Started it on 19th /10/17
Title: the maid and her master
Author: DavidBoreanaz'swife247
Pairings: Rumple and Belle
Gene: Hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own
Intro: Rumpelstiltskin returns from being away for 2 weeks and Belle is thrilled but things are still tense between the maid and her master, but Belle desperately tries to show Rumpelstiltskin that she does care and that she would never hurt him like the woman before her did
*****Many hours later********
Early evening Rumpelstiltskin finally returned to his castle after being away for 2 weeks, he appeared in the dining hall and made his way over to his wheel, his eyes narrow at seeing the straw was stocked, Rumpelstiltskin took his seat at the wheel and began spinning furiously.
The dark one was trying to forget what happened yet the feel of her lips on his just wouldn't go away neither would the pain or the tears in her beautiful blue eyes.
Even being away for 2 weeks did not help he wanted to give in yet the pain of his own past with his wife and then years later with Cora, how they ridiculed him then left him he just couldn't trust Belle not to do the same which is why he stayed away for 2 weeks.
He could admit a least to himself that yes, he loves Belle she was bright beautiful kind brave hell she agreed to go with him forever to save her kingdom. Yet the dark voice kept whispering that just like his wife and Cora there was no way Belle would accept or care for him that she would leave him as Milah and Cora did, suddenly he remembered the Queen and how she put that idea of true love's kiss into his little maid's head and that was it he started smashing everything in sight.
Upstairs in her master's bedroom Belle wakes with a start as she heard stuff breaking. Getting up she makes her way out of the bedroom and let the sounds of breaking glass lead her, downstairs to the Great hall. When she peeked in she saw him smashing up his tea cups the ones she had forgotten to clean and put away after he left.
Then she saw him stop suddenly and look at the one in his hand she watched him walk over and replace the goblet with the tea cup before breaking down.
She was innocent a little naive and the queen took advantage of that he remembered that smile the happiness on her face and in her lovely blue eyes and he went and destroyed it all accusing her of aligning with his enemy the queen or that she was trying to be the hero and slay the beast.
Looking at the chipped cup though blurred eyes.
Seeing his shoulders shake Belle tip toed further into the room
"She could never truly love me" he whispered.
Still not knowing that Belle was even there.
"Then how come the kiss worked yet years ago when you shared kisses with Cora nothing happened but one kiss just one from your little maid almost broke your curse it is because as Belle says its true love why will you not allow her to love you maybe she is different from Milah and Cora she did prove she loved you truly loved you otherwise this kiss would not work" said the voice of his old self.
"Yes, I could if you only let me," said a small voice behind him.
He spun around eyes widened when he saw Belle standing in the room and across from him the shattered pieces of glass lay between the maid and her master. What shocked him was that she was clad in one of HIS nightshirts her beautiful brown locks framing her face her hands clutched to her heart.
"What's she still doing here" the darkness in him raged.
Belle seeing the pain in his eyes and the tear stains on his golden grey face, suddenly thinking nothing of her own safety with her bare feet and the glass that litter the floor between them ran straight for him wrapping her arms around him and burying her face into his chest.
Looking up she slowly reaches out to him but stopped herself inches from his cheek only for him to turn his head away, taking her hands in his he prides them from around his waist and stepped back and putting his back to her to hide the pain in his eyes.
"Belle go rest because tomorrow you will be going back to your father"
Belle eyes widened then narrowed as she folds her arms over her chest.
"You told me the deal was forever and now you wanna break it and why because you just don't think I can love you," said Belle angrily.
Turning back, he just gave her a smirk and raised his eyebrow
"Oh no dearie it quite simple really my power means more to me then you" said Rumpelstiltskin
Before again turning his back on her.
"No, it doesn't you're just pushing me away because you think I'll be just like her, but I won't" Belle challenged
"Her" he asked.
Turning his body slightly to face her.
"The woman before me the one who hurt you made you believe no one could love you" said Belle
Rumpelstiltskin kept quirt
"Sending me back will not help what do you think my father would do to me he would marry me off to Gaston just to get what he wants Gaston's military help in this war but are you ready to hear how I have become Gaston's Wife my wedding night will not be pleasant he is a brute he will care nothing for my pain or pleasure only that he can get an heir out of me. Are you ready to hear that I have become big with HIS Child when it eventually happens, or maybe my father will do worse than marry me off to Gaston after all with my association with you."
