Drabbletag 6: Once Upon a Time: Belle/Mulan - purple
Title: All Those Violet Tiaras
Prompt: Drabbletag 6: Once Upon a Time: Belle/Mulan - purple
Requested by: vitiate_me
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Pairing: Belle/Mulan (Once Upon a Time)
Rating: G
Word Count: 250
Also on AO3.
One month after moving to Storybrooke, wearing modern clothes, and learning to use computers, Mulan began pinning violets to her chest.
Belle could not help but notice; Mulan had not struck her as the flowers sort. She watched curiously, and though she caught Mulan’s eye a few times, no explanation was forthcoming. Once, Mulan might have blushed.
The violets continued whenever Mulan was at the library. One night, she even left them in the glass of water at Belle’s desk.
Intrigued, Belle took to her books, then online, knowing that there must be something there. When she found it, she blushed, and considered the violets for a long time before heading home for the night.
The next morning, she pinned violets to her chest. When Mulan saw, she looked startled, and Belle caught her hand before she would turn away.
“I would love a date,” she said.
Mulan smiled shyly, letting her hand linger in Belle’s. “You found my message.”
“It took a while. Violets are a little out of date, you know.”
“It was hard to tell.”
“Over two thousand years,” Belle teased, with a kiss to Mulan’s hand. “If you forget me, think of our gifts to Aphrodite, and all the loveliness that we shared,
“all the violet tiaras.”
“I remembered that you liked to read,” said Mulan. “I did not know if that included Sappho. I read about her here.”
“Well, it does now,” said Belle decisively. “We should discuss her work further.”
“I would love to.”
Prompt: Drabbletag 6: Once Upon a Time: Belle/Mulan - purple
Requested by: vitiate_me
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Pairing: Belle/Mulan (Once Upon a Time)
Rating: G
Word Count: 250
Also on AO3.
One month after moving to Storybrooke, wearing modern clothes, and learning to use computers, Mulan began pinning violets to her chest.
Belle could not help but notice; Mulan had not struck her as the flowers sort. She watched curiously, and though she caught Mulan’s eye a few times, no explanation was forthcoming. Once, Mulan might have blushed.
The violets continued whenever Mulan was at the library. One night, she even left them in the glass of water at Belle’s desk.
Intrigued, Belle took to her books, then online, knowing that there must be something there. When she found it, she blushed, and considered the violets for a long time before heading home for the night.
The next morning, she pinned violets to her chest. When Mulan saw, she looked startled, and Belle caught her hand before she would turn away.
“I would love a date,” she said.
Mulan smiled shyly, letting her hand linger in Belle’s. “You found my message.”
“It took a while. Violets are a little out of date, you know.”
“It was hard to tell.”
“Over two thousand years,” Belle teased, with a kiss to Mulan’s hand. “If you forget me, think of our gifts to Aphrodite, and all the loveliness that we shared,
“all the violet tiaras.”
“I remembered that you liked to read,” said Mulan. “I did not know if that included Sappho. I read about her here.”
“Well, it does now,” said Belle decisively. “We should discuss her work further.”
“I would love to.”