Last Night on Earth - Chapter 4

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV), Gargoyles (Cartoon)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Lexington/Staghart (Gargoyles), Angela/Broadway (Gargoyles), Gideon/Original Character

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Angela (Gargoyles), Broadway (Gargoyles), Lexington (Gargoyles), Staghart (Gargoyles), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Las Vegas, LTBTQ, Graduation, Date Night, Pool Party, Missing Years, A Monthly Rumbelling August 2020, A Monthly Rumbelling, Family

Series: Part 10 of Growing Up, Part 6 of Rumbelling Shorts

Summary: Now that the Golds know about Gideon's acceptance into Elphame Academy, it is time that they let him go. Always reluctant to say goodbye Rumple has schemed up a grand graduation-type celebration that he wants to be a complete surprise, but Gideon is so unaware of the plan that the oddity of it is bringing him down.

Half Rumbelle role playing (as Lacey and a Weaverish character named Spinner), half gay pool party, and ALL Las Vegas.

Written for Monthly Rumbelling, August 2020

Last Night on Earth - Chapter 4

Music pulsed against Gideon as he stepped out of the busy hotel and made his way to the Temptation party. Tucked around the sharp angles of the building, the pool was somewhat hidden from immediate view and the walk from the door to the spot where everyone was gathered almost drove him to madness. He wanted to see everything at once and yet he was being forced to peer between palm trees and tiny shacks filled with towel boys, unable to see the picture as a whole until he could round the bend and catch sight of the complete chaos ahead of him.

Instantly taking to the atmosphere, Amp and Lex began to move to the beat that drew them all forward, their bodies sliding beside each other in such a sensual way that Gideon had to look elsewhere. Suddenly his mind refused to focus on anything other than his questions of gargoyle sexuality. He wanted to know if they flew while in their most intimate of embraces or if they found their pleasure in a way more like humans. Obviously they still found each other attractive in the forms they were in now, but would they act on that attraction later this evening? His mind and body ached as a multitude of scenarios flashed before him and he almost sickened at the thought of mentally imposing on their togetherness.

Admire their beauty, respect their pairing, he told himself as he paid the group’s admission fee. He was going away to school and most likely wouldn’t see his friends for several years. Their friendship needed to be cherished this week, not contorted into an act of desperation.

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The Tent of Infinite Adventure - Chapter 3

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Family, Fluff, Adventure, Missing Years, Unknown Realm, A Monthly Rumbelling June 2020 (Once Upon A Time), Monthly Rumbelling

Series: Part 9 of Growing Up, Part 5 of Rumbelling Shorts, Part 2 of Rumbeelle Showdown 2020

Summary: The first time Gideon gets to use a magic bean he sends his family to a fair in an unknown realm. There they meet a magician who has a special tent that transports the Golds into their own great adventure.

This chapter was written specifically for September’s Monthly Rumbelling.

Yet again this is the beginning of a Monthly Rumbelling fic, prompted by the June 2020 moodboard, but first prompted by the round 2 prompts of Rumbelle Showdown 2020. I couldn't say that before because I couldn't suggest that I was participating, but when I saw the prompts I would have gotten (aphrodisiac; room full of chests)  this story instantly came to mind and I wrote it, intending to hold on to it until today. When Monthly Rumbelleing gave me this mood board I was able to expand the story and I'm so very glad I did! (Because I am expanding as I go the room full of chests is in a future chapter, already written.)

The Tent of Infinite Adventure - Chapter 3

“Oh yes, I know the legend behind this, all right. Word is that the white stag is often seen beneath a lone tree that never blooms, but bears fruit year round.”

The tavern’s owner turned the gold ring as he examined it, leaning close to Gideon and speaking in conspiratorial tones. The boy had handed over the object only after a nod from his father and now he bit his lip nervously, hoping to get it back. Enchantments etched into the inner band ensured that each swing of his sword would do twice the damage to a foe so long as it rested on his finger, and the enemies they had crossed paths with recently had been difficult to bring down, even with the help of his mother’s magic and his father’s near perfect aim.

