of True Love - Rumbelle. Angsty version of how the fight scene in 6:04 might have gone. Also a kind of fix-it fic, in the end. Winner of Best Angst: Hurts So Good in the TEAs 2017. COMPLETE - rated E

Outsider - Rumbelle. Winner of Best AU in the TEAs 2018. Belle is running from her past, when she stumbles into Storybrooke, and its most infamous resident COMPLETE - rated E

Tiger Lilies - Winner of Best Anyelle fic in the TEAs 2017. Golden Lace/Rushacey fic set in the Neverland verse. Lacey has a complicated relationship with her college professor Dr Rush, and decides to hire an escort that looks like him to work out some of her frustrations. COMPLETE - rated E

Vermillion - Rushbelle. series of one-shots based on prompts for the Tiger Lilies verse. WIP - rated E

Waiting Game - Golden Lace. Winner of Best Angst: Oops! in the TEAs 2018. Lacey is Neal’s college friend, and ends up sleeping with Mr Gold when he comes to visit Neal one day. The whole thing gets angsty due to a misunderstanding, but it’s resolved :) COMPLETE - rated E

Empty Corridors - Golden Lace. Winner of Best Golden Lace Fic in the TEAs 2018. Lacey has a bad relationship with her father, and it only gets worse after she hears about the offer he once made Gold. Unable to make rent, she takes matters into her own hands. But is Gold as ruthless as the town thinks? COMPLETE - rated E

Sacrifice - Rumbelle. Winner of Best AU!OUAT in the TEAs 2018. A new curse has stolen everyone’s memories, Gideon has been de-aged and Belle lives in a tiny house in the crappy part of town, unable to make rent. When her landlord Mr Gold threatens to evict her, she offers the only thing of value she has. COMPLETE - rated E

Cuckoo’s Flight - Rumbelle. Dr Hopper releases Belle from the asylum, and she meets Storybrooke’s notorious landlord at the Rabbit Hole. Season 1 AU. COMPLETE - rated E

Tis The Season - including Rumbelle, Golden Lace, Rushaceyrush, Dwarf Star, Swan Queen, Swanfire, Swanfirequeen, Wooden Swan, Floof Family, Malcolm x Fiona, Red Cricket, Brave Warrior, Dragon Queen. Mostly fluffy ficlets with a festive theme. COMPLETE - most ficlets rated T, some rated E

Crystal Tears - Rumbelle. With the ogres approaching her lands and her father betrayed by his own men, Belle must get away to safety. With the help of Graham, her father’s Master of the Hunt, she flees the castle in the midst of a storm, finding her way to the Dark Castle, and its strange inhabitant… WIP - rated M

Sparks - Rumbelle. Series of Dark Castle one-shots. Belle and Rumple adopt a baby dragon. WIP - rated E

Dark Heart - Rumbelle. Winner of Best AU and Best Mr Gold in the TEAs 2019. After a brief affair with Mr Gold and a bitter break-up almost two years ago, Belle returns to Storybrooke to visit her sick father. But there is a secret that she has been keeping. COMPLETE - rated E

Twisted Fate - Rumbelle. Remix of Dark Heart in which Belle manages to tell Gold she’s pregnant about seven months in. She’s wary and hostile, and he doesn’t know how to make things better, but he’s determined to try for the sake of their child. WIP - rated E

Kiss of Life - Rumbelle. Hospital AU slow burn fic. Winner of Best Storybrooke in TEAs 2019. Belle moves to Storybrooke and gets a job helping out at the hospital, where she develops a crush on Dr Gold. COMPLETE - rated E

Things Left Unsaid - Woven Lace. Winner of Best Woven Lace in TEAs 2019. Weaver takes Lacey in to save her from the streets, which leads to a one-night stand and a surprise pregnancy. Three and a half years later, Lacey asks for a divorce, but all is not what it seems. WIP - rated E

Opening Lines - Woven Lace. Prequel to Things Left Unsaid. Detective Weaver’s world changes forever when a young woman bumps into him after witnessing a murder. Friends to lovers with eventual smut. COMPLETE - rated E

Closing the Circle - Rumbelle. Winner of Best Smut: Kink and Best AU!Gold/Rumple in TEAs 2019. Belle, Mulan and Aurora have an interest in supernatural creatures, so what happens when they travel to Storybrooke to interact with the creatures that live there? In Belle’s case, mostly hot sex with ancient vampire Mr Gold. WIP - rated E

Sugar and Spice - Woven Lace. It’s Christmas Eve and Lacey’s oven isn’t working, so she asks her neighbour if she can cook Christmas dinner at his for them both. Snark, sass and eventual smut. COMPLETE - rated E

Goodbye Kiss - Woven Beauty. Detective Weaver has been in love with Belle French almost from the first moment he met her, but never thought his feelings might be returned. Christmas fluff and smut. COMPLETE - rated E

I.O.U. - Golden Lace. Lacey is desperate for cash, and tries to sell some debts to Mr Gold. Sass and sex ensue. COMPLETE - rated E

Honourable Members - Sutherelle. Belle French is an ambitious and feisty new MP and Prime Minister is equally irritated and fascinated by her. COMPLETE - rated E

Key to the Cell - Dark Castle Rumbelle. Belle doesn’t want the marriage her father has arranged for her, and seeks help from an old book, and the Dark One. WIP - rated M (for now)

One-Shots

Most fic links are to AO3

Last Man Standing - Golden Lace. Gold and Lacey are both escorts, each thinking the other is their client for the evening. Just smut, really - rated E

A New Chapter - Rumbelle Secret Santa 2014. Belle gets Rumple a special Christmas present, and tries something new - rated E

Made to Measure - Rumbelle RCIJ 2016. Fashion designer!Gold makes actress!Belle a dress for the premiere of her film. Lots of sexual tension and eventual smut - rated E

Ever After - written upon seeing the promo for the FTL AU in 4X21 and 4X22. Lady Belle unlaces Sir Rumple from his leather pants - rated E

A Taste of Freedom - Ivelle - written for Rumbelle Order in the Court. Smutty one-shot where Belle is Ives’s defence attorney in a murder case - rated E

Nothing But The Truth - Rumbelle. Thus far my only Dark Castle Rumbelle smut fic. Belle makes a deal with her master that has unexpected consequences for them both - rated E

Valley of Water - Rumbelle. Written for the Rumbelle Summer Vacation event. Rumple, Belle and baby Gideon visit the Lake District. Fluff and smut - rated E

Number 9 - Rumbelle. Winner of Best Smut: PWP in the TEAs 2018. Post season six finale fic. Belle wants the stamina to keep up with the Dark One, so asks Rumple to make a potion. Smutty smut! - rated E

Wolf’s Time - Rumbelle. Winner of Best Spinner!Rumple in the TEAs 2018. Rumbelle Revelry fic. Spinner!Rumple meets Witch!Belle - rated E

Midwinter’s Kiss - Rumbelle. Belle has been looking forward to the Midwinter Festival in the Dark Castle, but things get even more exciting when Rumple takes her on a trip to Arendelle - rated E

Small World verse (WovenRushBelle, Woven Lace, Golden Lace, Woven Golden Lace) - rated E

Love and Trust - WovenRushBelle. Rush and Belle are in a committed relationship but Belle has always wanted a threesome, so Rush asks his best friend…

Small World - Woven Lace. Weaver meets a girl called Lacey in Roni’s, and she’s just his type…

Turn Left - Golden Lace. Lacey returns to Storybrooke and decides to sleep with the pawnbroker she’s been trading sarcastic comments with

Off Duty - Woven Lace. Lacey’s loser boyfriend is arrested and jailed, and when she meets the detective responsible in Roni’s bar, sparks fly - rated E

Bravery Will Follow - Rumbelle. Reunion smut set post 2x01 - rated E

Drinking to Forget (Woven Lace) Winner of Best Series and Best Detective Weaver in the TEAs 2018 - rated E

Sex and Violence - Detective Weaver goes to Roni’s bar for a drink, and bumps into a girl called Lacey. There follows banter, UST, and a lot of smut

Round Two - Weaver is teased by Alice and he and Lacey have another night of hot smut at his place

Probable Cause - Lacey dresses up for Halloween and she and Weaver indulge in tricks and treats!

Damaged But Not Broken - Weaver gets a new partner, and Lacey finds an interesting trinket at Alice’s place

Smoke and Mirrors - Weaver and French investigate a murder, and his feelings for Lacey grow deeper

Almost Like Family - it’s Christmas, and Weaver and Lacey have fun with eggnog before being interrupted by Alice and French

Living Arrangements - Weaver begins to realise the depths of his feelings for Lacey, and makes an important decision

Rude Awakening - Rumple has his memories back, but reacts very badly to seeing someone who is the image of his dead wife.

Lost and Found - Lacey waits for Weaver to wake up so she can yell at him. Alice guides Rumple to the truth about his lost love.

Full Circle - Rumple takes Belle to Storybrooke to try to find a way to restore her knowledge of their old life and tries to keep her at arm’s length. Belle has other ideas.

The Return - Rumple returns Belle’s memories at the wishing well

Honeymoon Series (Rumbelle) - COMPLETE - rated E

1. Newlyweds - Rumple and Belle’s wedding night, with a little angst, lots of smut, and Hook making Moe French very uncomfortable

2. Something Blue - the morning after the wedding night, and the diners at Granny’s take an interest in the newlyweds.

3. Cabin Fever - Belle tells Rumple that she found him attractive in his EF persona, and the Charmings happen upon the happy couple while on a walk in the woods. Winner of TEA for Best Smut: Comedy 2015

4. The Many Uses Of Magic - Rumple shows Belle a useful spell, and Hook grosses out the occupants at Granny’s diner and gets a punch on the nose for his troubles

5. Red Velvet - Rumbelle roleplay - the Dark One’s maid has a problem that only he can help her with

6. Shadows at Midnight - Rumple has a flashback to his imprisonment with Zelena, and Belle is there to help him. Starts of angsty, ends up smutty

7. Light and Shadow - Rumple takes Belle on a boat ride, with a little help from Lumiere

Erotic Destiny series (Rushbelle) - all smutty. TEA winner for Best Rushbelle and Smut: Best Anyelle 2015 - rated E

1. Power Play - Belle is determined to have the last word with Dr Rush, for once

2. Curious - Belle gives Rush a surprise

3. Control - Rush has been avoiding Belle since the ‘incident’, so she seeks him out

4. Personal Matters - waking up in bed with Rush leads to an argument. Then smut.

5. Direct Orders - Belle and Rush have been fighting at work, and Young orders them to get some rest

6. Before the Storm - surprisingly just smut, no fighting

7. Third Party Evidence - Colonel Young finds out Rush and Belle are having sex

8. Open To Interpretation - Young tries to talk some sense into Belle. It does not go well

9. Going Down - clue’s in the title *winks*

10. Green Eyes - Belle gets a handsome friend to come aboard Destiny, and Rush is jealous

11. Silence - Rush is being distant, and Belle tries to find out why.

12. Only in Your Head - when Belle is stranded on an alien plant, Rush resorts to drastic action in an attempt to save her.

