Cora/Rumplestiltskin.
1. Angst :
He will die.
He will die, because it has to happen, because a bloody pirate tried to have his revenge, and because Cora died nothing to stop him.
He will die, and even though most of his thoughts come in Belle's or Bae's direction, he still thinks about her.
This woman he loved and shouldn't have loved, and even though it's not the case any more, there is still something of this common past, and he asks himself, he asks her if she ever loved him.
He will die.
But no, in the end, she does, she falls, and even though a little satisfied smile is on his lips, right now, and that he thinks, You lost deary, and even though he is relieved to be alive, something is still there.
The fact that once, he loved her.
2. AU [Bad ending] :
Snow does what she thinks to be fair, in the end, and Cora kills him.
She becomes the Dark One, and it happens as the man she still loves is falling in front of her, and he can't breathe any more, not far from death.
And she kisses him one last time, would almost wish that her kiss could save him.
But no, it doesn't work that way, and she won't have a happy ending, not in the traditional sense, in fact.
And he dies.
Rumplestiltskin dies, and she regrets nothing.
3. Crack!Fic :
Cora crosses her arm, seeming furious.
Rumpelstiltskin then smiles to her lover.
"What is happening to you ?"
With a furious look, she shows the screen with a gesture of her hand
"I don't look like that," she then says.
(Yes, to show to fairy tales' inhabitants their Disney' version may be a little repetitive.
But Rumplestiltskin doesn't care.
Now, he wants to show her the version with Regina.
Just to see her head.
He is already laughing.)
4. Crossover [Tales From the Kingdoms] :
The Rumplestiltskin of this world is alone, and his wife died years ago, and he just has his daughter, Rapunzel.
The other Rumpelstiltskin looks at Cora, and can just be happy that he didn't loose her, never let her go, and never let her become a monster.
He comes back into his world, happy.
5. First Time :
The first time she hates him, is precisely at that moment where she falls, she dies and feels again.
Because she remembers how much she loved him, and also because she remembers the pain it is to feel something, to feel love.
She doesn't even have time to be afraid of all of this, and with her love for Regina, there is also hatred for this damn imp that killed her (because she knows it's coming from him, and no one else.)
It's the first time she really hates him, because he will take Regina's mother from her.
And also because this love for him would have been useless.
6. Fluff :
Rumplestiltskin is not a father for Regina, he will never be. Not more as Cora herself, it's true.
But maybe that sometimes, when Henry isn't there, he comes there.
And even though Cora doesn't have her heart any more, some things never change.
When she sees him with Regina, who is a baby, maybe that there is something in Cora which regrets, and maybe that she almost sees themselves as a family, him, the immortal imp, her, the one who will never be queen, and also this child they will both break one day.
They were never united in love, they will be in hatred and darkness.
It's probably the only thing Regina will retain from them, in the end.
7. Humor :
One of Rumpelstiltskin's satisfactions, is that he made her laugh more than Henry ever did.
It's one of the rare things that the prince will never take from him.
8. Hurt/Comfort :
He is just there, after Regina was born, and she doesn't even want him to go.
But it's Cora, so, of course, she doesn't apologize, doesn't tell him I love you, nor any of these things.
And even though it's good for them, it doesn't fix was had been destroyed in the past.
Something breaks in her as he leaves.
9. Smut :
She had lonely nights, after Zelena' birth.
And then, Rumpelstiltskin entered in her life, and, before her wedding with Henry, they had wonderful nights.
But, after all of this, it was one of the things she missed the most.
This, and the magic she could practice with him.
10. UST :
She is with Henry, and anger and jealousy take him.
Years later, as she learns Belle's existence, it's her turn to be jealous.
If he knew, the Dark One would smile, satisfied.
But she hides it well.