“Do you have any idea where we could find this tree?” His mother asked, food forgotten in the presence of another puzzle to solve.

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The Tent of Infinite Adventure - Chapter 2

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: General Audience

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Family, Fluff, Adventure, Missing Years, Unknown Realm, A Monthly Rumbelling June 2020 (Once Upon A Time), Monthly Rumbelling

Series: Part 9 of Growing Up, Part 5 of Rumbelling Shorts, Part 2 of Rumbeelle Showdown 2020

Summary: The first time Gideon gets to use a magic bean he sends his family to a fair in an unknown realm. There they meet a magician who has a special tent that transports the Golds into their own great adventure.

Yet again this is the beginning of a Monthly Rumbelling fic, prompted by the June 2020 moodboard, but first prompted by the round 2 prompts of Rumbelle Showdown 2020. I couldn't say that before because I couldn't suggest that I was participating, but when I saw the prompts I would have gotten (aphrodisiac; room full of chests)  this story instantly came to mind and I wrote it, intending to hold on to it until today. When Monthly Rumbelleing gave me this mood board I was able to expand the story and I'm so very glad I did! (Because I am expanding as I go the room full of chests is in a future chapter, already written.)

The Tent of Infinite Adventure - Chapter 2

The tent opened to a vast, young forest filled with tall, spindly trees. Rumple glanced down as he stepped under the open flap, taking in the crisp line between the straw flooring inside and the leafy ground that made up the forest floor. Packed dirt turned instantly into a soft combination of soil and debris, leaves crunching under the heel of his shoe. The change was surreal and made him turn back to where Belle was ducking under Gideon’s arm in order to cross the line between reality and fantasy. The interior of the tent was as he remembered, the faint sound of the fair beyond it reminding him of what they were leaving behind, but what they entered was simply marvelous.

He looked up at the sky and searched in every other direction for some sign that the magic here had a barrier, but he felt nothing. Yet the structure that was their way home was much larger than the single changing room they were leaving behind, grand enough to stable a coach’s worth of horses and give them plenty of room per stall. He wondered at the magic that created this place. When it was described, he’d imagined some sort of complex magical maze, shifting its form and shape to meet their needs, but now, with an entire realm before him, he wondered if the tent weren’t some sort of portal rather than a container of magical creations.

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Last Night On Earth - Chapter 2

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV), Gargoyles (Cartoon)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Lexington/Staghart (Gargoyles), Angela/Broadway (Gargoyles)

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Angela (Gargoyles), Broadway (Gargoyles), Lexington (Gargoyles), Staghart (Gargoyles), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Las Vegas, LTBTQ, Graduation, Date Night, Pool Party, Missing Years, A Monthly Rumbelling August 2020, A Monthly Rumbelling, Family

Series: Part 10 of Growing Up, Part 6 of Rumbelling Shorts

Summary: Now that the Golds know about Gideon's acceptance into Elphame Academy, it is time that they let him go. Always reluctant to say goodbye Rumple has schemed up a grand graduation-type celebration that he wants to be a complete surprise, but Gideon is so unaware of the plan that the oddity of it is bringing him down.

Half Rumbelle role playing (as Lacey and a Weaverish character named Spinner), half gay pool party, and ALL Las Vegas.

Written for Monthly Rumbelling, August 2020

Chapter 2

Playing the part of Lacey was surprisingly easy after so many years of suppressing the cursed memories that had come with her. Belle practically dripped off of Rumple’s arm as they moved casually down the hall from their suite to the elevator, whispering in his ear, and letting the giggles of her anticipation consume her. She flirted, she teased, she stopped him twice to press close and feel the textures of the various fabrics he had on, but she always let him go in the end. The beginning of their date came with a timetable that Gideon had no idea of and no matter how eager she was to spend one, final night in a place that practically swallowed up all inhibitions, she had no intentions of denying her son his.