Rushbelle one-shots

Fragile - Rushbelle. Rush is still mourning the loss of his wife when he meets a stranger in a bar who has her own grief. Please read the tags on this one - rated E

Pleasure in Grief - Rush is insensitive, and Belle is upset with him. Smut ensues - rated E

Three’s Company - TEA winner for Best Threesome 2015 - RushBelleRush smut on Destiny - rated E

Hunger - Rush is infected with a vampiric parasite that wants Belle’s blood even more than he wants her body - rated E

Look Back in Anger - Rushbelle fic written for The Great Rumbelle Blow Off. Lieutenant Belle French decides to channel her irritation with Rush into sucking him off - rated E

Open Fire - follow up to Look Back in Anger. Fuck or die fic where Lt French and Dr Rush are trapped on a planet in a rainstorm and seek shelter - and a way to keep warm - rated E

Extracurricular series - RumBelleRush teacher/student/teacher smut - rated E

1. A Shift in Focus - Prof!Rush fucks Student!Belle in his car

2. Crossing The Line - Prof!Gold goes down on Student!Belle in his office and later fucks her in his apartment.

3. Secret Affairs - the morning after, Belle has to deal with a suspicious Ruby and later goes to Rush’s office to arrange a date that evening, with smutty results.

4. Unrequited - Gold accidentally sexts Rush, much to Belle’s amusement. She helps him feel better in his office. Erotic art then appears around the university featuring Gold and Rush, and Rush trolls Gold, meaning Belle has to punish him with a public blowjob

5. San Francisco - RumBelleRush threesome smut! TEA winner of Best Threesome 2016

6. Fire and Ice - More RumBelleRush threesome smut, wherein they’re snowed in at a hotel, and make use of a sauna, shower and Gold’s bedroom for sexy times. TEA winner of Best Threesome 2017

7. Peaches and Longing - threesome smut in a hotel, following their car breaking down on a road trip. Winner of Best Threesome 2018.

#masterlist day 2019 #rumbelle #rushbelle #anyelle #ogilvelle #golden lace #woven lace #ivelle #sutherelle

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timelordthirteen · 5 years

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2018 Fanfic Year in Review

Again, I’m late, but that seems to be the running theme so far in 2019. I did not hit my goal of 750K total words on AO3, but I should be able to get there pretty easily this year.

I said 2018 was going to be the year of finishing things and I totally didn’t. I did get my beloved Working Out done, but I have to be very strict with myself not to create new verses willy nilly and get some of these done. After my RBB fic, my priority is Some Other Time followed by The Don’t Fall in Love Job.

Stats: Words Posted on AO3: 153,964 Stories posted: 40 Verses created (multiple fics, same verse): 12 WIPs finished: 1 WIPs still to complete: 3, started this year

Total words on AO3 as of the end of the year: 682,128

January

Rumbelle

Sunlight- Gold finds his wife lounging in the sun and can’t help himself. (nsfw)

Working Out Chapter 13 - It’s back! The third date, a lot of kissing, and a confession.

Keep the Change - Lacey confronts Gold about a late notice for her rent and things…happen. (nsfw)

February

Rumbelle

Working Out Chapter 14 - Belle and Gold chat with their workout partners about their last date, Ruby and David get in some good natured teasing, and plans are made for a very important next date.

Working Out Chapter 15 - Leading up to the highly anticipated date night, Gold and Belle find help and reassurance from their friends.

If Wishes Were Kisses - Part 1 - A series of ficlets covering all of Rumbelle’s canon kisses (including the ones we didn’t see on screen…). Rumple and Belle’s first kiss, True Love’s Kiss from Skin Deep. Rumple POV.

Intervals - Part 14 - Ficlets set in the Working Out universe. A couple days before their big date, Gold and Belle meet up at the gym. NSFW… ;)

Anyelle/Anyem

Alchemy - Alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. Lacey finds an antagonistic note left in her classroom and confronts the person who wrote it. (Rushacey)

March

Rumbelle

Between Friends - Belle and Gold are best friends who are secretly in love with each other and living together. One night their mutual attraction boils over and finally brings them together. (nsfw)

Paris As It Lays - Belle has been working for Mr. Gold to fund her dream of traveling world, and fallen in love with him along the way. What happens when she asks him to come with her to Paris? An aesthetic and a ficlet for @mariequitecontrarie‘s birthday. (nsfw)

April

Rumbelle

Hearts Off Balance Chapter 2 & Chapter 3 (complete) Belle works at the same museum as Gold, and while she’s attracted to him, he’s being a huge ass. After being denied a promotion, she’s called into his office, and her frustration, sexual and otherwise, bubbles over. (nsfw)

Woven Lace

Happy Hour - An argument between Weaver and Lacey in Roni’s bar leads to sexy shenanigans in the bathroom. (nsfw)

May

Rumbelle

Parent Teacher Conference: Teacher Appreciation Week (nsfw) - Belle is a teacher, Gold is the parent of a student, and during parent-teacher conference night, they find themselves alone with their mutual attraction.

Parent Teacher Conference: Summer School (nsfw) - After a tutoring session, Belle and Gold find themselves alone in the house and unable to resist temptation.

Between Us (nsfw) - Rumplestiltskin accidentally spills a potion that has some interesting, awkward, and frustrating effects, which he tries to hide from Lady Belle. But Belle knows something is *up* and she’s determined to find out what… Part of The Between Verse Series.

Woven Lace

Scars to Show: Out of Sight (nsfw) - Lacey’s boyfriend is arrested, but not without incident. In the aftermath, Weaver finds himself on Lacey’s bad side, but an encounter at Roni’s leads to a making up… of sorts. Part of the Scars to Show verse which started with Happy Hour.

Doctor Who

Stay - Ten II x Rose For the drabble prompt “Stay” at doctorroseprompts on Tumblr.

June

Rumbelle

Parent Teacher Conference: 3 - After School Special (nsfw) - Gold and Neal go out for dinner, but whom should they see at Granny’s diner but the lovely Miss French.

Parent Teacher Conference: 4 - Distance Learning (nsfw) - A frustrated Belle starts fantasizing about Gold, who makes a very timely phone call.

Pillow Talk (nsfw) - For a prompt at a-monthly-rumbelling, Dark Castle, first time, fluff. A quiet moment and some introspection after their first time.

Between Us Part 1 and 2 (nsfw)- Rumplestiltskin accidentally spills a potion that has some interesting, awkward, and frustrating effects, which he tries to hide from Lady Belle. For the lust potion prompt at a-monthly-rumbelling.

In These Final Hours (G) - Belle’s friends drag her out for drinks and karaoke on one of her last nights in Storybrooke. After a couple of glasses, she gets up the nerve to sing a song about unrequited love, secretly directed at her friend Mr. Gold. Except Mr. Gold is in the audience.

Woven Lace

Scars to Show: Lost On You (nsfw) - Lacey and Weaver go back to her place to finish what they started at the bar, but the end is not what Lacey expects.

July

Rumbelle

Lover of the Light - An RCIJ fic for @evilsnowswan. Belle finds a bowl of strawberries in the castle and it leads to a significant moment between her and Rumple. (nsfw)

Woven Lace

A Holy Fool - Weaver and Rogers do a little police work, but end up striking out. Meanwhile, Lacey has a disturbing moment after Nick is released from jail. (semi-nsfw but only for some dirty talk at the end)

August

Rumbelle

Parent Teacher Conference chapter 5 - Belle has a no good, very bad day, and Gold makes it better. Right before he fucks it up… (nsfw)

Laundry Day - Rumplestiltskin returns home to find Belle wearing a very interesting outfit. (nsfw)

Working Out chapter 16 COMPLETED!!! - THE BIG DATE. Romance…go! I can’t believe I finished this fic finally.

Through a Paris Window - Gold admires his wife and can’t help taking a little video with his shiny new phone.

The Kissing Booth - Belle is running a kissing booth to raise money for the library. When Gaston approaches, Mr. Gold comes to the rescue.

Golden Lace

The Don’t Fall in Love Job chapter 1 - Con artist Lacey never planned on staying in Storybrooke, just long enough to let the heat cool off in Boston from her last job. She also never planned on falling in love with the town’s eccentric pawn broker, Mr. Gold, but here she is living a life built on nothing bu lies. Well, almost nothing… This is what happens after it all falls apart.

September

Rumbelle

Parent Teacher Conference chapter 6 - In the immediate aftermath of Neal disrupting their activities, Gold calls Belle and makes amends for his behavior. AKA Gold done fucked up and he knows it, but Belle is pretty forgiving…and also horny on main. (nsfw)

After Party - Belle and Gold arrive home from a formal party to have another party of their own.

The Bartender chapter 5 - After 84 years no updates, ta-da! Bartender!Belle and Gold work their Saturday night together.

Only Something in Me - Furious over Rumple’s involvement with the Evil Queen, Belle confronts him in his shop. But things do not go as planned once Belle’s anger and jealous take over. Post 6x07 Heartless.

Golden Lace

The Don’t Fall in Love Job chapter 2 - Con artist Lacey fic for the little Angst War continues. Gold goes after Lacey, and things get a bit heated. (nsfw)

The Don’t Fall in Love Job chapter 3 - After leaving Storybrooke, Lacey gets some unexpected, life changing news, and remembers the first time she met Mr. Gold.

Some Other Time - College student Lacey dumps her boyfriend and needs a new apartment, it just so happens her professor, Dr. Gold, has a room to rent. (Teen)

Some Other Time chapter 2 - For anon who asked: Does Some Other Time!Lacey do yoga? If so, does Gold like to watch without her noticing? (rating goes up to Mature!)

October

Rumbelle

The Bartender Part 6 - After not seeing Gold for a couple of weeks, Belle reflects on her feelings for him and decides to track him down.

The Bartender Part 7 - Now awake, Rumplestiltskin makes his way to his shop to recover and remember how he and Lacey met, while he figures out what to do next.

Parent Teacher Conference Chapter 7 - Belle goes to visit Gold in his shop, and of course naughtiness ensues. Extremely naughty (read the warnings.) (nsfw)

November

Rumbelle

The Bartender Part 8 - Rumplestiltskin visits Belle (Lacey) at the Rabbit Hole to make amends, and a date happens.

