*-Of course I do not own any of these characters.
First Kiss
For most of his life, Vincent spent his life in darkness. First his parents died, leaving him with just a castle full of servants for companionship. Then the sorceress cursed him. Well to be fair, it was his own fault. But it was done and the only way it could be undone was to find love and be loved in return. The problem was, there was no one to give that love to.
Then fate stepped in.
He found Belle in the dungeon with her father. He was surprised when she agreed to take her father's place.
She was beautiful, of course she was beautiful. But he did not anticipate how intelligent and brave she was. It was at that moment, that he started to change.
As the months flew by, he fell deeper into love with her. She was everything he had hoped for. Then she left to find her father and his heart dropped. The petals were falling and there was nothing he could do about it.
Then she returned, he expected her never to return, what woman would see herself with a beast like him for the rest of her days?
Had she not been there, he would have given up. He had learned to live and love because of her and he would loose his final chance for happiness.
But again fate chose otherwise. The blade dragged through his skin, a feeling far more painful than he had ever experienced. He had just enough strength to throw Gaston over the balcony before finally collapsing.
She was there, always constant, never wavering. The last thing he remembered was her bright brown eyes and a wish that they might be reflected in their children one day.
He felt nothing as he transformed, only remembering opening his eyes, feeling as if he was reborn and the entire world was open to him.
He embraced his servants and then looked to her. She looked shocked, as if she had not known him at all.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"You don't know me?" It was unexpected, that after all of this time, she would not know him.
"Tell me something only he would know" Vincent heard the inflection in her voice, it was not him she loved, it was what the sorceress made him into.
"When you were a child…"it was an experience as a child that had wounded her deeply; only her father knew of. It had taken her time to reveal that event and even it had been revealed, it took several minutes of heavy crying before her tears finally dried.
She looked away from him for a moment and then looked back, for a moment, not believing that it was him.
"Look at me, I haven't not changed" He took her hands in his own. "I love you, I want to marry you, I want to be the father of your children, I cannot imagine my life without you".
"Belle, please" when it looked like she was still unsure, he acted on an impulse he had for months.
He kissed her and was delighted that she kissed back as he lifted her off the floor.
"I have been waiting for you to do that" she said as they finally broke.
"Why did you not tell me?" he asked.
"Just kiss me again" she replied.
"Tell me you'll marry me".
"Are you bribing me?" Belle asked.
"Perhaps".
"Of course, I will marry you".
The kiss that followed was joining of two soul mates, freed from their pasts and hoping that for the rest of their lives, this was all they would need and want.
The End