Two Worlds, One Love

Chapter One: The Pawnbroker and the Waitress

Nobody in Storybrooke really understood them. They didn't understand how two such diametrically opposite characters could be in such a strong and stable relationship. On the surface, they were constantly trading barbs and thinly veiled insults to each other, and more than once the townspeople had been witness to blazing arguments between them that left the normally impeccable Gold shaking with rage and gripping his cane so tight his knuckles were white. It has to be noted that most of the arguments were due to Ruby's provocative way of dressing. Gold loved it, but he tended to get a bit angry when others noticed.

But, in spite of the fighting, barbs, and the way they both knew how to drive the other completely round the twist, every citizen in Storybrooke knew that Tomas Gold and Ruby Hood were truly and deeply in love.

Though Emma Swan wouldn't have guessed it from the actions that were currently taking place at the Diner.

She had come in for a coffee and seen Gold sitting at the counter, quietly reading a paper and watching Ruby wait on the only other customer besides them-Dr. Whale. Whale was being his usual lecherous self, and Ruby was lapping it up, laughing at his off color jokes.

Gold did his best to ignore them, but then Whale reached around the table and smacked Ruby's ass, and Gold saw red.

He vaulted off the stool and slammed Whale against the table before either Emma or Ruby could react. Whale squawked in surprise and Gold drew him close, speaking in a deadly voice. "Don't. Touch. My. Ruby." He punctuated each word with a sharp slam of Whale's head onto the table. Whale yelped in pain, and Gold hauled him up and punched him hard, repeating his earlier words.

Emma and Ruby came forward, alarmed at the beating Whale was taking.

"Gold, what has gotten into you? ! Let him go!" Emma tugged on his arm, and Gold growled and threw her off.

"Tomas! Let him go, he didn't do anything!" Ruby tugged on his shirt, speaking in a pleading tone.

Gold looked over at Ruby, a furious expression on his face. "He touched you. The bastard slapped your ass, and you say he didn't do anything? !" But he dropped Whale nonetheless, and the doctor hightailed it out of the Diner.

Ruby pinched the bridge of her nose, taking a deep breath before she spoke. "Yes. Look, I know you hate the way I dress. I know you hate the fact that I flirt. But damn it, I think I've proved enough times that you're the only man for me! So for fuck's sake, stop with the fucking protectiveness! I am an adult, you know!"

Gold snorted, and Ruby glared at him before slapping him across the face and stalking off towards the kitchen, leaving him utterly gobsmacked. "What did I do?"

Emma blinked, a little off keel. "Well, you appear to have committed assault, and you pissed off your girlfriend."

Gold chuckled. "Sheriff, Ruby and I 'piss each other off' at least once a week. If we didn't, we'd get bored. Are you planning to arrest me for defending my lasses' honor?"

Emma sighed, shaking her head. "No, because if you must know the truth, I've wanted to beat up that asshole ever since he used Mary Margaret. Just…next time, try to be more discreet. OK?" Gold nodded, a wicked gleam in his eyes.

Emma made a face, then placed some money on the table and exited the Diner. Gold took a breath. Now came the hard part. Ruby was sitting on the dryer, staring at the far wall when he walked in, a contrite and apologetic expression on his face. "Ruby? I'm sorry. It's just…damn it woman, you must realize how fucking gorgeous you are. The mere fact that you're with me, the Scourge of Storybrooke, is something I still haven't gotten used to. You could have the pick of every man…well, almost every man here, and you choose me. Why?"

Ruby shrugged, looking at him. "I don't know. Everyone warned me against you. Granny, Regina, Graham, everyone. They all said the same thing. That you were unscrupulous, a bastard, cold hearted, and not to be trusted. But they didn't see what I saw."

Gold came over to her, leaning in close, and Ruby moaned as he traced her jaw with his hand. "And what was that, my jewel?"

Ruby placed her hand on his chest, stroking him through the silk of his shirt, and he gasped softly, eyes closed. "A fascinating, intelligent, and down right fucking sexy man." Gold opened his eyes and giggled, an almost imp-like sound, before pulling her into a hard and bruising kiss. Ruby pressed herself against him, groaning at the feel of his hard cock pressing against the waistband of her shorts. She shifted positions, her pussy already throbbing, and thrust hard against him. Gold grabbed the back of her head, yanking her out of the kiss, and glared at her. "You do that again, my jewel, and this will be over before it can start." The wicked grin that Ruby gave him made him gulp and grow harder. He yanked her forward, kissing her so hard he tasted blood, and grabbed Ruby's shorts, pulling them and her rather abbreviated panties off in one swift movement.

Gold stroked her inner thigh with his fingertips, ghosting across her pussy, and Ruby groaned in frustration. "Tomas…"

"Oh no, my love. You know the Rules, dear. If you want me, you have to say please." He pressed his finger against her pussy, growling softly as he stroked her, and Ruby whimpered.

"Damn you, Tomas…"

Gold chuckled, nipping on her earlobe. "That's a distinct possibility, Ruby. Now…just one word, and I'll put my cock in you and fuck you until you're panting. That is what you want, right? To be completely and thoroughly fucked by your lover?"

Ruby moaned incoherently as Gold stroked and teased her pussy. "God. Damn. You. PLEASE!"

Gold kissed her. "Of course, Ruby." He had his pants off in two quick movements, and then he was yanking Ruby close to him and pounding his cock into her over and over again. She braced herself on the dryer, her arms and legs locked around his body as he braced his bad leg against the dryer.

He loved fucking Ruby. His jewel seemed to have infinite energy, and his cock seemed to be made to fit inside her warm pussy. But he also loved the long nights of making love, when he would worship Ruby's perfect body as thoroughly as he could, sending her to the peaks and pinnacles of sexual pleasure.

But, every once in a while, he had to assert his claim on her, and the best way to do that, he had learned, was with a nice hard fuck.

"Oh god Tomas I…I'm….FUCK!" Ruby threw her head back and screamed as her orgasms rocketed through her. This was another reason she loved Tomas. He could make her come harder than any man ever could. The first time, she had been left literally unable to move.

Gold cried her name as he came, spilling his seed inside her, then pressed his forehead to hers, grinning at her. "So, is my apology accepted, Ruby?"

"Uh huh."

"Oh good."

Ruby hopped off the dryer and retrieved her shorts before heading back out to the dining area. Gold leaned against the wall, lost in thought.

The citizens of Storybrooke didn't know the whole truth about him and Ruby. Of course Ruby didn't either. To them, they had only been dating for a few years. But Gold knew that they had been together for infinitely longer.

He had found his Red in one world, and had made sure that she would still be his in another.

A/N: I chose Tomas for Gold's first name because it means 'Twin', as homage to his dual personality. (And I'm going by my theory that he does remember his life as Rumplestiltskin.)