Parent Teacher Conference Chapter 8 - Belle goes to Gold’s house for dinner, but things don’t turn out the way either of them plan.

Parent Teacher Conference Chapter 9 - Gold and Belle finally confront their feelings, and the future begins. (nsfw, and also complete!!)

Golden Lace

Some Other Time Part 3 - Following Gold’s post-shower, full frontal mishap, Lacey attends one of his classes and things get…suggestive. (nsfw)

December

Rumbelle

The Pretty Librarian - Mr. Gold goes to the library to return a book and something unexpected happens. (nsfw)

Rumbelle/Golden Lace/Woven Lace/Macelle for 31 Days of Fandomas

A Card for Mr. Gold - Part 1 - 9 (Rumbelle, G) - Mr. Gold receives a card on Christmas Eve.

The Gift - A Working Out ficlet (Rumbelle, Teen) - Belle gives Gold the best Christmas gift ever. Takes place after Working Out!Rumbelle are married, approximately 2.5 years after the end of the main story.

Win-Win Situation (Rumbelle, Explicit) - Belle and her husband get up to some naughtiness at a holiday charity event. (nsfw)

Desperate Souls (Macelle and Macey, Teen) - Ex-priest Joseph is having a bad day, but someone is watching over him.

Yippee Ki Yay (Woven Lace, Mature) - Lacey and Weaver spend Christmas together. (nsfw)

Traditions(Golden Lace, G) - Lacey thinks she’s going to spend Christmas alone.

Some Other Time - Part 4 (Golden Lace, Explicit) - The incident with the lollipop behind them, Gold and Lacey look forward to the holidays. (nsfw)

Carol of the Belles (Rumbelle, G) - Mr. Gold is being driven slowly mad by the caroling outside his house.

All I Want for Christmas Part 1 - 5 (Rumbelle, Teen) - Young Gideon French tells Mr. Gold what he’d like for Christmas.

Very Nice Indeed (Golden Lace, Explicit) - Lacey asks Gold if she’s been naughty or nice. (nsfw)

One Hour (Woven Lace, Mature) - Lacey talks Weaver into going to a holiday party. (nsfw)

Some Other Time - Part 5 (Golden Lace, Explicit) - Lacey gets a package, and Gold gets a peek. (nsfw)

By the Fire (Rumbelle, G) - A quiet moment in the Dark Castle.

The Ornament (Golden Lace, G) - Lacey returns and sees Gold has fixed something.

Peppermint(Golden Lace, Explicit) - Gold needs to hear the words. (nsfw)

Some Other Time - Part 6 (Golden Lace, Explicit) - Lacey plans a sexy surprise for Gold, but her plans get derailed by another surprise. (Takes place immediately after the last chapter.) (nsfw)

Resolutions - New Year’s Eve aesthetic + drabble (Golden Lace, Teen) - Mr. Gold has made a New Year’s resolution.

Kastle

No One Says It Out Loud (Kastle, Teen) - Karen’s house sitting for the holidays and Frank’s back in town.

#rumbelle #rumbelle fic #year in fic #fic

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notalwayslate · 2 years

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Happy Saturday! Your Secret Santa here! I was wondering if Tumblr ate my last. Just wanted to check in with you to find out if you have any specific requests for your fic. Love the prompt, it gives plenty of scope... the question is, what kind of secret did you have in mind? Angsty, naughty? And if you had any specific pairing you're in the mood for? Let me know, and I can get to work plotting and scheming, and of course writing your fic. I look forward to it!

Hey there Santa! Sorry for the delay I had an awful travel day after a very weird Thanksgiving visit with my husband’s family. I’m so glad to be home now though and now I can indulge in some Rumbelle secret Santa goodness.

now of course I’m an original rumbelle pairing fan, and as for anyelle I’m a rushbelle fan, but also love almost any anyelle pairing. I always love a little angst as long as I have a happy ending. Well I’m off for now I have a pack of twinkies with my name on them and a warm bed calling my name. Talk with you soon!

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rumbellewelcome · 6 years

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The Rumbelle Glossary--add on, please!

@standbyyourmantis did a great job composing this--I have added a few S7-specific terms. Are there any other new terms that you think would confuse rookies?

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1x12: Season One, Episode 12. ie. Skin Deep, the first episode in which Belle appears.

A&E: Reference to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the creators and producers. See: Kitsowitz, Adam & Eddy.

Adam & Eddy: Reference to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the creators and producers. See: A&E, Kitsowitz.

Anyelle: Basically, a ship that is Robert Carlyle in another role and Belle. There is a more in-depth definition and a full list of Anyelle ships as well as a links to fic about them provided here.

Anyem: A ship where any Robert Carlyle character is paired with any Emilie de Ravin character. Popular Anyem parings include Hiero & Ives and Rushacey (Rush and Lacey).

Beauties: Fans of Belle.

Dearies: Fans of Rumple.

Detective Weaver: Rumple’s S7 cursed persona.

DO: Dark One--usually Rumplestiltskin, usually set in the Enchanted Forest, but could also refer to other bearers of the Dark One Curse.

Dove: The bodyguard/hired muscle Rumplestiltskin-as-Mr. Gold has repossess Moe French’s van in Skin Deep. In fandom, a common assistant to Mr. Gold.

February 12: The original air date of Skin Deep, considered a most sacred and holy day to Rumbellers, celebrated by the Fluffapalooza festival.

Floof Family: Belle, Rumplestiltskin, and Bae/Neal. Named for their shared floofy hair.

Fluff Family: Belle, Rumplestiltskin, and Gideon. So-called for the short hair.

FTL: Shorthand for Fairy Tale Land, a fan-given name for the Enchanted Forest.

FTL2: The second Fairy Tale Land, home of Cinderella Tremaine 2 and her family.

Golden Beauty: The specific pairing of Mr. Gold and Belle. See also: Golden Lace.

Golden Lace: The specific pairing of Mr. Gold and Belle’s alter ego, Lacey. See also: Rumpled Lace, Woven Lace.

Goldstiltskin: Rumplestiltskin in Neverland. Specifically, wearing black leather and the painted face.

Her Handsome Hero, H3: The title of Belle’s favorite book, and also of the season 5 Belle centric ep.

Jane Espenson, JE: The writer of Skin Deep and founder of Rumbelle.

Kitsowitz: Reference to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the creators and producers. See: A&E, Adam & Eddy.

A Monthly Rumbelling: A Rumbelle prompt event taking place, well, monthly, and offering both smut and nonsmut prompts.

NTIC: Nick the Incorporeal Creeper. A specific fandom version of Nicholas Rush from a fic by user badfaerie. He helps various AU Anyelle Bobbys find true love.

Papafire: The parental relationship between Rumplestiltskin and his son Baelfire.

TMI Tuesday: A chance for fic authors and RPers to answer fan questions, sometimes in-character.

RCIJ: Rumbelle Christmas in July. A version of Rumbelle Secret Santa running over the summer.

RSS: Rumbelle Secret Santa. A gift exchange running over Christmas where volunteers create gifts for each other based on a short prompt by the giftee. See: RCIJ.

Rumbelle Showdown: A yearly fic writing contest where fic writers write short stories under pseudonyms in a head-to-head tournament style competition.

Rumblr: The Rumbelle fandom on Tumblr.

Rumpled Lace: The specific pairing of Rumplestiltskin and Lacey.See also: Golden Lace, Woven Lace.

Sir Rumple: Rumplestiltskin as the knight from the season 4 finale AU.

Skin Deep: The first episode wherein Belle appears, the basis of the entire Rumbelle ship.

Spinner Rumple: Rumplestiltskin as the spinner character from before taking on the curse. Usually, appears in alternate universes wherein Milah has left but Rumplestiltskin never takes on the curse.

Storybrooke AU: Nonmagical alternate universe set in Storybrooke, usually set outside of the show’s canon.

TEA: The Espenson Awards. A yearly award show for fanfiction and other creators. Named for Jane Espenson, writer of Skin Deep.

The Thing: The official Rumbelle welcome wagon post. Introduce yourself and ask @thestraggletag for it.

The War/The Rumbelle War: Several years ago, a group of fiction writers decided to try to kill each other with feels. We call this dark time The Rumbelle War or The War. It’s best not to speak of it.

Woobie: Usually used in the context of Woobie!Rumple. Defined by TVTropes as:

A “woobie” is a name for any type of character who makes you feel extremely sorry for them. Basically, the first thing you think to say when you see the woobie is: “Aw, poor baby!”

Woven Lace: The specific pairing of Detective Weaver and Lacey in S7 AUs.

#rumbelle #rumplestiltskin #belle french #belle gold #once upon a time

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ifishouldvanish · 7 years

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Call It Destiny, Pt. 2

@still-searching47 prompted: “What do you get when an astrophysics professor walks into a bar?”

RATING: T WORDS: 985 TAGS: First Meeting, Happy accidents, Drabble, Anyelle, or… anyacey, rushacey A/N: whoops my hand slipped

[Part 1] [Read on AO3]

“Here,” Rush said, sliding a ten across the counter. “I believe I owe you a drink.”

She stared at the bill hesitantly, unsure of whether or not to accept it.

“I was a dick.” He admits. “My reaction was... an inordinate response to the stimuli and I… suppose I ought to–” his throat bobbed as he swallowed his pride, “apologise.”

Her eyes wandered over his angular features and slight frame. It was as though he was up for inspection and she was checking off a list of benchmarks in her head. Once she'd finished her assessment, she met his eyes and sucked her teeth. “...Alright. But you owe me more than a drink.”

Rush rolled his eyes. The nerve of this woman! Here he was, trying to patch up the gaffe he made, but she just won't let it go, will she?! He wasn't even that much of a dick! He wouldn't have been so rude if she hadn't been so bloody careless in the first place!

He took a swig of his beer to buy himself a moment before he could cock everything up again with another outburst, and she slid into the empty stool next to him.

“...Make it two.” She winked, flagging the bartender down.

He sputtered on his drink. “E-excuse me?”

“You're um, kinda cute. ...And maybe I think you're kinda hot when you're angry.” She said, nibbling her lip and wiggling her brows before putting their order in.

What in God's name? Was this woman absolutely mad!? She calls him a dick, then comes back later to… pick him up?

“...I'm what?”

She tossed a quick look over her shoulder, then smiled back at him. “So. Whaddya got in that notebook that's so important?” She asked, peering over his shoulder slightly as if to take a peek while the bartender set two glasses of whiskey down.

