Started it on 24th /12/17
Title: Brotherly love
Author: DavidBoreanaz'swife247
Pairings: Rumbelle/swan-fire
Gene: family spiritual/ Angst /Hurt and comfort
Warnings: none
Rating: K
Disclaimer: I do not own OUAT
Intro: its Christmas day and the brother spend time with each other before the rest of the family wake up
****25th December 2029*****
The next morning at 5:30am Bae woke and rolled over seeing the sleeping image of his wife and smiled he kissed her and got out of bed dressing warmly he quietly left the room and made his way to his brother's room and quietly opened the door and saw his brother sleeping wearing an impish grin on his face Bae walked in and over to his brother and jumped on him.
"Gideon its Christmas" he shouts
Gideon was so shocked he knocked his brother off the bed.
Seeing Bae on the floor laughing.
Gideon eyes narrowed.
"That was NOT funny Bae," said Gideon.
Picking his pillow and throwing it at his brother that started a pillow fight only for it to have ended with the brother laid out on the bed laughing.
He then grabbed his camera from his bedside table.
"Say cheese" said Gideon
"Cheese" they said.
As the shutter clicked and outs came the photo Bae took the photo and fanned it before placing on the bedside table
"It's so good to have you home Bae." Said Gideon
Cuddling into his brother's side.
Bae smiled and kissed the top of Gideon's head.
"It only last until midnight tonight"
Gideon lowered his eyes.
"So, let's go make the most of it," said Bae.
With a snap of his finger Gideon was dressed in winter gear including his brother's scarf he then grabbed his camera and put it around his neck then with a wave of his hand they disappeared.
Only to re-appear outside.
"Tag your it," said Gideon.
He then took off running which was hard being it was in ankle deep snow and the camera bouncing around his neck.
Gideon let out a shout and laughed as Bae grabbed him around the Middle and spun around together they tumbled to the cold ground Gideon picked up a hand full of snow and dumped it on Bae face.
Before scrambling to his feet with a snap of his fingers the camera was floating ready to capture anything the boys did and send the photos to Gideon's room. However, that stunt Gideon pulled turned into a full-fledged snowball fight the camera captured every shot of the fight.
The fight lasted a good while until they tumbled to the snow-covered ground and began making Christmas Angels the camera going off when they finished their stomach began growling.
"Man, all the fighting made me hungry" said Bae.
"Sure, has, wonder if anyone is up by now?" asked Gideon.
"It is Christmas day so yeah it's about 8:00am by the look of it so I think everyone would be up by now" says Bae
"8:00 really so what we've been out here for 2 hours"
"Yeah give or take"
Gideon grins
"Race you back"
"You're on and no cheating and using your magic" said Bae.
Before taking off.
"Hey, get back here Bae" Gideon yelled.
Who raced after his older brother and ended up tackling him making him lands face first in the snow.
Gideon laughed
Got up off his brother called for the camera which had caught the incident in photos and took off running
"Gideon, you imp get back here" Bae growled.
Taking off after his brother all Gideon did was laugh yet he squealed when Bae caught up to him and put him over his shoulder, he then head on back to the castle with his little brother draped over his shoulder.
Entering the castle still carrying Gideon over his shoulder the first thing they smelled was warm bread
"Mama's up" they both said at the same time.
"Jinx you owe me a present oh wait I have what I want right here" said Gideon, wrapping his arms around Bae's waist.
Bae laughed and continued until he came upon the kitchen.
"Merry Christmas Mama"
Belle turned and smiled.
"Merry Christmas sweetheart "
"I would give you a Christmas hug and kiss but well I found this Christmas vine while outside earlier and now I don't know how to get rid of it"
Belle laughed and played along.
"Well just because you can't give me one, does not mean I can't give you one," said Belle, walking over to her Son and giving him a hug and kiss but pulling back quickly when she felt how cold his lips are.
"Bae how long were you both outside your frozen?" asked Belle.
He scratched the back of his head sheepishly while his other arm still held Gideon safely over his shoulder
"Ah 2 hours"
"BAELFIRE" Belle growled
Then looked down at Gideon and growled his name.
