Title:
Compound Interest [Posted on AO3]
Source Media: Once Upon a Time (TV)
Pairing: Belle | Lacey/Rumpelstiltskin | Mr. Gold
Ratings/Warnings: Mature/explicit for sexual content, including mild consensual kink (bondage, sex toys) and oral sex
Word Count: ~7,300
Summary: An AU whereby Belle secretly escaped from Regina's dungeons right before the curse hit, and became 'Lacey French' - just another resident of Storybrooke. And Lacey French needs a job. (Eventually, she gets more than that.)
Author’s Notes: No beta, but errors found and pointed out will be corrected with alacrity.
After "Lacey" (2x19) aired, I
wrote a ranty post about how the narrative did not quite set up our introduction to the titular character in a satisfactory way - and then saw a lot of hate for Lacey herself, which was even more frustrating. So I decided to write Lacey/Gold in such a way that it satisfied me on all fronts.
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