Once they were finally in the elevator, she released the Lacey in her with a single breath and turned to face her husband, now purely Belle, the concerned mother and loving wife. “Gideon is so very upset at being here. Are you sure we did the right thing by not telling him?”

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Date Night

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV), Gargoyles (Cartoon)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Goliath (Gargoyles), Brooklyn (Gargoyles), Lexington (Gargoyles)

Additional Tags: Family, Friendship, Fluff, Travel, Missing Years, New York City, Monthly Rumbelling, Monthly Rumbelling May 2020

Series: Part 8 of Growing Up, Part 4 of Rumbelling Shorts

Summary: Belle and Rumple have returned to New York for help with separating Rumple from the dagger. It also just so happens to be their anniversary and Rumple has something special planned.

Begun for the May 2020 Monthly Rumbelling

Chapter 1

Midnight in Central Park was usually a quiet time, filled with darkness and the occasional distant wail of a siren, but tonight, on what must have seemed like a whim, a flash of light broke through the evening, whirling and spitting as it churned through the air. It sliced into reality, bringing fire and flame with it, along with three out-of place forms, dressed in what passers by would assume to be medieval costume. As abruptly as it all began, the sparks ceased to fly and the light flashed away, taking the noise of fireworks and wind with it.

Standing among the evening shadows cast by a filling moon, a man, woman, and child shivered once against the mild chill of evening. As the woman pulled her outer layer tight around herself, the man reached into his cloak’s interior pocket and withdrew a small phone.

“I’ll call ahead, let them know we’re coming,” he said.

The woman at his side chuckled. “Since when have we ever had to make the journey alone?” She teased him as she leaned in to his side and tried to rest her chin on his shoulder even while it shifted with his movements.

“It’s only polite,” he responded, just as playfully.

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The Weekly Roller

Here is your weekly update from the friendly House Elf.

Completed Work!

No completed works this week.

Completed Chapters

This week saw the continuation of Awake.  Detective Weaver works for the Seattle P.D and lives with his son, Gideon. Together the two are slowly coming to terms with the loss of Belle, Weaver’s wife and Gideon’s mother. In therapy Weaver confesses to experiencing some strange sleeping patterns. He goes to bed at night and closes his eyes, but opens them to find himself in a different home… one he shares with Belle.

Mister Gold owns a pawn shop and lives with his wife, Belle. Together the two are slowly coming to terms with the loss of their son, Gideon. In therapy Gold confesses to experiencing some strange sleeping patterns. He goes to bed at night and closes his eyes, but opens them to find himself in a different home… one he shares with Gideon.

This story borrows the plot concept from the TV show Awake (staring Jason Isaacs) and adapts it to Once Upon a Time, but is NOT a crossover. Chapter 5 was posted.

Title: Awake Location: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20221105

Also posted this week were chapters 2 and 3 of Unconventional, both inspired by the ‘A Monthly Rumbelling’ prompts for April.  The Golds have left New York and begun their tour of the United States. Their next stop is Chicago, where Belle and Gideon have chosen to do something that might push Rumple's comfort zone. An eventual chapter of Growing Up.

Title: Unconventional Series: Rumbelling Shorts  and  Growing Up Location: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22670308

(House Elf says this is also perfect for Rumbelle Is Hope, because it is so beautiful and is fluff!)

Works In Progress

This week some serious work was put in to the next chapters of the following works. If you want to catch up before the next update, now’s the time.

Awake: is getting updated every day because it is peacehopeandrats Camp Nanowrimo project.

Unconventional: some of the missing parts of this fic are being worked on and were prompted by April’s A Monthly Rumbelling.

Granted: work is ongoing on the next chapter of this story.

Welcome to Storybrooke is also being worked on. This is the part of the Second Chance series.

These stories can all be read on AO3

* Weekly Roller posts are made by the House Elf, who is much better at advertising than I am and insists that it must be done.