Rush eased his shoulders, grateful for the change of subject. “...None of your bloody business,” he said, busying himself by thumbing through its pages.

She groaned and rolled her eyes. “D’ya need a little help pulling the stick out from your ass?”

He froze and clenched his jaw. “That something you have experience with, Miss–?”

“French.” She finished, taking a swig of her drink. “But you can call me Lacey.”

He gave himself a moment to commit it to memory. Lacey French. Wee bird from the bar with a big mouth. And blue eyes. Really, really blue eyes.

“Well?” She hung her head and pouted her lips. “Aren’t you gonna tell me yours?”

Right. Right.

He shook his head. “Rush.” He said, extending his hand as the corner of his mouth twitched with discomfort. “Dr Nicholas Rush.”

“Ooh…” she grinned, wiggling her brows and scooting closer as she shook his hand. “A doctor…”

He rolled his eyes and let go, returning to his notebook.

“...Doctor of what?” She asked.

Rush let out a deep sigh. “Astrophysics.”

Lacey snorted, almost spitting out her drink. “Astrophysics?”

“I'm sorry– is that funny?”

“No! No! That’s just not one you hear often, you know? It's actually uh… pretty cool.” She shrugged and gazed off wistfully for a moment. “Dr Nicholas Rush... astrophysicist by day, total fucking dick by night.”

He was almost startled by the little huff of laughter that escaped him. He tilted his head and scratched at his beard, fidgeting with sudden unspent energy. “Actually, my ah… students would beg to differ.” He said with a little smile. “Rest assured, I'm a fucking cunt all hours of the day.”

“Ah.” She nodded. “So you're used to having to apologise, then.”

He furrowed his brows. Sure, he could spit the words out if it meant putting some trivial conflict to bed, but it's not like he had to mean them. Especially when the other party was clearly at fault. “...No.”

Lacey cracked a smile from behind her glass. “So, what– I'm just special?”

“Well, as a matter of fact–” he said, finding the right page of his notepad, “your little incident may have helped me catch a wee error in one my calculations.” He let the notepad drop onto the bartop with a smack and tapped a finger on the stain.

“My incident?” Lacey leaned in to look at the densely packed lines of incomprehensible glyphs and scowled. “Right...”

“Aye. Your incident.”

She suddenly perked up and gave him a knowing smile. “You're not sorry at all, are you?”

“Of course I–” he cut himself off. “What do you mean?”

Lacey took a hefty swig of her drink. “You're not sorry for being a dick at all!” She laughed. “You just decided you're okay with it now because you got something out of it!”

Rush looked down at his notebook and scoffed. Well, she wasn't wrong.

“You really are a dick!”

He just scratched his beard and shrugged. It’s far from the worst thing he’s been called, and she seems to treating it more like a compliment than anything else.

Lacey looked over her shoulder again. “Well, fair enough.” She said, getting up from her seat and shouldering her bag. “I was just sitting here so that guy over there would leave me alone.”

“You what?” He followed her gaze to a man across the bar who was trying and failing to get some redhead’s attention. Well, that made sense. So she's not completely mad, then.

“I wasn’t lying though,” Lacey said. She swilled down the rest of her whiskey and slammed the heavy glass back down on the counter. “You really are kinda cute. And I like your beard.” She winked.

Rush watched, dumbfounded, as she tugged down the gravity-defying hem of her dress, strut across the bar, and slipped out the door. He began staring a hole into his notepad again, and his hand creeped up involuntarily to touch his scruffy face.

He might need to come to the Rabbit Hole more often. For science.

#anyelle #rushacey #fic: call it destiny

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worryinglyinnocent · 7 years

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Last chance for Super Fluffy Smutty Sunday prompts :-)

Now that I’m done with Monthly Rumbelling fics, the SFSS writing marathon can begin!

You can prompt me here, for rumbelle, golden lace, anyelle, anyem, Star Force, CRush and Gloria/Rush. (Do they have a portmanteau? I’m calling them Gloriush.) Existing verses or something new, fluff and smut galore, but no angst!

Fics will be going up at various intervals during 5th February as an alternate entertainment source for those not too interested in the Super Bowl. Everything will be tagged ‘Super Fluffy Smutty Sunday’ if you want to block that to avoid the fic spam!

And like I said - anyone’s welcome to create SFSS stuff, this is just a silly thing I started doing a couple of years ago. The more the merrier!

#rumbelle fic #anyelle #anyem #rumbelle #Super Fluffy Smutty Sunday #SFSS

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ace-cf-cups · 4 months

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Hi! I'm Di (but you can also call me Spades), a twenty-something disaster head over heels for Rumbelle (and its variants), Anyelle and Anyem, as well as Robert Carlyle and Emilie De Ravin, of course.

I make gifs (most often), write fanfics and occasionally make fanvids/edits.

This is the blog I made as a place for all the content and all my love for Rumbelle (also Golden Lace, Woven Lace and Woven Beauty, I ship all four, they are all beautiful), Anyelle, Anyem and other works of Bobby and Em, with a side of other OUAT content, as well as my love for the cult 90s tv show Friends, which has become my comfort show, Chandler Bing and Mondler, my second favorite fictional couple after Rumbelle.

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I ship most Anyelle/Anyem pairs, especially the following*:

Rushbelle (Nicholas Rush/Belle, my beloved ♥ Rush definitely needs a Belle as most of Bobby's characters do, to be quite honest)

Hamelle? MacBelle? what do we call these two cuties? (Hamish Macbeth/Belle, Hamish is one of the first roles of Bobby's I've seen other than Rumple and holds a dear place in my heart... and would also benefit greatly from having Belle in his life, even though I also ship him with Isobel)

Russelle (David Russell/Belle... also ship him with Hiero, because come on!)

Robelle? Morrelle? (Rob Morrison & Belle)

Bellix / Felle (Felix DeSouza/Belle... I also ship him with Hiero, guilty 😅)

Lachelle (Lachlan MacAldonich/Belle)

Sutherelle (Robert Sutherland/Belle)

Develle (Danny Devine/Belle also yes, ship him with Hiero )

Gazelle (Gary "Gaz" Schofield/Belle)

Wirrelle? Belleric? (Eric Wirral/Belle)

Macelle (Father MacAvoy/Belle)

Frankelle? Keanelle? (Frank Keane/Belle)

Plunkelle (Will Plunkett/Belle)

Renelle? (Renard/Belle...)

Although I've unexpectedly started consuming Bobby's filmography again a couple of days ago, so I feel like I might add a couple of ships in the near future 😁

(* I also ship almost every of the listed characters with Lacey)

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I am ALWAYS O P E N to prompts for Rumbelle, any of its variants and any of the Anyelle/Anyem ships from this page, as well as Mondler, ficlets/moodboards!

I am ALWAYS O P E N to Rumbelle, any of its variants and any of the aforementioned Anyelle/Anyem ships, as well as Mondler, roleplay in Discord – just hit me up in DMs!

I am ALWAYS O P E N to screaming incoherently about our favorite characters/ships in DMs/Discord at 3 am and at any other godly and ungodly hour 😜

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My main personal blog is @ace-of-spaders

My AO3: ace-of-spaders

My FFnet: Ace of Spaders (not Rumbelle updated yet)

#pinned post.#about me.

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woodelf68 · 3 years

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Author Interview

Tagged by: @luthienebonyx

Name: Call me Woodelf!

Fandoms: Currently mainly Thor, but still happy to talk about Rumbelle and Anyelle stuff (and still want to write a few more things from those fandoms)

Where you post: AO3 and Tumblr

Most popular oneshot: Hard to say since all my fics were only posted on tumblr until a year or so ago, and I’m not going to search out that many fics to compare stats. So I’m just going to go by my AO3 stats, and it’s Measuring Up, some kid!Thor and Loki fluff which was one of the first fics that I posted on AO3 and tumblr simultaneously.

Most popular multi-chapter story: Not Beyond Repair, in which there is Rumbelle cage sex when Belle tries to rescue Rumple from Zelena and gets caught herself. For years this was an open-ended one shot on tumblr, ending pre-smut, because I wanted to see where the next episode was going to go -- only to find out that Neal was sharing space inside Rumple’s head and the idea of writing the smut then got squicky. It took a few years before I finally realised ‘what if this took place after “To Rise Again”, where they saved Neal from the brink of death in the EF without Rumple taking him into his head? Once I decided that, all systems were go to write the much demanded sequel, which I reposted as a two chapter fic on AO3, because it really was all one story, just interrupted by a span of years.

Favorite story you wrote: I can’t pick just one! I love most of the fics in my Floofy!verse series. (In which everything is fluff, Neal lives, and Rumple is the best grandpa ever.) Or I really liked the little world I created in A Fresh Start, the first non-magic Rumbelle AU I wrote.

Story you were nervous to post: Pretty much all of my smut, but I was extra nervous with At His Service, since I was using the character of Joseph MacAvoy as created by Bad Faery in her “And Again” and it was one of the first smutty things that I posted on tumblr. (But omg, I just looked at it and it seems so tame now compared to the kinky stuff I’ve posted since.)

How you choose your titles: I just try to think up something that ties in to the fic!

Do you outline: No, don’t need to with the short fics I write.

Complete: 66, as far as online fics go.

In-progress: Selkie!Rush (I SWEAR I WILL FINISH IT ONE DAY), a couple of Sifki fics, a kid!Thor and Loki fic, a Rumbelle fic where Rumple is a tree. Like, a sentient tree. As the result of a curse. That needs to be broken by smut. (LOOK, I’M NOT THE ONE WHO SAID RUMBELLE DOES NOT HAVE ANY ACTUAL PLANT PORN.) I know I had the whole thing worked out in my head the first night I was thinking about it, but by the time I could sit down and type it up, I’d forgotten exactly what I was going to do to have it make sense. Whether I’ll ever finish this one is iffy, but I do have the start of it written.

Coming soon/not yet started: If anything is coming soon, it’s one of the above started fics, but a couple of other ideas to maybe write at some vague future point is a fic where Sif sees Loki turn blue on Jotunheim and how that might change things (since nobody else has written this FOR me, sigh) and what would probably be a short ficlet of young Thor and Loki carving their names into things all over the palace, like under the high table in the feast hall, although it would be better if I could work that into a larger fic, ‘cause there’s not really much there to work with.

Do you accept prompts: You’re certainly free to toss an idea my way; while I’ve already got enough half-started ideas at the moment, you never know what might inspire the Muse.

Upcoming story you are most excited to write: I wouldn’t say ‘excited to write’, since I’m stuck at the always difficult smut point, but once I get past that (hopefully), I’ll be excited to post my Sif gives Loki a cock ring fic because I’m really happy with the fun banter I got going between Thor and Loki and Sif and Fandral in an earlier scene. Pre-smut flirting is much easier to write than the sex itself.

