A/N: *throws glitter* Hello again I’m back how have y’all been… This time it’s been just 8 months since the last update, so I’m calling this progress!
Summary: When her father, Lord Avon, gambles away Lady
Belle’s virginity, she’s not amused. and Lord Gold, winner of this
rather indignant prize, finds himself thrown out at a rapier’s point.
But when it turns out that the
shipping company he’s set his eyes on only comes with Lady Belle’s hand
in marriage, he decides to overcome his hurt pride to obtain said
company. But his attempts of courting Lady Belle are not as successful
as he’d like them to be…
Belle had hardly been gone for an hour when a boy delivered a letter to Gold’s doorstep. He was still in his room, looking out onto the garden while remembering her softness beneath his lips. Those five kisses had been the best kisses of his life, and if he never was to have another kiss of hers, he could still be happy to have had as much. When Dove knocked and brought him the envelope made of creamy paper, his name scrawled onto it in her unmistakable hand, his heart lurched into his throat.
For Dark Heart, prompting #99: “This was fun— Lets do it again sometime!” and also #150: “What on earth are you wearing?” (Sending two in case someone's already sent one of them. You can choose whichever strikes your fancy.)
Belle had felt bad for snapping at Gold over things that weren’t really his fault, especially when there were other, far more appropriate reasons to snap at him, and she resolved to try to be civil with him when she returned to the house that evening. For his part, he greeted her calmly, if a little cautiously, and she swept Gideon up into her arms for a hug while he made a start on the dinner.
“I’m doing herb-crusted salmon,” he said, glancing over his shoulder at her as he took a roasting tin from the cupboard. “Fine beans, potatoes and a white wine and cream sauce. Is that okay?”
“Sounds delicious,” she said, and after he turned away she added. “I - I haven’t eaten this well in maybe two years.”
Gold turned back with a tiny smile twitching at the corners of his mouth.
“Well, you’re welcome to stay as long as you like,” he said.
Also: Whenever I hear a guy go “Oooh, but women don’t like porn” i think of the enormous amount of porn in fandom created by women for women and all I can think is: “Well, maybe we just don’t like your porn…”
We like our porn with feelings and character development and regular updates on AO3
