Synopsis: Rumpelstiltskin is a lone Merman. Belle is a human marine biologist.

RumBelle smut ensues.

Rating: Mature for later encounters

Cast:

Rumpelstiltskin - a hermit Merman who's been shunned by the others for not being as 'beautiful' as they.

Belle - a marine biologist studying the life in the seas of Storybrooke.

She spots an odd creature capsizing a small fishing ship, and causing all kinds of ruckus.

After saving it, a bond begins to grow.

Prologue:

This is inspired by another story I'd read not too long ago called "Smooth Scaling' by Ryunn Kazan.

Seriously. Give it a read.

It's a one-off and well worth your time!

However a lot of the set-up was skimmed over, and we all know how I feel about filling in stories. . .

Check them out, then come back and enjoy!

I'll try to give it 'echoes' of the original, but make my own twist on the ideas.

Hope you enjoy!

{And, yes, I like to set up Prologues to unpublished stories I'm working on so if anyone sees them and is interested, I can tell what people want to see, based on the favorites and watches. I can then work on hte stories people actually want to read more often than working on something for months no one cares about while things people DO want to see more of get passed over. I try to fix that via prologues.