Writers, tag yourselves and let me know if you do it!

#tagged!#luthienebonyx #excavating my likes column #titles are hard

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notalwayslate · 6 years

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The Curious Case of Lights and Love at Lake Lochdubh

For: @minticetea

Happy Rumbelle Secret Santa!!!

Prompt: Anyelle, X-files AU

Summary: When mysterious lights and a crop circle appear in the small town of Lochdubh, Agent Fox Mulder is soon on the case much to the dismay of Constable Hamish Macbeth. However when Linguistics Expert, Belle French, arrives to assist, Hamish finds the intrusion on his town not as troubling as the intrusion on his heart.

AO3 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13084107

The gust of Scotland’s fresh air was a welcome relief to her jetlag eyes, as Belle exited Edinburgh’s baggage terminal. The hustle and bustle of life was eerily quiet in the predawn light, as she rolled her luggage to the curb. After watching the rest of the passengers on her plane leave with family or awaiting taxis, she started to worry that he wouldn’t show. Just as more doubt started to creep into her mind, she noticed a single headlight in the distance. Relief washed over her, as the white Ford Fiesta pulled up to the curb.

“Sorry, I’m late,” Mulder apologized while getting out of the driver seat.

She smiled at him, as he took her luggage placing it in the boot of the car.

“You know you have a headlight out?” She called out to him as she slid into the passenger seat of the car buckling her seatbelt. She heard the boot close, as he slid back into the driver’s seat.

“Oh yes, I’m very aware I have a headlight out. Third time in fact, in the last two weeks.”

“Huh,” her brows burrowed together. “Is there a short circuit or something causing it to go out?”

“More like a short temper,” Mulder responded. “The local authority doesn’t take too well to strangers in his town.”

“Are you serious?”

“I’m convinced I’m keeping the local repair shop in business, with as many replacement lights I’ve had to buy.”

“That’s terrible.”

“Just the cost one pays to find the truth I guess,” he shrugged, smiling at her. “Thank you for coming. I know you didn’t have to but…”

“You don’t need to thank me,” Belle abruptly cut him off. “The truth is I really owe a lot to Dana. It was due to her ample praise of my work that the bureau extended their consulting contract with me. So when she called asking for a favor, I was only too happy to help.”

Smiling at the mention of his partner’s name, Mulder never ceased to be amazed by what an inspiration Scully was to others. Of course she had a hand in Belle French becoming one of the top consultants in ancient languages, Scully always made it a point to promote and expand the number of women working in the field.

“I must confess though, Mulder, I don’t know many agents, who seek out paranormal activity while they are supposed to be on vacation. When Scully called asking me to come to Scotland to help you with this, I was surprised when she told me it was unofficial business.”

“What?” He shrugged. “Some agents prefer a beach, others the ski slopes. I just prefer to find the unequivocal proof of extraterrestrial life.”

Her laugh turned into a smothered yawn, as Mulder observed her with concerned eyes. “Sleep Belle. We have a few hours till we get to Lochdubh.”

A thump and sound of shattering glass bolted her up into a sitting position from a dead sleep. Alone in the car she looked out the windshield to see a uniformed man standing next to a taller man smoking a pipe and wearing a deerstalker hat.

“What the…” she mumbled to herself scrambling for the door handle. The look of complete and utter shock that fell upon the two men’s face as she exited the car would have been hilarious if anger hadn’t preoccupied her thoughts. Looking down at the shattered glass on the road, she raised her chin looking the policeman straight in the eye.

“Did you just break the other headlight?”

He blinked owlishly at her.

“How dare you!” She scolded.

She waited for a response but was met with silence. After a few more moments of glaring daggers at them, the taller man finally spoke to her.

“I’m so sorry, m’lady. My friend here thought this car belonged to someone else. He will be more than willing to pay for the damage. Uh, isn’t that right Hamish?”

A firm nudge to the ribs, finally broke whatever spell the man was under, as he jumped to attention. “Of course. Of course I will pay for the damage. Both of them.”

“Darn right you will. You…”

“Belle!”

Turning to the call of her name, she saw Mulder running towards her, a drink tray and a white bakery bag in hand.

“Well I see you’re up.” He placed the items down on the hood of the car, taking out one of the coffee cups, handing it to her. Turning to the policeman, he smirked.

“I see you are already making new friends, Constable Macbeth.”

“See, I knew it was his car,” Hamish balked to the taller man.

“So that makes it okay?” Belle interjected.

He turned to her, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he swallowed down whatever words he was going to speak.

“You know he has had to pay for every headlight you have broken. Last time I checked you are supposed to be enforcing the law, not breaking it.”

A small crowd of locals gathered at the scene, as the petite brunette berated the mute Constable in front of all to see.

Throwing his hat across the room with a curse, Hamish stalked into the station.

“Bad morning?” TV John asked lying on the couch watching the telly.

“I looked like a bloody idiot!”

Hamish moved to the window, peaking out the blinds. Across the street, Mulder was helping carry Belle’s luggage into the Inn.

“Well you better call Billy and have him repair those headlights, unless you want a round two from the little lady.”

“So you heard then?”

“I’m pretty sure the whole town heard,” TV John chuckled.

“I’m not paying for that. That bloke has been creeping around this town for too long now. The rest of them left weeks ago, but oh no, not him. And now what? He has his girlfriend coming here?”

“Who said she was his girlfriend?”

“Well who else would she be?” Hamish’s harsh tone grew curiously lighter. “Why you don’t think she is? You think she’s single? No way would a woman as beautiful as that be single.”

Chuckling TV John picked up the phone, dialing, as Hamish continued with his rambling.

“A girl like that wouldn’t want to be stuck in a small town like this. Nah, did you see her clothing? Well of course you didn’t you weren’t there, but it was nice. Expensive. A girl who likes that type of expensive duds isn’t going to be…”

“One room or two?” John’s inquiry jarred Hamish from his own self chatter.

“Ah, I see thanks.” And with that John hung up the phone. Grinning at Hamish, he spoke. “Two rooms.”

“What?” a distracted Hamish answered.

“That was Granny from the Inn. They are staying in two rooms, two separate rooms.”

“Two rooms?” Hamish smiled. Grabbing his hat off the floor he put it on walking towards the door.

“Where are you going?” TV john inquired.

“I gotta go see Billy the mechanic.”

After a much needed rest, and a belly full of some of the most scrumptious food she had ever eaten, Belle found herself with Mulder in the middle of a field a kilometer or so outside of town, where the first crop circle appeared almost a month and a half ago.

Although she had seen the pictures Mulder had emailed her, it was an entirely new experience to see the patterns and symbols first hand. Examining the flattened grass, Belle listened as Mulder recounted how local residents reported strange lights above Lake Lochdubh, while a local sheep herder found this in his field the next morning.

“Can we talk to him, the herder that found this?”

“Nobody’s talking now, the Constable made sure of that.”

“I’m surprised it got out at all.”

“Someone contacted the media. Soon every reporter found their way to Lochdubh. I found out about it on a small international paranormal news feed I follow. Caught the first flight out, but that’s when the hoax confession came out. Everyone was leaving by the time I arrived.”

“Well that was one of the things that confused me, when Dana called and told me about it. They classified it as a hoax within days of it appearing, so what made you decide to stay here and investigate?”

“Well I found it interesting that the man, Peter, who confessed to it, was known to spend his nights passed out in the local pub. Something just didn’t feel right about it. So I stayed, and a week and a half later, I saw the lights over Lake Lochdubh, and a new symbol appeared in this field by the next morning.”

“So why would Peter do it again, after confessing it was a hoax?” Belle inquired.

“Why, indeed, especially since I have it on good authority that he was passed out in the drunk tank that night.”

“So it wasn’t him, but why confess though?”

“Well one thing you will learn about this small town, is that the residents want to keep it that way…a small town”

“So we have a false confession, lights in the night sky, and new patterns and symbols being discovered?”

Mulder nodded.

“I love a good mystery,” Belle chuckled, as they continued to examine the field.

Four days had passed since Hamish first laid eyes on Belle French, and although he saw her consistently in his dreams, he had yet to see her again in person, that is until he walked into Barney and Agnes’s pub that Thursday night.

She sat in a corner table, a dress of blue lace, wound tightly against her firm body. She sat with Mulder, and Doc, sipping on a beer. Thanks to the town’s twin gossipers, Nessie and Jessie, Hamish had learned everything there was to know about the divine Belle French, and where and with whom she spent her time with over the last few days. She was an interesting bird, he would give her that. She had a BA in Ancient Languages, and her masters in Literature, if the gossip was to be believed.

“If only she was here under different circumstances,” he thought to himself.

He thought he quieted down this alien phenomenon hogwash when he got Peter to agree to confess to making those symbols in the field. Yes, Hamish was curious as to the origins of the lights and unexpected crop circles, but he was not about to let his beloved town to be put on display for every passing stranger to examine. The people here deserved peace and quiet, not to be poked or prodded by every alien chasing crackpot that stumbled into town.

He snapped out of his thoughts as her delicate laughter floated across the room, nestling into his ears.

“She’s a beautiful woman,” Barney the bartender motioned his head towards Belle’s table as he poured Hamish another.

“Aye.”

“Nice too. Agnes told me she was single as well.”

“Oh, did she now,” Hamish feigned annoyance.

“I’m just saying, a girl like that, they don’t stay single for long. A man has gotta take a chance when he still has one.”

“Well, I happen…” Hamish’s words were cut short, as he heard a familiar masculine voice boom through the room.

“And it’s a pleasure to meet you as well Ms. French.”

Hamish turned in his seat to see the newly returned James Spencer pulling up a seat next to Belle. His grip on his mug tightened as a wave of anger, and what Hamish would deny was jealousy made his blood boil.

James Spencer, six foot two, well built, and rich, was the only child of town matriarch Albert Spencer. He had recently returned to Lochdubh after his father’s passing, to take over the town store. If there was one thing Hamish hated more than a stranger in Lochdubh, it was James Spencer in Lochdubh. And there he was, talking to Belle French with a smoothness that would probably have her falling in love by the end of the night.

“Another round for the lady, Barney.”

Within minutes of meeting James, Belle knew he was not her type. Sure he was easy on the eyes but as he continued to boast about himself, she could see there was no real substance behind his looks. She had dated men like that before and it always ended in disaster.

“Well we are glad you are back, even though we wish it was under different circumstances,” Doc spoke up to James.