"GIDEON, OK that's it both of you sit in front of the fire now I'll bring you both hot soup warm bread and a cup of tea" said Belle
"Warm milk for me mama" Gideon piped in
"Ah so you think melting this vine would work?" he asked
Belle giggled and smiled.
"Yes, now go" she says
Pointing to the entrance of the kitchen telling them to go.
So, Bae made his way though the castle and into the dining hall.
"Merry Christmas everyone" said Bae.
"Merry Christmas dad" said Henry.
Walking over and giving him a hug
"Whoa dad you're freezing"
"Yeah I know I was outside for 2 hours and now I have this Christmas vine that found it self wrapped around me mama says to go sit in front of the fire so maybe that will help melt it off" said Bae, he walked off over to the fire place and sat down on the rug after some time Gideon slowly slid off his brother and Bae began removing his scarf coat and cloves boots and socks he then did the same thing for his little brother then hangs them all on the gate covering the fire.
Rumple walks over and leans on the back of the sofa
"How are my boys?"
"Frozen" said Bae.
Suddenly Gideon's teeth began chattering.
"Well what happened?" asked Emma.
As she walked over and sat next to her husband on the floor while Rumple sat on the sofa with his youngest son.
"Goodness Bae your freezing" she said
Wrapping her arms around him and using her body heat to warm him.
"That is what you get when you spend 2 hours outside having a snowball fight with your brother then making snow angels and racing him back to the castle and he tackling you so hard that you end up face first in the snow." Bae tells them.
Henry chuckled.
"Good one Uncle Gideon" said Henry.
Giving the pre-teen a high five
"Alright boys get your frozen selves over to the dining table," said Belle.
Walking in with the tray full of everyone's breakfast and drinks everyone got up and headed over to the table and took their seat with rumple taking his place at the head of the table as they ate the began talking.
"So, will it be present time or are we going to head out for some fun in the snow after breakfast?" asked Henry
"Presents I believe" said Belle.
"Well you guys head on out to the snow my lil bro and I are going to continue to thaw out," said Bae
Taking a spoon full of the soup and felt the heat of the soup thaw him from the inside
After breakfast was done and the boys were warmed up they all gathered around the tree was each handed a present this continued until they each had a pile of presents and there was none left under the tree. They then went around in order of oldest to youngest and opened one present each it took about an hour and 30 minutes to open all the gifts Henry kept his and his mothers gifts by the sofa while everyone else took, their gifts to their rooms.
After the presents were opened, Rumple Belle Emma and Henry headed on out into the snow meanwhile Bae and Gideon hung out by the fire just chatting away.
"Can we please stop time, so you never have to go back?" asked Gideon.
Bae gave his brother a sad smile.
"Hey, I don't have to go back until midnight remember" said Bae.
Gideon nodded
"You ready to head back out?" he asked
"Yeah we still have to make a snow man and bury papa in the snow" said Gideon.
"What about ice skating?" asked Bae.
Gideon made a face.
"I'm not to good at that papa took me out once when I was little and even with him watching I still fell and landed on my face I never went ice skating again I might have been about 3 or so not to sure"
"Yeah well why not try again I'll be with you after all," said Bae.
Gideon looked unsure.
"Ah OK"
"Go get your skates," said Bae.
Gideon instead just snapped his fingers and his skates were in his hand.
Bae rolled his eyes.
"OK Imp enough antics lets get you bundled up"
Gideon just laughed.
As Bae began helping him put his coat gloves scarf socks and shoes on, once that was done Bae put his own on then put the camera around his brothers neck he then placed an arm around Gideon and left the Dining hall.
The brothers now crossed the ground the snow crunching under their feet they saw their family not to far Gideon smiled and bent down Bae looked down to see Gideon making a snow ball.
Bae grins and does the same.
With the snow balls in hand they grin and throw them Gideon's hits Emma in the back of the head while Bae's snow ball catches Belle in the lower back.
"Hey" the 2 women cry.
Turning to see their sons and husband.
