The ocean of darkness

Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold Hello, Dearies. The ocean of darknessTumblr (3.0; @anoceanofdarkness)http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50709713336/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Belle only smiled, an intuitive little glimmer in her eyes. “I am not <em>always </em>right,” she mused, swaying lightly from side to side. “But I knew you’d come back, I could feel it.” she pursed her lips, glancing between them. “I was a bit scared at first, truthfully, but I knew it’d all pull through…” she recalled a few moments stolen away in the back of the library, recklessly sobbing into her arms. The bad thoughts always plagued her mind after a long day of peacekeeping. <em>Would he return? Is he even alive? </em></p> </blockquote> <p>Rumple frowned a little at Belle’s admission that she had been afraid. He knew that anyone would be, but the confirmation tugged at his heart. He had done the right thing. He knew that now. He’d saved Henry and reunited with his son, and he was no longer the Dark One. And now, there was no use worrying about the ‘what ifs.’ He was home now, and he and Belle could focus on their child and rebuilding their relationship after everything they had been through since the curse had broken. “You have nothing to fear, I’m here now,” he said, repeating the words he’d once said to her when Hook went after her in the library. He caressed her cheek with his knuckles, leaning in to kiss her again.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50752812548http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50752812548Sat, 18 May 2013 13:04:58 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50632063847/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>“And if I had, I would’ve told him or her of their father each night who was out saving his grandson…” she softly murmured, sliding her hands up to his shoulders, soothingly rubbing them. “But you never will think of that again because you <em>are</em> here now. I never doubted that you wouldn’t be, Rumplestiltskin. I believed you’d return. I could feel it in my heart…because true love always reunites those under its spell.” she smiled up at him, eyes optimistic and overjoyed to know he was finally back for good. They could start a life now without any more complications.</blockquote> <p>Rumple hated the fact that Belle had to think of things such as that. Think about raising their child on her own, telling them stories of the father they would never know. And it all felt… incredibly selfish. What he had done. Although he knew it wasn’t true, the fact that history was repeating itself was not lost on him. But this time he had a chance to do it all correctly. And he would. For Belle, and for their child. “You were right,” he said, a ghost of a smile on his lips. “Of course, you very often are.” Belle knew him better than he knew himself. And could tell the future better than one with the powers of a seer.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50642826011http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50642826011Fri, 17 May 2013 02:33:41 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50596966818/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle tearfully watched him, a wide smile on her face. “Our child,” she corrected with a grin. “I…I wasn’t sure this world was any good…” she quietly admitted. “All that has come from it…mostly involved pain, but…this is a good thing,” she decided, hand on her stomach. She knew the child was nothing more than a tiny fetus, but she still felt an immense surge of responsibility to protect it. “I’d imagined raising a child in the castle, really…but we’ll do just fine here.”</blockquote> <p>Rumple was still in a bit of shock, but he knew this was a good thing. Belle would be an incredible mother, and he could tell by watching her that it was something she’d always wanted. And this… it was his second chance. He wouldn’t do this child wrong the way he’d hurt Bae. He would be better for them both. Rumple frowned as a thought occurred to him. “You believed I wasn’t coming back,” he said quietly, hating himself. “You learned of this… believing you would be raising the child alone.” And she would have, if the undoing had been what he once thought. The weight of guilt on his shoulders threatened to crush him.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50598040618http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50598040618Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:02 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50563365364/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle gave a giddy laugh, tightly squeezing his hand with hers. “I’m pregnant, Rumplestiltskin…I-I…wasn’t sure if you’d…” she bit her lip, looking off with a worried glance. “I was afraid it would be strange for Baelfire…to have such a young…half sibling…b-but there’s no going back. I’m going to have a child…a…” she smiled, eyes closing as she imagined a boy or girl running about with a mop of brown locks and chestnut colored eyes. “I’m going to have our child,” she finally managed to state, looking up to him with hopeful eyes. Part of her feared he felt it was the wrong time for a child, but things had finally seemed to calm. They had believed they would die. They had needed that closeness, that first connection as the world crumbled. And now it had left them with something wonderful.