Fic: A Mad Tea Party

[potentiality_26]

Title: A Mad Tea Party
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Pairing/Characters: Belle/Rumplestiltskin, Jefferson
Summary: Jefferson pays the Dark One a visit and things are not as he left.
Rating: PG
Length: Short (1,604 words)
Disclaimer: Once Upon a Time belongs to Disney and ABC.
Notes/Warnings: I've only just gotten around to watching any of S2, and this plot bunny grabbed me watching The Doctor.  It's based on the possibly already jossed idea that Jefferson was still traveling between worlds while Belle was living at Rumpelstiltskin's castle. It's a bit OOC, but I got a laugh out of writing it and hopefully someone else will get one reading it.
Excerpt: Rumple was, for lack of a better term, frazzled. Physically, he looked much the same- though maybe a trifle less scrawny- but he was definitely out of sorts. Twitchy. Well, twitchier. Rumple had never exactly been a poster boy for sanity, had he?

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Comments

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

looolll. That was so cute :)

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

This was marvelous!! I howled all the way through and shared with hubby - who also loved it! This was just...thank you!!

*HUGS*

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Thank you- and thank you for sharing!

[ultra_fic]

LOL! Oh, I love it! I really do :) I think it makes perfect sense that Jefferson met Belle this way. Makes even more sense of his going to free her from the hospital too... Yup, I like it, and it makes canonical sense to me too. Well done :)

PS You just reminded me that I really need a Jefferson icon, so thank you for that ;)

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Me too- I've thought ever since the end of S1 that Jefferson must have known Belle in FTL, why else would he have been so sure Regina would be toast if Gold found out what she did to Belle? And then he and Rumple turned out to have such lovely banter that I flailed all the way home and rote this.

PS I was looking through screenshots to make this here icon, and falling for that guy all over again. His face sometimes...

[littlemisstexas.livejournal.com]

This was just too cute and funny, I love it. : )

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

good observations on just what figures of speech are actual truths there. and great observations on how Belle compares with some of Rumplestiltskin's other houseguests in times past.

...and for the unspoken (but not spoken Very Loudly) thought by Jefferson that, even if he told anyone what he'd witnessed, nobody would believe him.

bravo!!

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

I had a lot of fun playing with those details and I'm so glad you enjoyed.

I think that last bit is probably the story of Jefferson's life.

Thank you for the lovely comment!

[liliannabelle.livejournal.com]

I feel like I've read this before, so forgive me if I commented elsewhere, but I came upon it again and I just LOVE it! SO cute!

" The floor had been mopped recently, and badly, though with undeniable enthusiasm; streaks of soap and dust-turned-into-mud mingled together in patches."

Heeee! And hapless besotted Rumple is all kinds of adorable!

SUCH a great story hon ♥

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Awww, multiple comments are always welcome, dearie.

[queenoftheskye.livejournal.com]

That was adorable. You're amazing.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you!