"OK that's it Bae" said Emma.
Who bent down to make a snowball of her own only to have a pile of snow dumped on her?
Suddenly they heard the informs giggle.
"Pop" Emma growled.
"Yes dearie?" he asked
She lifted her head and found him perched on a branch that she was standing under.
"I'm going to make you pay for that"
He smiled.
"You're going to have to catch me first dearie"
With that he disappeared in a cloud of smoke
Emma looked around wildly for her Pop and found him.
She quickly made a snowball and through it which started a four-way snowball fight Bae and Gideon Vs their parent's Vs the wife/sister in law and son/ nephew.
By the time it was over they were a laughing happy bunch of wet people yet with a wave of Rumples hand he and his family were dry and warm once again.
"Papa, Gideon and I are going to go down to the lake to do some ice skating," said Bae.
"OK son we'll join you boys in a minuet" said Rumple.
"I thought you never wanted to ice skate again after you first tried it and fell, uncle" said Henry.
"I don't but Bae says he'll help me" said Gideon.
Rumple and Belle smiled.
Seeing the difference in their youngest son compared to previous Christmases where he was just not caring all he wanted were stories of his brother and staring up at the portrait of Bae yet now he was happy laughing and having a great time with his big brother.
Suddenly Gideon felt magic and looked down to see the camera disappear.
"Hey papa"
"Say cheese boys" says Rumple,
Bae and Gideon placed their arm around each other and smiled the camera click and out popped the photo
"Tag" said Gideon.
Before racing off to the lake
"Gideon get back you imp" Bae laughed
Chasing after his brother.
Arriving at the lake Gideon took his boots off and put his skates on, he looked over at his Brother and saw him standing there with his eyes closed.
"Bae what are you doing?" Gideon asked
With a Confused look on his face.
Bae opened his eyes and smiled.
"Look down" he told Gideon.
Looking down Gideon saw that his brothers boots on the bottom of them were blades for ice skating.
"How in the…" Asked Gideon.
"Magic" said Bae.
"How?" asked Gideon.
"This Magic you can only require after you die" says Bae.
"Now let's get out on the ice"
Taking his brothers hand they slowly stepped out onto the ice, with Gideon feeling a little wobbly.
"Bae, I can't do this," said Gideon, who began panicking?
"Yes, you CAN Giddy remember Mama's motto
"She has a few motto's brother." Replied Gideon
Bae laughs.
"That she does, OK what does she tell you papa and Henry when you're feeling unsure about something"
Gideon Grins.
"Do the brave thing and bravery will follow"
"That right now come on and remember I'm right here" Bae tells him.
So slowly Gideon begins to skate and as he began skating he became surer of himself until without knowing he was skating all on his own without Bae holding him, suddenly he heard clapping and turned slightly to see Bae and his family standing there.
Rumple was so proud of his boy he snapped a photo of him
Gideon grins again and skates back over to them
"Did you see Papa, did you?" asked an excited Gideon.
"We sure did, and we are SO proud of you my boy" said Rumple
After some time, they all began skating and enjoying their time as a family until it began getting quite cool so they all headed on back inside for lunch.
The family sat around the Dinning room table with bowls of hot bread and some more warm soup for lunch along with some hot tea.
"This has been the best day ever," said Gideon
"It's not over yet little brother," says Bae.
Gideon smiles.
After Lunch the boys helped their mother to clean up afterwards Gideon went and got his special photo album and the photos he had taken this morning. The cover art was an image of Gideon surrounded by flames the flame represented Bae.
His Parents gave the album to Gideon.
Bringing the book and photo's down he makes his way over to the table and sets it down before opening the cover and turning the first page until it he comes to the area for the photo's the brothers send a few hours setting all the photo inside.
They heard the clock chime 4 times meaning it was going on 4 in the afternoon, it was around that time that with heavy hearts Emma and Henry had to say an early goodbye to Bae.
"Why are you leaving so early?" asked Gideon.
"I wish we could stay uncle, but grandma Snow and grandpa Charming are having a Christmas ball and we HAVE to be there its starts at 9 and it take us 5 hours from here home as it took us 5 hours from home to here" Henry explained.
