There's no safest place for a child as loved as Gideon than with his parents. Even if it's decades before he's born and they were still master and maid.

He thought the wings were the worst of the transformation, until the urges hit. He really, really hated fairies...

When one plays the long game one must avoid distractions. And Isobel Tully was the biggest distraction of all. Rumbelle Game of Thrones AU. Written for the Rumbelle Secret Santa challenge in tumblr

Sometimes the way forward lies somewhere in the past. Rumbelle Time-Travel AU.

If there was anything Mr Gold hated above all that was change. The unexpected, the unexplainable and above all the unpredictable set his teeth on end. Pity the new librarian is all three. And possibly inhuman.

Set at the beginning of Season 2, based on a personal head-canon that Belle practices yoga and that Rumplestiltskin keeps unconsciously going to where she's exercising to fetch something he desperately needs (the paper, a cup of tea, a trinket).

The story tells of the cursed man who falls in love with the kind, beautiful princess, but no one tells about the curse, and how it fell for the parts of the princess that were neither kind nor beautiful. Canon compliant.

Royce Gold has found living to be a chore, battling an untreated depression triggered by the death of his son years ago. That is until the new librarian sparks life back into him. Ironically she's dead. Or rather undead.

In a world quickly loosing magic an imp finds itself old, alone and forgotten. Luckily for him loneliness attracts loneliness. Based on the prompt: Follow me into the dark for Tumblr's Rumbelle Secret Santa in July 2015.

Part of the Starbucks Series, set some time after Addiction but before Withdrawal. Belle is sweet, soft and warm and Gold can't quite get enough of her. Based on that exfoliation technique post going around tumblr.

Though it had always been her dream to be a nun and a nurse and travel to Congo to help those in need and provide comfort where she could Sister Benjamin, once Belle French, had resigned herself to a constant state of doubt and failure she was determined to eventually conquer. And then she'd met Dr Gold.

Belle French, antiques book dealer and restorer, find herself befriending and odd but compelling couple, Gomez and Morticia Addams. It is while she restores the family library that Cousin Rumple first stumbles into her, and the sparks are immediate. But the deeper Belle goes into the strange world of the Addams's the more worried friends and family members grow.

Nothing unites two people like freaky magic storms, over-enthusiastic innkeepers and a sauna. AU where Belle goes to Arendelle after rescuing Philip and things do NOT go according to plan. Written for Tumblr's Rumbelle Secret Santa 2014.

Sequel to Cult of Beauty. A courtship is all about wishing to give and learning to take. For Belle it might be an adventure, but for Rumplestiltskin it's more akin to torture.

Deep inside the forest on the outskirts of a poor village there was a pool of water in which people could get glimpses of their soul mates. And though the magic of the waters brought countless joy to more than one villager it had only ever made Rumplestiltskin, the town coward, miserable. There was, after all, nothing worse than falling for a person who couldn't possibly be real.

Set between Withdrawal and Indulgence. Zelena Green was once the invisible assistant of Nicholas Gold, hopelessly in love with her boss. Taking a leap of faith she quits and goes to Europe, determined to reinvent herself into the sort of person Gold would notice and want. She is convinced she's his perfect match and nothing could ever persuade her otherwise. Well, almost nothing.

Set during the Season Finale. Emma blurts out one too many truths while in the Dark Castle. In her defence she's wearing underwear that's more akin to a torture device and Mr Gold it's too scaly for her to keep her cool. (Spoilers for the Season Finale. Rated PG-13 for mention of suggestive themes).

There's such a strange, tight bond between fear and desire. Sequel to Fine Points. Labyrinth AU.

When Belle babysits Emma, the daughter of her long time friends Mary Margaret and David Nolan, her love for books finally lands her in a spot of trouble... and immediately gets her out of it.

Set in Quiet Minds, during the lost FTL year. Under the control of the Wicked Witch fighting for Rumplestiltskin meant running from him. But Belle has hope and books have never failed her.

The biggest secret between them is not the darkness in him, but the one in her. (Set sometime after season 2)

Australian Biologist and animal behaviour expert Belle French goes into the African jungle hoping to relocate as many animals as possible before mining destroys the ecosystem. What she finds there, however, is much more than she ever expected. (Tarzan AU)

Superhero AU. In the good days, the golden days, they'd been the best of enemies. Ten years had changed them both, however. (Part of the Rumbelle Secret Santa Exchange on Tumblr).

Sometimes it's a glimpse of the past that can make us truly appreciate the present. Part of the Starbucks Series. Set between Addiction and Withdrawal.

Magical things aren't supposed to happen to poor, lame spinners. Wishes never come true. Chipped cups, however, would beg to differ. A.k.a. Genie!Belle fic. Second part should be up in a week or so.

Sequel to See Me. In a small town big secrets don't stay secret for long.

Once you sever a shadow no amount of thread will ever constrain it again. A shadow knows no restraint, no patience or propriety. It only knows of wanting and taking.

Financial difficulties force Belle down a path she would've never thought she'd go. But nothing ends up working the way she imagined, not even her determination not to go to Mr Gold's for the money.

