Summary: Left behind after the Evil Queen cast her curse, Belle spent the last 28 years alone in the Enchanted Forest. With everything she once loved lost, and nowhere safe to go, she barely dares to hope that the rumours of the Dark One’s return are true. Until she makes a wish. A/N: Wish!Rumple and Belle are now on the road and they decide to change their relationship status. Thank you to @maplesyrupao3 for being my brilliant beta. Rating: E | Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, 6.5, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five
They moved on a little earlier than Belle would have liked that morning, but Rumple had insisted. She'd woken in his arms, under three more blankets than she'd fallen asleep with, and he’d told her in a sleepily gruff voice they should keep moving. What he didn’t say was that he didn’t like her lying on the forest floor in the frost, because that was the only reason for them to move on quickly. They had made good time the day before, after leaving the village near the Dark Castle.
Rumplestiltskin sat behind her in the saddle, as he always did, with his hands flat on her stomach holding her against him. His chest was pressed flush against her, and she thought with a smile that he didn’t need to try and share his heat with her, her blush was warming her up all by itself.
“It’ll be noon before we reach the next village,” she said, and he hummed in agreement. “And it’s only a little village. Smaller than the first, even.”