Unconventional - Chapters 2 & 3

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters

Additional Tags: A Monthly Rumbelling (Once Upon a Time), Camping, Family, Missing Years, Travel, Chicago, A Monthly Rumbelling February 2020 (Once Upon A Time)

Series: Part 1 of Rumbelling Shorts, Part 3 of Growing Up

Summary: Inspired by the February and April Monthly Rumbellings. The Golds have left New York and begun their tour of the United States. Their next stop is Chicago, where Belle and Gideon have chosen to do something that might push Rumple's comfort zone. An eventual chapter of Growing Up.

Chapter 2

“Turn here.” Belle glanced up from her map just long enough to point down the road before turning the paper to properly read the text. “We want…” Her breath caught and she suddenly broke into laughter.

Rumple shot her a sideways glance as he slowed the car. “Something funny?”

“Quentin Road.”

He almost forgot he was driving and had to shake his head to bring himself to reality. What were the odds of the road’s name being the same as the main character from the book Gideon was reading before he was returned to them? Rumple smiled once he realized she had to be joking. “You’re pulling my leg,” he told her through a chuckle. “Really, which road?”

Belle pointed again as the car came up to their turn. “Quentin Road,” she repeated. “I told you.”

Behind them, Gideon babbled away, completely unaware of the significance of his parents’ discovery, or that it was a discovery at all.

“Shame he’s not old enough to appreciate it,” Rumple mused as he made the turn.

“We can tell him when he’s older,” Belle said, then tipped her chin up as a means of pointing while trying to fold the map. “It’s just there. See the sign?”

Rumple nodded and slowed the car when he noticed the small red sign surrounded by artfully stacked white bricks. It was set further from the road than he expected, but the white campfire image over large letters that spelled out “camping” in all capitals was a noticeable enough marker for their destination. Beyond the drive stood a large building made of reddish wood planks that were just the right color to seem purple in the shade. As they pulled up to it, he eyed Belle suspiciously.

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The Monster In The Storm

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters, Gideon (Once Upon A Time)

Additional Tags: Angst, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, casual nudity, A Monthly Rumbelling (Once Upon a Time)

Series: Part 3 of Rumbelling Shorts,  Part 4 of Growing Up

Summary: Inspired by the March Monthly Rumbelling. The Golds have moved into a new town home and Gideon meets a young girl who convinces him that their fathers are more alike than he could ever have imagined. The problem is, only one of them is the real "monster" and Gideon needs help to see the truth.

 An eventual chapter of Growing Up.This is complete to a point, but will be expanded on as the next parts of the Growing Up series are worked on. For now, it is only the very beginning, though there WILL be resolution for Gideon's new friend.

Please note warnings for implication of domestic violence (NOT related to the Golds) and casual nudity (which IS related to the Golds).

The Monster In The Storm

The door to the Golds’ rented town home burst open as the family rushed inside, arms held awkwardly at various angles, water pouring from their faces.

“Well,” Rumple offered with a chuckle. “We almost made it.”

Belle shed her coat and dropped it to the floor with a contented sigh. “Almost,” she parroted back in a tease. There would be a lot of washing up to do tonight, but she didn’t mind. Getting caught in the rain as they explored their new neighborhood had actually been fun, though slipping in the mud and falling into their neighbor’s bush hadn’t been as entertaining. She had leaves, bits of twigs, and some kind of berry juice all through her hair, which she imagined would be a nightmare to sort out. She turned to Rumple and frowned at the sight of him. “Oh Rumple, your new suit…”

He glanced down at the wet, berry-stained sleeves and shrugged casually. “Should have worn my camping gear.” He smiled and kissed her before adding, “I think I’ll survive.” Rumple’s hand lifted to cup her face, his gaze as tangible as the gentle caress. She could almost feel the touch of his eyes on her skin as he checked her for scratches or bruising. “Your hair, on the other hand…”

“Will take a good deal of care, but I don’t think it’s a lost cause,” she huffed back and peered around him to where Gidoen was rapidly stripping off his soaked clothing. Drop everything into the washer,” she told him. “And put on something dry from your room.”

