Rumpelstiltskin and Belle were sitting together quietly in their dining room in the Dark Castle when a knock on the door interrupted their meal.
"Do you want me to get it, pet?" Rumpelstiltskin asked his true love affectionately.
"No, I've got it love." she answered happily, taking another bite before standing up, brushing her dress down, and went to the door only to have it opened for her, by none other than the Evil Queen's mother, Cora. "Hello, dear, I was wondering if Rumpelstiltskin was in." Cora said, feigning niceties.
"Yeah, he is but he's, ah, eating now." Belle responded, not necessarily wanting to let the pretty woman near her love. Perhaps it was simply because she was pretty, or perhaps it was that picture of her that hung in one of the rooms of the castle. What colour was her dress? Ah, right. Green. The colour of envy. She had had a drape covering it. She was a jealous creature, and only wanted Rumple's eyes to be for her.
"Back up." Cora told Belle.
"No, he's eating!" Belle stalled loudly.
With a flick of her wrist, Cora had Belle thrown across the room, unable to move long enough for Cora to enter the dining room.
"Rumple! How lovely to see you again," Cora feigned another nicety, smirking softly as she turned to make sure Belle hadn't run in after her.
"Charmed, I'm sure," Rumpelstiltskin didn't offer her to sit, but here she sat, in Belle's seat even, beside him.
She traced a circle on his thigh and smiled up at him. "I've been thinking about you, Rum." she drawled out.
"Cora, are you.. Are you drunk?" Rumpelstiltskin had to ask, swatting her hand away. Instead of recoiling back, Cora only took this as a sign to go forward with her plans of seducing the Dark One. She reached up and grabbed the back of his neck, pushing her face against his and their lips met right as Belle stormed back into the room.
"Excuse me," Belle coughed loudly to alert them of her presence. "But Rumpelstiltskin is seeing someone."
"And who, might I ask, is he seeing?" Cora pulled apart from him to ask, then stood up and walked over to Belle and got all up in her face.
"Me." Belle said bravely, looking down at Cora angrily.
"Uhhhh," Rumpelstiltskin was shellshocked at Cora's kiss, though it wasn't happily.
"You see, Cora, there's just one thing. I know he loved you, or pretended to, a long time ago… and trust me, I'm not jealous of you, but I thought you should know something," Belle snorted.
"And what is that, dearie?" Belle's hand turned into a fist as Cora used the Dark One's nickname.
"You were never good enough for him, or anything like me." Belle said loudly, in a singsong voice, skipping over to be by Rumpelstiltskin's side and pecked his cheek.
"And who exactly are you to judge what's good enough for him?" Cora backfired angrily.
"Easy. His true love."
"I don't think so, DEARIE." Cora shouted. "All you'll ever be to him is a cheap who-" and just as suddenly as she had entered the room, she exited with a gust of purple gas that Belle had come to know as Rumpelstiltskin's.
"You are not a whore." was the first thing out of his mouth.
"And you are mine." Belle backfired.
"Did I ever claim to be someone else's?" Rumple asked her sassily. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his lap.
"No, but she seemed to think you were hers." She couldn't help it, she was pouting now. Now that everything was safe, calm, and Cora free, she could let down her brave face. She was beyond hurt that someone would try to steal away her love.
"But I'm not. Would you like me to show you who's I am?" Rumpelstiltskin offered her slyly.
"Please, Rumple." The moan from her mouth was almost involuntary. He swallowed the moan with his own mouth, almost making her fall out of his lap in relief from his touch. It was okay. She was okay. He was hers.


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