</blockquote> <p>For the first time in a great long while, Rumplestiltskin was speechless. He’d never imagined that their lovemaking after he’d broken her curse would lead to this. It simply had never crossed his mind. But now that his beautiful Belle was standing in front of him, saying that they were going to have a child, he couldn’t help but be overjoyed at the idea. “Belle, I…” At a loss for words, he did the only thing he could think to do. He kissed her. And he lingered there until he had to come up for air, looking her in the eyes and laughing breathily. “A child…”</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50563712460http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50563712460Thu, 16 May 2013 00:18:27 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50562706998/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle smiled knowingly at his confused expression, gently shaking her head. “I can feel it, Rumple, that’s all…” she murmured, laying a palm flat against his chest. “There’s a sense of…peace,” she decided. “Perhaps you can’t feel it yet, but I know it’s in there…you…you have always had your magic, a crutch you can’t live without, remember? But now…you’ll have to learn. You have your son and I once more and we will help you learn to live without magic, without that extra bit of help. She slid her arms around him, embracing him tightly with no desire to part anytime soon. She took a long breath, a hesitant smile on her lips. “Rumplestiltskin…you’ll…you’ll find other joys, I promise…’ she murmured softly. “I…” she took his hand, placing it upon her lower abdomen as she looked up to him, tears streaming down her cheeks. “A baby, Rumplestiltskin…our baby.”</blockquote> <p>It had been an easy choice to make. Rumple had gotten on that ship with the intention of saving Henry, after all. And he knew that in the end, it was best for everyone he loved if he gave up his power. He no longer needed it. Bae was here, alive, and so was his grandson. And most of all, he had been returned to his love. He knew he would be alright without magic, as long as he had the three of them. Holding onto Belle, he smiled slightly when she said he would find other joys. He already knew her love was the greatest joy of his life. Then she seemed to hesitate for a moment and took his hand, making his smile fade from the shift in her demeanor. She placed his hand on her stomach, and her words made his heart skip a beat. “Wh-what?”</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50563119351http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50563119351Wed, 15 May 2013 23:59:51 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50400763124/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>“Ruh…Rumple,” she blurted out, quickly moving towards him and placing herself snugly into his arms. “Rumple,” she repeated softly, her eyes drifting shut as she inhaled his scent, calm in mere seconds. She pulled back, peering up into his eyes. Something was different…something was…gone. “What happened to you?” she asked, a bleary smile on her face, tears rolling down her cheeks. “Something’s changed, but what? Did you…did he…destroy your curse? Henry?”</blockquote> <p>Rumple wrapped his arms around Belle tightly, as if he never planned to let her go. And at this rate, he didn’t. He reveled in the familiarity of having her in his arms, and felt the loss when she pulled away. The look on her face confused him, making him furrow his brow. How could she know something had changed? Intuitive as always, his Belle. “It’s… complicated,” he said, keeping his hold on her. “An ultimatum. My power for Henry’s life.” The decision had already been made before he ever stepped foot on that ship. He’d gone there to save Henry, and that was exactly what he did.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50486606566http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50486606566Wed, 15 May 2013 02:22:29 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50324305806/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Her hands flew to her mouth as she saw him, the tears making her vision blurry. The urge to jump into the waters below and swim to him overwhelmed her, but she remained planted where she was, legs going weak. She’d been so very strong on her own until this point. She <em>needed </em>him. She’d been Lacey too long and even now she still felt like she was there in her mind, waiting to come back and drink to her heart’s content. She’d let her hair down, wore her dresses, cleaned the library, but she still felt <em>wrong. </em>She needed to know she was Belle. His Belle. </blockquote> <p>Finally, mercifully, the ship docked. Rumple barely waited for the thing to stop moving before he was making his way off board, walking down the docks as quickly as he could. Belle was standing there, waiting for him, and at this distance he could see the tears in her eyes. Seeing her, knowing that she had never lost hope that he would return to her, set him off and tears gathered in his eyes. They threatened to spill over, and when he reached her, there was no holding them back any longer. He reached for her, although they were still a few steps apart. “Belle…” he said under his breath, relief washing over him as if he hadn’t been certain he would ever see her again until she was right here in front of him.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50324504334http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50324504334Sun, 12 May 2013 22:32:45 -0700feeeelsThe Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50320982322/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle’s heart stopped as she saw the ship. It was far away and quite small from where she stood, yes, but she recognized it immediately. She gave a shudder as she recalled her last time aboard the ship. She couldn’t help but wonder how Rumple and Hook managed to get along. She doubted the two even regarded one another. The thoughts were pushed away as she stood, watching the ship near her. A fear shot through her veins that had her trembling. Was he watching her this very moment? Was he aboard the ship, eager to wrap her in his arms? <br/><p><br/>Belle took a long breath, calming her nerves and mustering a beam as she frantically waved. “You’re home, Rumple,” she breathed softly, completely confident that he was indeed on the ship. She couldn’t doubt herself any longer. She hadn’t doubted herself once as she took care of Storybrooke and she wasn’t about to start.