Rumpelstiltskin shivers in disgust at the thought of his sweet Belle married to a guy like Gaston but also fear for Belle's safety because she was right her father could do worse and what was worse than a cleansing
Belle saw his reaction to her idea if he was to send her back home and smirked.
"I thought so, so let me show you I will never be like the woman before me ever I may make mistakes, but I'll never leave you"
Her master sighed and fully turned to face her looking down he saw her feet were blooded"
"Belle your injured"
"So are you, not physically but emotionally you are"
Her Master did not know what to say he couldn't even look her in the eye, instead he picked her up in the same manner he held her after she fell from the ladder, walking around to the other side of the long table and sat her a top it.
Kneeling he lifted one blooded foot up to eye level and magics a rag and bowl of warm water and began cleaning the foot before he began removing pieces he could get with his claw like finger nails glancing up the only indicate that could tell him that Belle was in any pain was the clenched jaw and the death grip she had on the edge of the table.
He gave a small smile.
Brave girl he thought.
"Now Belle I'm going to have to use a bit of my magic to get the smaller pieces out with your consent, so you'll feel a bit of a tingling sensation in your foot ok" Rumpelstiltskin explained.
Belle looked down at him and gave him a smile.
"I trust you…Rumple"
Rumple blinked up at her.
She TRUSTED him after how he acted and how he accused her of working with the queen or even trying to be the hero and slay the beast not only that she gave him a pet name which he kind of liked while within his mind the dark one was raging once again he could feel Belle's light and love pushing him back
"Thank you" he said softly
Before running his fingertips over the sole of Belle's foot she did indeed feel a tingling sensation in her foot from his magic before switching and doing the same to the other foot, cleaning the blood removing the bigger glass pieces with his fingers then the rest of them with his magic when all was said and done he help her off the table.
"How do you feel?" he asked
"Ah"
She took a few steps.
"It feels fine thank you," said Belle
"I ah would offer to make you a cuppa, but you trashed the tea set"
Glancing over at the trashed tea set.
Rumpelstiltskin followed her line of sight to the smashed teacups,
"But I could make it with the other cups I know we have a spare tea pot in the cupboard that we NEVER use"
"Do not bother dearie"
Then with a wave of his hand the cups were mended the glass cleaned up and the cabinet doors fixed.
Belle just smiled
"What about the chipped cup?"
"It stays where it is," said Rumple
"You love that cup you won't drink tea out of any other cup don't say I have to chip another for you?" asked Belle.
Rumpelstiltskin chuckled.
"No of course you don't Dearie, but I must say that an interesting thing to sleep in" he says
After SEEING her in HIS night shirt
Belle Blushed.
"Ah just ah…. Give… me a… A few minutes an I'll um start on that tea" she stammers
Before turning and dashing out of the great hall with her master's laughter echoing after her. She stops by her dungeon room and grabbed her clean night slip and dashed towards her master's bedroom.
Entering she removed his shirt hung it back up and changes into her night slip then makes the bed and removes the sheet from the Mirror folding it back up and putting it back where she had found it and quickly looking around to make sure nothing was out of place so not to lead him to believe she had spent the night here since his absence. She then left closing the door behind her and hurried back down the stairs through the halls and into the kitchen.
Only for her to realise she forgot the tea tray, she grits her teeth and began muttering angrily under her breath while getting ready to boil the water suddenly something shimmered in dark violet smoke when it cleared she saw the tea tray.
"Forgot something did you Belle"
Belle spins around on her heels to come face to face with her master.
"I ah I guess I did" Belle replies biting her bottom lip nervously.
The master smiled but the dark one thought if he kept throwing her off maybe she would stop getting close
"Thank you Rumple" she said a smile playing of her ruby red lips
"Your welcome Belle."
"Did you have dinner before your return as I have yet to have anything, so I thought of making my evening meal now"
"Dinner would be lovely I'll be at my wheel "
With that he turned and stalked out.
Belle blinked and got to work on the meal and the tea.
The dark one stalked back to the great hall anger radiating from him.
"She was supposed to have left it is why we were away for so long she needs to go NOW" the darkness in him thundered.
Making his way over to the wheel and taking a seat, he began spinning to forget the one trying to destroy him, yet the darkness within him heard her humming happily and it was getting on his nerves yet the other side the side that loved her smiled and closed his eyes, he pushed the darkness back further into his mind and heart.
