Author's note: I'm sorry for the time between chapters! I have three written, lots of drama in the works but it's taking me a while to convert to doc format because my computer is still broken (sadness) so when I get a chance I will post more. Thank you so much everyone for the great reviews and story alerts! As usual I do not own Once Upon A Time, Green Day's song title, or anything else I quote. This one is a little short just a little father son bonding time before we get into the drama…

Coming Clean

"Baelfire" Mr. Gold said from the hallway. Leaning on the cane he took a

moment to take the man in front of him in. Belle looked from father to son as the two both took hesitant steps towards each other.

"Papa" the man said with shaky voice. Gold was very cautious after being

taken advantage of by August. "Is it really you? You look so old" Mr. Gold asked coming closer to Baelfire.

"It's me." Baelfire gave his father's famous half crooked smile "It really is me Papa"

"I didn't know where to find you son" Gold said in a shaky voice, and it was the truth, without magic he had no compass to even know his son was here.

"I was looking for you, searching everywhere, until I saw the odd purple smoke oozing out the corners of the world. Funny thing is no one else around me saw it." Baelfire grabbed at his father's chest pulling the man closer to him. Anger erupted in him after all this time his father was still a coward and could not do anything without magic. "YOU BROUGHT THE MAGIC DIDN'T YOU FATHER?"

"TO FIND YOU" Gold hissed back to his grown up son looking for answers after all these years.

"And you are still a coward" Baelfire released his grip on his father.

"Stop it, both of you" Belle said walking in between them. "Can't you see this whole world is for you?" Belle asked Baelfire "this was his biggest deal and it was for you!" The two men looked at each other so many questions still left to ask and so many answers that would go unanswered. When Belle was convinced the two would not kill each other she excused herself "I'll go fetch some tea" she said going into the kitchen.

"I used to be so angry with you" Baelfire said sitting across from him in the

parlor. Mr. Gold nodded "Bae, you have every right to be mad at me forever"

"I was. Part of me still is. I spent a long time angry at you. I was a scared boy. This world didn't have trolls or dragons but it did have horrors." Baelfire told his father of the countless wars and countries he had been too.

"Belle was right about what she said. I made a deal with the evil Queen. She thought it was all her doing but I tricked her" Gold said making a hand motion and sounding slightly a bit more like Rumple at this point telling the story "this place, Storybrooke, I conjured to find you. I never cared about Regina and her happily ever after. Snow White and Charming were just pawns" Gold said finally happy to at least admit why he had made the deal with Regina to the one person it mattered most to.

"I still don't understand. You brought magic here to the place that's not supposed to have any" Baelfire said. "Does Belle know? Does she know about the dagger? It would work now wouldn't it? With the magic back? Where'd you hide it Papa?" Baelfire wanted to know everything.

"That's enough Bae. There will be time to answer it all" Gold said sternly as Belle came back in with the tea. Three white and blue tea cups rested on the tray, the forth chipped cup had a special place on the mantel. Her smile changed both their moods. She sat next to Rumple and started to pour the tea.

"Baelfire, you have a place here in town?" Belle asked always the polite host.

She had been locked in a dungeon and kept in the basement and still she managed to be the brightest thing in this world Gold thought as she poured the tea.

"Sheriff gave me this address, a Granny's Bed and Breakfast, sounds like a nice place." Baelfire said.

Belle took a sip of tea and gave Gold her famous doe eyed head tilt to the side look.

"You'll be staying here" Gold said. "I might be a coward and a monster son but I am still your father."

Belle smiled knowing it took a lot for Gold to play house. She stood up and kissed him on the top of his head. He wouldn't let her lips meet his afraid of losing magic but she still showed compassion towards him. "I'll go turn the sheets in the room across from mine" she said leaving the room.

"You have different rooms?" Baelfire asked that seemed very old fashioned for how close Emma said they were.

"I like my space" Gold replied simply.

The two said their goodnights to each other; much was still left in the dark. The dagger, the dark one, and the savior would come into play later but for the moment Gold was happy the real Baelfire was here.