</p> </blockquote> <p>It was agonizing, waiting for the ship to reach the dock. They were nearing it when he emerged from below deck, and his heart skipped a beat. Belle was standing there, as if she had never left the docks at all when he had gone. He had to wonder, how often did she come out here? Standing and watching? Waiting for him? The thought made his heart ache. But he was here now, and she never need fear losing him again. Everyone was home and safe and he wasn’t planning on getting himself into any more trouble for quite a while. Of course, trouble seemed to find him. But for now, he was going to get off this ship as fast as his legs and cane would carry him and hold onto his Belle as if he never intended to let her go. She could probably see him now, although they were still too far to communicate, but an ease settled over him with the knowledge that she knew he was safe.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50321935300http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50321935300Sun, 12 May 2013 21:44:45 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50312033941/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>She stopped in her tracks, wringing her hands together as she turned. It wasn’t an easy thing to come back to him only to be left again. So many things were there that needed discussed, but she didn’t care. She just wanted to kiss him again, to exchange a proper set of “I love you”s and go home. <br/><p><br/>The bad thoughts plagued her mind. Belle was not a woman to abandon hope nor was she never the optimist about things, but Rumplestiltskin had seemed to sure he wouldn’t return to her. <em>But he has to. </em>She closed her eyes, her legs bringing her back to the water’s edge, her tresses mussed and strewn all about as she gazed at her reflection. She hadn’t expected the town to be a challenge, but each time she was worn, she reminded herself that he <em>specifically </em>left her in charge. <br/><br/>A quivering smile came to her lips as she stared down at her hands. “You’re coming back this time, aren’t you?” she softly mused aloud, the memory of staring outwards at the stars with such an expression of hope fresh in her mind. Would someone prevent him from finding her as Regina had her? Her smile faded at the thought, eyes growing distant and concerned as her gaze trailed to the waters once more.</p> </blockquote> <p>There had been something Rumple hadn’t told Belle when he gave her the cloaking spell to put over the town. Anyone from their land would still be able to see it, and so it wouldn’t be difficult for the group aboard the ship to find their way to the Storybrooke docks. But the journey was much longer than he would have bargained for. He just wanted to be home, to be beside Belle and to let her know that he was alive and everything was going to be alright. But on the ship, he spoke with Bae. They’d made fantastic progress, and Rumple was certain that his boy would soon forgive him and their relationship would be on the mend. He also explained things to Henry, and had started to truly get to know his grandson. And now… they had to be nearly there. Rumple could see the dot of shore on the horizon. It was all so very close to being over.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50312577019http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50312577019Sun, 12 May 2013 19:32:38 -0700The Return Belle/Rumple RP <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/50310264412/the-return-belle-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It was a fulfilling thing to run the town, to lie down each night knowing she was finally living the part of the countless heroes she read about. After she had dropped the small sheet of paper down into the same well that brought magic to them, things were rather quiet. She patrolled the town each day, careful to be sure all was well. Ruby, Leroy, Archie and more had taken to helping her with her rounds, reporting to her at the library each evening for a short meeting. <br/><br/>It didn’t stop her from noting the emptiness of <em>their</em> bed. It didn’t stop her from missing the familiar clacking cane in the library. At the end of each day, she stood at the dock. The same place she had stood as he attempted to convince her he wouldn’t return. She could still feel his lips upon hers, his forehead pressed to hers in an attempt to be as close as possible. <br/><br/>Belle stared off at the calm waters, eyes bleary with tears as she stared out, the disappointment of knowing he had been away yet another day festering in her chest as she turned and slowly made her way towards the streets.</p> </blockquote> <p>It hadn’t been an easy task. Especially alongside those who wouldn’t be sorry to see Rumplestiltskin perish. But this was something he had to do. He had to save Henry. It was the only thing he could in order to redeem himself, even if Baelfire was never able to see it. Henry was his grandson, and he no longer cared at all about prophecies.