“Thanks,” James smiled, turning his attention back to Belle. “I moved back here from Elin after my father’s death.” Although he appeared solemn as he talked about his father, Belle couldn’t help shake the feeling that there was a bitterness hiding somewhere beneath his eyes. As he continued to talk, Belle couldn’t help but to catch a glance of the Constable, who was sitting at the bar. She caught herself glancing down at how well his jeans fit his backside. Feeling sudden warmth coiling in her belly, she shook her head, trying to force her attention back to the company at her table, but her eyes kept searching for him.

Two days later, the knocking on her door roused her from her sleep.

Rubbing her eyes, Belle let an elated Mulder into her room.

“Look what someone left outside my door. And more importantly look at page 118.”

Taking the book from Mulder’s hand, she turned to the dog eared page. Astonished Belle looked down at the page, the symbol she just saw in the field, staring back at her.

“What, How….Who?” Startled her thoughts scrambled together.

“I have no idea. I woke up this morning, and this book was at my door. Who knew? I guess at least one person in this town actually wants to help us.”

“It’s a Lingua Franca Semitic script.” Belle said flabbergasted. “I can’t believe I didn’t see it before.” Grabbing the pictures of the crop circles off the desk she examined them against the book. “Get me a pen and some paper,” she instructed as she sat down at the small hotel desk. Mulder watched silently as Belle frantically took pen to paper, finishing she sat back in her chair in awe.

“Could you translate it?”

She nodded silently at him.

“Well what do the symbols mean?”

“Believe.” She whispered.

Exhilarated by the finding, Belle and Mulder found a renewed resolve to uncover the mystery of the Lochdubh lights and crop circles. With a camera, walkie talkie, and blanket in hand, Belle made her way to the shore of Lake Lochdubh that evening with the intent of hopefully viewing the mysterious lights, while Mulder scouted the field.

As the sun went down, Belle pulled the blanket tightly around her, as she heard a snapping of a twig in the distance. Grabbing the walkie talkie, she pressed the button.

“Mulder are you there?” She was met with moments of static before Mulder’s voice rumbled in.

“I’m here, everything okay by the lake?”

Hearing another twig snap, Belle whispered. “I think someone is here.”

“I’ll be right there.”

She heard a heavy footstep behind her. Lifting her walkie talkie, she spun on her heel, ready to pounce on the intruder.

“Hamish?”

“Hey,” He held both hands up in front of him. “I didn’t mean to scare yah. I heard you were coming up here, and I just wanted to check on you.”

Relief flooded her system, as she placed her walkie talkie down.

“Belle are you okay, are you there?” She jumped as Mulder’s voice boomed from the device.

“Yeah, I’m here, it’s okay. It’s just the Constable.”

Hamish tried not to grimace at the ringing description she gave of him. Just the Constable. Not like the Adonis, James Spencer, Hamish thought to himself. He stood silently just looking at her. This was a mistake. He had heard from TV John that the pair of them had planned on splitting up, she at the lake, Mulder at the hay field. The thought of her alone in the dark made him apprehensive, so he packed a bag and before he could think better of it, headed to the lake to find her.

He needed to say something, but standing before her with those alluring blue eyes on him, all thought went out his head. How could anyone be so gorgeous? ‘Say something’ his thoughts screamed at him.

‘Tell her you were worried about her, no tell her you always patrol around the lake,’ his inner thoughts fought.

“So….” He finally spoke. “Seen any little green men?”

Shite, why the hell did he say that?

“If you are done making fun of me, I’m sure you have other people you still need to harass tonight, Constable,” she bucked back her displeasure evident in her voice.

“It was just a joke…I”

“Yes, I’m well aware everything I and Agent Mulder do is a joke to you Constable.” She snipped.

This was not going well, but as much as his embarrassment wanted him to flee, he still couldn’t just leave her here alone.

“Listen, I’ll just sit over here then,” he placed down his bag, spreading out a blanket he had in his arms about 20 feet away from hers. She shot him a look of her confusion, so he continued his reasoning. “I’m worried about you being out her alone.”

He saw her chin lower, her defensiveness ebbing away. “I won’t say anything, I’ll just sit over here, but…well my job is to keep this town safe, and while you are in this town, that includes you as well.”

The corner of her mouth twitched, and he could have sworn that he saw a brief smile.

“I actually wouldn’t mind the company,” she conceded.

His promise to stay quiet lasted all of fifteen minutes, and before long, the two of them were lost in conversation with each other. As the night went on, she found herself sitting on his blanket, as he pulled out a thermos of coffee.

“It’s so beautiful here. I understand why you want to keep this place hidden away from the real world.”

“It must be a change for you, coming from a big city,” Hamish responded.

“Who said I’m from a big city?” She laughed. Hamish listened memorized by her story. How she lived in Australia till the age of 10 then moved to America with her father after her mother had passed. He was surprised to learn that she currently lived in a small town, Storybrooke Main, to be near her father.

“The FBI often calls me in to consult on a variety of cases, so I get to travel some, but most of my work can be done at home remotely. Although I enjoy the adventure, there is nothing like small town.” She smiled at him, and Hamish felt his heart skip a beat.

The more she talked, the more he learned, and the more enthralled he became with her. Lucky for him, they saw no lights over the lake that night, or the next, or the night after that. His new ritual of nights with Belle under a blanket of stars next to Lake Lochdubh, had easily become the best nights of his life.

Hamish never had trouble garnering a woman’s attention; there must have been some truth about women loving a man in uniform. Women had come and gone out of his life, but the feelings he had for Belle were surprisingly new and deeper, than anything he felt before, and he hadn’t even kissed her yet. A situation he planned or rather hoped to rectify very soon.

Belle sat across from Mulder in the booth, a permanent smile plastered on her face as she stared at the menu.

“You look overly chipper this morning. Since I know we haven’t had any progress with the case, I assume you had progress in….other areas. ” He smirked taking a sip of coffee.

“He’s not who I thought he was. I mean the first time I met him, he was breaking your headlights, but he’s really a good guy underneath it all. He likes to read western novels, and you should hear the stories of how he bends over backwards to help his friends, and how much he loves this town, and….”

Holding his hand up to stop her love struck ramblings, Mulder laughed. “I get it, I get it. You think the guy is wonderful, but since he gets your nights, could I just get your attention this morning.”

“Right,” Belle said blushing, as she placed down her menu, pulling out the Ancient Linguistic book that their mysterious benefactor had left them. As Mulder started to talk, she flipped open the book, as the pages fell over, revealing the inside back cover. Her attention focused on an old worn brownish residue on the inside cover. She traced the rectangular shaped stain, as a thought suddenly occurred to her.

“Where is the nearest library?”

Warm fingers caressed his face as he leaned his cheek into the touch. Slowly opening his eyes he smiled at the vision of Belle before him. “Best dream ever.” He murmured sleepily, as her giggle danced through the air.

“Ahem,” Mulder cleared his throat, startling Hamish fully awake. Rubbing his eyes, he did in fact see Belle standing before him, with Mulder behind her. Was she just touching his face, or was he dreaming that? Either way, he wasn’t going to complain as he sat up on the couch in the jail.

“Sorry I must have fallen asleep?”

“That’s alright; we’ve all been having active nights lately.” Mulder smirked.

Casting him a glance, Mulder took her cue. “I…uh…I’ll just wait outside then.”

“Sorry to wake you,” Belle blushed. “But I needed to tell you something.”

“No it’s fine,” Hamish stood straightening his uniform.

“I just wanted to let you know, that Mulder and I have to follow up on a lead today, so I won’t be at the lake tonight.”

The punch of disappointment he felt showed on his face, as the next words out of her mouth were, “I’m sorry.”

“No, no you have nothing to be sorry for,” he rubbed the back of his neck. “I just….well…I…” He suddenly felt the end of his ears burning. Why was he so nervous to tell her that he wanted to spend more time with her? That the nights they spend together at the lake were the best moments of his life.

“I was thinking…well I’ve had such a good time getting to know you, that maybe when I get back we could go out…to eat….like a date?” she bit her bottom lip, looking at him through her lashes.

“Aye. I would like that. Love that in fact.”

“Great.”

“Great,” he echoed smiling so wide his face hurt. “So you got a lead?”

“Yeah,” she nodded her head. “We discovered….”

Her words were cut off by the swift entry of Doc, “Hamish they need you at….Oh,” he halted looking at the young couple before him. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you had company.”

“No, it’s okay. I’ve got to get going,” Belle smiled at Doc, turning her attention back to Hamish. “And it sounds like your needed elsewhere.” She turned to leave, as Hamish grabbed her hand, bringing it up to his lips. “Be careful.”

The hairs on the back of her neck rose, as his lips made contact with her hand. With a blush, she whispered, “See you soon,” as she turned and walked out the door.

The hours moved as slow as molasses that day. TV John couldn’t help but chuckle, as he watched Hamish walk to the window for the 10th time, peering out, looking for any trace of her return. It wasn’t until well after the sunset that TV John finally convinced Hamish to head to Barney’s Pub for a drink.

“Come on Romeo,” he teased. “Your Juliet obviously won’t be back till late tonight.”

Taking a swig of beer, Hamish leaned into Barney who was cleaning a glass behind the bar. “So how did you know Agnes was the one for you Barney?”

Chuckling to himself, Barney stared at his wife standing at the opposite end of the bar. “The moment I met her.”

“Phish posh,” a drunken regular chimed in sitting a few stools down. “There is no such thing as love at first sight.”

“Who asked you?” Barney clipped back, turning his attention back to Hamish. “It’s a common question, people ask, how do you know when you meet the one. The truth is when you’ve met the one, you just know it, it’s….”

“Magic, different….special,” Hamish said wistfully smiling at the thought of Belle.

“That it is,” Barney smiled at the love-struck grin on the constable’s face. Soon however Hamish’s smile faded, as two drunks started to fight. Hamish dragged the first man out, cuffing him to the railing outside the pub, while he went in for the second. As he took both men to the jail to sleep it off in the drunk tank, he shot a glance over to the inn, seeing that Mulder’s car still had not returned.

With both men in their cell, Hamish took a seat at his desk to fill out the paperwork, as the events and lack of sleep this week finally caught up to him. Closing his eyes, he fell into a deep peaceful sleep.

Jolting awake, Hamish lifted his head from his desk. Daylight streamed in the room, as he quickly headed straight to the window. A wave of comfort flushed through his body, as he saw the white ford fiesta, sitting outside the Inn. She was back.

With pep in his step, Hamish walked over to the cell, a renewed energy of getting to see Belle today, fueling his good mood. Picking up his baton, he started banging it against the bars.

“Rise and shine laddies,” the continuous clinking of the bars, aroused the two hangover men.

