Rebecca
Prompt: Anthony Gold reacts to Belle's costume at the ball. (Rated T)
The color had been drained from his countenance; in fact, all of them had turned ashen white: Mary Margaret, her husband Colonel David Nolan, and Anthony's good friend James Hopper.
It was like they had seen a ghost.
Frowning, Belle looked over her snow white gown and the lacy parasol, even her bonnet was in place. What in the world could have rendered them speechless?
Then… the ragged intake of breath as Mary Margaret murmured in horror: "Cora?"
That's all it took for Anthony to snap as his loving brown eyes hardened into a dark, emotionless shade.
"Go," he ordered in a raspy voice. "Go and change that horrid costume! I don't care what you put on, but God's sake… anything but that dress!"
Belle turned and ran up the stairs, the burning hatred of her husband's visage chasing at her heels.