</p> <p>Well, he cared for one reason only. And that was that he had to leave Belle. It was a moment that was etched in his memory forever, her crying and his attempting to hold it all in. The last thing she would ever say to him. “Baelfire would be very proud of you.” In that moment, it was as if his mouth was full of peanut butter and he couldn’t get a single syllable out. Not a thank you. Not an I love you. But, he was confident that she knew. That she would always know.</p> <p>But in the end… the undoing wasn’t what he had imagined it to be. He hadn’t been killed, although he had to admit undoing was an accurate descriptor of what had happened. But Henry was safe, and by some miracle of the gods so was Bae. And now they were all piled back on the ship, headed toward the land without magic. Home. Rumple was coming home.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50311337643http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50311337643Sun, 12 May 2013 19:17:16 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49975683712/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>“I know, Rumple…I understand now,” she softly assured, stroking her fingers through his hair. “Please don’t assume the worst, Rumple,” she pleaded quietly, looking down. “When Regina…told you I was dead, you believed her, but I was alive that whole time. The same can be said for Baelfire…” she pursed her lips, shuffling in the obnoxious heels her former barfly persona had chosen. “If you believe he is gone, then perhaps he is,” she shifted her gaze to his, a confident smile on her lips. “But I for one, believe he can be saved. We only need to find a way to him. Baelfire is an adult, not a boy. He knows how to take care of himself…”</blockquote> <p>There wasn’t any possible way he had made it this long without her. Rumplestiltskin was a shell of a man without Belle. She kept him grounded in reality and made sure his feet were planted firmly on the ground. And her words, although they may be empty and untrue, were spoken with such confidence that he had no choice but to believe in them. Baelfire had survived on his own for hundreds of years, perhaps he could find a way. Somehow. “There must be more beans,” he said, a bit of resolve creeping into his voice. “I don’t know where Tamara got one… but there must be more.”</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50002611356http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/50002611356Thu, 09 May 2013 02:30:58 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49966914825/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Tears fell from Belle’s eyes, the pain of seeing her beloved so upset, so conflicted breaking her heart. She stroked his face, stepping closer to him. “No…You’re not without him, Rumplestiltskin. He was shot, yes, but…so was I, remember?” she murmured. “How do we know there isn’t someone on the other side with him that will help him?” she tried to comfort him the best she could. “You will have the chance to apologize…” her brow crumpled as she saw the tear running down his cheek. “I promise,” she whimpered, moving in to rest her head against his shoulder, arms wrapping around him.</blockquote> <p>Rumple struggled to keep it together while Belle tried to assure him, offering some hope that Bae was alive. But the realms the bean could have transported him to, which was in fact quite a large number, didn’t have the medical advances this land did. And he was unlikely to run into someone who could perform magic powerful enough to heal him. He wanted to believe her, but the fear still twisted his gut into knots. He held Belle close to him, knowing he would have folded by now if Lacey were still here, encouraging him to kill those that got in his way. “I owe you an apology as well,” he said, although his tears were still choking his voice. “Please tell me you understand, Belle. I was only trying to keep you… Lacey happy.” He may have gotten carried away, given into his darkness, and he was sorry for that. He wanted to be a good man for Belle, and Bae too… if he was truly alive.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49968085484http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49968085484Wed, 08 May 2013 16:23:27 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49952593988/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle’s eyes slowly dimmed to their normal, calm glimmer at his words, gently tucking her head in under his chin as she clutched to him. “I trust you…b-but Baelfire…you always wanted to prove yourself to him, Rumple, but instead…you…” her eyes widened as she peered up at him, the faint memories of him telling her of his sons “death” hitting her. “Rumple…” she breathed, hands moving up to cup his cheeks. “He’ll be okay,” she soothed. “He has to be.”</blockquote> <p>His son’s name sent a physical pain through Rumple’s chest. Every mistake he had ever made with his son, everything he had ever said to him… or didn’t say… flashed through his mind. Tears welled up in his eyes and he tried to keep himself grounded, focusing on the feeling of Belle’s hands on his face, the knowledge that she was here and had come back to him. “Gods, Belle… the things I said to him…” He thought about their last interaction. The way he’d spoken to him. He’d looked so long, tried so hard, and he had failed his boy. Again. “What am I without my boy?” A tear trailed down his cheek.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49954779933http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49954779933Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:48 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49909075584/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Belle wanted to be angry. She wanted to punish him for his choices, and yet she knew deep down inside, he was simply lost. The things he had to endure…it was no wonder he was like this now. Was. She could surely fix it all. She slowly moved towards him, a tear escaping her lashes as she paused before him. “I love you…please, please promise me you won’t hurt anyone,” she softly pleaded before throwing herself against him, her arms encircling his waist and clinging to him snugly, shivering in his arms.