Groaning loudly the first man sat up on his cot, rubbing his blood shot eyes.

“Could you stop that damn noise?” the man commanded, causing Hamish to stop for a moment as if pondering the question.

“Oh you mean this noise?” Hamish smirked lifting the baton once again banging it against the bars. “Maybe you’ll think twice before acting like fools at Barney’s.”

Hamish heard the door open, glancing behind him to see Doc entering the jail.

“Hey Hamish,” Doc called out, as Hamish stopped his torment, turning around to acknowledge him.

“Hey Doc.”

“I heard from Agnes that these two were causing quite the ruckus last night.” Doc stated walking over the cell. “Thought I would bring over these,” he pulled a bottle of aspirin from his pocket, and a couple bottles of water.”

“Give me that,” the second man mumbled squeezing his arm between the bars to get the remedy for his hangover.

“You eat yet?” Hamish inquired to Doc.

“Yeah, I just finished breakfast.”

“Well after we get these two taken care of, I’m heading over the Inn to see if Belle wants to get a bite to eat then.”

“She’s already there, with James Spencer.”

“What?” Hamish spoke his voice laced with confusion. “Just the two of ‘em?”

He didn’t want to be jealous. Why was he jealous? Belle was just eating breakfast. Eating breakfast with the most eligible bachelor in town according to most of the female population.

“Take care of these two will yah?” Hamish asked Doc, as he was already half out the door, making a beeline to the restaurant. His heart raced as he neared the building, stopping in his tracks as he saw the two of them through the window.

The oaf reached over the table taking the hand she so freely offered. Hamish stumbled a moment, trying to will the power back into his legs as James stroked her knuckles and she gave him one of her most radiant smiles. He saw a rose lying near her, obviously given to her by him.

Through his agony, Hamish still had the forthright to move away from the window, as he flung his back against the brick wall of the alley. Trying to keep the contents of his dinner from last night down, he ran his hands over his face, his heart trying to make any type of sense of what he just saw. That looked like a date, hell who was he fooling, that was a date. She was flirting with him, he knew that smile, it was the same one she had given him.

After minutes of slouching in the alleyway, Hamish stood tall, straightening his cap. Anger and heartbreak fueled his steps as he sauntered into the restaurant, heading straight to the table with Belle and James.

“Hamish,” she was clearly startled by his sudden appearance pulling her hand out of the grasp of James.

“Good morning,” he gave his most cocky grin, even though he was dying inside. ‘Don’t let her see the hurt. Don’t give her the satisfaction,’ he thought to himself. “How are you two doing this morning?”

Her mouth hung open, and he could see she was struggling with what to say.

“Good, Constable,” James spoke. “A breakfast date with a beautiful woman is a wonderful way to start your day.”

Laughing, Hamish shook his head. He clapped his hand on James’s back, a tad too hard. “Yes, I believe that. Well don’t let me interrupt your date here.” He nodded at her, “Belle.”

Turning he closed his eyes, as he walked away from their table, his heart shattering in a thousand pieces.

Doc jumped at the slamming of the door. He was still in the cell attending to the men, as Hamish huffed into the room, throwing his cap, then undoing his tie, and throwing that to the floor as well.

“I take it things didn’t go well?”

If looks could kill, Doc would have been dead on the floor. Just as Doc opened his mouth to speak, Belle came rushing through the door.

“Hamish!”

“Oh great,” Hamish kicked the side of his desk. “Your date already over?”

“No listen you don’t understand…I was...”

“No I don’t need to understand,” he barked out. “I thought….I thought we…” he gestured his hand pointing between he and her. “Forget it.”

“If you would just let me speak,” Belle countered.

“You should hear the lady out,” one of the drunks in the cell chimed in his two cents.

“Stay the hell outta this!” Hamish pointed towards the cell. Turning he plastered on a phony grin.

“Its fine, Belle. It was a fun distraction, but it’s time you left here.”

“What?” he saw the stab of pain in her eyes, and for a moment he wanted to kick himself, but yet his broken heart kept talking.

“I was just trying to get close to you, so that I could get you to convince Mulder to leave. You’ve both outstayed your welcome here.”

Her bottom lip wobbled as her eyes started to water. “I don’t believe you.”

“You mean nothing to me.”

“You’re lying,” her voice was hoarse with emotion.

“Good day Ms. French,” he gestured for her to leave.

Walking to the door, she turned to him, one hand on the knob.

“Well you mean something to me,” she lifted her chin, her eyes still watering, as she walked out of the jail, possibly his life for good.

“You are going to regret that, Mate,” the other drunk called out of his cell.

“Who asked you?” Hamish countered.

“That girl has feelings for you, even a blind man can see that,” the other drunk spoke.

Hamish sat down in his chair running his hands through his hair. The look of hurt in her eyes would haunt his every night. She didn’t seem like the type of girl who played games. Why would she lead him on? So many questions swarmed his mind. She wanted to talk to him. Why hadn’t he let her speak, at least find out why she wanted James now, and not him.

“In my day, a man fought for the ones he loves,” the drunk said to the other.

“Aye. His pride outweighed his heart on that one. Shame cause she was a real looker, nice too.”

Overhearing the drunkards, Hamish realized that they were right. Belle was special, he had never had these feelings before in his life, and doubted he ever would again. He needed to fight for love, fight for her.

He quickly stood up, casting the three men a glance of determination.

“Go get err, Hamish,” Doc smiled at him.

After going to the Inn, he was informed that Belle was not there. He searched every building, asked every person he saw, but it seemed no one knew where she was. ‘Damnit, the town wasn’t that big, where the hell could she have gone, he thought to himself.’ Then it hit him.

Jumping in his car he made the short trek, and found her sitting by the lake. Willing his courage, he got out of the car, walking towards her with his heart in his hand. He would plead his case, beg her to give them a chance, and if she still wanted to be with James in the end, he would walk away if that is what her heart truly desired.

She was startled as she looked up and saw him standing a few feet away, he could see that.

“What are you doing here?” she asked, her eyes puffy, and he could see she had been crying for a while. Even with swollen eyes, and puffy nose, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life, and every word, every plan he had went out the window, as his heart spoke.

“You mean something to me too. Actually, you pretty much mean everything to me.” Her eyes started to water again, and he pressed forward.

“I was wrong. I saw you and him there, and jealousy and anger took over, but I should never have spoken to you that way, or said the things I said. Even though I can’t change that, I am here now, and want to talk this out, because I love you, and what we have is worth fighting for.

He waited with baited breath, as she moved to her feet. When she lifted her hands, half of him expected her to slap him, but she grabbed the lapels of his coat, crashing her lips to his.

The taste of her lips, made his head spin, and with that one kiss every other kiss in his life faded from his memory. This was his forever; this was the only woman he would kiss again in his life. His lips followed her, as she moved to pull away.

“That breakfast with James was just…” her words were cut off, as Hamish pulled her in this time for another kiss. That second kiss led to a third, then fourth, and soon the two found themselves wrapped around each other on the ground. Things may have gone further, if Hamish didn’t believe that Belle deserved better than their first time being a quickie on the cold hard ground. She deserved time, and comfort, and roses, and wine. He lay on his back, with her in his arms, and he stroked her hair.

“So why were you there with him this morning?”

Smiling she lifted her head from his chest, leaning on her elbow. “Remember when I told you we had a lead?”

She couldn’t help glancing at her watch, anticipation and nerves building, as Belle waited for James to show up to her hotel room. She opened the door on his second knock, and tried not to let her disgust show as she watched him, look her up and down like a piece of meat.

“Come in,” she gestured for him to enter, watching as he zoned in on the freshly made bed in her room. ‘Jerk,’ she thought to herself.

“I must say I am in no way complaining, but I am flattered at the attention I am getting from you today. First breakfast this morning, and now dinner tonight.” He chuckled.

“Well I just couldn’t wait to see you again,” Belle said a slight grin on her face.

He glanced over at the small desk against the wall, picking up the ancient languages book, quickly flipping through it.

“So have you and Mulder made any progress on those crop circles?” He asked interest piqued.

“Oh yes, all thanks to this book. We were able to decipher the meaning of the patterns in the field.”

“Wow! That’s great. So it’s real then. You know I never really believed that whole hoax theory.”

“Oh, the patterns are very real, but it is most definitely a hoax. But then again, you already know that don’t you James?”

He looked at her with confusion.

“I have to say, leaving Mulder that book, it definitely helped your cause, but you left too big of a clue in it.”

“Really? And what exactly was that?”

Taking the book from his hand, Belle pulled the pages revealing the inside back cover. “This residue on the back of the book. There was something familiar about the shape of it, and then it hit me. That’s where the library checkout card and pocket use to be.”

Stone faced he looked at the page, not revealing what was going on in his head.

“Most libraries they have switched to a more electronic form, but one of the charms of these little country towns, is that they still use this paper form.”

“So it’s a library book, I don’t see how that ties to me?”

“Well it doesn’t, not exactly. See I called a few of the local towns libraries to see if anyone had checked out this book, and the thing is that it really isn’t that much in demand. Not a real page turner I guess. All the libraries I called didn’t carry it, all for one that is, the library in Elgin.

“R...Really…” James stammered.

“Yes, isn’t that a coincidence, as I recall you told me you use to live there. And funny enough the one copy that the library had was actually stolen from the stacks. I mean can you believe that. Someone actually stole this book, removed the card and pocket holder, and possibly used it as inspiration to form the patterns in the field, and then it somehow ended up at the doorstep of Mulder and I. The only two people in this town determined to prove it wasn’t a hoax.”

“I have never seen that book before,” James retorted.

“You weren’t expecting someone to confess to it being a hoax did you, James. The media, the attention was dying down, and you couldn’t allow that to happen, could you? So you left this book for me and Mulder so we would verify these crop circles. Bring attention back to Lochdubh; scream to the heavens, that it wasn’t a hoax but that the crop circles were still a mystery.”

“So if I am somehow causing these crop circles, have you forgotten the lights the people have seen over the lake, let me guess I’m somehow magically causing those as well?”

“Actually yes, you are. When Mulder and I went to the library, we were able to pull your library account, and imagine my surprise, when I saw that over the last 6 months, you had checked out quite a few books on drones.” As Belle continued to talk, the bathroom door opened, as Mulder and Hamish emerged into the room, both men holding drones in their hands.

“Where in the hell….how in the hell did you get those?” James blared out, seeing the familiar machines.

“Unofficially,” Mulder spoke. “While Belle here was so kind as to agree to take you to breakfast this morning, and keep you…occupied…I happened to break into your apartment, and find them in your guest closet, but officially….”