The royals are gone, the town in a panic and magic has been relegated to a group of uncooperative nuns. But Belle didn't just let the love of her life sail away in a suicidal mission to let a couple of bumps in the road keep her from protecting Storybrooke till he returned safely with his grandson in tow.

A radio talk show seemed like the perfect way for Rumford Gold to occupy his time without interacting too deeply with people. After all, who can really make a connection over the phone?

The terms of the deal are easy to hammer out: he wants forever. It's the proposal that proves tricky. A "Withdrawal" Sequel.

Passing herself as a bride-to-be was the strangest favour Belle French had ever done a friend, but she was confident she could pull it off. And then she went and fell in love with the designer. Based on a prompt from Tumblr.

Set around a year after Guide me Home. Rum and Belle find themselves sharing an awkward dinner with his ex and her paramour. When Millie sparks panic in Rum Belle does whatever she can to try and soothe him.

He becomes enamoured with the woman in the mirror. Except she's not real and he can't keep her.

Homeless and alone Rumford Gold has few joys in life. His only light in the darkness is a kind stranger, Belle, who gives him food and fleeting smiles. When a chance to turn his life around appears he hesitantly takes it, believing nothing will really come out of it. For once in his life, however, fate would take pity on him.

An AU ending of The Miller's Daughter. Rumple's farewell phone call triggers Belle's memories, prompting her to rush to the pawnshop when she realizes her true love is dying. When she finds him inexplicably cured her relief is almost as big as his surprise at realizing Belle remembers.

Prequel to Beauty in Surrender. Lady Belle, bound by magic to the Dark One's dagger, makes a deal with him to ensure the final, resolute end of the Ogre Wars and those who seek to profit from them in order to bring her land peace. In exchange she offers him the opportunity to kill her when his task is fulfilled. Rumplestiltskin vows to hold on to his anger towards the girl but the

She laughed at his jokes and looked after him. She was beautiful and kind and Bae adored her. … she was also seventeen, and off-limits.

Rumplestiltskin thought it a fair exchange: the Lord's heir for the village's safety. But wee little Benjamin turned out to be more trouble and confusion than he thought at first, with his soft blue eyes, his pretty mouth and his exquisite scent. A.k.a. crossdressing!Belle and sexually-confused!Rumple

An AU from Addiction, set a month or so before Belle applied for an internship at Uni Global. She finds a kitten she can't keep, and Gold cannot resist his one chance to play the knight for the woman he loves, however secretly. Based on a pic on the internet of a kitten drinking from a Starbucks cup.

What do you give the man who has everything and nothing at the same time? (Based on a prompt for the Rumbelle Secret Santa on tumblr)

Mad Swan, post-curse breaking, AU for season 2 (Emma and Mary Margaret don't leave). She apologizes for not believing him and manages to somehow keep her parents from killing him.

AU. Nicholas Gold, bitter single father and local terror of Storybrooke, Maine, didn't think he had a sweet tooth or a heart. Turns out he just hadn't met Belle French yet.

When Rumplestiltskin, suspicious of Jones's sudden reappearance hundreds of years after their last encounter, follows the pirate into the Queen's Fortress he gets more than he bargained for. (Spoilers for Queen of Hearts).

Mr Gold and Belle travel back in time to when Rumple and Jones are "facing off" on the captain's ship to retrieve something that will help Gold with the boundary problem. Jones is understandably not amused, but the shy spinner who has come to be trapped for the duration of the journey is more than fascinated by his older self and more precisely, his beautiful companion.

Mr Gold, recent owner of Storybrooke's Library, is not interested in charging Belle rent. Belle insists she needs to pay and so he asks to kiss her hand. It starts out innocently enough but then the wicked landlord decides to "raise the rent". Little by little "collecting the rent" starts to become a euphemism for much more pleasurable activities. (Spoilers for The Crocodile)

As Snow White and her Charming finish "taking back the kingdom" they seek the alliance of the Queen of the Frontlands, who holds power beyond anyone's wildest dreams in the form of her devoted servant and ill-concealed lover, the Dark One.

A kiss. A bite. A roomful of Charmings. AKA: "The Charmings walk in on Rumple and Belle snogging at the premiere" prompt fill for tumblr .

Frustrated former composer and tyranical conductor Nicholas Gold finds unexpected inspiration in the form of his orchestra's newest member: young, talented and intriguing Isabelle French, clarinetist. Written as a prompt fill.

The Dark One is the most feared highwayman in the Kingdom, yet the Lady Belle seems adamant on braving his prefered road in order to visit the Monk's Library… From a prompt that was meant to be a drabble, but then it wasn't.

Summary: Post-finale fic. The purple mist dissapears, the battle lines are drown and only one thing is certain in Storybrooke anymore: Mr Gold is the luckiest bastard to ever live.

A sequel to Addiction. A lot of things can happen in a New York Gala at the exclusive Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, appropriately transformed into an Enchanted Forest for the occasion. 3 Part story. Side Pairs: Mad Swan and Red Cricket

Mr Gold, hardened Wall Street businessman, finds himself addicted to something only Starbucks can offer… other that the coffee.

Belle understands the fact that Rumplestiltskin is a very sought-out man, but such continuous demand can sometimes get in the way of... things