</blockquote> <p>Rumple’s heart skipped a beat. I love you. It was such a simple phrase, but he had longed to hear it again from Belle’s lips. Not simply in her voice, not the way Lacey would tell him she loved him. That had always felt artificial. He’d needed the real thing, and here it was… back in his arms again. Holding Belle close to him, Rumple took in her scent and kissed the top of her head, rubbing soothing circles on her back while he did. “I promise,” he said, his voice heavy with his sincerity. “I promise.” And this time, he meant it. No twisting her words. Nothing.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49919605066http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49919605066Tue, 07 May 2013 23:53:33 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49905680650/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>“Lacey,” spat Belle bitterly, hugging her arms around herself as if she could preserve her modesty. She longed to touch his face, to soothe him, but as she’d realized previously, he hadn’t been able to be the better man. He was about to kill anyone in their path. <em>Anyone. </em>She closed her eyes, a shaky hand coming up to pinch the bridge of her nose. “Rumple…Rumplestiltskin…you…you were about to kill…innocent people. You already beat two. I thought…I had hoped you wouldn’t have fallen down this path,” she avoided his gaze, looking to the floor with bleary eyes.</blockquote> <p>It hit him like a freight train. Belle. She was back. And… apparently very angry with him. But he had been prepared for this, expected it, even. It had consumed his every thought for weeks now. “Belle…” he said, still in a bit of shock from the fact that the curse had been broken, and he had his love back. That is, if she would have him. “Gods, my beautiful Belle…” He took a cautious step toward her, reaching out, wanting nothing more than to have her in his arms, but mindful of the fact that she may not want it.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49907973288http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49907973288Tue, 07 May 2013 20:13:05 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49900159301/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>A catlike smirk slowly spread across Lacey’s face as she sauntered close to him, her hand idly cupping his cheek. “Good, they interrupted our little date, nobody should get away with that…” she leaned up on her tip toes, gazing into his eyes. <em>Why are they…what is that color green? Gold? </em>She shook her head, a nervous chuckle passing her lips before pressing her lips to his. She would’ve remained that way for a good bit longer, but she felt as if a wedge had been driven into her head, causing her to push back, holding a hand to her temple. “W-What…” she breathed, the floodgate of memories crashing in, the town line, the kiss that never happened. Most of all, she remembered seeing Gold beat a man. She remembered seeing him throw Whale down, tug her to him with a smirk as he assured he wouldn’t let anything stand in his way. <br/><p><br/>“Y-You…” she breathed. She wanted to sob with joy, to hold him and kiss him, but after all he’d done? She’d been working so hard to make him walk along the right path only for this? “How could you..?” she weakly asked, eyes brimming with tears. She looked down at herself, giving a frustrated cry as she tore her hair from the loose bun she had it in. </p> </blockquote> <p>He kissed her back, sliding his arms around her waist. Long ago, he had stopped expecting anything to happen when they kissed. For the first few days, he would pull back with expectation, wanting to see his Belle there instead of this fabrication of a woman who stood before him. But it never happened, no matter what he did, and so now… he’d given into this routine he had with Lacey. And he’d begun searching for another way. There had to be another path, there always was. And no matter what it took, he would find it and bring Belle back. Breaking the kiss, he stepped back in alarm when Lacey put her hand to her head and looked as if she was going to cry, wondering aloud how he could… something. “L…Lacey?” he said helplessly, confused and more than a little alarmed.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49901868858http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49901868858Tue, 07 May 2013 18:58:48 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49898644088/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Lacey stared at him for a long moment, eyes boring into his as he gazed off, nibbling on her lip. “There’s always a way, you said with your magic you could-” she suddenly felt a pang in her chest, the weirdest feeling bubbling up inside. Almost as if someone was trying to break free. She stared at him harder, squinting lightly. She almost could see someone else. She <em>swore </em>she could. She slowly moved to lean against the nearest wall, eying him as he drank as if nothing had previously happened. “You could always kill your way to him, y’know…I’m sure there are people here with ways to him that are just hiding them from you,” she spat, disgusted at the thought. “They should be punished for being selfish, don’t you think?” </blockquote> <p>Rumple barely noticed Lacey’s discomfort. He considered her words for a moment, thinking of how much he had been shoving to the side in order to be better. Better for Belle, better for Bae. What had it all come down to? A cursed version of his love drinking herself into a stupor every night and taking him right along with her and a son who was more than likely already gone. It had all been for nothing. All of the effort, all of the searching for the man he had once been. And finally, <em>finally</em> he knew the truth. The ones that had hurt him… Regina, the gods forsaken Charmings… they deserved punishment. He’d been holding off for too long. “Yes,” he said, looking up at Lacey, bottle still in hand. “They do.”