"I didn't know I would feel like this." Belle murmured, snuggling closer to Rumpelstiltskin's chest.
"Like what, love?" Rumpelstiltskin asked, his voice practically a purr of contentment.
"So… happy…" Belle searched her brain for the right words. "Ecstatic, even, to be able to say that you're mine. Which, that reminds me, what… what exactly are we?" she asked, tilting her head up to look up at him curiously.
"What do you want us to be, Belle?" Rumpelstiltskin asked her instead of answering her question. "I'd gladly go back to being master and maid. Or I'll even gladder go towards lovers. I just want you to be happy, really, Belle."
The thought of going simply back to master and maid caused a shiver to go down Belle's spine. "I think I like the latter, much, much better." she decided, her heart pounding as she almost expected him to take the words back, to reject her. "However," she continued. "Just to be sure… let's make a deal." Belle smirked up at her lover, a cheeky smile on her face.
"What kind of deal, pet?" Rumpelstiltskin asked curiously, all ears now.
"You give me your heart, and I'll give you mine. For eternity." Belle laid the deal out in front of him, her arms going to wrap around his neck and pull herself up, to look into his eyes as she searched them, as if they knew the secrets to everything in the world.
"I used to think that trading for you was my best deal, my Belle," Rumpelstiltskin told her, sending a shiver down her spine. "But this… this one's coming mightily close. I agree to the terms of your deal, so long as we seal it with a kiss." Rumpelstiltskin smirked.
"So it's a deal then." Belle said, her heart pounding in her chest. She was his now, always and forever. And that felt surreal, to be with a monster feared by so many, but she knew… She knew the man beneath the monster. More than that, she loved him.
"We have a deal." Rumpelstiltskin told her, pulling her closer by her waist and placing his hand on her chin, cupping it gently, before leaning in and pressing a chaste kiss to her lips.
The kiss grew heated as Belle's lips reacted, his tongue slipping into her mouth and going to war against hers. Finally, he pulled away and whispered, "The deal was already done in part, my love… The love I've for you is so true, you've already gotten my heart."
NOTE! I used the song "Deal" by a YouTuber written for Rumbelle as inspiration for this ficlet. So the lyric you see at the end is directly from the song.
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