Who We Are, Dearie

The Library

Belle hummed softly as she skimmed the rows of many colourful books, trying to find where the letter R started so she could put Romeo and Juliet back in its rightful place. She should know where that was by now, she thought to herself, she'd read it so many times.
"Whats next hmm..." she whispered softly to herself, Belle often spoke aloud when she was alone, her father used to called it a nasty habit, but it was one of the things that had made Rumplestilskin fall in love with her more - not that she knew that of course.
"T...T..." she continued now scanning the shelves surrounding her for the T section.
A small shuffling noise from behind the bookshelf furthest away from her, made Belle stop and stare. She stood there, blinking at the shelf for a few seconds, before deciding it was nothing and continued her search for T.

There it was again.

Belle didn't take her eyes from the corner of there room as she slid the book into its rightful place.
"...hello...?" Belle said quietly, squinting her eyes, trying to see into the dark gaps between the books and the shelves.
No reply came, so she kept moving forward.
More shuffling.
"Is somebody there?" Belle said, starting to reel a little on the inside but trying to keep her voice calm and controlled.
Still no reply. 
Belle stood still.
Her ears and eyes straining to hear and see something.

After a couple of minutes, she sighed.
"You're going mad Belle..." she sighed to herself.
She turned around and was only able to take one step toward her desk when strong arms slid around her waist.
She started to squeal once she realised - it was him.

His smell filled her nostrils, the warmth of his hands on her skin sent exciting spirals up her arms,

Rumple.

"Sorry, sweetheart, did i scare you," his breath tickled her neck and she tried to suppress a girlish giggle.
"Yes, you did!" She said, trying her best to sound annoyed with him, but failing as she could never be mad at him.
"Oh, sorry my darling..." he said, his voice muffled as he started to plant kisses from her neck to the crease of her shoulder.
Belle span around and Rumple's hands fell softly onto her hips, pulling her towards him, their two faces inches apart.

"How long have you been here?" She asked, looking up into his big brown eyes.
"..not long..." he said, he could hardly keep his lips off her skin.
"You were watching me?" Belle pulled back a little.
"Only for a second... you know how much I love watching you talk to yourself.." he chuckled a little, tucking an escapee curl of her long, dark hair behind her ear.

Belle blushed,
"Nasty habit my father said, one should never reveal what one is truly thinking," she said, raising her eyebrows.
"But when one's head is full of love, wonder and curiosity, keeping it to ones self would be a selfish shame," Rumple smiled down at her.
She loved the way he made her feel better about her flaws. Well, about everything really.
But she still wasn't convinced, surely one day she would spill a disastrous secret...

"Hm... well, what brings you here anyway?"Belle asked, blinking up at him.
"Why to see my lovely wife of course," he lifted his thumb to her cheek and stroked it gently.
"Oh really?" She said, smiling but skeptical.
"Do i need any other agenda?" He raised his eyebrows calmly.
Belle smiled and shook her head.
"Well then," he leaned forward and planted his lips onto hers, the familiar feeling of excitement and butterflies flew through the pair of them.

No other man had ever made Belle feel the way she did when she was with Rumple. Her Rumple. No man had ever made her feel so safe, so secure, so wanted, so, so needed.
He needed her as much as she needed him. They helped each other, made it each grow, brought out the best in each other.
Neither Rumple nor Belle had ever met anyone who had done this before.
It was undeniable, they were a match.

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Hey guys! So this story isn't connect to the Most Prized Possession books it's just going to be a lot of fluff and cute Rumbelle as I feel my books get a bit sad and dark - this one won't!!
Also a MASSIVE THANK YOU to xxoncerfeelsxx for the AMAZING cover!! Go check out her story's and her Insta because her writing & edits are beautiful!!
Please tell me what you think in the comments!
Thank you for reading - Amy:-)