Belle Rumple and their boys walked Emma and Henry out to the front gate where the carriage waited Emma saw how they reacted thinking the guards had been out here this whole time
"Oh, no I told them to pick us up at 4" said Emma
The family nodded
With one last final hug and kiss from everyone Henry and Emma got into the carriage and left.
Bae Gideon Rumple and Belle watched it disappear down the road.
Rumple with a flick of his wrist closed the Gates then together the family headed on back inside the castle where they had some fun playing Christmas games, afterwards the whole family went into the kitchen to help cook Christmas dinner.
When dinner was served they sat around the table and chattered but the atmosphere was bitter sweet considering in a few hours Nova and Tiger Lily would return to come and take Bae back to the afterlife.
*****Several hours later*****
The clock stuck midnight the dread hour came it was time to say goodbye.
Looking out into the night they saw a pink and red ball of light coming at them signalling the return of Nova and Tiger Lily and poor Gideon broke begging them not to take his brother there was no dry eye in the room as Gideon pored out his grief of having to say goodbye after having a taste of how it would have been like to have his brother around.
Nova walked over and knelt hugging the boy, Tiger silently walked over to her own Godson and placed a hand on his shoulder and saw the tears in Rumple eyes, Tiger blinked her own tears and hugged her godson.
"I'm sorry you have to go through this both of you," said Tiger.
Pulling back and taking Belle's hand in her and giving it a squeeze.
"Don't be Sorry Tiger we have our memories, but Gideon never did until today "said Belle
Looking over to the pre-teen who now clung to his brother and begging him not to go
Bae knelt and placed his hands-on Gideon's shoulder.
"Giddy I have NEVER left you from the moment Mama learned she was pregnant I was there and like I said I've been watching over you since the day you were born the only difference is I wasn't visible the ones we love never leave us I will always be here"
"Right Here" he says.
Placing his hand over Gideon's heart.
"I will always hear you, now come here" he says.
Taking his hand and walking over to the window.
"See that bright star in the sky?" asked Bae.
Gideon nodded.
"That is MY Star so if you ever need to talk just look for that star and I can hear every word you say, and I will come and see you in your dream where we can make more memories" said Bae.
"Now it it's time to let me go"
Gideon nodded with tears still streaming down his face standing up Bae made his way over to his parents and hugged them more tear flowed, and he felt them hold onto him tightly, letting go he looked at the pair of them.
"I never got to say this before but Mama I wanna thank you for all the years of love and care you gave me you were a young lady of 17 thrust into a world you never knew the world of a caretaker of not only my father castle but of me though you I learned what a mother was supposed to be like and I began thinking of you as a mother since then. I remember the first time I called you mama the look of shock on your face that morphed into the most beautiful smile although we are only 4 years apart you were more a mother to me then Milah ever was and I wanna thank you for loving my papa and showing him that he was more then what Milah thought of him and to show him what Love really is. Papa what can I say but thank you I know it must not have been easy trying to rise me all by yourself after SHE left but you did, I would not be the man I was without you and thank you for avenging my death" said Bae
"I would do anything for you son" said Rumple
Though his tears.
"I'm just sorry I could not have saved you believe me if I could have given my life to bring you back I would have" Rumple says hugging his son and kissing his cheek.
"I love you papa forever" Bae whispered.
With that he let go of his papa ruffled Gideon's hair and walked back over to Nova, Tiger Lily walking behind him the three turned to face the others.
"Hero, we had our selves a time, didn't we? He asked his little brother.
"Yes, we did thanks for the memories I'll treasure them forever," said Gideon.
Hugging his album that had magically appeared to his chest
Belle and Rumple moved to stand behind Gideon and placing their hands-on Gideon's shoulders.
"Bye" he tells them sweetly as he began fading into a ball of light.
"I will always hear you" he whispers.
Before the light disappeared and shot up out of the window and up into the starry sky followed by a pink and red ball of light.
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The End
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Finished it on 26th /12/17