Drabble Day

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Now that the new season is underway Drabble Day will be a little different. One will pertain to the previous episode and the other will be the same type we used during the hiatus. You may choose to write your drabble based on one or both. If you choose both, please put each drabble in separate comments.

Prompts of the week:
Based on last Sunday's episode, write a scene you think the story line needed or a scene you wish the writers included or extend an existing scene.

Fork in the road
This can be literal or figurative.


100 - 1000 words. Post a link in the comments to longer fics.

Please use the spoiler tag. < lj -spoiler > < / lj - spoiler > (no spaces)

If your drabble is rated R or higher, please note that in the subject line.

Have fun!

Comments

They would never film this but...

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

The dancing had been lovely.

The picnic dinner that Granny had made them was divine.

They found a linen closet and a bedroom with a large bed.

Quickly they put the sheets on the bed.

Slowly they removed each other’s clothing just enjoying the touching of skin and lips.

They fell into the bed and explored each other’s bodies with both passion and some shyness.

Each had their concerns about their performance but neither should have been.

The act had been tender and satisfying for both parties.

Both were sated and happy.

One fell deep asleep and the other couldn’t.

RumBelle: Another Day In Paradise (PG/K+)

[katleept.livejournal.com]

Instant, uncalled magic thrums in his flesh as he glides his fingers over his new bride. She sleeps peacefully except for a muscle twitching every now and then on her face. He knows he should not intrude upon her privacy, but there is still so much he faces. He's still scared of losing her when he does at last tell her the truth, but her dreams might give him a hint as to rather or not she can find it within her heart to forgive him, not that he deserves her forgiveness not this time or any of the countless times she's granted him mercy before.

His fingers touch her flesh for just a brief moment, but that single second of contact is all he needs. Rumplestiltskin is swept away into Belle's dreams and finds him looking, through her blue, beautiful eyes, at the ever-cliche fork in the road. She is being offered two hands, and it is to him each belongs. On one side, he is dressed as he was when they shared their first wedding dance, quite possibly the most gallant he's ever been; on the other, he is dark. His veins can be seen, and he laughs cruelly. The magic has done its deed and almost eaten the last of his soul; only Belle remains to save him.

He knows she will take the first hand that is offered to her. After all, it is him, and he is almost untouched by magic there, using it only to please her. She'll never again have to sully herself with the darkness of his other side. But yet as surely as Rumplestiltskin is in his wife's decision, Belle is just as certain and, without hesitation, reaches out and takes both hands.

"I want you, Rumplestiltskin. I love you, darkness and light, good and bad, everything you are." Rumplestiltskin returns to the conscious world as her words echo through him. "And everything I am is yours."

He smiles down at her sleeping face, still awed by her quick and doubtless decision. He strokes her skin again, smoothing the furling, brown hair around her lovely face, but this time does not even think to pry. He has all the answers he needs and realizes, too, that he should have already known them. He doesn't yet have the courage to tell her, but he will and she will stand by him as she always has before.

He leans down and kisses her forehead, her words still echoing inside his heart and soul. She loves him, all that he is. She's shown him that time and time again. There is great power in magic, but the greatest power, as he has known now for centuries, is that of True Love. He should stop doubting his soul mate, his own True Love. He should believe in her power to save him, but still it remains so hard to do, and even harder to tell her he's failed her again.

He pulls back, silently tightening his resolve. He will tell her -- she will forgive him --, but not this morning. It's a beautiful day outside; he's created another bookcase full of brand new books for her in their library. There's plenty for her to enjoy this day. He will not ruin it for her, and he aches to bask in the glow of her love and joy. He doesn't want to make her sad, as he knows he will, but in time, he'll tell her. In time, he'll tell her everything, and she will understand and accept him.

But for now . . . He smiles. A flick of his wrist sends fresh, red rose petals fluttering across the bed. A second flick creates a silver tray, complete with a teapot and their special cup. A third, and breakfast is ready, and steaming hot, upon the tray. "Mrs. Gold, it's time to wake up," he calls to her, smiling. He wants just one more day in paradise before he tells her, but then, Rumple thinks to himself with a smile that warms even his deepest insides, every day with his Belle is another day in paradise as long as she loves him, and she always will.

The End

Re: RumBelle: Another Day In Paradise (PG/K+)

[redrockcan.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful. You really have Rumple down perfectly (is that a good or a bad thing dearie? ;) I love his constant struggle; it makes him such a fascinating character. Belle will find out that he's not being truthful sooner or later. I wonder what his choice will once his "last bit of soul" is on the line. Great work as always!!

Re: RumBelle: Another Day In Paradise (PG/K+)

[katleept.livejournal.com]

I have faith Belle will pull his soul out of the fire by the end of it all. If the writers stay true to their characters, they WILL eventually get their happy ending, but we can scarcely expect the show's most popular character to get his happy ending anywhere near this early in the series' run, now, can we? :-)

And thanks for the compliments. I, for one, do take it to be a very good thing, indeed. ;-)