Their son beamed up at her. “All right, Mother. Can I take your things too?”

“Take our coats,” Rumple told him. “We’ll make another pile in the bedroom for you. I think I’ve got to sit your mother down and do something with her hair.”

Gideon dashed away and Rumple gestured for Belle to follow. “Shall I be your husband-in-waiting?” His eyes sparkled with the suggestion of things to come and she felt her cheeks flush.

“With Gideon rushing around the house?”

Rumple bent in front of the window to take stock of what the sky held above them. “The rain is passing quickly,” he told her as he straightened. “And I expect this tangle of yours is going to take some time to work out. Maybe we’ll get lucky.”

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Unconventional

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters

Additional Tags: A Monthly Rumbelling (Once Upon a Time), Camping, Shopping, Family, Missing Years, Fluff

Series: Part 1 of Rumbelling Shorts

Summary: Inspired by the February Monthly Rumbelling. The Golds have left New York and begun their tour of the United States. Their next stop is Chicago, where Belle and Gideon have chosen to do something that might push Rumple's comfort zone. An eventual chapter of Growing Up.

This is complete to a point, but will be expanded on as the next parts of the Growing Up series are completed.

Unconventional

Bell plucked yet another shirt from the wrack in front of her, judged it, and found it lacking. She returned the thing with a pout and huffed playfully at her son, who was babbling his opinion on the garment from the seat of their shopping cart. “I think it was easier finding the pants,” she told him cheerfully, her tone drawing one of Gideon's big smiles.

The boy reached for another cluster of shirts, pointing as he jabbered, “Puhpuh,” being one of the words that was distinguishable from the rest.

“You want to try those?” Belle pushed the cart over and examined the cloth first, her pout turning into a thoughtful frown as she went through the extensive checklist of objections that she knew her husband might have with the garment. “He might actually wear this one,” she told him, beaming proudly. “And if he resists, we'll just tell him you picked it out.”

This made Gideon laugh as if he knew exactly what she was accusing him of. He was her husband's pride and joy. The man would hang by his ankles from a tree limb if his son asked him to and today Belle was counting on that. She gathered up three of the shirts, one in white, one in black, and one in a rich red color that almost matched the shade he used to wear in the Dark Castle. These were all added to the pile of clothing and various bags from other stores before Belle began to stroll away.

Gideon, however, wasn't having their departure. He frowned and pointed back in the direction of the shirts, letting out a slew of frustrated sounds that were almost words.

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Pop Ins

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold Additional Tags: Fluff, A Monthly Rumbelling (Once Upon a Time), Fun, Travel

Summary: Inspired by the January Monthly Rumbelling. The Golds visit a land where only light magic exists and nine year old Gideon has a rather unexpected adventure.

Notes: This is part of an eventual work in my Growing Up series. Inspired by the Monthly Rumbelling prompt “How on earth did you get up there?” The rest of this story will be included when I get to it, but for now, enjoy this little snippet of life with the Golds, in a realm where only light magic exists.

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Gideon watched his Papa spinning at the wheel and tipped his head curiously as the man's movements created a thick yarn. It looked solid and strong, but there wasn't enough of it to be useful for much of anything. He could imagine it being a pull string for an attic door, or maybe a kind of belt, but that was about all.

“Did you put everything into your boxes?” The words were his mother's. They ricocheted through the almost empty house, making the question seem more mysterious than it was. Packing days always stressed her, but this one seemed different somehow. There was a nervous energy in the air that he couldn't quite understand, not to mention the many whispered conversations between the two in the last week, hushed arguments that stopped the minute he set foot in the room.

Of course, his Papa might have something to do with that. He sat spinning while his mother dashed about, frantically checking corners and closets for forgotten stockings or bars of half-used soap that, for some reason, needed to come with them. This had never happened before. It was why Gideon was so curious about the final product.