I'm kind of curious. Do you think Belle and her pookie would still be together if Bae was in the picture as a five year old?
You’re asking this about Match Dot Com. I’m guessing by your use of calling Rumple, ‘Pookie’ XD. Thank you for asking, by the way.
I like to think so, but they probably would have met in a different form. Their connection currently in the fic is due to some actions of Bae being in Rumple’s life. He was the reason Rumple joined the dating site. I think if he was with his father and still a boy, he would still try to find a way to help cure his father’s lonliness. Milah would have still left him alone with Bae and I think Bae would have tried to help Rumple’s broken heart in some way that could have still lead him to Belle.