He happily spun while listening to Belle.
****An hour later****
Belle entered carrying a lager tray with their tea tray on it along with their dinner setting it down she placed their dinner down at their seating area then set the tea tray just to the side then picked up the tray and turned to face her master.
"Rumple dinner and the tea are ready" she tells him.
Her master stops his spinning and turns.
"Thank you, Belle," he tells her softly
Getting up off the stool he walks with her to the table and takes his place at the head.
"I'll be back in a moment"
He knew she was going to return the tray, but he wanted her close by after not having her around for 2 weeks so instead he just banished the tray back to the kitchen and then pulls out her chair for her.
She gives him a shy smile and takes her seat and begins making him his tea while he eats, finishing making his tea Belle hands him the cup and saucer before making her own.
"Thank you, Belle,"
Taking a sip, he smacks his golden lips together after swallowing
"Ah that's better," he says
"Better "asked Belle.
Thinking on his travels he would have had better tea brewed by someone who was used to making tea.
He saw the look on his face.
"The tea I managed to be able to swallow were not very nice" Rumpelstiltskin replays
"Oh, you mean they never put a mountain of sugar in your tea?" Belle teased.
Rumpelstiltskin laughed.
Get rid of her the darkness repeated over and over.
It almost felt like old times before the disaster of the kiss but, yet things were still tense Belle still felt on edge for she did not wish to face his anger again and Rumpelstiltskin was still scared to let her get to close he wanted her close physically but not emotionally not, yet he was still not ready tell her about his past with his wife and Cora so they both just pretend nothing ever happened.
Belle was in the middle of eating when she turned to her master and asked.
"Rumple will you tell me about your travels and where you went during those 2 weeks?"
Her master nodded
So, for the rest of the evening meal, her master told her tales of his travails afterwards he banished the dirty dishes and teacups to the kitchen sink.
"You look tired Belle go rest I do not need you for the rest of the night"
Belle nodded and rose from her chair she gave a curtsy then bent down and hugged him surprising her master yet again
His body shivered as she whispered her goodnight in his ear.
Pulling back, she pressed her 2 fingers to her lips then pressed them lightly to his own she smiled when she felt him kiss her finger pads and lightly nibbling on them before walking off.
Rumpelstiltskin turned and watched her leave yet in his mind the darkness raged as never, before. Rumpelstilskin felt the rage of the dark one and knew if he was ever separated from it he and BELLE would be dead that's how angry he felt the darkness was towards his and Belle's love
"GET RID OF HER NOW" the darkness screamed
Rumpelstiltskin shook his head and walked over to the wheel to spin he finds it's the only way to shut the darkness out after what feels like hours his head is quite the darkness had shut up. Rumpelstiltskin stands up and leaves the great hall and teleports to his room. Appearing in his room he notices a smell in the air that had never been there before it of fresh air and roses the same as…
"Belle" he breathes out her name.
Making his way over to the bed he picks up his pillow and takes a whiff.
Her scent is here too he thought with shock wonder.
He then wonders over to his wardrobe and takes down the nightshirt he saw her wearing and the match bottoms he lifts the edges of the collar and inhales. It is there again his Belle's scent is everywhere in the air on his clothing and even his bedding.
His golden eyes widen in shock while the darkness in him growls as they both concluded that she had slept in his bed and stayed in his room while he was away
"She will ruin everything get rid of her NOW because if you don't I will" the darkness threatens
Taking the pillow, he walks over and sits down yet when he looked, into the Mirror he saw himself, but he knew it really wasn't him, but the darkness meant to look like him.
"You lay a hand on my Belle and I will end you" the master growled at the mirror.
The Darkness in the mirror giggled
"Oh, dearie you end me and then you end yourself"
"I do not care so long as my Belle is safe I let you take control and it lost me my son I will not allow you to make me lose Belle to" said Rumple.
Narrowing his eyes at the mirror.
Rumpelstiltskin smirked when he saw the flick of fear in the dark one's eyes.
"Now be gone," he said waving the hand over the mirror.
The image returned to normal until the master asked it to show him Belle. He sat and watched her sleep though the mirror until he too felt tired enough to crawl in under his Belle scented bedding and fall asleep filling his nose with Belle's scent.
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Finished it on 22/10/17