Love Is Layered

Author: Katrina (RumplesNewGirl)

Pairing: Rumpelstiltskin (Mr. Gold)/Belle (Linda French)

Synapsis: What if things had been different and Belle had stayed with Rumple, what would have happened to the curse and how would that have changed the ways to break the spell?

Chapter: 1/?

Rating: M

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the OUAT characters or OUAT itself.

So this is my first RumBelle fic and hopefully you all will enjoy this. It deviates from the cannon quite a bit, but hopefully not too much as to be unrecognizable.

Light streamed in from the grand windows of the grand hall casting a cheery light all over the trinkets and the sparse furniture that decorated the room. Odd trinkets were put up on pedestals, each had a hidden meaning and purpose known by only a few select people and seen by even fewer. This grand hall had once been dark and dismal, inhabited by a trickster who was only focused on making deals, spinning at the wheel, and forgetting about his past. That changed one-day, one day when the nailed down curtains had been stripped away and a heroine had fallen into his arms.

Rumpelstiltskin sat there at the head of the table smirking to himself thinking back over the last three years since Belle came into his life and how drastically things had changed. He closed his eyes for a brief moment thinking back to the early days, when he had still been so hard, so callous towards her.

"Where are you taking me?" Belle asked with suspicion in her voice as she walked with him. He smirked at the trepidation in her voice and looked at her out of the corner of his eyes "Let's call it…your room." He could be devious when he wanted and at the moment he wanted to; he enjoyed toying with the girl. "My room?" There it was the hope in her voice, she may even think it might not be as bad as she once though, but it would be. "Well, it sounds a lot nicer than dungeon." As the door opened and he tossed her in he laughed with glee and locked the door behind him, this was going to be quite pleasant indeed.

He opened his eyes, that hadn't been one of his finer moments, but now that they were past that and she had moved up to a much more grand room in his estate they would laugh about that moment from time to time. He sat up as he heard footfalls coming towards the hall and he let himself relax and smile, his crème tunic and simple breeches and boots allowing him to feel more free to be relaxed around her in his, no their, estate.

"There you are, I woke up and you were already gone, it was kind of disappointing." She pouted her bottom lip protruding just a little bit as she sat at the chair to the right of his, shifting a bit and making room for the small bundle in her arms. Rumple leaned over and pecked her cheek and then stroked the babe's forehead as he slept.

"I had some contracts to look over from recent deals I made. Now I will be able to spend the bulk of the day with my lovely wife and son." He let out a small giggle and sat back in his chair. Belle sighed looking at him as she sat back against the tall back of her chair and watched him. "Darling I wish you would stop making deals, they're getting more dangerous." Her large eyes stared at him with a pleading look, but the gaze was broken as the baby began to stir in her arms and she had to shift once again so she could nurse him, glancing up her brows furrowed as she caught Rumple staring at her. "He's such a lucky little thing isn't he?" A giggle escaped his lips and Belle gasped in indignation. "You say such scandalous things to me dear heart." His hand reached out to stroke her face, "You weren't complaining last night love." She felt a blush of crimson grow from her face down to her neck but didn't deny it.

Rumpelstiltskin watched his family knowing that any deal he made from thereon out would be in order to advance his wife and son, to ensure that they would be protected. It struck him that he had never wanted to protect someone so vehemently since his son; he quickly pushed that memory out of his mind making a mental note to use the afternoon to spin some more.

He was broken out of his reverie by Belle covering back up and then burping their son cooing and speaking quietly to him, glancing over to him and smiling softly. "Would you like to hold your son love? I should really be going to get dressed for the day." She smirked and watched as conflicted emotions crossed over his golden features. She saw him war with them even while he took the baby out of her arms and held him close. "I always love holding our son, but I really wish you wouldn't run off and get dressed so soon, we could wait for his nap perhaps and then I could….assist you with changing. I find that plan more agreeable, do we have a deal?" He asked a hint of mischief in his eyes as he rocked the baby admiring Belle's golden nightgown, admiring the plunging neckline. Her eyes widened, "Not in front of Damon Rumple, you're going to scar him for life." She laughed but made no move to get up.

Before she knew it Rumple had rocked Damon to sleep, the six month old baby content and safe in his father's arms, she stood up as Rumple, he seemed eager to put the baby to bed as quickly as possible, and as they walked up to the nursery he kept a hand pressed to the small of her back. "Eager Rumple?" She laughed as he set the baby down gently in the large basinet starting the golden mobile with a bit of magic and then he turned to her and she sobered her laugh quite quickly, the look in his eyes saying that he was not in the mood to be trifled with, there was a baser need he was more interested in. Walking swiftly over to her and picking her up over his shoulder as she protested playfully and he placed a firm swat on her bottom. "Uh uh dearie, no protesting, you were toying with me all through breakfast, and now I'm going to get to toy with you. A deal is a deal." He snickered and practically bound to the main bedroom.

The curtains were still closed and the room was pretty dark still, he flopped Belle down on the bed, the sheets still ruffled from their previous night's escapades. Belle giggled and looked up, her lips red and pouty waiting for him to devour, her body luscious and ripe for the taking, and take her he did, twice. The first time heated, almost animalistic. His hands were moving over her body touching her, possessing her. Her own hands didn't stay still; quite the contrary they pulled at him, tugging his hair as they kissed feverishly, and grabbing his hips as he thrust into her, her body submitting to his ministrations.

Her cries and pleas for him to move in her did nothing to calm him, but urged him on until they both came to their apex and fell over into orgasmic bliss. The second round of coupling was tenderer; they expressed their love for one another, their devotion. Belle laid her head on his chest after, her brown curls falling over him; she sighed most contented and closed her eyes. "I do so love our little deals Rumple, you always….rise to the occasion." He chuckled and stroked her hair as he closed his eyes hoping to get in a nap after the exhausting yet satisfying events that had just occurred. His hopes her dashed however at the sound of Damon screaming for his mother in the adjoining nursery. As he opened his eyes and saw Belle, wrapped in a sheet, making her way to their son he put his hands behind his head and a toothy, crooked grin came to his face. "Life is perfect." For that brief moment in time it was, but alas, even he knew the magic of love would have a high price to pay at some point, and little did they know that point would come soon enough.

What do ya'll think? I used to write fanfiction a while back, but I hadn't had the urge in years until OUAT came on the air, and the pairing of RumBelle is so attractive. This isn't the end, there are some definite twists away from the canon both in this chapter and coming up, but I think they'll work really well and you all will enjoy them. Read and Review please.

Also I am looking for a beta reader if anyone is interested?