“Officially...” Hamish smirked, “I happened to be walking by your apartment, and could have sworn I heard a baby in distress in your apartment. So I had no choice but to break down the door, and found these drones, as well as these…” Hamish threw down a folder full of pictures and research on crop circles onto the bed, “in plain sight.”

“You won’t get away this, you can’t get away this.” James barked.

“Can and have,” Hamish quipped.

Bristling James sat down on the bed, bringing his hands to his face. “How can you stand to live here?”

His question was met with silence, and soon James walls came crashing down, as he confessed to the three of them. He spoke about learning of his father’s illness a year ago, and the stipulation his father was putting in his will about how James would receive the house, and storefront in Lochdubh, on the condition that he live there.

“Even in death, he tried to control my life. He couldn’t stand the fact, that I left this town when I was 18 and never looked back. So he forced me to come back here, leave Elgin, and live here, in this pathetic town where nothing happens! Do you have any idea how many people visit Stonehenge in a year? How much money that town makes on tourists?”

“So you wanted to make Lochdubh a tourist trap?” Hamish asked appalled.

“The entire town would have benefited from it. Millions of people coming in spending money on lodging, food, and souvenirs; busses coming to the town…it would be…”

“Awful,” Hamish piped in.

“Beautiful,” James countered. “We could all be rich.”

“So you cooked up this crop circle scheme just to get Lochdubh on the map?” Mulder inquired.

“I used the drones to make the patterns in the field. I copied the symbols I found in that book.”

“So the lights that the town people saw were…”

“The drones flying over the lake, as I positioned them.” James confessed. “The mist and moisture over the lake caused a distortion of the lights making them seem grander then what it really was.”

“Sounds like the mystery has been solved,” Mulder turned to Belle.

Sneering at Belle, James spoke. “So I take it our dinner date is off?”

Hamish moved next to Belle, placing his arm around her waist.

“Sorry mate, she’s already got plans.”

Mulder placed his last bag in the boot of his car. Turning he smiled, as Belle wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Have a safe flight back.”

“I will.”

Letting go, Mulder couldn’t help notice the natural glow of love surrounding her.

“So I hear the bureau already contacted you about another case.”

Nodding Belle smiled. “Yeah, I told them I was taking an extended vacation, but when they doubled my price, I was amendable to work on it…remotely of course. For being such a small town, this place has an amazing Wi-Fi connection.”

Turning his attention to Hamish, Mulder gave him a stern look.

“You better take care of her.”

“Aye, I promise.” Hamish smiled a toothy grin, bringing his arm around Belle shoulder.

Circling the car, Mulder smiled as he passed the two new headlights. As he pulled out of Lochdubh, the last glance he saw in his rearview mirror was Hamish and Belle kissing.

One Year Later

“Okay we can leave the 18th and return on the 25th,” Scully spoke looking at the airlines website. Hearing no response she looked up over the computer to see Mulder smiling, as he twirled Belle and Hamish’s wedding invitation in his hand.

“It’s amazing to think this happened because of me.”

“I’m pretty sure the court records show that everything happened because of James Spencer,” Scully scoffed.

“You know what I mean, she would never have been there, and met him, if I didn’t decide to go there.”

“Well as I recall, it was my phone call and my favor that had Belle heading for Lochdubh.” Scully raised her eyebrows in a challenge.

Raising his hands, Mulder smirked conceding to his partner. “Alright, alright, we both had something to do with the two of them getting together.”

“Next thing you know you’ll be asking them to name their first born after you,” Scully scoffed.

“Well now that you mention it…”

“You’re unbelievable, Mulder.”

“What? Having another Fox Mulder in the world wouldn’t be so bad.”

“Well, I did hear that they are thinking of getting a dog,” Scully smirked.

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@rowofstars thank you so much for the tag! :) I wasn’t sure whether to do this for Rumbelle, Rumbelle + anyelle, or all Once fic. I’ve gone with all Once fic in the end so basically my entire AO3 :)

What are your five most popular works by kudos? (in descending order)

1) Painting Layers of Love - [Tumblr, AO3] Kudos: 128 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.

With this story I kinda feel like I’ve created something bigger than me. It started by accident, I wrote a little ficlet to go with a prompt aesthetic and I deliberately left the end open. Shameful confession time, I did that deliberately because I hoped people would ask for more. It was soon after I joined the fandom and I guess as I was new I felt a little invisible, I know I shouldn’t try and justify the deliberate baiting by having the ficlet end on an argument, as that’s probably wrong. Like I said shameful confession. Anyway I didn’t plan this fic, it just sort of evolved into a monster WIP and it means an incredible amount. I promise, I know I keep saying that but I do mean it, I will update at some point *hides*

2) Fall All Over Again - [Tumblr, AO3] [NSFW] Kudos: 116 Before the first Dark Curse the Evil Queen had a paranoid moment, which meant in cursed Storybrooke, Gold and Lacey were married. Therefore when Belle falls over the town line - Lacey returns. Everyone is shouting at her, and everything is wrong, so Lacey does something she never did once in 28 years of marriage, she turns to Gold for protection. In turn Rumplestiltskin does something that Gold never did in 28 years of marriage - he tells Lacey that he loves her. Belle loved him, so can Lacey fall for him all over again or will the curse mask true love forever?

I think this fic should also be entitled “Sam had a stupid amount of fun” because well yeah I did :) This was my first Lacey fic and I had an absolute blast. I’d actually quite like to revisit this verse and write a couple of prequels, and possibly a short sequel. I have so many new ideas though it’ll probably never happen but never say never.

3) Transposing Digits - [Tumblr, AO3] Kudos: 91 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.

Aka the little fic that could. I wrote the first chapter as a oneshot for last September’s AMR prompt. I confess I thought it was cliched rubbish and was amazed at the response. I got prompts and it became my fluff verse and I adore it for that. The mutual support, love and care and general fluff is off the charts. I know it’s bad form to stupid grin at your own work but it’s just so fluffy!

4) All I Needed - [Tumblr, AO3] Kudos: 76 When Emma told her high school sweetheart Neal, that she was pregnant a month before graduation, she didn’t know what to expect. The last thing she expected to find was a family, and a place to call home. This is a prompt verse. Mostly Swanfire at the moment, with a side of Rumbelle. Prompts welcome.

Wow. You can tell I haven’t looked at my kudos list in ages because I’m really surprised this is #4. I’m pleased though because I do have a soft spot for it. Again “it’s so fluffy” but then angst gives me a stomach ache so not too surprising I lean more towards external conflict, and a sickly sweet amount of mutual support, love and care. As it is says in the synopsis it’s a prompt verse. So if there’s something you want to see let me know :)

5) Once Upon a Lifetime - [Tumblr, AO3] [NSFW] Kudos: 66 Belle French’s life revolves around books. During the day she works as a librarian, and in the evenings she writes stories of her own. Everyday she watches Mr. Gold lock up his shop and everyday she swears that she’ll wave or do something, but she never does. If this were one of her stories then Mr. Gold would have noticed her watching him, and one day their eyes would meet and he would confess that he liked her as well. The problem was, life wasn’t a story. If it was, then Belle would have written herself a happy ending a long time ago.

You know I was just thinking about this story the other day. I promised a sequel back in January and it is definitely a story arc that I want to pursue. A while back I had a mini-prompt-a-thon and as part of that I wrote three linked ficlets. I was thinking that I’d merge that verse with this one as they are both basically running on the same lines. It’s on the list at least heh.

What are your five least popular works by kudos? (in ascending order)

1) Never Let the Pirate Babysit Alone - [Tumblr, AO3] Kudos: 4 Set about 18 months before the events of He’s Behind You. David and Snow want a night to themselves. Emma agrees to babysit but is called back to the sheriff’s station, leaving Hook alone with three-year-old Neal and baby Johanna.

There’s no rumbelle in this, it’s actually Hook-centric and basically a comedy fic. I don’t really think it’s bashing Hook but I suppose it could be construed that way. I wrote it intending that Hook meant well but was completely out of his depth. It’s part of my War Within verse and the third Once fic I posted.

2) Hands All Over - [Tumblr, AO3] [NSFW] Kudos: 8 Set during a fade to black moment of Under My Skin. Lachlan and Belle have been dancing around one another for weeks. Finally they surrender to the inevitable.

This is really short and just pwp basically. I wrote it as a gift for the1ultimatefan’s birthday back in January which was probably a mistake. Not the gift, never that, but writing a ‘sequel’ to a fic I hadn’t finished yet. I basically wrote the happy ending, now I still need to write how they get from A-B and I haven’t updated since February. I feel terrible about that.

3) Trouble Sleeping - [AO3] [NSFW] Kudos: 8 Missing moment between Chapter Five and Chapter Six of Conspiracy Afloat.

I wrote a long plotty fic for Rumbelle Secret Santa last year and this was the only smut in it, so I pulled it out and put it into a oneshot so I could rate the main fic T. I figured that would mean more people could read the main fic. Plus as this was the only smut, rating the entire fic at E would imply it was more smutty than it was. So it’s just pwp basically as all the plot is in the main fic.

4) The Quest - [Tumblr, AO3] [NSFW] Kudos: 9 When SGA-5 gate to just another planet in the Pegasus galaxy, Rush thinks it’s going to be a waste of their time. Belle is intrigued when a village elder informs them of The Quest, a perilous mission which is not for the faint of heart, left for those who seek the wisdom of the ancestor’s. Soon they are hip deep in Ancient traps, designed to test whether they are worthy of the grand prize, culminating in a terrifying battle with the guardian creature of legend - the griffon.

This was my actual assignment for Mayday Menagerie this year. It should probably also be known as “Sam’s indulgent fic” or “a love letter to Stargate” because I let my Stargate fan out and oops. That’s not selling it very well is it? How about there are several smut scenes, including a threesome, the one and only time I will ever write such a thing. I think this fic is what killed the smut writer in me, I haven’t been able to write smut since.

5) Swim to the Stars - [Tumblr, AO3] Kudos: 9 When Nicholas Rush is forced to attend a mandatory math conference in Hawaii, he is counting down the days until it’s over. Once he meets Belle French he stops itching to return to his research, that would still be there when the conference ended but Belle wouldn’t be. His life was in California, and hers was in Colorado, unless something changed…

I actually do want to sell this one. Yes, my inner Stargate fan had fun, but it’s very sweet and very fluffy. Rush buys palm print swimming trunks and has swim dates with Belle. Ruby’s in it briefly. Rush and Belle are basically both dorks and there’s nearly several misunderstandings but because I’m me, they get fixed quite quickly. It’s just really sweet.

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