𝑶𝑪𝑬𝑨𝑵 𝑬𝒀𝑬𝑺 - Rumplestiltskin [1]

FORTY THREE

43|MY HUSBAND

"Emma!" Celeste breathed heavily, tired from running all the way to the hospital. "Oh, my God! Henry!"

"Bella." Henry happily embraced the exhausted woman. "Or should I call you Celeste?"

"Cel is just fine." She grinned, kissing his head gratefully. "Thank you for not dying."

"Henry, what's going on here?" Emma questioned quietly, not understanding what was going on. "If the curse is broken, why didn't they go back?"

"I don't know." He answered truthfully, glancing at Celeste who looked lost in thought.

"Dr. Whale?" Celeste placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, startling him as he spun to look at her. "Although I have a feeling that isn't your name." She held out her hand with a friendly smile. "Celeste."

"Victor." Victor said after a long pause, accepting her hand shake. "I don't remember ever meeting you."

"I was not well known across the land." She chuckled. The pair were disrupted by a nurse dropping a medical tray, startling everyone as they turned to her.

"Are you okay?" Emma rushed over to the woman. She pointed out the window in fright, everyone standing to watch the purple smoke wash across the streets like a storm. "What is that?"

"Something bad."

"We need to find Snow." Celeste spoke up once the fog began to disperse. "Sorry, Mary Margaret."

They left the hospital, walking through the streets were they spotted a group of familiar people.

"Now I find my daughter." They overheard Snow White state with an excited tone.

"So it's true." Emma announced their presence. Snow and Charming slowly approached their daughter, tears in their eyes as they hold her close.

"Red?" Celeste stepped towards her old friend, a grin lighting up her face as the two hugged tightly.

"Grandpa?" The two spun around at the sound of Henry's voice, laughing lightly at the realisation.

"Yeah, kid." Charming chuckled, patting his grandsons shoulder. "I suppose so."

Celeste felt tears gather in her eyes at the happy scene. She glanced down at her hands, noticing the ring on her right finger. She pulled it off and swapped it for her left hand, grinning as she realised she had found her husband.

"I need to go, I have a husband to find." She spoke up, everyone's attention turning to her.

"Husband?"

"I married the Dark One." She laughed, running away from the group to find Rumpelstiltskin. Celeste ran through the forest, breathing heavily and regretting not working out more as she found her husband at well. "Seriously, remind me to sign up to the gym while we are still in this land."

"Love." He chuckled, wrapping his arms around her as she fell into his embrace. "Did you run?"

"I'm not magical like you, which is what I believe you did." Celeste grabbed his cheeks and connected their lips, smiling as he held her close.

"My darling Celeste." Rumpelstiltskin broke the kiss, cupping her face as the smile never left her lips. "Tell me what happened?"

"I was abducted."

"Regina?" He growled with anger causing her to look down.

"She locked me away in her dungeon until the curse but I escaped." She recited her old memories. "I escaped and I tried to find you but you weren't there. You weren't in the castle. After helping Snow White save her prince I went back to my father and became Queen without a King. He was becoming ill again."

"Celeste." His anger was rising to the surface causing her to grab his hand and calm him down. "I was told you were dead. I avoided the Dark Castle for years."

"Why did you do this?" Celeste questioned, bringing back the conversation to the purple smoke. "Why do you want magic? For revenge?"

"Oh, no. But it might come in handy." Rumpel reassured her, stroking her dark hair off her face.

"Promise me you won't kill her." She begged him, leaning into his hand. "I want to get my own revenge."

"I promise, love." He leaned down and kissed her lips passionately. "We should return, see what is happening."

"Of course." They drove back to the shop, the familiar sound of the shop bell.

"You, uh, you can look around. You might find some familiar items." Rumpel gestured around the shop before leaving to the back of the shop.

"My chipped cup." She beamed, stroking the China cup. "And my old dagger. And that rose, it's the rose you first gave me."

"Having fun, dearie?"

"Well I would prefer to recreate last night's events but there will most likely be a riot for your head and Regina's." Celeste joked, watching him re-enter the main part of the shop.

"I have time to recreate last night." He winked, pulling her close to press his lips on to hers.