While completing a deal with a certain mermaid, the Dark One takes his maid to the seashore for a brief vacation. There, he comes to realize certain feelings for the girl, while Belle come to see something in him she always suspected was there. Brief, not romance quite yet, mostly a sweet, fluffy friendship fic with a bit of danger, hot chocolate, and a silly Dark One thrown in.
Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,928 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/28/2013 - Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold, Belle/Lacey - Complete