Morning in a Small Provincial Town

by Rosepixie

A series of very short stories about characters from Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast in the morning. There is very little plot, but it is safe to assume that the stories all take place on the same morning, so small connections may become evident. I have no current plans to expand any of these, but may continue to add more of them over time.

4. Lumiere

Lumiere woke up under the table in the hall. He was hidden from anyone who might be passing by the floor-length tablecloth. He glanced up and again thanked his lucky stars that some of the palace furniture was still inanimate.

Leaning into the space between his central candlestick and one of his arms was a sleeping feather duster. If he had been human now, she would be nestled into his neck. Lumiere smiled at her. Cogsworth had always complained that Lumiere fooled around with all the maids, and in the past when they had all been human it had been true. Recently, though, he had been less interested in the maid staff, and it wasn't because he was now an enchanted candelabra.

Lumiere had found that only one maid caught his attention anymore. Since he had become more enamored of Fifi, he had been less and less interested in any of the other castle beauties. At first, he had assumed that it was a passing fancy and that soon he would return to his roving ways, but the more time he spent with Fifi, the more that it became apparent that this wasn't going to go away.

Using the arm that Fifi was not sleeping on, Lumiere lifted the tablecloth just a little bit and peered out. No one was in the corridor and Belle's door was still closed. Belle must still be asleep. Letting the cloth fall again, Lumiere let himself relax. He could stay here with his sweet Fifi for a little while longer. Neither of them would be needed before the girl was up.

Setting back into a comfortable position and cuddling the feather duster closer to him, Lumiere began to hum softly. He was exactly where he wanted to be.