</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49899555355http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49899555355Tue, 07 May 2013 18:31:50 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49875082247/breaking-point-rumbelle">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Lacey strolled into the back of the shop, a glum frown settled on her face after seeing Gold’s expression crumple when told of his son. She hadn’t known him that well, only that he didn’t approve of Gold’s use of magic, which was a pity. Magic would bring them whatever they wanted. Life. Happiness. All he needed to do was rid of this prophecy and it’d be fine. She extended the bottle of scotch in her hand towards him, eyes wide and concerned, almost mirroring her eyes from a moment long past. <br/><p><br/><em>“Promise me…and we can be together.” <br/></em><br/>She took a deep breath, mustering what little bravery she had to stand a bit straighter. “I don’t think he’s dead, Gold. He’ll find a way. I mean, we don’t even know where he’s gone.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Rumple glanced at Lacey, taking the bottle she was offering him and drinking directly from it. Truthfully, at this moment she was the last person he wanted to see. The knowledge that Belle was standing beside him, but wasn’t going to help him through this the way Belle would was almost too much to bear. Lacey looked concerned, but he knew she couldn’t help. She knew nothing of what he had gone through for Bae. How much guilt and hurt he felt at the knowledge that he would likely never have the chance to reconcile with him because he’d been too blinded by his need to have Belle back. Bae would still be there when it was over. He’d told himself a million times. And now he wasn’t, and he had to live with the fact that the last time he spoke to his son, he had shouted at him. Proven to him that he hadn’t changed in all the time they had been apart. “Even so, there’s no way to him,” he said distractedly.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49897504949http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49897504949Tue, 07 May 2013 18:07:31 -0700Breaking Point // Rumbelle<p>This was it. Rumple literally could take no more of this. His son was gone. Shot, apparently, by that fiancee of his. He’d known it from the start. Something had been so off about that, and he only wished he could have had a vision… something that could have warned him of this. If they could have just gotten Bae here to the shop… he would have fixed him with a wave of his hand. But apparently, Tamara had a magic bean with her and had opened a portal… Bae had gone through. Had told Emma to let him go, or so he had been told. Gods, why did that boy have to be so damned <em>noble</em>? Had been his entire life, from the very start. And now… now he really was gone. Succumbed to his wounds, if they were as severe as he was led to believe, the moment he emerged on the other side of the portal. And now… it was all over. There was nothing left for him. He’d tried everything to get Lacey to love him and still true love’s kiss wouldn’t work, no matter how close the two of them got. His son, his beautiful boy he had searched so long for ,was gone. What was the bloody point? Rumple had never, in his entire life, felt so empty and helpless. And gods, was that saying something.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49829570977http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49829570977Mon, 06 May 2013 20:20:00 -0700hislionheartbellerumbelleouat rpsnafumoofinsQueen Of The Rabbit Hole - Lacey/Rumple RP<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hislionheartbelle.tumblr.com/post/49650673118/queen-of-the-rabbit-hole-lacey-rumple-rp">hislionheartbelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>Lacey laughed again, but this time with a harshness that was so bitter, so dark, that it was almost a crime for such a thing to escape Belle’s lips. And yet Lacey laughed. She did what she wanted with the former lionheart’s body. “Of course they have…they’re getting creative though, ‘monster’s whore’ was the best I’ve heard all week…” she drank the final shot glass from her platter, dropping the thing down on its side. “You don’t need to bother with hurting anyone over it…” she murmured. “You…You like it, but something tells me it’s wrong what you’re doing. Even if I like it…something’s…off.”</blockquote> <p>If there was one thing Rumple was sure of, it was that the was going to find out the names of everyone who had called Lacey a slut or a whore or anything remotely resembling it. These people knew what was going on. Well, all except Mr. Clark, formerly known as Sneezy. They knew this was Belle they were talking to, and that anyone who harmed Belle was first in line to get a lesson from him. Rumple was caught off guard for a moment when Lacey told him that his hurting people felt wrong. And it was there again… something close to Belle. “I don’t want anyone thinking they can get away with talking to you like that,” he spat angrily. His rage, for the first time since Keith, completely genuine.</p>http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49652788925http://anoceanofdarkness.tumblr.com/post/49652788925Sat, 04 May 2013 21:13:39 -0700