A/N: I know, I know. I haven't posted anything in weeks. I'm a horrible person. School's been really kicking my butt. I'm taking Physics and AP English and both are sort of ruling my brain in tyranny. It's bad. I am still working on the second part of 'Taking A Bath', so that should be up…at some point in time. I have absolutely no ambition to write smut right now. Sorry. This story is not canon. It never will be. This is just pure, lovely fluff. And a shoe obsession. Anyway, here's this! Good reading and only a week 'til the season premiere!
Rumpelstiltskin could hardly believe his luck. Yesterday, the curse had ended. Regina had fled to the forest and was presumably scheming her return. Snow and King James were organizing their castle and everyone else was still confused on what was happening. This was the calm before the storm of war that was sure to break, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Belle—his wonderful, glorious, alive Belle—was here and on his arm as they walked through town.
He turned to look at her, delighting in the way her eyes widened at each new thing and how her smile never dimed and her grip on his arm never loosened. She was full of child-like wonder and Rumpelstiltskin couldn't stop the smile that rose to his face. A few people stopped and stared as he walked by with the least malicious grin they'd ever seen on him. Rumpelstiltskin didn't notice. Belle stopped dead. He turned and found her gaze on a shop window. More specifically, on a pair of shoes. They were beautiful red heels, ribbon-wrapped peep-toe stilettos. Rumpelstiltskin took one look at Belle's face and practically dragged her into the store.
Belle protested the whole way in, of course, and even as the salesperson sized her foot, she kept refusing. It was only when they left with a bag on Belle's arm that she smiled shyly up at Rumpelstiltskin and whispered,
"Thank you." Rumpelstiltskin wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pressed a kiss to her crown of curls.
"You're welcome." And the smile on his face could have lit up all of Storybrooke.
A/N: One more thing: I'm now on Tumblr! I'm going to upload the picture of Belle's shoes to my account, Painted and Polished: dressy-nails. tumblr. com Just remove the spaces and you're good to go!